LABEL:Svart Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 5/19/2023
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2023
VARIANT: Gold Vinyl 2LP

vart Records unveils Sutra, the new album from grand master avant-garde overlords Yakuza. A genre crushing album of forward thinking metal for the modern age, Sutra is a powerhouse of unlimited expression and molten riffs. Formed in 1999, Chicago based heavy hybridizers Yakuza, are in a genre all of their own, which Pitchfork describe as a a specialized and strange alloy. So eclectic and hard to pigeon-hole, their music has been described over the years as everything from avant-garde metal, progressive metal, alternative metal to experimental rock, jazz metal, art metal and post-metal. Incorporating psychedelic rock jams that sprawl into heavy, sludging Doom with jazz influences, while also incorporating breakneck grind riffs and grooves, makes Yakuzas new album Sutra a long awaited and insanely enjoyable feast of frequencies. From their break-out debut album Amount to Nothing in 2000, which was met with critical acclaim, Yakuza have been a phenomenon in the world of heavy music, hot on the tongues of those who know.