Album Type:Album
Date Released:March
2014
Label:
Self
Released
White Rivers
and Coldest Chains track listing:
1. Rocio de mayo
2. Hide and grieve
3. The march of the
saddest martyr
4. Quiet rain and
silence segregation
5. Frustration in
the grey streets of resentment
Bio:
A
Sad Bada is a Chilean Sludge/Doom/Post metal band, originally started
as a side proyect in 2008. At that time Fernando Figueroa (Ex -
Ocultum) and Pablo Monroy (Matanza) decided to gather some forces on
guitars with Gastón Cariola, after some intense rehearsing and
several line up changes, A SAD BADA began composing their first songs
with the following line- up:
Fernando
Figueroa - Vocals and guitars
Gastón
Cariola - Guitars
Pablo
Monroy - Drums
During
this preceding composing stage, Pablo Monroy left the band to
dedicate his efforts to Matanza, joining A SAD BADA Andrés Henríquez
on drums and Daniel González on bass. With this new line-up, live
shows were scheduled and performed on different local venues such as
Bar Óxido, Las Américas, Classic Club, etc sharing stage with a
bunch of local and very talented bands such as: Budasses, Dr.Zaius,
Ocultum, Matanza, Abismo, among others.
On
year 2011 and for personal reasons Andrés González and Daniel
González left the band, after a short period of inactivity, on 2012
Roberto Toledo joined the band participating on the recording
sessions of A SAD BADA´S Rebut album entitled "White rivers
and coldest chains". Finally, at the end of 2012 drummer Raúl
Valenzuela (Twilight,
Animus Bellum, Dios del Humo), on february of 2014 Raul Valenzuela
left the band for differences with the other members of the band,
actually the band is looking for a new drummer and playing live with
Andres Henriquez.
Review:
A Sad Bada finally
unleash their début album after teasing the hell out of me for the
best part of 12 months or so. I have seen trailers, listened to free
songs and samples they have recorded for their début album – White
Rivers and Coldest Chains.
And what a fucking
album this is. It's 50 minutes of finely tuned down-tempo
Sludge/Post-Metal riffs that amounts to one bleak depressing ride
into the darkness of human addiction. The album cover gives a great
impression what to expect on the album. Take a long hard look at it
as A Sad Bada are going to take you on an unforgettable journey.
First track - Rocio de
Mayo – pulls no punches with it's unflinching style of bleak anger
filled Sludge/Post-Metal vibes with lead vocalist – Fernando –
singing his heart out here. You can feel his pain and anger through
the intensity of his voice. I haven't heard Sludge/Post-Metal this
bleak in a very long time. It can be very depressing at times but A
Sad Bada do include a few brief shades of Post-Metal riffs that
offers hope in all this darkness and turmoil. But it doesn't last
for long as the band venture back into the darkness.
The music is played at
a brutal mid pace so don't go expecting any fast-paced riffs as that
isn't the band's style. It's loud, uncompromising and beautifully
poetic at times as A Sad Bada prove they are one of the bleakest
bands to come from the South American Sludge Metal Scene.
The misery continues on
Hide and Grieve, a stunning 11 minute epic that has many violent
riffs to lose yourself in with the band playing some truly haunting
post-metal riffs that will truly consume you. This track shows what a
great band A Sad Bada actually are as they have crafted something
mysterious and dangerous here with Fernando once again on fine
demonic form.
The March of The
Saddest Martyr – is another heavy pounding epic that plays out like
your worst nightmare come to life. A Sad Bada are revelling in their
role as dark messengers of death, decay and misery. The instrumental
work is immense through out as this is one of the albums stand out
tracks.
A Sad Bada continue
their barrage of hard-hitting Sludge/Post-Metal riffs through-out the
album's last two tracks and it's a journey that will last long in the
memory. Frustration In The Gray Streets of Resentment ends the album
on a perfect twisted end. This album will compel you and may even
scare the hell out of you but that is the poetic beauty of this
album. It shows the true horrific picture of addiction in all it's
twisted glory.
If you have the
patience for this excellent album you will justly be rewarded with a
brutal and punishing assault on the senses. A Sad Bada have delivered
an outstanding début album and one that should win them some praise
and respect within the Sludge/Post-Metal scene.
Written
by Steve Howe
Thanks to the band for
sending me a promo. White Rivers and Coldest Chains will be available
to buy soon by contacting the band directly.
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