Sinaya
Maze of Madness

Brutal babes from Brazil beats most of the stereotype men of the genre in terms of brutality, could be the headline to the review of the first album by Brazilian band Sinaya. A band of four girls who released their debut effort in 2013, which was an EP called Obscure Raids. Now five years later they go for madness, at least in the title – Maze of Madness is a very interesting title for an album I think. The cover isn’t too mad though and the same can be said about the album as well. So what is there to say about the first album by Sinaya?

Brutal stuff is one thing you can say. Brutally unimaginative is another thing. Traditional thrash/death metal is probably the genre description that most will use to describe this. Heavy stuff with powerful songs, brutal vocals and a strong production – these girls do the death metal as good or better than most of the boring guys that are way more common in this style of music. But it is hardly something groundbreaking, fresh or innovative – we have heard it all before and the most exciting thing about the album is that it is made by a quartet of girls because their music is not very exciting from a creative standpoint. And it is not very varied either so it is good that they keep the album short and sweet.

Brutal stuff for the one who likes the hard and heavy and brutal death metal stuff, but it is probably not as exciting for the ones on the lookout for the more exciting and creative stuff. I think it is a good album with pretty good songs, the vocals are probably the highlight and overall it is a nice album to listen to. But it is not an album that grabs and catches the attention and I have found it to be a little bit too predictable and it doesn’t really make that much of an impression on me. Good thing to have as background and such but probably not something I would pick if I only wanted to enjoy music for a while.

Brutal Brazilians is how I would describe Sinaya and their first album is a good and brutal death/thrash metal album that might not make much of an impression in the landscapes of music. But it could be worth giving half an hour of your time, and I think that anyone enjoying the brutal stuff will find this album to be at least agreeable but I would have liked to have more of the madness and less of the stereotypes.

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