in this video I react to @JinjerMetalBand Pisces, and it surprised me ALOT stop by my twitch to recommend a music video to react too! twitch.tv/MicahMix twitter: / micahsmixyt #jinjerreaction #reaction #micahmix
Welcome to Jinjer. They are Ukrainian from the Russian speaking area that is now under RuSSian occupation. They are currently on a world tour as ambassadors for Ukraine telling the world about their situation. They shine in their live performances. I recommend "Perennial" live at Wacken.
Please do not use descriptions such as "Russian-speaking area" about Ukraine. It is extremely western-centric (~ignorant) and insulting to Ukrainians. Ukraine is a remnant piece of a multi-ethnic empire or two. Therefore, you will NOT find isolated pockets where people reunited under an ethnicity, language or religion. Wherever you go, you will find apartment buildings with people of each origin, language, and faith reside together. East is not (like) West.
I knew somebody would have already recommended this one. There are plenty of other good ones, but Perennial shows their live skills and convinces doubters that she's really doing it herself.
@ FFS man. People can't speak to anything other than what they know. And you can't expect people to Google everything single thing into infinity beforemaking an attempt at a YT comment. Also EVERYTHING is insulting to someone somewhere. Naturally we should not seek to insult but you can't live life on egg shells afraid of insulting someone. To speak is to risk offending and it's human to error. People should stop being offended by every single thing.
She is definitely not Russian, she is Ukranian. But other than that great reaction to Jinjer, they are an amazing band, and each member is amazing at what they do. Got to see them live in December of last year. They are even better live than on their albums.
Calling them Russian hurts a bit. They're from eastern Ukraine and had to flee in 2014 when the war came, in order to continue to make music. They eventually found residence in Kyiv but were basically on tour ever since. It's not so obvious in this song, but her main influence for her harsh vocals is actually Randy Blythe from Lamb of God.
yeah i have been informed the information i received was wrong. sorry bout that. do have another Jinjer reaction where i fix that. thanks for watching though!
The only professionally trained member of the band is Vlad the drummer who is classically trained as a pianist but taught himself guitar and drums. Tatiana had a few months of singing lessons as a kid, Eugene had some introductory bass lessons, don't know about Roman he's quieter and doesn't talk about himself as much. Ukraine is a hard place to make it as a musician so only the most talented and obsessed make it. Subbed, even though you said Russian heh. To see a piece focusing on her growls with some amazing instrumental composition, do Who Is Gonna Be The One live. Tatiana was inspired to learn by Otep, but worked hard to emulate Randy Blyrhe. Not a reaction request unless you want to but search "jinjer lamb of god" to find bootlegs of a Laid To Rest cover they used to do when they were getting started - best sound is the one uploaded by NosSam in 2012 with the title in all cyrillic except the name Jinjer.
That Lamb of God cover they did is fucking sick, most people don't even know that video is out there. Takes a true Jinjer fan to know about that one considering how old the video is.
Hello, you have a cool video reaction. Only I have a clarification, Jinjer is a Ukrainian group and it is important for us not to confuse them with Russians. I recommend watching the video clip Teacher Teacher, Perennial (live) and Judgment (And Punishment).
It's not "forward slash" it's slash. If I handed someone a whoopass it's handed. If I backhanded the asshat, I backhanded him. Ass whoopins like the amazing performance of Jinjer are up front and center. They slash you to your soul or they suprise the shit out of you with a backhand. Sorry for my OCD but truly just call a slash as a slash.
Tati can kick serious russian butt with that lions roar. But if u want to get more serious: Who is gonna be the one Pit of consciousness Sit stay rollover Mediator Call me A Symbol with Vortex as an appetizer
seeing about 100 reactions to this song, only a couple have mentioned noticing her goldfish plugs. nobody has mentioned nor did i ever notice her boots! now on tour, i will see them in san antonio!
thanx for your interest in Jinjer! IMO Jinjer is rhythmically even more difficult than dream theater and makes world-class music in every respect. However, I think that you can't compare Jinjer with any other band, Jinjer does Jinjer music............ I heard Jinjer for the first time 4 years ago and I'm thrilled. Bands like this don't come around very often... lovely greetings from a German musician > which band is your opener song from, I like it
Vladislav, their drummer is the only "trained" musician in the band, and not on drums. He is a trained pianist, but taught himself guitar and much later drums. The rest of Jinjer are all self-taught musicians.
You saying that she has a "manly growl" i don´t think its wrong because when she was learning, she says she wanted to sound like the guys and she got it perfect i would say.
A year ago, it might not have been so offensive to call them Russian, but now... They're proudly Ukrainian! Slava Ukraini,! And long reign Jinjer's metal mastery!
🔥Welcome to Jinjer! I just found your channel, great reaction Micah, subbed! Thank you for bringing the fantastic genre twisting music of Jinjer to more people! I love their energy, how tight they are, how down to earth they are, the heaviness mixed with complexity and groove, beautiful singing and beautiful growling and especially Tatiana's lyrics! The first time I heard Pisces in 2019, I hadn't liked any metal with growling and it took me a few listens to start liking it, but now Tatiana is my favorite vocalist and Jinjer my favorite band (Pisces has been my wakeup alarm for a couple years and I still love it more every time I hear it). TLDR: skip to the last paragraph 😂 Sorry for the very long comment, I just love Jinjer too much and love seeing people discover (and usually fall in love with) them and each of their songs! My three favorite comments about Jinjer that I've seen, "terrifying levels of talent", "I hate it when a Jinjer song ends", and "that was more unexpected than my first child" 🤣 I love the story of Tatiana getting interested in learning to growl. In her own words, "I was inspired by Otep (Shamaya). When I was 15, my friend showed me a record of House of Secrets. I was like, ‘That dude - his voice is so powerful. And he said, ‘Oh come on Tatiana, that’s actually a woman!’ I was like, ‘What?’ She blew my mind. That was the time, the moment when I realized I wanted to shock people just like her. I just had the feeling or the intuition, like an extra sense that this is what I’m made to do.” The four current members have essentially no musical training except for Vlad the drummer who studied classical piano. They've been a tour heavy band, on the road almost nonstop from 2013 to 2020 and still touring again since the covid shutdowns, hard work that has made them fantastic live and they make it look effortless. For most of their songs, the three guys write most of the instrument music, then Tatiana writes most of the lyrics and melodies (she gets tons of well deserved credit for her vocal and stage performance abilities, but maybe not quite enough for her lyrical and musical composition abilities). Roman the guitarist has written a lot of the instrument music in the past, so he's a huge part of the beautiful sound of Jinjer, but Vlad the drummer (who also plays guitar and piano, but so far not in most Jinjer songs - I think he played piano in lainnereP) has been writing more of it and wrote nine of the eleven songs for the newest album Wallflowers, videos are out for Vortex, Mediator, Wallflower, Disclosure!, and Call Me A Symbol. Eugene composes some - he wrote the instrument music for one song on Wallflowers and a few songs on other albums, and I know that apart from his amazing work on the bass, he adds riffs and has written lyrics for a few Jinjer songs. The band (all members have been Ukrainian, with Russian their first language) started in eastern Ukraine in 2009 as a group of three (then five) with none of the current members (they consider the official start of the band when Tatiana replaced the male vocalist and Roman joined as lead guitar 2009/2010), Vlad is the fifth drummer (joined in 2016) and it's been a group of four since 2015 (though they've considered their road sound engineer Sasha to be a fifth member). I think they're still friends with all the former members and you can see former Jinjer guitarist turned actor, Dmitry Oksen, on guitar in older Jinjer videos, and acting as an interrogator in one of their newer videos, Disclosure! One of the things I love most about Jinjer is the messages in Tatiana's lyrics and the way she combines her beautiful growling and beautiful singing with Jinjer's fantastic instrumentals to be so powerful for expressing the anger and pain in those messages: the anti-war message in Home Back, the anti-greed in On The Top, Mediator and No Hoard Of Value (also the horror of the coal mining industry in their home Ukraine), the protest song Who Is Gonna Be The One, the anti-fascism of Sit Stay Roll Over, the anger at people being narrow minded in Teacher Teacher and Judgment & Punishment, the struggles with mental health in Pit Of Consciousness, Vortex, Wallflower and Perennial, the giving voice to mother nature angry at humanity for letting capitalism destroy her in a bunch of songs like Ape, The Prophecy, Cloud Factory, Noah, Outlander, Dip A Sail and Bad Water. Other favorites of mine are I Speak Astronomy, Retrospection, Words of Wisdom, Just Another, Captain Clock, Scissors, Exposed As A Liar, I Want It I'll Get It, A Plus Or A Minus, When Two Empires Collide, lainnereP, Prologue and Beggar's Dance (those last two are short album bookends that might do well together in one reaction). I haven't found a Jinjer song I don't love, so I think you can't go wrong if you choose any of them, but a few good choices might be Perennial (official and/or live at Wacken, both are must-see), Teacher Teacher (official), Judgement & Punishment (official and/or Tatiana's one take performance, again both must-see), Pit of Consciousness (official and/or live in Kiev/Kyiv, a third where both are absolutely must-see) or the heartwrenching plea against war in Home Back (official video). Note that because Jinjer has so many great official videos and so many astounding live performance videos, no Jinjer fan will ever mind if you react to a second video for a Jinjer song you've already heard, so whichever songs you choose, whatever pace you like: judging by your reaction, I know you'll keep trying more Jinjer and enjoy! ❤🖤🤘
In an interview she said she wanted to emulate a deep growl and she wanted to sound like a male scream. She didn't like that sometimes you can tell when a woman is screaming. So actually saying she sounds manly is a compliment to her.
She has been openly stating that she didn't want to sound specifically female, so I think she would take your "male voice" assessment as a big compliment
Watching reactors, reacting to Tatiana is kinda Hobby. Just for fun. So you survived Pisces, so let's see how good you are. Check out Hanabie "We Love Sweets" 4 Japanese young ladies, the guitarist is the song writer.
This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as Jinjer is concerned. Check out their song Home Back. Between the Unholy dissident chord structures of the song and the bottom basement gnarly growl Tatiana pulls off it really shows just what this band is capable of. Not to mention this was written after Russia initially invaded their home country of Donetsk Ukraine back in 2014.
In the world of "metalcore/progressive metal" you won't find a tighter band. This video was intended to highlight their drummer, Vlad. It turned into something else. You'll get some great recommendations for live stuff. Check them out. They are better live, but ignore Hellfest. That was a disaster technically for a lot of good bands. They screwed a bunch of the bands I love, like Nightwish. Go for Wacken, in Germany, or Kiev, in Ukraine.
Wel....I can' agree with the comment on Hellfest (maybe cause I am French). The 2022 edition of Hellfest is crazy good and the Jinjer show is amazing. Sure it's "live sound" so not perfect but energy and emotions are just in your face! Having said that Wacken also has very good videos and of course Perennial Wacken is a must see (probably the best live version of the song!) Slava Ukraini! 💛💙
This was recorded while I was live. Had you actually watched the video you might have understood that, I do understand that in the current climate that can be offensive to some. But it was recommended to me and 5 sec later we were watching it... this is a REACTION. not a research project. The person that recommended the video said they were Russian... its an honest mistake that has been brought up numerous times in the comments... no need for your condescending comments. ✌️
