Modern metal attack from Rio de Janeiro, that's what Siriun are presenting here, on their debut album 'In Chaos We Trust'. Taking their oldest influences from post-thrash metal Sepultura and first Machine Head albums (then it's around 1993-1994), and adding nu-metal and djent bits (so, there's a lot of earlier Soulfly, too, then), this certainly does have a taste of that Brazilian booty. But the ghosts of Devildriver and the likes hang on over it all...

Guitar riffs (by sole member Alexandre Castellan) are Sepultura's Andreas Kisser style noise stuff, blunt djent simplicity or streetwise hardcore-ish ones. Not much of them are really catchy. Loads of Machine Head style pinch harmonics are heard throughout the songs. Some guitar melodies and acoustic guitar parts are about the only that leaves any mark on my brain. Yeah, guitar riffing can be fast and furious too, unlike palm muted djent jerking, but even with added blast beating from the recruited drummer Kevin Talley (Dååth, ex-Chimaira, ex-Dying Fetus etc.) does not raise to a chaotic realms. It's just basically very fast nu-metal at times. There's a few guitar solos heard, which can add some briskness to the music, but they aren't any kind of unique or characteristic.

So, guys got some blast beating going on on here, but because this is what it is, a listener can expect a lot of jump-da-fuck-up rhythms. Often there's double kick drums punching, and they do add a bit of aggressiveness to going-ons. Vocals are fierce shouting, or then more scream-like. So clean voices are heard, reminding of one Robb Flynn (Machine Head). The album could've included the lyrics, because I cannot make much out of what the vocals are saying, but it's a 4-panel digipak without a booklet.

Sound-wise the album is nasty. In a good way, mostly. The bass guitar is in the back, quite damn quiet. I do not like that blunt djent guitar tone at all, but otherwise guitars can be really ripping, or then more bluesy, depending what style the guys play. Talking about the styles, I think Siriun wear their influences way too clearly. Yes, they do sound Brazilian, but still they do not carry a lot of character. This, and rather unvarying songwriting are rather big deficiencies here. This might be enough to followers of aforementioned bands and their styles, but if you're scared about modernity of any kind, you should steer clear off this one.

Rating: 5+ (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Lane
10/06/2015 17:21