''International Blackjazz Society'' is the seventh

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by Norwegian

avant-garde metal Avant-garde metal (also known as avant-metal, experimental metal, and experimental) is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and innovative, avant-garde elements, including non-standard and unconventional soun ...

band Shining. It was released on October 23, 2015 through Spinefarm Records. The first album of the band without original drummer

Torstein Lofthus Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977) is a Norwegian drummer and composer who has been a member of the bands Shining, Elephant9, the Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound, and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He is married to Hege Lofthus. Career Lofthus has ...

, 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 Tor Egil Kreken (born 30 March 1977 in Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass, banjo, guitars). Biography Kreken plays within the bands Eivind Aarset Trio (bass), Faircastle Four (guitar, banjo), Shining (bass), The Holstein United Bluegrass B ...

, who had been a part of the band for all of their metal-oriented albums.

Critical reception

Upon the release, ''International Blackjazz Society'' received generally positive reviews. At

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, 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.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

* Jørgen Munkeby – vocals, guitars, saxophone, keys, bass guitar * Håkon Sagen – guitars * Tor Egil Kreken - bass guitar * Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen – keyboards, synthesizer * Tobias Ørnes Andersen – drums

Production staff

* Jørgen Munkeby – Producer *Sean Beavan - Executive ProducerCD booklet

References

{{Authority control Shining (Norwegian band) albums 2015 albums