Thursday, January 4, 2007

candiria - 300 percent density (2001)

01. 300 Percent Density
02. Signs Of Discontent
03. Without Water
04. Mass
05. Constant Velocity Is As Natural As Being At Rest
06. Words From The Lexicon
07. Channeling Elements
08. Advancing Positions
09. The Obvious Destination
10. Contents Under Pressure
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Few sights in a metal dance pit are funnier than watching a few hundred sweaty fanatics stumbling over the nonrepetitive meter of a Candiria groove. The Brooklyn band's streetwise slam possesses crushing physical power, but doesn't dole out those beats in standard measurements. Their hardcore-metal crossover is spliced seamlessly to jazz fusion. Candiria have had their ideas set since day one, and the band's steadily growing success has simply brought greater resources to refine the approach. 300 Percent Density carefully places a few thousand more crunching Sepultura-style staccato guitar notes in the service of this swimming storm of heavy, shrieking math, and "The Obvious Destination" bravely employs Martin Denny-style vibraphone for the sake of momentary bliss. It's all about not knowing what comes next: an out-of-body experience or an elbow to the head.



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