Kandarivas (Japan) - Grind Surgical Shrine (2019)

To "preserve" traditions, many present culture as it was for one moment, frozen in amber. Kandarivas instead opts for a more practical approach, melding the traditional with the modern and preserving through innovation. They take traditional Japanese taiko drumming and insert it into a framework of experimental grindcore in a way that respects both ideas equally. The band is a trio, with Tomoki on guitar and lead vocals, Onobone playing the drum kit and Kaiki on the taiko drums. The taiko take the place both on stage and in the mix o…