Yakuza - Samsara

Primary Artist
Yakuza
Album Title
Samsara
Release Date
March 21, 2006 
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Review by Phil Freeman, Rovi
The third album by Chicago art-metal quartet Yakuza features a number of guests, including Minsk bassist (and highly regarded producer) Sanford Parker, pianist Jim Baker, cellist Fred Lonberg-holm, and Mastodon guitarist Troy Sanders. The production by Matt Bayles, who's also worked with Isis and Botch, takes them into a more psychedelic direction than their previous release, 2002's thrashy Way Of The Dead. "Monkeytail" is built around a dubby, post-punk groove atop which vocalist Bruce Lamont plays echoey, effected saxophone lines. Read More