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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Amit Sharma

“These songs were written by our drummer. It’s my sound, but they’re not my riffs”: Jinjer’s Roman Ibramkhalilov on why his drummer’s riffs hit harder, how to confuse people in 4/4, and why Blues Drivers beat Tube Screamers

Roman Ibramkhalilov plays his signature Jackson live onstage with Jinjer.

More often than not with metal bands, it’s one or two guitar players who oversee the lion’s share of the writing process, meticulously piecing together the riffs at the heart of every song.

Ukrainian metal quartet Jinjer, however, opted for a different creative path, with drummer Vladislav Ulasevich masterminding both melody and rhythm. It might be an unorthodox approach to composition, but the fruits of his efforts have resulted in the group becoming front-runners in a new wave of exciting heavy music alongside Sleep Token and Spiritbox.

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