International Blackjazz Society

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International Blackjazz Society
Shining - International Blackjazz Society.jpg
Studio album by
Shining
ReleasedOctober 23, 2015
Genre Avant-garde metal, alternative metal, industrial metal, progressive metal, industrial rock
Length38:04
Label Spinefarm Records
Producer Jørgen Munkeby
Shining chronology
One One One
(2013)		International Blackjazz Society
(2015)		 Animal
(2018)

International Blackjazz Society is the seventh studio album by Norwegian avant-garde metal band Shining. It was released on October 23, 2015 through Spinefarm Records.

Contents

The first album of the band without original drummer Torstein Lofthus, it is also the first album with his replacement Tobias Ørnes Andersen and keyboardist Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen, and the last with bassist Tor Egil Kreken, who had been a part of the band for all of their metal-oriented albums.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Kerrang! KKKK [1]
MetalSucks Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [6]
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Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Upon the release, International Blackjazz Society received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 8 reviews. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jørgen Munkeby [9]

No.TitleLength
1."Admittance"1:06
2."The Last Stand"4:17
3."Burn It All"5:15
4."Last Day"4:09
5."Thousand Eyes"6:49
6."House of Warship"4:34
7."House of Control"6:50
8."Church of Endurance"0:58
9."Need"4:06
Total length:38:04

Personnel

Musicians

Production staff

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Reviews and Tracks for International Blackjazz Society by Shining - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "International Blackjazz Society - Shining | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kevin Stewart-Panko (October 16, 2015). "Shining deliver another avant-garde electro-metal album "International Blackjazz Society"". Alternative Press . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Stubbs, David (August 12, 2015). "Shining: International Blackjazz Society - Classic Rock". Classic Rock . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gore" Vidal (October 8, 2015). "Album Review: Shining Shine On International Blackjazz Society | MetalSucks". MetalSucks . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ Nelson, Brad. "Shining: International Blackjazz Society Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ezell, Brice (October 27, 2015). "Shining: International Blackjazz Society | PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ Aspray, Benjamin (October 22, 2015). "Shining: International Blackjazz Society | Album Review | Slant Magazine". Slant .
  9. 1 2 CD booklet
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