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L to R: Maclvor, Schalk, Coma, Matthews, Lamacchia

Candiria is an Genre Roulette band hailing from Brooklyn, New York. They're best known for blending elements of Metalcore, Hip Hop, and Jazz Fusion 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....

Influences:

Miles Davis, Tool, Steve Vai, King Crimson, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, Frank Zappa, John Zorn, John Coltrane, Pink Floyd, Alice in Chains

Related Acts:

Ghosts of the Canal (Schalk, Maclvor, Lamacchia)
Fuel (Schalk)
Coma New York (Coma)

Current Line-Up:

Carley Coma: Vocals (1992-Present)
John Lamacchia: Guitar (1997-Present)
Michael MacIvor: Bass (1997-Present)
Kenneth Schalk: Drums (1992–2006, 2009-Present)

Former Members:

Chris Puma: Guitar (1992–1997) (Deceased as of 2009)
Eric Matthews: Guitar (1992–2004)

Discography:

Surrealistic Madness (1995)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1997)
The Process of Self-Development (1999)
300 Percent Density (2001)
The C.O.M.A. Imprint (2002)
What Doesn't Kill You... (2004)
Kiss the Lie (2009)

Candiria provides examples of the following tropes:

Album Title Drop: "Sirens" for Kiss the Lie.
Author Existence Failure: Narrowly averted with that traffic accident. Some of the members were asleep when it happened and were thrown out of the van. Everyone had to be hospitalized with a few of them in critical condition.
Boastful Rap: "Words from the Lexicon".
Cover Version: Of Method Man's "Bring the Pain" and "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Epic Rocking: "R-Evolutionize-R" clocks in a nine-and-a-half minutes while "The Process of Self-Development" is about a minute shorter.
Everything's Louder with Bagpipes: The ending of "Mathematics".
Genre Roulette: Band switches between Metalcore, Hip Hop and Jazz, sometimes within the same song.
Harsh Vocals: It seems to be Carley's primary method of singing, at least pre-What Doesn't Kill You....
The Unintelligible: Carley's harsh vocals.
Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly: What other band regularly combines metalcore with rapping and jazz?
New Sound Album:
- 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.
- Kiss the Lie has a more atmospheric alt-metal sound that eschews the band's previous jazz and hip-hop influences.
Surprisingly Gentle Song: "Matter. Anti. Matter" is a jazz-fusion number that comes in between two metal songs on The Process of Self-Development.

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 Candiria is an [[Genre Roulette]] band hailing from Brooklyn, New York. They're best known for blending elements of [[Metalcore]], [[Hip Hop]], and [[Jazz|Jazz Fusion]] 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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 Influences:
-* [[Miles Davis]], [[Tool]], [[Steve Vai]], [[King Crimson]], [[Black Sabbath (Music)|Black Sabbath]], [[Radiohead]], [[Frank Zappa]], John Zorn, John Coltrane, [[Pink Floyd]], [[Alice in Chains (Music)|Alice in Chains]]
+* [[Miles Davis]], [[Tool]], [[Steve Vai]], [[King Crimson]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Radiohead]], [[Frank Zappa]], John Zorn, John Coltrane, [[Pink Floyd]], [[Alice in Chains]]
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 * Coma New York (Coma)
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 Current Line-Up:
 * Carley Coma: Vocals (1992-Present)
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 * ''Kiss the Lie'' (2009)
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-=== Candiria provides examples of: ===
 * [[Album Title Drop]]: "Sirens" for ''Kiss the Lie''.
-* [[Author Existence Failure]]: ''Narrowly'' averted with that traffic accident. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Some of the members were asleep when it happened]] [[Metallica (Music)|and were thrown out of the van]]. Everyone had to be hospitalized with a few of them in critical condition.
+* [[Author Existence Failure]]: ''Narrowly'' averted with that traffic accident. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Some of the members were asleep when it happened]] [[Metallica|and were thrown out of the van]]. Everyone had to be hospitalized with a few of them in critical condition.
 * [[Boastful Rap]]: "Words from the Lexicon".
-* [[Cover Version]]: Of [[Wu Tang Clan|Method Man's]] "Bring the Pain" and "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre and [[Snoop Dogg]].
+* [[Cover Version]]: Of [[Wu-Tang Clan|Method Man's]] "Bring the Pain" and "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre and [[Snoop Dogg]].
 * [[Epic Rocking]]: "R-Evolutionize-R" clocks in a nine-and-a-half minutes while "The Process of Self-Development" is about a minute shorter.
-* [[Everything's Louder With Bagpipes]]: The ending of "Mathematics".
+* [[Everything's Louder with Bagpipes]]: The ending of "Mathematics".
 * [[Genre Roulette]]: Band switches between [[Metalcore]], [[Hip Hop]] and [[Jazz]], sometimes within the same song.
 * [[Harsh Vocals]]: It seems to be Carley's primary method of singing, at least pre-''What Doesn't Kill You...''.