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elma

Instrumental metal from Brazil

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorA review of our new EP from Aversionline:
"Another four-song debut EP (released by Amplitude) comes from Elma, an instrumental unit located in Brazil that herein drops four succinct tracks of twisted math metal-sounding material in a mere nine minutes. The scope of these surprisingly brief tracks is rather wide in its penchant for jumping from dense, rhythmic sludge to dissonant layers of noisier guitar textures, frequently easing up on the distortion to take a different approach to the grating, mangled sort of edge that a lot of the riffs possess. The crisp recording is probably most beneficial to the drums, which sound fucking phenomenal throughout the entire EP, though the rather strange texture that resides in all of the guitar tones employed within is pretty damn intriguing in its own right. The packaging is a real trip, too. The disc is housed in a matte black gatefold digipack with the band’s logo die-cut out of the front cover, which allows the metallic silver printing from the outer pages of the booklet to show through from both sides. The booklet then folds out to reveal four pages of strange yet awesome geometric shapes and patterns. It’s pretty simple in some ways, but it looks amazing, and I bet it cost a shitload to pull off! I’m floored by how damn short this release is, but it leaves me extremely curious to see where these cats are gonna go in the future. There’s a lot of potential here…"
If you want to buy the EP from outside Brazil, try Peligro International at
http://www.peligro.com.br/international/
Pra comprar o EP no Brasil mesmo você pode visitar tambem a Ideal Shop:
http://www.idealshop.com.br/loja/product_info.php?products_i d=5056

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Member Since: 10/28/2005
Band Members: Fernando (drums); Ricardo (bass); Paulo (guitar); Bernardo (guitar).
Influences: Melvins, Zelão, Shellac, Helmet, Neurosis, Presto?, The Jesus Lizard, Bar do Bolinho, Entombed, Fugazi, Sepultura, Battles, Sonic Youth, etc
Record Label: Amplitude
Type of Label: Indie