SINGLE-MINDED BLASTBEATS: Sikora (Canada) - 5 Torments (2020)

In the first installment of Single-minded Blastbeats - namely, an ongoing exhibition of one-human solo grindworks and other blastbeat-adjacent projects - I present Sikora, aptly powered by Sarah Jane Cooper, member of Minitel , a defunct band of (totally understandable) Discordance Axis worship. The low, dragging start to  Imposter Syndrome is a self-conscious far cry from professed "false grind" clichés, and it certainly doesn't prepare one for the rest of the blasting tracks that grace the EP. Rare breakdowns rain down hard; i…