Band: REIA CIBELE
For fans of: Since By Man, Mortar, Spoiled, Cape Light, Loftus, Binary, Hetta, and Craneo.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence
For fans of: Since By Man, Mortar, Spoiled, Cape Light, Loftus, Binary, Hetta, and Craneo.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Post-Hardcore / Emo / Screamo / Skramz / Emo-violence
Related artists: ?.
Country: Lisbon PORTUGAL
Years Active: 2023-present
Country: Lisbon PORTUGAL
Years Active: 2023-present
Label(s): Tomb Tree
A while back I spoke with Portugal's Hetta (podcast linked here) and one member sent me a message just a few days later saying that he was recording a band that I would likely really like. He was right. I eventually got the REIA CIBELE masters and have been smitten ever since. Although we weren't able to time it with the release, my label Tomb Tree did just release tapes for this and a few stragglers remain in the Zegema Beach stores and on the TT Bandcamp.
The first thing that hit me about this band is their intensity, as that shit is top notch. It's loud, abrasive, fast, and is essentially an audio throttling when the piercing screams are fused. The band exudes so much confidence that I can't help put sasscore in this text although the band definitely leans to the screamo/post-hardcore side of things much more. The EP opens with the absolute banger "Solaris" which gets shit start in extremely aggressive/cathartic fashion, smashing together parts of Orchid with SeeYouSpaceCowboy and a splash of Tropical Fuck Storm. I especially love the dancey outro that starts at 1:50 and keeps getting heavier. "Ego/Cristal" follows and is fucking amazing, starting off like something Since By Man would have written, the panic and vocals here are as palpable as they are destructive. Single and song with a music video "Lótus" serves as the EP's midsection is a noisy, abrasive, and snotty routing and is followed by my favourite jam on the album "Não é, nunca foi, nunca será!". This fourth track is fire in a bottle capped at a mere 1:26, the speed and ferocity is unmatched and that jazzy midsection is just icing on the cake, baby. Closer "31039 ORI" boasts a ton of dual screaming before changing into their dance clothes and proceeding to break down like a muthafucka.
Hot fucking damn what a debut.
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DISCOGRAPHY
2024 - Reia Cibele cassette EP (stream/donate/download here) [buy tapes from Tomb Tree]
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(2024) REIA CIBELE - "Não é, nunca foi, nunca será!" (from 'Reia Cibele')
(2024) REIA CIBELE - "Lótus" (from 'Reia Cibele') official music video
(2024) REIA CIBELE - "Ego/Cristal" (from 'Reia Cibele')
(2024) REIA CIBELE - full set live at 'Disgraça, Lisbon - 02.09.23'
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