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Norwegian jazz/metal firebrands Shining recently released their latest album, One One One. Dayal Patterson catches up with band leader Jørgen Munkeby to discuss the spiritual connections between jazz and metal, and being led by the heart rather than the head
Our very own intrepid aristocratic explorer Wyndham Wallace braves treacherous Arctic waters to track down Lars Horntveth, lynchpin of Jaga Jazzist, to discuss the Music of the Norse. Oceanic photography: Wallace of the North
As two of the most radical forms of music that emerged in the 20th Century jazz and metal don't always make the best of bedfellows. Luckily Shining ignored this fact when they started on Blackjazz, says John Doran, speaking to Jørgen Munkeby...