jesu

jesu is an experimental rock band from Wales formed in 2003. If any of these words sound overly familiar to you - ambient, shoegazing, drone doom, experimental rock, downtempo or industrial - then the trio is the right selection for you. Up to date, they have already released 3 EPs and 2 albums, including this new one which was released this year, Conquerer.

The guitars are mainly on heavy distortion pads, rhythmic guitar sounds, catchy drum beats, sync keyboards, it's like carrying a very heavy baggage on your back when you're trying at your very best to climb up the hill...the climax of each and every song is pretty much the same direction - it's rising and rising and rising. jesu made metal sound different, a whole new perception of metal, and that's awesome.


. conquerer . old year . transfigure . weightless & horizontal . medicine . brighteyes . mother earth . stanlow .

As good as Conqueror is, it's hardly the band's masterpiece. The work laid here suggests that Jesu has much more exploring and refining to do but this recording is as good a place as any for listeners to begin anticipating the moment when this outfit climbs up from the underground to reap the rich rewards it so clearly deserves. A fantastic and darkly inspiring work. –Jedd Beaudoin