First heard: 24 August 2024
Norwegian 'deathjazz' outfit Agabas has proven that extreme metal should indeed be equipped with a jazz saxophone and that it will remain heavy as shit. This playful genre blend comes with zero compromise on pure metal quality as the sporadic free jazz elements fuse in with blast beats and chugs, leaving no intensity on the table. In the likes of bands like Meshuggah, Gojira, Kvelertak, Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, and Shining the guys in Agabas present a modern progressive metal sound with their own unique flavour to it. Read more on Last.fm