Sunday, April 22, 2012

Sadgiqacea (sad-juh-kay-sha)

Sadgiqacea live at the Level Room
Philadelphia, PA  4/21/12

I think the most significant music is a reflection of the time it is produced in. Sadgiqacea was formed in 2010. Think about the turmoil in the world in the last few years. War. Financial Ruin. Violence. Natural Disasters. Energy Crisis. Strange Weather Patterns. Recession...


Sadgiqacea mirrors that turmoil. They are a thunderous wave crashing on the shores of your mind. A pounding underground metal two-piece - guitar and drums with vocals that howl like a tortured soul crying out while teetering on the edge of the abyss. Long movements of music; dense, textured, cinematic, veering from melodic to thrashing.


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How would I describe their sound conventionally? A little of: Mastodon, Slayer, a sludgier Black Sabbath (think peak Ozzy years - Sabotage and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath), Ride the Lightning-era Metallica and the works of H.P. Lovecraft all thrown in a cauldron and boiled to create something new and different.


I was impressed with their recordings, but live they are even more of a beast than on record. They are like two horsemen riding into town, frantically trying to warn you of the Apocalypse but knowing they are too late to save you. They will be on tour across the U.S. this summer, see them.

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Sadgiqacea are on Anthropic Records