Mannheim

Dutch Nijmegen’s inventive noise rockers Mannheim gives birth to grooviness from a higher heavier dimension. Mixing a sweaty punk vibe with a “black jazz” approach, the band sounds like a power clash between And So I Watch You From Afar, Shining, Zu and a free jazz driven locomotive. Whilst no strangers to jazzy, avant-garde skronk, the quartet have an almost sludgy sensibility to them as well. The saxophone (courtesy of Otto Kokke, one half of Nijmegen’s finest jazz-grind combo Dead Neanderthals) plays a prominent role throughout, without ever becoming overbearing or gimmicky. Whilst obviously not quite as focal as his work with Dead Neanderthals, the sax gels fantastically with the roar. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.