Candiria
Candiria are a mathcore band from Brooklyn, New York. Early on, they distinguished themselves by taking the then-prevalent mixture of rap and metal and adding jazz and unusual time signatures. Vocalist Carley Coma has a style that ranges from a dry bark to rap. Founding guitarists Chris Puma and Eric Matthews use a rhythmic style of riffing with little melody interrupted by jazzy chord progressions during the jazz breaks. Drums are played by Ken Schalk, who has an interesting way of laying down a groove while staying true to the non-conventional time signatures that dominate the music. Bass duties are handled by Michael MacIvor whose approach is perhaps the least influenced by metal, playing melodically complex basslines that do not necessarily follow the guitar riffs.
Chris Puma was replaced by John Lamacchia before 1997's Beyond Reasonable Doubt, while Lamacchia himself left the band after 2004's What Doesn't Kill You.... The latter album features a cover photograph of the band's van after a heavy traffic accident it endured in 2003. It took the band members considerable time to recover from their injuries.
As of 2005, Eric Matthews is no longer in the band.
Drummer Ken Schalk was involved in a free-jazz side project named Ghosts Of The Canal.
"Candiria" is plural for "candiru," the small Amazonian fish.
Discography
- 1995 - Surrealistic Madness (Too Damn Hype)
- 1997 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Too Damn Hype)
- 1999 - The Process Of Self-Development
- 2001 - 300% Density (Century Media)
- 2002 - The C.O.M.A. Imprint (Lakeshore)
- 2004 - What Doesn't Kill You... (Type A)