doom / progressive
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Wait, what is this now? That question often appears when I'm listening to a new release by a band I've never heard about but this time it has a huge questionmark at the end. Very rarely I encounter a blend of progressive metal, doom metal and jazz while the (in this case female) vocals add a decent slab of sludge and death metal into the mix. Very rarely I'm this confused about a release. Yet, as often happens, I'm beginning to like this strange combination.
Wisteria is a band from Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2014. According to the biography, the band has been influenced by everything between Rush, Pallbearer and Mastodon. Personally, I can add a few more bands like Electric Wizard; Janis Joplin, Jess and the Ancient Ones to even Jef Neve and the chaotic jazznoise of Zu. The combination of all these influences results in something complex, surprising and quite heavy.
In three songs, Wisteria present a decent overview of their abilities. Yet, I wonder where it all will lead to. It might be too complex and chaotic for psychedelic rock and doom fans, it might be too heavy for jazz faddists and it might be too bizarre for rock and metalcore fans. However, as I mentioned in an earlier review, there's a niche of music fans who love crossovers, even seemingly impossible ones. Those are the hard core of the music industry and that's where Wisteria can and will find a good bunch of followers.
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Wisteria is a band from Vancouver, Canada, founded in 2014. According to the biography, the band has been influenced by everything between Rush, Pallbearer and Mastodon. Personally, I can add a few more bands like Electric Wizard; Janis Joplin, Jess and the Ancient Ones to even Jef Neve and the chaotic jazznoise of Zu. The combination of all these influences results in something complex, surprising and quite heavy.
In three songs, Wisteria present a decent overview of their abilities. Yet, I wonder where it all will lead to. It might be too complex and chaotic for psychedelic rock and doom fans, it might be too heavy for jazz faddists and it might be too bizarre for rock and metalcore fans. However, as I mentioned in an earlier review, there's a niche of music fans who love crossovers, even seemingly impossible ones. Those are the hard core of the music industry and that's where Wisteria can and will find a good bunch of followers.
Serge