SIŁA — Siła (review)

SIŁA — Siła album cover Album · 2015 · Metal Related Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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SIŁA is or was an obscure noise / math rock band from Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland and has so far only released one self-titled album in 2015. Somewhat unique for having the lineup of two bassists, one drummer and a vocalist / saxophone player. This sole release features six skronky tracks that add up to just over 30 minutes.

This is a loud and obnoxious type of noisy math rock that’s something like the perfect marriage of what NoMeansNo and Meshuggah would sound like. The staccato dueling bass stomps are right out of the Meshuggah playbook as are the obnoxious shouted vocals over the heavily distorted noise. Despite the djent references the overall songwriting style is more in the vein of post-hardcore or even crust punk with heavy thick riffing and steady drum attacks.

Another key feature of SIŁA’s sound are the incessant math rock time signatures which punctuate the steady rhythmic groove with impunity. Despite the punk influences the tracks are quite lengthy with some extending past six minutes and the receptive nature of the compositions can become a bit monotonous but SIŁA does deliver some unique interludes from time to time to keep the sludgy toxicity from building up too heavily.

Not a lot of info available about this band so perhaps this was a quick one-off however this is a really good brutal noise rock album for sure. It’s a strange mix of sludge metal, djent, post-hardcore or math rock but what a noble effort. My main gripe is that the mechanical nature of it tends to get a bit samey without enough breaks. It sorta sounds like what Messhugah’s first album should’ve been. All in all an entertaining slice of pure noisy distortion with screaming and feedback. It even features moments of doom metal.
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