Jinjer Announce New Album Duél, First Single “Kafka” Streaming Now

Fans of Ukranian metal outfit Jinjer — get hyped. The band just announced their fifth full-length studio effort titled Duél is coming out on February 7, 2025. While four months might feel like forever and your anticipation may be at an all-time high, but don’t despair. You’ve got some new music too in the form of the album’s first single “Kafka.”

As one should expect from the progressive metal outfit, the new song grooves while remaining loud and heavy as well. With her vocals naturally soaring over the whole effort, Tatiana Shmayluk said the song was a reflection of what it’s like to be a musician these days.

“Being an artist is sometimes beautiful but most of the time it’s brutal… as our art is dissected word for word and ripped apart note by note, we‘re expected to be on point all-the-time … and when we aren’t, we are scandalized. A true artist is vulnerable but the crowd is most often plagued with vultures who pick at every single move you make. It’s a slippery slope when music means the world to us but how quickly praise turns into prosecution… We are all Kings and Queens for a day but most of the time it feels like a Kafka novel for a lifetime. It‘s exciting but surreal and absurd at the same time …”

The news comes a little more than a month out from the release of their previous single “Rogue” and just ahead of their European tour supporting Sepultura’s farewell run.

Speaking of the new album as a whole, bassist Eugene Abdukhanov said making the album posed some new challenges, yet was excited to see how things would turn out.

“First of all, it‘s hard to believe that we’re about to release our fifth full-length album! After all the releases we’ve made, finally having ‘Duél’ in our hands and ready to be shared with the world, makes us very proud that our band still hasn’t run out of creativity and inspiration. The fact that we still challenge ourselves to release the best music we have ever made with each new release, is what keeps JINJER moving forward.

“This upcoming album was the longest songwriting process we’ve ever had and it took almost two years to complete. We worked very hard with every free minute we weren’t on tour, recording demos over and over again and always searching for the perfect sound for guitars, bass, and drums. It was also the first time that Tatiana did vocal pre-productions, so it’s safe to say that none of our releases were so well thought out and calculated as this one. It pulverizes the boundaries of the modern progressive metal genre but still remains sophisticated, exciting, and extreme all at the same time.

“We took up the challenge to expand our musical horizons even wider than before in order to cement ‘Duél’ to be the next step in JINJER‘s musical growth and hopefully the evolution of metal music in general.”

Jinjer’s Duél will be released on February 7 via Napalm Records, but you can preorder your copy today. You can also catch the band live at any of the dates listed below.

Celebrating Life Through Death – European Farewell Tour 2024
JINJER as special guest for Sepultura
w/ Obituary (Main Support) & Jesus Piece (Opener)

30.10.24 FR – Paris / Zenith Paris
31.10.24 DE – Offenbach am Main / Stadthalle
01.11.24 DE – Hamburg / Inselpark Arena
02.11.24 DE – Cologne / Palladium
03.11.24 NL – S-Hertogenbosch / Sepulfest
05.11.24 BE – Brussels / AB Box
06.11.24 LU – Esch-Sur-Alzette / Rockhal
08.11.24 UK – Manchester / Manchester Academy
09.11.24 IE – Dublin / Olympia Theatre
10.11.24 IE – Belfast / The Telegraph Building
11.11.24 UK – Glasgow / Barrowland
12.11.24 UK – London / Hammersmith Apollo
14.11.24 CH – Zurich / The Hall
15.11.24 DE – Ludwigsburg / MHP Arena
16.11.24 DE – Munich / Zenith
17.11.24 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra Red Stage
19.11.24 DE – Leipzig / Haus Auensee
20.11.24 AT – Vienna / Gasometer
21.11.24 PL – Katowice / Spodek
22.11.24 DE – Berlin / Columbiahalle
23.11.24 CZ – Prague / O2 Universum
24.11.24 CZ – Prague / O2 Universum

Latin America Tour 2024
+ special guests: HEAVEN SHALL BURN

30.11.24 BR – Porto Alegre / Opiniao
01.12.24 BR – Curitiba / Tork and Roll
03.12.24 BR – Belo Horizonte / Mister Rock
05.12.24 BR – Brasilia / Toinha
07.12.24 BR – Rio De Janeiro / Circo Voador
08.12.24 BR – Sao Paulo / Terra SP
10.12.24 AR – Buenes Aires / Teatro Flores
12.12.24 CL – Santiago / Teatro Caupolican
14.12.24 CO – Bogota / Calle 13
15.12.24 CR – San Jose / Pepper’s Club
18.12.24 MX – Guadalajara / C4 *
19.12.24 MX – San Luis Potosí / Centro de las Artes *
20.12.24 MX – Mexico City / Circo Volador *

*no Heaven Shall Burn

Tour Dates 2025:

19.-25.01.25 US – Miami, FL / Shiprocked
12.02.25 JP – Tokyo / ReNY Alpha
13.02.25 JP – Osaka / Meta Valley
14.02.25 JP – Aichi / ReNY Limited
16.02.25 TW – Taipei / Legacy
18.02.25 PH – Manila / SM Sky Dome
21.02.25 AU – Brisbane / Fortitude Music Hall
23.02.25 AU – Sydney / Hordern Pavilion **
25.02.25 AU – Melbourne / Festival Hall **
26.02.25 AU – Adelaide / Hindley St Music Hall **
28.02.25 AU – Perth / Metro Freo **
02.03.25 NZ – Wellington / San Frap
03.03.25 NZ – Auckland / Powerstation

** plus support: KITTIE

Festivals 2025

06.-08.06.25 DE – Nuerburg / Rock am Ring
06.-08.06.25 DE – Nuremberg / Rock im Par