Candiria is a Post-Hardcore band from Brooklyn, NY. 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 rapping. Founding guitarists Chris Puma and Eric Matthews used 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 nonconventional time signatures that are predominant in the music. Bass duties are handled by Mike 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 , who left the band after What Doesn't Kill You... which was released in 2004. This album features a cover photograph of the band's van after a heavy traffic accident they endured in 2003. It took the band members considerable time to recover from their injuries.

At least Ken Schalk from the band was involved in a free-jazz side project named Ghosts Of The Canal .

Discograpy

• 1995 Surrealistic Madness (Too Damn Hype)
• 1997 Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Mia)
• 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)

External links

• Official Site

--FlygDirnsta 21:31, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC) Tim Lamballais