Zu with Mats Gustafsson

Zu with Mats Gustafsson: How To Raise An Ox

by Andrey Henkin
March 19, 2007

Online, there is a website called the “Metal Family Tree . Jazz, though in existence for much longer, has resisted being broken into such small edible pieces. If, though, we take inspiration (and terminology) from the Metal Family Tree, the Italian trio Zu could easily be classified as Sludge Doom, a more abrasive version of the dark rock of Black Sabbath. Comprised of baritone sax (Luca Mai), electric bass (Massimo Pupillo) and drums (Jacopo Battaglia), Zu paint grim post-apocalyptic musical ...