Tbilisi JAM! Festival 2016 In Georgia Cancelled Due To Interference By Religious Fanatics

June 5, 2016, 8 years ago

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Tbilisi JAM! Festival 2016 In Georgia Cancelled Due To Interference By Religious Fanatics

According to an update on the Ukraine-based act Jinjer's official Facebook page, the band's performance at the Tbilisi JAM! Festival was cancelled because religious fanatics attacked the venue and cut the electricity: 

“Well, friends, there is some bad news worth sharing! For the first time over several years Jinjer's performance was cancelled today due to the attack by religious fanatics. Tbilisi JAM! Fest was disrupted because the monastery not far away (about 1 km away) didn't like it, the priests brought an angry crowd of believers and assaulted the festival area!!! Even though the festival had all necessary permissions by local authorities, the fanatics just cut off the electricity. The most shocking was that the Police was just standing aside and watching. It is sad to realize that in Georgia, the country which seemed to be civilized, Religion has more power than the law. 

We really hope that the organizers will be able to find an alternative location and Jinjer will be albe to play tomorrow before we fly back to Ukraine.” 

According to Greece's Rock Pages, who originally broke the news, there is an announcememt that apologizes for what happened and says that will keep the audience up to date with the promoters’ decisions and plans.

Jinjer creates an explosive mixture of groove metal and hardcore, flavoured with progressive elements. Since 2013, when this 4-piece were acknowledged as the Best Ukrainian Metal Band, they have managed to keep the leadership on stages in their country. The band featuring powerful frontwoman Tatiana Shmailyuk will release their third full-length album and Napalm Records debut, entitled Words Of Wisdom, on July 27th via Napalm Records.

The band recently launched the King Of Everything Studio Diary series. Watch the first two episodes below:

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The band recently premiered their first music video for the track “Words Of Wisdom”. Says Jinjer: ““Words Of Wisdom” is our first video to support the upcoming album entitled King Of Everything. Really cool that we can at last share with the other people all over the world a piece of the new music we were composing in the last seven months. We have been planning to film a hardcore style video for a very long time, and finally we got a chance to do so with this song. The message of the song is very close to that rebel atmosphere of a hardcore stage. The song says it's time to awake our sleeping conciousness and break the boundries of the censorship and ignorance."

King Of Everything tracklisting:

“Prologue”
“Captain Clock”
“Words Of Wisdom”
“Just Another”
“I Speak Astronomy”
“Sit Stay Roll Over”
“Under The Dome”
“Dip A Sail”
“Pisces”
“Beggars' Dance”

“Words Of Wisdom” video:


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