Mihai Edrisch was a screamo band from
Lyon that formed some time in .
The band’s entire recorded output consists of two LPs: one released in and one released in . Vocalist Johan Girardeau would go on to form
blackenedscreamo outfit
Celeste with later Mihai Edrisch guitarist
Guillaume Rieth, with Johan Girardeau on vocal
and bass guitar duties, and Guillaume Rieth on guitar. Mihai Edrisch drummer and pianist Benoît Desvignes is perhaps best known for his
work as the drummer of fellow Lyon
The music of Mihai Edrisch is often compared to that of their
Frenchscreamo/post-hardcore peers, like Daïtro and
Toulousianscreamo/post-rockers Sed Non
Satiata. It is true that some of the
comments made on Daïtro apply here as well; in
particular, Mihai Edrisch fill out many of their arrangements with
complex and winding sequences of block chords that take up the
middle-to-high register of the guitar, and their records have
a production style that is reminiscent of the moody ambience — throughout
both soft and loud sections — of Envy. But the music of Mihai
Edrisch, while it may sound similar to that of their
French peers on the surface, is unique in its commitment
to tight, yet quite complex, song structures and riffs. Because of this,
Mihai Edrisch are here tagged with math rock, emoviolence, and mathcore, none of which
they are typically associated with. The unusual rhythms and general
“skronkiness” of many of Mihai Edrisch’s guitar riffs recalls math rock influence, and
even mathcore — even if Mihai Edrisch cannot
realistically be considered a metalcore band. And the bass guitar playing and drumming of this
band are no slouches, either; many of the individual performances on Mihai
Edrisch’s records are nothing short of athletic, often featuring the
high tempi, the maximalist drumming — and even sometimes
quasi-blast beats — typical of emoviolence.
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