REVIEW: CANDIRIA - 300 PERCENT DENSITY

 

CANDIRIA - 300 PERCENT DENSITY (Century Media - 2001): This is the fourth album of one of the most original bands to come out from the scene in the nineties. This band uses influences of metal, hardcore, jazz, fusion, rap and many more styles to construct their tracks. It is amazing to hear all the breaks and tempo changes that they make within their songs. Also you can find clean guitars used in an unconventional way, with chord progressions that are very different from what most bands would do. This is an extremely technical bands that have rehearsed their music a lot of times to achieve this result. The first tracks from this CD, "300 percent density" is a clear demonstration of what they can do along five minutes of playing their music. This is a band not afraid of experimenting, which seems to have influences as different as Machine Head, Biohazard, Messhuggah and John Coltrane. "Signs of Discontent" has a really strange introduction and base that I have not yet developed how it is played….it is really weird. I would totally recommend this bands to people that like the bands to be original regarding which style are they getting their inspiration from…because it is sure that this band takes it from a lot of different places. Favorite tracks: "300 percent density", "Constant Velocity is as natural as Being at Rest", "Channeling Elements" and "Contents under Pressure". Contact: www.centurymedia.com and www.candiria.com