Line #39 Music/Candiria


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:L to R: Maclvor, Schalk, Coma, Matthews, Lamacchia]]
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4	Candiria is a band hailing from Brooklyn, New York. They're best known for blending elements of ProgressiveRock, HardcorePunk, HeavyMetal, HipHop, and JazzFusion into a distinctive style they like to refer to as "urban fusion". While driving on the way to a gig in Cleveland to support their new album during September 2002, Candiria's equipment trailer was hit by a semi-truck, sending it and the van the band was driving flipping several times down the road. Miraculously, the entire band survived the ordeal and even made a picture of the demolished van the album cover for 2004's ''What Doesn't Kill You...''.
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6	See also Music/{{Puya}}, which also mixes metal and jazz, only with less HipHop and more Latin styles.
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9	Influences:
10	+ Music/MilesDavis, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/SteveVai, Music/KingCrimson, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/FrankZappa, Music/JohnZorn, Music/JohnColtrane, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/AliceInChains
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13	Related Acts:
14	+ Ghosts of the Canal (Schalk, Maclvor, Lamacchia)
15	+ Fuel (Schalk)
16	+ Coma New York (Coma)
17	]
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20	Current Line-Up:
21	* Carley Coma: Vocals (1992-Present)
22	* John Lamacchia: Guitar (1997-Present)
23	* Michael [=MacIvor=]: Bass (1997-Present)
24	* Julio Arias: Guitar (2015-present)
25	* Danny Gossarth: Drums (2016-present)
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27	Former Members:
28	* Chris Puma: Guitar (1992–1997) (Deceased as of 2009)
29	* Eric Matthews: Guitar (1992–2004)
30	* Eddie Ortiz: Guitar (2006-2010)
31	* Kenneth Schalk: Drums (1992–2006, 2009-2016)
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33	Discography:
34	* ''Surrealistic Madness'' (1995)
35	* ''Beyond Reasonable Doubt'' (1997)
36	* ''The Process of Self-Development'' (1999)
37	* ''300 Percent Density'' (2001)
38	* ''The C.O.M.A. Imprint'' (2002)
39	* ''What Doesn't Kill You...'' (2004)
40	* ''Kiss the Lie'' (2009)
41	* ''While They Were Sleeping'' (2016)
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44	!!Associated Tropes:
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46	* AlbumTitleDrop: "Sirens" for ''Kiss the Lie''.
47	* BoastfulRap: "Words from the Lexicon".
48	* CoverVersion: Of [[Music/WuTangClan Method Man's]] "Bring the Pain" and "Deep Cover" by Music/DrDre and Music/SnoopDogg.
49	* EpicRocking: "R-Evolutionize-R" clocks in a nine-and-a-half minutes while "The Process of Self-Development" is about a minute shorter.
50	* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: The ending of "Mathematics".
51	* GenreMashup: They combine ProgressiveMetal with rapping and jazz.
52	* GenreRoulette: Band switches between ProgressiveMetal, HipHop and {{Jazz}}, sometimes within the same song.
53	* HarshVocals: It seems to be Carley's primary method of singing, at least pre-''What Doesn't Kill You...''.
54	* NewSoundAlbum:
55	** ''What Doesn't Kill You...'' is more conventional than anything the band had recorded up to that point, featuring traditional song structures and Carley singing melodically.
56	** ''Kiss the Lie'' has a more atmospheric alt-metal sound that eschews the band's previous jazz and hip-hop influences.
57	** ''While They Were Sleeping'' is something of a return to their classic style.
58	* ProgressiveMetal
59	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Matter. Anti. Matter" is a jazz-fusion number that [[BreatherEpisode comes in between two metal songs]] on ''The Process of Self-Development''.
60	* TheUnintelligible: Carley's harsh vocals.

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