CKRAFT | Charles Kieny

JAZZ METAL

CKRAFT - Misconstruction Of The Universe [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

04:53

CKRAFT - Bug Out! [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

03:50

CKRAFT - All You Can Kill [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

06:18

CKRAFT - Pageantrivia [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

03:26

CKRAFT crafts an elaborate and path-breaking sound, borrowing heaviness from Metal, Jazz's shout for freedom, and immortal melodies from Medieval music (Gregorian). The instrumental line up brings face to face an aggressive power trio, with the frenetic blast of acoustic saxophone and accordion augmented with electronic sensors.

If you like : Igorrr, Panzerballett, Magma, Meshuggah, John Zorn, Mr. Bungle, Mike Patton, Guillaume Perret & Electric Epic, Vincent Peirani 'Living Being', Tigran Hamasyan 'Aratta Rebirth'...

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🇫🇷 CKRAFT a cette facilité à vous emmener dans une dimension parallèle où tout semble fluide malgré un propos musical qui, au départ, peut paraître ardu à appréhender. Conquis au plus haut point

Charlélie Arneur ROCK HARD

🇫🇷 Au petit jeu des influences musicales, on pourrait aller chercher aussi bien du côté des Meshuggah, Gojira ou Slipknot que [...] Guillaume Perret ou Vincent Peirani. Avant de se dire que CKRAFT a [...] sa singularité extrême, une part de folie dont on sait d’ores et déjà qu’elle lui octroie les moyens d’électriser le public [...]

Denis Desassis, CITIZEN JAZZ

🇫🇷 Maniant les codes avec brio, avec un style parfois héroïque, CKRAFT est intéressant car il assume son son jusqu’au bout, martelant les riffs répétitifs, la double-pédale et les envolées épiques jusqu’à plus soif. [...] Jazz et métal devraient se téléphoner plus souvent !

David Koperhant, JAZZ NEWS

🇫🇷 Spectaculaire. Dix plages époustouflantes d'originalité venues d'une autre dimension. Virtuosité d'un brouhaha précieux et jouissif

Chrisitan Décamps ANGE

🇫🇷 Ni trop avant-gardiste, ni trop free-jazz, suffisamment déstructuré pour qu'on s'y perde mais suffisamment structuré pour qu'on garde une bonne visibilité, [...], une nouvelle preuve que la musique sait encore se réinventer et que le métissage jazz-metal, finalement, existe.

8oris, CORE AND CO MAGAZINE

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"With members hailing from various outposts of the musical universe, having a synth-accordion and saxophone as featured instruments, and the members’ declared bond over polyrhythmic metal, Middle Age Gregorian chants and ancient architecture, CKRAFT... blew convention out the window with their 2022 debut, the appropriately titled 'Epic Discordant Vision.' Bridging the gap between djent’s chugging thunder and the scattershot melodic freedom of jazz, the band have returned with album number two, 'Uncommon Grounds.'"

DECIBEL

"French instrumental progressive metal act CKRAFT, whose jazz-informed take on heavy riffage feels right at home when mentioned alongside the likes of Ex Eye or Yakuza, with a bit of a more Gojira/Car Bomb-inspired modern metal twist on that established niche... Progressive in all senses of the word, CKRAFT are pushing boundaries both in- and outward by borrowing from the past and pushing those elements into the future through their combined efforts."

EVERYTHING IS NOISE

"Ripping through the headphones like a cross between early Don Caballero, T.R.A.M., Mahavishnu Orchestra, and… Pantera... We’re willing to believe Charles Kieny might be a reincarnated medieval magician of some kind."

FECKING BAHAMAS

"Their use of odd-timed chugs and alt-metal should appeal to fans of Meshuggah and Gojira... ‘Uncommon Grounds‘ is moody yet playful, occasionally letting loose with a breakthrough tangent or strange interruption which helps to characterize their work from the first listen."

MYSTIFICATION

"Medieval sounds meld with bone snappin’ metal and unorthodox jazz culminating into of the most unique and refreshing things I’ve heard in a mighty long time."

NINE CIRCLES

" I got flashes of Meshuggah, King Crimson, Gojira, and Miles/Coltrane... This group deploys synth-accordion, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drums as their tools, and they display both impressive virtuosity and considerable eccentricity in doing so. "

NO CLEAN SINGING

"The Paris band brings a diverse mix of influences, melding metal, jazz, and medieval music with instrumentation that includes synth-accordion, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drums."

SCENE POINT BLANK

STEREOGUM

"Album of note."

TINNITIST

"Album of the week."