Jinjer (pronounced like "ginger") is a Metalcore act founded in 2009, hailing from Horlivka, Ukraine. The band is particularly known for its Genre-Busting capabilities, with its sound influenced by Death Metal, Progressive Metal, and Nu Metal, up to and including Hip-Hop and R&B. That said, they have been compared to the likes of Arch-Enemy, Iwrestledabearonce, The Agonist, and other like female-fronted bands, the act itself of which they really do not approve of.
The band went viral after their live session video for "Pisces" (see discography folder below) spawned dozens upon dozens of videos of YouTubers reacting to it on demand (all of whom had been told not to look up anything about the band, naturally). Ironically, the video was made to highlight the skills of then-new drummer Vladislav Ulasevich, but Tatiana's sudden transition to her intense Metal Scream in the chorus after the clean verses and bridge is what caused it to go viral. But, as skilled as Ulasevich is, it's easy to see why Tatiana's vocals became the focus: the song's structure makes it perfect reaction bait, with four measures of instrumental calm (during which nearly everyone stops to make commentary; many often make predictions about the song that are almost invariably proved wrong immediately) before the song explodes (to the reactor's inevitable shock). "Pisces" also serves as a solid introduction to their sound, with the rather placid verses contrasting well with the comparatively harsh choruses in a way that almost resembles a Progressive Death Metal take on Pixies' style.
Current
- Tatiana Shmaylyuk – vocals (2010–present)
- Roman Ibramkhalilov – guitars (2010–present)
- Eugene Abdiukhanov – bass (2011–present)
- Vladislav Ulasevich – drums (2016–present)
Former
- Dmitriy Oksen – guitars (2009–2015)
- Maksym Fatullaiev – vocals (2009)
- Oleksandr Koziychuk – drums (2011–2013)
- Yevhen Mantulin – drums (2013–2014)
- Dmitriy Kim – drums (2014–2016)
- Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear (2009, EP)
- Inhale, Don't Breathe (2012 EP, reissued 2013)
- Cloud Factory (2014, reissued 2018)
- King of Everything (2016)
- Micro (2019, EP)
- Macro (2019)
- Wallflowers (2021)
I Trope Astronomy
- Album Title Drop: King of Everything is repeated in the Album Intro Track "Prologue".
- Bilingual Bonus: The intro of "Retrospection" is sung in Russian.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: "Pisces", thanks to the Xenofiction element below.
- Break the Cutie: "Dreadful Moments" is about a child struggling to escape her abusive father.
- Buried Alive: The girl in "Perennial" literally does this to herself.
- Call-Forward: "Prologue" to the rest of the tracks in King of Everything
- Death Seeker: The climax to "Pisces" ends up with the fish, well, getting caught and butchered to be served to man.
- Design Student's Orgasm: The artworks for Micro and its singles.
- Dystopia/Crapsack World: Numerous of their songs love to attack this trope.
- Genre-Busting: Metalcore, Groove Metal, Nu Metal and at times Progressive Metal are often mishmashed in their work.
- Humans Are Bastards: "Ape", natch.
- Male Band, Female Singer
- Metal Scream: Tatiana likes to cram all four types into one song on live shows. She sticks to a Type 1 in the studio, though.
- Mind Screw: The video for "I Speak Astronomy". Possibly its lyrics, too.
- Mood Whiplash: Numerous YouTubers have uploaded reaction videos to the "Pisces" live session whose general consensus
pointed to this trope when Tatiana first hit the chorus. - One-Steve Limit: During 2014-2015 the band had two members named Dmitriy.
- Pet the Dog: "Sit Stay Roll Over" features some menacing-looking dogs that Tatiana literally pets at one point.
- Propaganda Machine: "Under the Dome".
- Rearrange the Song: Downplayed when "Pisces" was granted its viral live session version just so their new drummer Vlad can put his own spin on the drum parts.
- Religion Rant Song: "Teacher, Teacher!" is a mix of types 2 and 3.
- Soprano and Gravel: Tatiana has a jazzy soubrette soprano to contrast Harsh Vocals deep enough to be mistaken for masculine.
- Suddenly Shouting: It shouldn't be sudden anymore given Tatiana's propensity for Soprano and Gravel but in "Teacher, Teacher!" she does do this:Dear Lord forgive me as I'm SLAPPING, SLAPPING, slapping this sinful child!
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Tatiana seems to like changing her looks by the music video.
- Uncommon Time: Usually they apply this in the verse then change to a catchier time signature come the hooks.
- Xenofiction: "Pisces" has shades of this, coming from the perspective of a fish.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: Jinjer.
