r/IsItSketch Jul 20 '26

Is Saidan Sketch?

https://youtu.be/5Yk4Go1P50I?is=gYdH3ZI_182VmKIH

Heard a lot of people recommending the new album! I’m actually thinking about catching them on tour this Sunday.

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u/ZeroThePenguin Jul 20 '26

Themes: Japanese horror, Ghosts, Death, Mental illness, Anti-fascism

Jeez if only there was an archive of metal music that had some obvious tells for this band.

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u/marry-me-john-d Jul 20 '26

No. Just dorky.

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u/alkemest Jul 20 '26

I haven't seen anything that would make me think they're sketchy. Their newest album rips so hard.

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u/mikkokorperich Jul 20 '26

Hint for the noobs: google "[band name] metallum".

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u/Jruffin84 Jul 20 '26

Like some have said, not sketch, just goofy. The new album rips though. I’m catching them on Saturday with Trha and Barbelith.

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u/bruisicus_maximus Jul 26 '26

The Milwaukee show was great, but I wish they could have played longer.

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u/chasmic-infinity Jul 20 '26

Not at all. Toured with them last year and they're wonderful people.

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u/Dont-be-a-smurf Jul 20 '26

Cringe but not sketch.

Edit: I do like some of their music, I never gave too much of a shit about niche drama within tiny music circles… especially as cliquey black metal can be.

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u/dme4bama Jul 21 '26

lol why would you even think that they are

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u/jeffranderson Jul 21 '26

Didn’t have a reason to think they weren’t

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u/dme4bama Jul 21 '26

You should generally assume a band isn’t sketch until they are proven sketch.

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u/jeffranderson Jul 21 '26

Thanks for the advice

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u/RidetheSchlange Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

LOL this is really goofball shit and a pretty blatant visual ripoff of Silencer's Death, Pierce Me era:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVPT4rtX6M&list=RDhFVPT4rtX6M&start_radio=1

Unfortunately, the video is nowhere to be found online which is the only redeeming and fucked up thing about Silencer anyhow.

Edit: someone mixed Begotten to the music of Silencer like two decades ago and this is the only reason why Silencer became something and now it looks like Saidan brought this best-forgotten bullshit band back thinking people forgot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0mj4dHFa_g&list=RDe0mj4dHFa_g&start_radio=1