CKRAFT - "Pageantrivia"

CKRAFT: French jazz-metal pathfinders perform in monastery in "Pageantrivia" music video, streaming now 

From Paris, France, CKRAFT unveils new single "Pageantrivia."

Stream the official "Pageantrivia" music video, here: https://everythingisnoise.net/premieres/ckraft-ponder-oppression-and-tradition-on-pageantrivia/

Pre-order the band's new album, Uncommon Grounds, here: https://ckraft.bigcartel.com/product/album-pre-order

Wielding synth-accordion, saxophone, guitar, bass, and drums, CKRAFT melds metal, jazz, and medieval music into fiery new shapes. Repurposing melodies from Gregorian chants of the Middle Ages, the quintet blazes through instrumentals that evoke a magical new space between Gojira and John Coltrane.

Everything Is Noise reports: "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."

A recent review from Fecking Bahamas describes the sound as "a cross between early Don Caballero, T.R.A.M., Mahavishnu Orchestra, and… Pantera."

New single "Pageantrivia" features a melody from the Gregorian chant "Salve Regina (tonus solemnis)." Accordionist Charles Kieny describes the track as a meditation on the ways in which governments and religions have oppressed people throughout history. He states: "I was in London in September 2022 and attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, along with hundreds of thousands of people. I was truly amazed at the ‘pageantry’ of these ceremonies. It can really make you feel that your life is quite ‘trivial’ compared to those of monarchs... If you look at human history, it seems that religions and kings are worthy enough reasons to kill zillions of us. So there I was linking these ideas together: What’s valuable? What’s trivial? Us? Religion? Royalty? The pageantry of ceremonies?" Fittingly, the "Pageantrivia" music video was shot at a monastery in Metz, France.

New album Uncommon Grounds drops January 17th. It was mixed by Marc Karapetian and mastered by Thibault Chaumont (Igorrr, Mass Hysteria).

CKRAFT has played live with the likes of Shining (Norway) and Hypno5e. Stand by for news of the next live actions.

More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2024/10/ckraft-uncommon-grounds.html

Photo by Manuel Braun