An innovative, hard 'n' heady mixture of jazz,
funk and metal, crossing complex polyrhythms with
metal guitar riffing, funky grooves and jazz
improvisation.
In den Eigenkompositionen werden Jazz, Funk und Metal auf kunstvolle, innovative Weise miteinander fusioniert.
Nach dem Motto "Warum einfach, wenn es auch schwer geht?" werden filigran ineinander verzahnte Funk-Grooves mit brachial harten, rhythmisch komplexen Riffs und Jazzimprovisationen kombiniert: Headbangen mit Köpfchen.
"What they have going is hard edged fusion featuring a quartet of guitar, sax, bass and drums. Guitarist Jan Zehrfeld plays with a tremendous amount of energy and fluidity but he is met head on by Gregor Burger's sax who goes toe to toe with him. Burger can play with an abrasive edge but also lets a stream of gorgeous notes flow out of his instrument. Bassist Flo Schmidt and drummer Max Bucher do in fact add a touch of funk which is a nice counterpoint to the harder edge the music takes at times. Word on the street is these guys really kick mucho ass live so perhaps we'll see them at a stateside festival at some point. Highly recommended. A real solid debut." lasercd.com
"The music on offer is an unusual and often complex combination of metal and jazz. Once over the initial unfamiliarity it’s easy to marvel over the band's excellent and innovative musicianship." rockprog.com
"Once you grab a listen to Panzerballet, you'll no doubt agree that this band is ready to be a force on the instrumental progressive rock scene. Expect big things from this German ensemble in the very near future." seaoftranquility.com
"Eine dieser magischen Bands, deren qualitative Quersumme zu genialen Streichen führt. Die alltäglichen Vorurteile gegenüber komplexer Musik kann man hier getrost entsorgen." ragazzi-music.de
"... dass es dem Jazz-Liebhaber den Ohrenschmalz aus den Gehörwindungen treibt.
Panzerballett sind ein außergewöhnlicher Programmpunkt für jeden Jazz-Club und jedes -Festival!" Gitarre & Bass
