KANDIA are born in November 2007 from A.C. & Nya's experiments. From jamming at
home to entering a studio to record their first work only 8 months have passed
After a home made pre-production, USS facilities became the obvious choice for
these musicians who, together with producer Daniel Cardoso & his talentous
assistant Pete made the \\"Light\\" shine a month later
Nya came from a background of metal music, being the voice & words to
gothic-rock band Love Lies Eternal
A.C. has always been connected to progressive rock, working with Miguel Santos
\\"Broken Hourglass\\" project & his own \\"Backlit\\". They would later meet up at a
new hard-rock project, and departure after a concert at the portuguese SBSR
Festival
A change of pace was obvious for both & they would start exchanging ideas very
quickly. Soon enough, with the birth of \\"Grown Up\\", they were certain that they
were getting somewhere
Nevertheless, their effort is to make meaningfull music. The name itself comes
from Cape Verde's word \\"kandia\\" which means \\"blinding by light \\"

Influences: The Butterfly Effect, Breaking Benjamin, Opeth, Chevelle, Tool
Theory of a Deadman, Karnivool, Metallica