The C.O.M.A. Imprint

Candiria

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 2, 2002)
• Original Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Lakeshore Records
• ASIN: B000067F6W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #163,877 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
While aging metalheads wave their glory swords and young shags pray at the altar of the retro stoner sound, Brooklyn's Candiria are miles ahead--in the jazz-influenced, Blue Note sense. The music is extremely aggressive, but not a raging ride through hellfire like that of so many of their former death metal compatriots. Especially on this showcase of oddities and rarities, Candiria's strength is its cool interconnecting polyrhythm of oceanic slates of controlled mayhem.

The first disc of this collection is a foray through studio rarities with wide-eyed appearances by Method Man's "Bring the Pain" and at least 117 eye-opening instrumental breaks. Though the band's chops and love of odd timing are worthy of music conservatorians, Candiria admirably keeps its assault aimed toward hard-core punk and metal venues, luring the moshpit into a crazed hungry state of confusion as guitars, drums, and screeching staccato vocal raps intermesh in a roar of asynchronous bliss. Disc two here is a sampler of bands from Candiria's C.O.M.A. collective--an array of launching points into various mental sonic terrains. All are good, but none play metal, and metallic intensity is what pushes Candiria's own eclecticism over the top to the point of brilliant revelation. With each release, Candiria's blend of grind-core, hard-core, jazz, rap, and electronica grows slightly smoother and stronger. Whether or not they ever perfect the synthesis, the struggle itself is a splendid, surprising example to be followed. --Ian Christe

Product Description
NEW 2 CD DIGIPAK FROM MODERN METAL'S MOST ACCLAIMED GROUP CELEBRATING THE LAUNCH OF THEIR NEWLY INDUCTED C.O.M.A. IMPRINT. BONUS E.P. PROFILILES ARTISTS ON CANDIRIA'S NEWLY INDUCTED C.O.M.A. IMPRINT.

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Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars candiria rules, i am suprised, March 3, 2004

By	Bodom J (Bethpage, TN United States) - See all my reviews

well, i was told by a friend how awesome candiria is. I have never heard them before. so today i was in a store and i was looking for something cool to buy. i found various cds that i would have liked to purchase. i was about to make a said purchase when i happend to remember my said friend saying how good they are and that i should check them out. now, i hardly ever make a purchase without hearing the band before, i can count on my hand the number of times i have done this and proably still have some fingers left over. well anyway, i went to the candiria section and bought the only cd they had one of them, which is obviously this one. Well, I must say i am pretty blown away by them. they blend rap, jazz, and metal like no other band i've heard. i mean, this isn't some faint jazz beats they have put in the music: it's jazz to the core. there is one song on here that has bongo drums, screaming, and heavy guitar...all at the same time, blending into a awesome song. This is probalby the most diverse metal band I have ever heard. track 3 and 11 are pure instrumental jazz tracks, and track 6 is a shorter instrumental that lends amazingly into the chaos that is track 7.

there is another disk that comes with this but I will not say anything about it. it's just a preview of the artists that are going to be on candiria's own record label THE COMA IMPRINT. some of the songs on there are crap but a few are decent. basically, this disk is a throwaway and i won't ever listen to it again.

thankfully, even with this double cd set, it's still regular price so you are still only paying for the amazing candiria cd. I have been told that this is a remastred, rerecording of one of their first, hard to find cds, all the songs have been added too and stuff. pretty cool idea if i do say so myself.

all in all, this my first candiria album and it will not be my last. i will buy another from them ASAP :)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good God!, May 4, 2003

By	Shane Dignan (Livonia, MI, USA) - See all my reviews

When I found out that Candiria was re-releasing Beyond Reasonable Doubt with new tracks and a new mix, I immediately donned an ear-to-ear smile. Beyond Reasonable Doubt (for anyone who isn't familiar, BRD was released before Process of Self-Development; this album is essentially just a re-release of that album with several new tracks and several tracks excluded) easily ranks up there with Process of Self-Development in my humble opinion, and is more cohesive and complicated in the same breath.

"Paradigm Shift" easily is representative of just about everything Candiria does; I catch myself laughing at some of the transitions because they manage to stay together despite their complexity.

About my only complaint about the CD is some of the changes in the mix; for instance, in the original mix for "Faction," I could have sworn that during the first funk/bassline breakdown that there was a piano somewhere in the back. On this disc, it's completely gone. Disappointing, but such is life -- On the other hand, the group's decision to cut the vocalist from Shutdown's guest vocal contributions from the same song is more than welcome. Shutdown, yuck. *shudder*

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST ALBUM YET!!!, July 4, 2002

By A Customer

Candiria deliver the goods beyond my wildest expectations. This band is soooo far above and beyond all other bands in the genre. They are like Soundgarden was to grunge and Janes Addiction was to alternative-groundbreaking!

This is the first album that comes close to capturing the energy of their live shows. "Bring the Pain" is very impressive and the bonus CD has a bunch of cool stuff from their C.O.M.A. camp that I guess they will be releasing in the near future.