Bruno Major
Popular music
KICHIKU, who was heavily influenced by the musicality and expressive way of the 90's, such as Hi-STANDARD, HUSKING BEE, THUMB, BRAHMAN, BACK DROP BOMB, was in charge of all, inheriting the charm of the 1990s. To the preeminent melody sense, with the melancholy, emotional, sometimes a story, he built up a new genre called "BACK LIFT" and exposed emotions.
In 2007, KICHIKU met three members of Meijo University in Nagoya in a circle called World Ethnic Music Study Group. KICHIKU invited YAKITORI (former Gt) and HEAVIN (hevin) to form BACK LIFT. Immediately afterwards all members will quit their circles and place a base of activity outside the circle.
They played the first live performance in August of the same year and started activities.
Back Lift is a Japanese band with the influences of different genres such as punk, rock, hip-hop, reggae, metal, mixture rock. They are a 3 piece melodic band formed in Nagoya in mid - July 2007 including Dr / Cho Tsuki 'HEAVIN' Futaku / Gt / Cho Fukaya 'YU-PON' / Yuki Vo / Ba Kobayashi 'KICHIKU' Sakuya.
As for the songwriting, all of KICHIKU strongly influenced by the musicality and expression of the 90's, such as Hi-STANDARD, HUSKING BEE, THUMB, BRAHMAN, BACK DROP BOMB, etc. While inheriting the attraction of the 90's, outstanding melodies, euphoria, emotionalism, and sometimes narratives are being put on a new genre called "BACK LIFT" to expose the emotions.
Until now, at the largest free rock festival FREEDOM held in Nagoya, they strived for big birds in front of 8,000 people, and entrance regulations were repeated in live house circuit. And on the tour "Heartful world" released on December 5, 2012, Tour Grand Final at Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO which was held after 44 tours sold out tickets for full celebrations.
And on 1st DVD & SINGLE "FULL OF OUR BIG DREAM" which was released on November 6, 2013, it packed the video of the previous tour's finals.
Furthermore, Back Clift also joint project "Nagoya - Middle Plan 2013" with Nagoya 's same - generation ally, 04 Limited Sazabys, THREE LIGHTS DOWN KINGS and made it sell out on the same day.
With unique and attractive music style, Igirisu-zin promises to bring audiences the most vibrant and passionate music. They plays simple music such as their personal life, love and work. While it is a flashy fashion, its sounds like a nostalgic sound, such as mandolin or acoustic guitar, like a novel. It is a unique sound with lyrics that are unique. The height of the stage's tension is unusual, and it is inevitable that the viewers will fall into the British world. Especially, if you are a rock enthusiast, meeting Igirisu-zin is really a great date.
The RODEOS is a new generation of remarkable Combat Folk Sound featuring various world music such as Irish, Rustic, Russian Folk, Ska and unique Japanese lyrics, cross over to Punk rock!. THE RODEOS was formed in 2009 and is attracting attention with style that puts on screaming Japanese lyrics.
Just like the lyrics of Blue Heart's Linda Linda, they play muddy and beautiful sounds. In 2016, momentum is going on, such as successfully making the first overseas tour in Cataluña and Basque.
They are based in Kichijoji, we hold a live street in front of the station every Friday night, and they are doing PV shooting at the JR Kichijoji station.
Their memorable 1st full album released in 2012 is "The Rodeo". As members publicly say that THE CLASH is in the roots, it has become a hot and bloody sound. But surprisingly it is their age when they completed this album. This album with high quality is completed with youth of early twenties.
FUNGUS is a Japanese punk rock band. Ex.TRACY's vocalist Kamisaka and bassist Shibagaki formed the band in 1997 and released the 1st ALBUM "For tomorrow" in 2000. After that, consistently 8 original albums and 2 best albums were released. Their music varies widely from violently punk to "hot, gentle and heartful", and their message is generated not only by fans but also by many active bands.
With the withdrawal of GERU (Key), GEN joins as a guitarist and vigorously performs live activities in various places. They have been organizing Japan tours together, also international tours such as 2015 BOMBSHELL ROCKS in Sweden, BOOZE & GLORY in the UK in 2017, The Rumjacks in Australia in 2018 and there are many more to go.
The Rumjacks are a punk rock/celtic folk band from Sydney, Australia.
Formed in 2008 by Will Swan, the Rumjacks combine a variety of musical influences, including elements of punk rock and traditional celtic folk. The band wasted little time releasing their debut EP Hung, Drawn & Portered quickly followed by their second EP 'Sound as a Pound' released later in the year. The Rumjacks never a work shy group quickly developed a strong local following, through their constant touring and energetic performances they became a must-see group of the Sydney and Australian music scene. With their strong local support and burgeoning international awareness The Rumjacks quickly secured international supports with punk legends U.K Subs, GBH and Gypsy punk legends Gogol Bordello amongst others.
After some early line up changes, the band settled on and maintained their line up of McLaughlin, McKelvey, drummer Anthony Matters, guitarist Gabriel Whitbourne and banjo/mandolin/bouzouki player Adam Kenny, recording three critically acclaimed albums together 'Gangs of New Holland' (2010), 'Sober and Godless' (2015) and recently released 'Sleeping Rough'(2016) before Anthony's departure following their sold out 2016 European tour.
The music video for their 2011 single "An Irish Pub Song" from the 2010 album 'Gangs of New Holland' exploded on-line, amassing over 37 million views and counting on YouTube, and is the catalyst to the groups growing success and popularity in Europe and the U.S.A.
In 2014, the band featured in Nicky's Detox, an EP by The Moorings, the song being titled Shandon Bells.
In addition to performing shows in many Australian cities, The Rumjacks have embarked upon two sold out European tours. The first European tour in 2015 featured the legendary Jarocin Festival in Poland and the enigmatic Boomtown Fair UK. Quickly followed by their mammoth 2016 Euro tour, that saw The Rumjacks featuring on the Main stages of; Woodstock Poland, Mighty Sounds, Punk Rock Holiday and Lowlands Festival to name a few. With 2016 drawing to a close The Rumjacks have announced their first ever U.S tour, commencing March 2017 and featuring at San Diego's Shamrocked Fest. and Austin's renowned SXSW Music Festival.
THE PRISONER is a Punk Ska band from Japan. They formed in 2005
Members: junichilow(vocal); nana(vocal); osamu(guitar); tomonori(guitar); michiaki(keys); takashi(bass); yatching(drums).
-ALBUM-
2007/1st CD "Lookin' for love" on villainy prison records
2008/2nd CD "Chaos tokyo" on vivid sound
2009/3rd CD "Soul survivor" on vivid sound
2010/4th CD "Rats and crows" on diwphalanx records
2011/5th CD "Believe" on diwphalanx records
2014/6th CD "Rebel train" on diwphalanx records
-MINI ALBUM-
2013/1st CD mini album "START"
-SINGLE-
2010/1st 7inch "Barbedwire and dreams" on diwphalanx records
2011/2nd 7inch "rebels with a couse" on diwphalanx records
2014/3rd CD single "Meteor" on diwphalanx records
-DVD-
2011/1st DVD "Documentary live and loud 2010"
Formed in 2008 by Will Swan, the Rumjacks combine a variety of musical influences, including elements of punk rock and traditional celtic folk. The band wasted little time releasing their debut EP Hung, Drawn & Portered quickly followed by their second EP 'Sound as a Pound' released later in the year. The Rumjacks never a work shy group quickly developed a strong local following, through their constant touring and energetic performances they became a must-see group of the Sydney and Australian music scene. With their strong local support and burgeoning international awareness The Rumjacks quickly secured international supports with punk legends U.K Subs, GBH and Gypsy punk legends Gogol Bordello amongst others.
After some early line up changes, the band settled on and maintained their line up of McLaughlin, McKelvey, drummer Anthony Matters, guitarist Gabriel Whitbourne and banjo/mandolin/bouzouki player Adam Kenny, recording three critically acclaimed albums together 'Gangs of New Holland' (2010), 'Sober and Godless' (2015) and recently released 'Sleeping Rough'(2016) before Anthony's departure following their sold out 2016 European tour.
The music video for their 2011 single "An Irish Pub Song" from the 2010 album 'Gangs of New Holland' exploded on-line, amassing over 37 million views and counting on YouTube, and is the catalyst to the groups growing success and popularity in Europe and the U.S.A.
In 2014, the band featured in Nicky's Detox, an EP by The Moorings, the song being titled Shandon Bells.
In addition to performing shows in many Australian cities, The Rumjacks have embarked upon two sold out European tours. The first European tour in 2015 featured the legendary Jarocin Festival in Poland and the enigmatic Boomtown Fair UK. Quickly followed by their mammoth 2016 Euro tour, that saw The Rumjacks featuring on the Main stages of; Woodstock Poland, Mighty Sounds, Punk Rock Holiday and Lowlands Festival to name a few. With 2016 drawing to a close The Rumjacks have announced their first ever U.S tour, commencing March 2017 and featuring at San Diego's Shamrocked Fest. and Austin's renowned SXSW Music Festival.
The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized in all capital letters as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. The network is headquartered at the 20th Century Fox studio in Los Angeles, with additional major offices and production facilities at the Fox Television Center also in Los Angeles and the Fox Broadcasting Center in New York City.
Launched on October 9, 1986, as a competitor to the Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC), Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012, and earned the position as the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season.
Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U.S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U.S.-based Fox affiliate, either over-the-air or through a pay television provider, although Fox's National Football League telecasts and most of its prime time programming are subject to simultaneous substitution regulations for cable and satellite providers imposed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to protect rights held by domestically based networks.
The network is named after sister company 20th Century Fox, and indirectly for producer William Fox, who founded one of the movie studio's predecessors, Fox Film. Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters.
20th Century Fox had been involved in television production as early as the 1950s, producing several syndicated programs. Following the demise of the DuMont Television Network in August of that year after it became mired in severe financial problems, the NTA Film Network was launched as a new "fourth network". 20th Century Fox would also produce original content for the NTA network. The film network effort would fail after a few years, but 20th Century Fox continued to dabble in television through its production arm, TCF Television Productions, producing series (such as Perry Mason) for the three major broadcast television networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS).
FUNGUS is a Japanese punk rock band. Ex.TRACY's vocalist Kamisaka and bassist Shibagaki formed the band in 1997 and released the 1st ALBUM "For tomorrow" in 2000. After that, consistently 8 original albums and 2 best albums were released. Their music varies widely from violently punk to "hot, gentle and heartful", and their message is generated not only by fans but also by many active bands.
With the withdrawal of GERU (Key), GEN joins as a guitarist and vigorously performs live activities in various places. They have been organizing Japan tours together, also international tours such as 2015 BOMBSHELL ROCKS in Sweden, BOOZE & GLORY in the UK in 2017, The Rumjacks in Australia in 2018 and there are many more to go.
Revili'O is an Irish, Old American trad, folk rock band. The members are basically six people, but the organization often changes with live performances. In a small group formation, it became a style that extruded a more rustic and earthy atmosphere to the front, differentiating it from the activity contents of six people.
They formed in 2012 through the predecessor JAD, Thy County. Initially Toshita Nohara and Jun Kajino made songs and live, but in the next spring 2012 Take Arita and Daisuke Yamazaki (both former JAD) join. With this, the band officially named Revili'O (Levillio). Etymology is coined by a field.
A few months later, they met Takagi Takaki (former Haggis) in Osaka and and he joined on the spot. Yamamoto Suguma came after the performance in Irish pub in 2013, although he was active in organizing without percussion instruments for a while.
U'nderway was formed in 2013 in Okayama! They are a fine city punk band who loves Irish music and Alcohol! The band name is not downtown .... but meaning during the voyage.
Vocal.Mandolin / Takah! Ro
Guitar / Hiroshi
Bass / Molly
Dram / Miles
Bouzouki, A.gt / Kouichi
Guests such as Marcel Gadacz (DREAM ON DREAMER) on artwork and Mark Holcomb (Periphery) on guest guitarist participated in mastering engineer with Acle Kahney (TesseracT).
In the following year, they debuted live and MIKI (Bass) joined the band. On June 1, he moved to GO WITH ME RECORDS.
In February of the following year they signed a contract with Germany REDFIELD RECORDS, 2nd album "Hologram" released on March 9th. It was also digital released in the EU area.
On October 10, the same year, the digital single "City Lights" which was a long-awaited new work delivered simultaneously on iTunes worldwide, and SATOKEN (SOUL JAPAN, ex.Winter Daphne) subscription was announced as a new Vocalist.
In the tour of China that went on in February 2017, they was selected to support act of Periphery at the Shanghai performance the first day and sold the first one man who carried out in Wuhan the next day. Succeeded all five performances including Hong Kong.
Leaving labels from June to work as independent artist.
At the end of the month the appeared as Headliner on "LOUD SUMMER FEST" held in Shanghai / Beijing which is the second Chinese tour for only 4 months.
On July 16, KAI, who served as a support drummer for about 8 months, was officially announced and becomes a system of four people. On the next day, the music video of the new song "Slow Dancer" which was recorded on the street. Shooting was done by Kansai 's creator team THINGS. It was a work that matched a new direction of rock orientation, such as location in local Shibuya - ku in addition to live footage.
On August 12, the voluntary project "THE GALLERY # 1" was held at Shibuya GARRET and it was packed and released "MODE", which is a long-awaited 1st EP. On September 18th, 2016 digital release of Acoustic version of "City Lights" released.
Based on the Acoustic version of "City Lights" on November 4, Remix by gen, an initial member, released suddenly. MV also exposed a new challenge including members' direction.
In February 2018, they continued the double headline tour "THE NEW REALITY TOUR 2018" with the same village Sable Hills as last year and made the first live performance in Korea.
On March 1, the long-awaited new single "Nocturne" was released as a digital, and at the same time the Music Video is also released.
The tour final performance "THE NEW REALITY FESTIVAL 2018" held on Shibuya club asia on March 4 was sold out.
Mirrors is a 5-piece deathcore band from Tokyo, Japan. It consists of Toshiki Nomura - Vocal, Jumpei Sakakibara - Guitar, Koki Takagi - Guitar, Mario Price - Bass and Ryohei Chibiki - drum. Their latest album "Solipsistic Death" includes 8 tracks was highly appreciated.
Victim of Deception is a deathcore band from Tokyo, Japan. The band formed in April 2014 and released their first free demo "Anti for Creed". The band quickly distributed 1000 demos after that. With help from the demo, they expanded their live activity throughout the country, to Nagoya, Osaka, and Sendai. The band later became support for bands such as Heaven Shall Burn, Obey The Brave, War of Ages, For The Fallen Dreams and Defiler. Their EP "The Uprising Desolation" was released in 2015. The EP sold 1500 copies before and after a show.
Unfortunately, Vocalist Daichi fell ill suddenly and passed away on October 28th, 2017.
Last Day Dream is a metal core band formed in Osaka, known as LDD.
On May 15, 2013, they released 1st EP [Last Day Dream], 1000 sheets were sold out. They had the first live performance on May 24, 2013. The song was chosen for Osaka performance with "Big Rock Tour Vol. 8" at the second live concert with the big artists.
On February 22, 2014 they released a free distribution EP of the new song "KALEIDOSCOPIC SCYTHE" and sold out immediately. In April they were appointed as the Japan Tour of Melodes / Metalcore Band of The Black Dahlia Murder. The band co-starred with The Black Dahlia Murder (from U.S.A), FleshGod Apocalypse (from Italy), Dew sented (from Germany).
Their 1st mini album "My Tragic Phantom" was released nationally on March 25, 2015. The band appeared on "Scream Out Fest 2015", the largest metal core / scream festival in Japan on June 7.
On January 8, 2016, KAI (Gu) was welcomed t the band and 1st single "Another Dimension" was released nationwide. They also participated in JAPAN TOUR of KUBLAI KHAN (from U. S. A), WAGE WAR (from U. S. A), ONE MORNING LEFT (from Finland), Get Scared (from U. S. A) and also performed a wide range of activities with idols. Participated in the official song of "Let It Die" in survival action game for PlayStation 4.
Broken By The Scream is a band formed in October of 2016 with the idea of merging the idol music with the extreme metal since the girls use Screaming a lot inside their songs, the band has been cataloged within the Kawaii metal genre due to its instrumental part although its lyrics depart from its ideology.
The band debuted until January 2017 formed by 4 girls who gave life to a Single called "Broken By The Scream" in the month of February there were problems with a founding member (Sumire) then in the month of April Uriin Kagura would enter and from that moment the band has been stable, thus releasing in November 2017 a mini album that would give them more fame in the world of extreme idol.
Critically acclaimed around the world, with low growls from Io, high screams from Kagura, and clean vocals from Yae and Ayame, the screaming metal idol group Broken By The Scream is a unique combination never before witnessed in the idol scene or the metal scene. Their songs’ breathtaking medley of powerful screaming and beautiful singing is unlike anything else.
They will serve dishes in the buffet style until 23 o'clock, Also, you can drink the Jim Beam Highball until 21 o'clock!
The single illustrated the combination of static-sounding guitars and sound effects, alongside static and circuitry visuals, before entering the next stage of the song with high pitched sound effects and growls. What comes after is vocalist Kai’s digitally altered vocals and a song structure that has an undeniable metalcore sound more than anything.
They develop various expressions based on the concept of "Recognition of things that human beings originally possess". In the visual system, they try to challenge contemporary scenes with a viewpoint of the world with the existence of an unusual manipulator, a rich sound and incorporating rap into music while not being bound by genre and fixed concept.
In 2017, they played in the domestic biggest hardcore festival "BLOODAXE FESTIVAL 2017". They said that " It is a "not good" band if you keep an eye out for the future success."
Lionheart is a British hard rock band formed in late 1980. The band split up in 1986 but reformed in 2016 with a line-up.
The song "Lionheart", recorded by Reuben Archer, Dennis Stratton, Steve Mann, Rocky Newton, and Frank Noon belatedly surfaced on the Heavy Metal Heroes Vol. 2 (Heavy Metal Records) compilation in 1982. That track remains the only representative recording of the band's early sound, as they changed their style significantly.
Lionheart appeared on Saturday 22 October 2016, third in a seven-act line-up headlined by Steelheart at the three-day Rockingham 2016 melodic/hard rock festival, held in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Lionheart appeared at the Sweden Rock festival in June 2017.
Richard "Slugger" Labbe (born June 14, 1968) is an American technical consultant who currently works for Toyota Racing Development. He had previously been employed in NASCAR as a crew chief for Yates Racing, Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Richard Petty Motorsports, Richard Childress Racing and others. He has also previously served as an analyst for NASCAR on NBC.
Labbe was born in Saco, Maine and introduced to racing at a young age. His father, Ray, worked on cars in the NASCAR Busch North Series and often brought his son to the events. In 1984 at the age of 15, Labbe began work on the crew of a Late Model stock car team. Two years later he began working in the NASCAR Busch North Series.
LEVIASUN is a hardcore band from Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan. They formed in 2008.
Members: Vo.YUTA / Gt.MOURI / Gt.MASA / Dr.RASSY.
They appeared in many tours of other artists, such as THICK AS BLOOD (R.I.P), American me, THE RABIES, DOWN FOR REALIZE, PULLING TEETH, FIGHT IT OUT, WARHOUND...
Graupel is a metalcore band from Tokyo in Japan, formed in 2015.
Members: Sota Yuyama - Vocal / Yuu Kakimoto - Guitar / Takuma Genda - Guitar / Kai Hioki - Bass / Julien - Drums.
They are an independent band who produce music by themselves. Yuta writes every music for Graupel. Themes is blue, cold and beautiful. His music-making process starts with jamming in his brain then recording demo with Logic. The other members practice with demo by themselves and jamming in the rehearsal studio.
They have played in Tokyo, Osaka, Hokkaido. Their favorite is Shibuya Cyclone, Sapporo Klub Counter Action, Umeda Zeela. Otaru CRU-Z. Shibuya Rubyroom was hard for them because stage is too small for 5 members to perform while moving.
The band was named VIGILANTE after the British legendary hard rock band MAGNUM's song "Vigilante".
The early influences from which they derived inspiration were bands such as SCORPIONS, SAVAGE GRACE, RUNNING WILD, to name a few. And from that point onward they kept developing and refining their sound through their succession of demos and live shows.
When they came across the sounds of RUSH and FATES WARNING, whose progressive ways to approach music totally fascinated the band, VIGILANTE's attention turned towards making their music more artistic and dramatic.
It might have been a hard time for such a band to carry on, given the music scene in the late eighties Japan. After all, at that time, People who knew even the word "Progressive Metal" were few and far
between. But despite these circumstances, they got the chance to be introduced to the manager of Gibson Japan at that time, Loyd Love. And so it came to be, that once they'd borrowed some Gibson
guitars from his office, within one week, they were able to complete a new demo called "FATAL SUPERSTITION". When he finished listening to their demo, Love described the band as "A perfect hybrid sound of eastern music and western music".
Soon thereafter, Hiroshi became an endorser of Gibson USA.
However, it wasn't long before VIGILANTE had to endure the serial replacements of many of its original members.The loss of its members was a crunch for the band and they had to take a hiatus for a while.
After several months, VIGILANTE resumed with a new line-up. In addition to the stable guitar team of Hiroshi and Kazuaki Horie, they had new vocalist, Hideaki Niwa, new drummer, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, and a new bass player, Makoto Unno.
In 1997, they had their first big show in Tokyo. The show was almost 2-hours long and they played more than 20 original songs. The show was a success and the band received a good audience response.
After that historic show, they started the recording of their first album "CHAOS-PILGRIMAGE".
The album was released in April 1998 with complete self sound production. Upon releasing the album, they received a good reaction throughout the world, being highly praised by renowned metal magazines like Heavy Oder Was!?, Hard Roxx, and Burrn!, in addition to various metal radio and TV programs.
In September 1998, they were given the offer to join the famous "Bang Your Head!!!" metal festival, sponsored by Heavy Oder Was!? in Germany.
Unfortunately, their appearance as a live act didn't come to be but they had an interview session on stage.
When they returned from Germany, they made a license record contract for 5 albums with German veteran label Massacre Records. And in March 1999, the "CHAOS-PILGRIMAGE" EU version was released.
The band released their second album "EDGE OF TIME" in September 1999. Its well-defined power-metal and aggressive styling was greeted favorably by fans all over the world.
And a short two months later, EU version of "EDGE OF TIME" was released in November 1999.
Subsequently, they released the single "THUMBNAIL AT YOU, MASTER" kind of expressing funny side of them as shown in the CD front cover. However, the single unexpectedly landed at #5 on the singles chart of Burrn!
After the release of this album, they continued touring and composing new sounds for their nextalbum to coincide with the replacement of their drummer with Shu Yamaichi in March 2002.
In April 2002, they made a license contract with Korean label,Ponycanyon Korea and the Korean version of their double CD was soon released. The next month they visited Korea and interviewed with Korean music magazine "GMV".
In August 2004, finally their third album "COSMIC INTUITION" was released after five years.
The band kept touring and In April 2005, they made a successful performance in Seoul, Korea. And in June 2005, they joined "Bang Your Head!!!" festival again after seven years with "COSMIC INTUITION" album as a promotional tour. They received a good reaction from German metal fans there.
In July 2005, they played together with Australian power metal act DUNGEON and in September, played with Korean prog-metal band JEREMY again since the last gig in Seoul, Korea in April.
2006 saw drummer Shunji Fujino replace Shu Yamaichi due to musical differences, this young and bold rookie drummer brought a new spirit into the band nearly becoming just a mere inwardlooking
prog-metal veterans and re-energized the band's repertoire.
He also offered a great contribution to the songwriting process of new album in terms of rhythm section along with the bassist, Makoto.
The band released their fourth album "IV" in October 2008. The album took a more modern and power-metal approach to its sound in addition to their trademark of progressive metal virtuosity.
In May 2009, They had a chance to play with Brazillian power-metaler HIBRIA at Tomahawk Metal Fest in Hong Kong, since the metal festival, the friendship between VIGILANTE and HIBRIA has been contituing until now.
2009 saw the beginning of a series of metal events called "Orgasm Metal" which was launched by mainly Hideaki, the band's vocalist and more than 70 bands have participated the events so far.
In 2010, Hiroshi, VIGILANTE's leader and the guitarist came up with an idea of re-recording the old materials by current line-up to show the metal fans the band's performance at its best and the single "RETROSPECTIVE INTO CHAOS VOL.1" was released.
The band released the single "OF INSANITY AND JUSTICE" in 2012 and its limited edition had a bonus DVD "Live At Orgasm Metal 2010-2012". Their live performance on the DVD was good enough to prove VIGILANTE is a real live metal band.
Since the release of "IV", each member started their own music related activities: Hiroshi and Kazuaki, Makoto got endorsement deal from Gibson USA, Kiesel Guitars,Yamaha respectively.
Shunji had an experience of one month European tour with other band as a supporting drummer.
Hideaki joined Australia's LORD album "ASCENDENCE" as a guest vocalist, performing the vocal for "Silent Jealousy", a cover song from X JAPAN.
Hiroshi launched his own handmade boutique guitar pedal brand "VeroCity".
Kazuaki was pursuing a career as a solo guitarist besides VIGILANTE and released his first solo album "A QUEEN OF THE SECRETS".
In 2017, all the recording process was done, VIGILANTE is ready to put out their fifth album "TERMINUS OF THOUGHTS" with a perfect balance between tradition and progression in all metal music.
A heavy ensemble that supports heavy riffs and melodic vocals, its underlying progressive spirit and advanced construction beauty. "Dramatic and Technical Metal" is the sound that SEVENTH SON pursues.
Formed in 2000 by Otani Yasuhisa (G, ex GUARDIAN 'S NAIL), Yasushi Shoda (Dr, ex Nautiluss, GUADIAN'S NAIL) and Yoshiyuki Suzuki (B, ex revelation).
In August 2000, Hikaru Okuma started acting as Vo.
In February 2003, Okuma Hidenori (Vo) withdrew for personal reasons.
Former Zeal Camera Yama (Vo) joins in December 2004
In January 2005, they began to live at the strongest lineup, acting vigorously for one year, enhancing the sense of unity of the band and at the same time starting to produce music. In January 2006, recording started.
In February 2008, SEVENTH SON's first official 1st album "JUDGMENT BELLS" was released from Black-listed Records.
In March 2009, Yama (Vo) fell out and withdrew. Stop the live activity and start making the next piece of music.
In October 2010, Yama (Vo) who recovered from physical condition returned to electric shock. SEVENTH SON will be the strongest lineup again.
In January 2011, we actively resumed live activities, and at the same time started making music for the next album. In October 2012, recording started.
In August 2013, released 2nd album "Fates For Destination" from Black-listed Records.
They completely recreated the songs recorded on the album at the release event on September 1, 2013 and received various praise.
Started live with "Fates For Destination Tour 2013-2014" nationwide tour, performing 18 performances including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai and so on and it was a great success in various places.
November 30, 2014, there is a culmination of the band's first one-man live at Kichijoji crescendo.
This live which greeted guests with Vigilante was splendidly sold out and highly acclaimed from all sides.
In February 2015, SEVENTH SON celebrated its 15th anniversary and began rehearsing for a new album production.
SEVENTH SON is steadily preparing for flapping again towards the sky.
In 1999, led by Hideshi Ueki (G), Rachel Mother Goose (RMG) was formed with Die (Vo), Seigen (B), Rinnba (Key), Yasuhiro Iida(Dr) in Nagoya, Japan. They played neoclassical heavy metal, taking Hideshi’s guitar-playing, heavily influenced by Yngwie Malmsteen. RMG recorded and released first album, Magic Wand, independently in 2000, and signed with Japanese heavy meal label, Jackhammer Music.
Following the release of 2nd album, Nadir (2002), from the label, the band announced a new lineup, changing all members but Hideshi Ueki, and performed at World Rock Fes in August, 2003, held by Universiade in South Korea; other bands who played there include BOWWOW, XYZ➔A, and Lolita No.18. After releasing 3rd album, Fortune Missionary (2004), and 4th, Signs (2006), from Mandrake Root, they released 5th Single, Pray for Revenge, independently in 2012. In 2014, RMG changed into a solo project of Hideshi Ueki with first-rate support members: singer Sunghoon Kim from South Korea, bassist Kaz Nakamura of Kelly Simonz’s Blind Faith, keyboardist Takumi Matsubara and drummer Yosuke.
After writing new songs for the new album, they got down to pre-production in early 2016. Seeking for vivid acoustic sounds, they started recordings at Tapestry Recording Studio in July, where Japanese bands like Solitude and Outrage have used. While Shinya Tange produced drum sounds, Yusuke Abe and Saeko Kitamae also guested in some songs. Last but not least, they got Alessandro Del Vecchio to mix and master their songs. On January 25th, 2017, the band released the 5th album, TOKIWA NO SAI, from Spiritual Beast under Universal Music. Currently, RMG is touring Japan and planning to tour abroad in the near future.
Powerized is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Nick Holleman. Together with five musicians from the Netherlands they are known for their lyrical depth and storytelling capabilities, combined with an overwhelming melodic sound and intense vocals., Powerized has been playing extensively throughout the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. They embarked on their first European tour in September 2014. A second tour followed, supporting Death Dealer (ex-Manowar, Halford, ex-Dungeon) and Flotsam and Jetsam.
From full-on head banging extravaganza to breathtakingly beautiful songs, from extensive epic symphonies to light-hearted compositions. Powerized shows are captivating from start to finish. Powerized is set to release their debut album ‘The Mirror’s Eye’ on March 16th 2018. Several release shows will take place in special venues with a unique live setting. These release shows and the album release will be preceded by the release of single ‘For The Fallen’, which will be accompanied by a videoclip.
Also as a tourist activity We got a lot of reactions including Bad Omens in May, Oceans Ate Alaska in England scheduled for August, the first visit to Japan.
This time, again at Kichijoji CLUB SEATA on January 27 (Sunday) next year
MHz FEST Vol, 2
We will be holding you.
At this moment we are planning to have 3 pairs of visitors to Japan, double head liner -, support band.
(There are possibilities of changing to 4 bands or headliners coming to Japan, depending on various circumstances)
Regarding the announcement of casting artists, we are making final adjustments now and will be announcing as soon as we are ready.
Prior to holding, we decided to start selling pre-order Early Bird Ticket and support goods booking order sale at this store. We decided to take the sales method in the store this time because of the desire to return it to customers and artists for the amount of fee required for opening cloud foundings.
MHz FEST has been supported by many stakeholders, but the administration manages all the current situation with one staff / representative agent. Depending on the level of the offer with the offer, the number of people, the country of origin, you may need huge amounts of funds, which is currently covered by ticket sales and individual funds.
We will compensate future tour operations and the operating fund of 2019 MHz FEST from the following sales.
Early Bird Ticket (Advance Early Bird Ticket)
Next year I am going to have overseas 3 bands, so the ticket fee has been raised since last year.
Tickets can be purchased with advance discount (first come first served basis of 80 people) at a discount of 500 yen. Please note that we can not change or return tickets here.
Within The Ruins is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts. They are currently signed to eOne Music and Good Fight Music. The group has released five albums and three EPs.
Within the Ruins founding members Joe Cocchi and Kevin "Drummer" McGuill started the band during 2003. The band went through some line-up changes and finally began working on their first self-released EP entitled Driven by Fear which was completed in 2005. Followed by the release, the band began touring in late 2006 in an effort to gain exposure and label recognition. With the release of their second EP Empires through Innerstrength Records the band received an offer from Victory Records. The band's debut album Creature was released in February 2009, followed by their second official release entitled Invade. Invade was released in September 2010, selling over 3000 copies in its first week. The band has most recently toured Europe with Carnifex and has been part of a number of 2011-12 festivals thus far including the Bonecrusher Fest, the Jamboree, New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, the Bamboozle, South by Southwest and 2011's the Summer Slaughter Tour. In support of the Summer Slaughter Tour the band released a 4-song EP entitled Omen. The EP consists of 2 new original songs and a cover of Metallica's "Fight Fire With Fire" and Kansas' "Carry On Wayward Son". In 2013 the band signed with new label eOne Entertainment and released a third album called Elite.
On April 20, 2014, vocalist Tim Goergen was hospitalized in the band's hometown of Westfield, Massachusetts with "heart/liver complications". As a result, the band was forced to miss a scheduled appearance at the "Eat Your Heart Out Fest" in Poughkeepsie, NY while touring in support of fellow deathcore mainstays Whitechapel.
The band released an official statement on the occurrence via their Facebook page:
Tim's recovery necessitated the band canceling the rest of their scheduled tour dates. On their Facebook page, the band released an official statement:
Victim of Deception is a deathcore band from Tokyo, Japan. The band formed in April 2014 and released their first free demo "Anti for Creed". The band quickly distributed 1000 demos after that. With help from the demo, they expanded their live activity throughout the country, to Nagoya, Osaka, and Sendai. The band later became support for bands such as Heaven Shall Burn, Obey The Brave, War of Ages, For The Fallen Dreams and Defiler. Their EP "The Uprising Desolation" was released in 2015. The EP sold 1500 copies before and after a show.
Unfortunately, Vocalist Daichi fell ill suddenly and passed away on October 28th, 2017.
AVERSIONS CROWN are a four piece outfit from Brisbane, Australia conceived in 2010. The sextet -- featuring three eight-string guitarists -- formed in 2010, and with producer Andy Marsh (Thy Art Is Murder), and quickly recorded a debut album called Servitude, which the band self-released the following year. Servitude earned the attention of Nuclear Blast, which signed the band and released Tyrant -- also produced by Marsh -- in 2014. The band supported the record with tours in Australia, often taking a supporting role, and during this time the lineup shifted somewhat. By 2017's Xenocide, AVERSIONS CROWN settled into a lineup featuring guitarists Chris Cougan, Hayden, and Me; bassist Jay; drummer Jayden Mason, and singer Mark Poida.
A Night In Texas are a 5 piece deathcore band hailing from the scourging heat of Far North Queenslands Cairns, now based in Brisbane, QLD.
Members:
Cory Judd - Guitar
Angus Gasson - Guitar
Luke Adkins - Bass Guitar
Anthony Barone - Drums
Ethan Lucas - Vocals
Discography:
1. Invigoration
Invigoration
Throne of Flies
Orphan of Humanity
Human Castle
Defaming the Omega
2. The God Delusion
The God Delusion
Satan's Upheaval
Throne of Flies II
Apostasy
I, Godless
Heathen (featuring Mark Poida of I, Valiance)
The Priest of Lechery
Death Scripture
The River of Pain
Signs of the Swarm is a Slamming Deathcore band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by lead vocalist CJ McCreery, drummer, Jimmy Pino, the two guitarist, Cory Smarsh and Jacob Toy and finally bassist Collin Barker.
The band was signed to American record Chugcore and release one album in early 2016, they are now signed to Unique Leader Records and release an album in late 2017.
With the highly praised release of their debut album "Senseless Order" they have already begun to gain national attention with no plans on slowing down anytime soon. Combining various styles such as death metal, slam, hardcore, ect, each song they put out is sure to crush your bones lives as its’ own identity. Whether it’s their catchy riffs that you like, raunchy slams and breakdowns, or insane vocals from hell, Signs of the Swarm is quickly taking over the scene with some of the most pissed off, violent, and heaviest music out today.
Following the release of 2nd album, Nadir (2002), from the label, the band announced a new lineup, changing all members but Hideshi Ueki, and performed at World Rock Fes in August, 2003, held by Universiade in South Korea; other bands who played there include BOWWOW, XYZ➔A, and Lolita No.18. After releasing 3rd album, Fortune Missionary (2004), and 4th, Signs (2006), from Mandrake Root, they released 5th Single, Pray for Revenge, independently in 2012. In 2014, RMG changed into a solo project of Hideshi Ueki with first-rate support members: singer Sunghoon Kim from South Korea, bassist Kaz Nakamura of Kelly Simonz’s Blind Faith, keyboardist Takumi Matsubara and drummer Yosuke.
After writing new songs for the new album, they got down to pre-production in early 2016. Seeking for vivid acoustic sounds, they started recordings at Tapestry Recording Studio in July, where Japanese bands like Solitude and Outrage have used. While Shinya Tange produced drum sounds, Yusuke Abe and Saeko Kitamae also guested in some songs. Last but not least, they got Alessandro Del Vecchio to mix and master their songs. On January 25th, 2017, the band released the 5th album, TOKIWA NO SAI, from Spiritual Beast under Universal Music. Currently, RMG is touring Japan and planning to tour abroad in the near future.
Powerized is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Nick Holleman. Together with five musicians from the Netherlands they are known for their lyrical depth and storytelling capabilities, combined with an overwhelming melodic sound and intense vocals., Powerized has been playing extensively throughout the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. They embarked on their first European tour in September 2014. A second tour followed, supporting Death Dealer (ex-Manowar, Halford, ex-Dungeon) and Flotsam and Jetsam.
From full-on head banging extravaganza to breathtakingly beautiful songs, from extensive epic symphonies to light-hearted compositions. Powerized shows are captivating from start to finish. Powerized is set to release their debut album ‘The Mirror’s Eye’ on March 16th 2018. Several release shows will take place in special venues with a unique live setting. These release shows and the album release will be preceded by the release of single ‘For The Fallen’, which will be accompanied by a videoclip.
eleanor is Melancholic Metal Band from Japan. They formed in 2005.
The band plays far eastern melancholic gothic metal. ELEANOR is influenced by the most of the European bands in the same genre, but adds the unique Japanese ethnic sensitivity and sound – making their version of melancholic gothic metal an inspiring experience.
The band visited Belgium in 2013 and fell in love with the European live scene, making them wanting to come back. With the international release of the new album “Celestial Nocturne” through Mighty Music in early 2018 , the band aims for the stars and it should not be to long before we see them on European soil once again.
Lineup
Shiori vitus – vocal
Ippei J Malmsteen – guitar
Lupin – bass
Carlos – drums
nao – guitar
Jet Rumi – chorus & percussion
Discography
compilation "SAMURAI METAL vol.2" (2006)
1st album "a circle of lament" (2008)
compilation "ENTER THE RAMPAGE" (2010)
2nd album "Breathe Life Into The Essence" (2013)
In order to make the distance between the audience and the band close, the fence is removed, and on the contrary, the stage is made by laying the platform. You can take the microphone and become yourself as a kid so it's easy for kids to sing and stage dives. An event that can convey the fun of such a hardcore, creating a sense of unity throughout such a venue. That is BLOODAXE FESTIVAL.
Crystal Lake started out in the summer of 2002, heavily influenced by mid-90’s hardcore, they prepared to make their impact on the Tokyo hardcore scene. Late 2002 saw the search for a new singer, but by January 2003 they had settled with current line up and were one again ready to go. 2003 saw a busy year, with two tours, including South Korea, and three releases. The demo “Freewill” was released in February in time for the show in Korea which they were invited to by Gmc Records. A second demo “One Word Changes Everything” came out in July, and a self released 4 track EP, also entitled “Freewill” was released in September, 1000copies were made and sold. September 2003 also saw Crystal Lake play 5 shows with Day Of Contempt (AUS). In 2005 the band released a split CD with Risen (USA) & Unboy and also toured in Malaysia.
DIMENSION - 2006
Crystal Lake performed at “Independence-D” (Most famous indie music festival in Japan) on February 2006. The 1st full length album “Dimension” was released on 5th July 2006! it is released by Imperium Recordings. Since the release of the album, they have done the “Dimension Tour”, which was recieved well by kids from all over Japan who love to go wild to Crystal Lake savage technical breed of hardcore. Crystal Lake performed at “Metal Presentation 2007” with I Killed The Prom Queen (AUS) and Chthonic (TAIWAN) on February , “Hatebreed Japan Tour 2007” on March and “Rockstar Taste Of Chaos 2007 in Japan” on November.
DAYLIGHT - 2008
Crystal Lake / Cleave split CD was released on 24th May 2008. Crystal Lake performed at “Rockstar Taste Of Chaos 2008 in Japan” on November. January 2009 also saw Crystal Lake play 5 shows with Parkway Drive (AUS) and Shai Hulud (USA).
INTO THE GREAT BEYOND - 2010
The brand new album “Into The Great Beyond” out November 3, 2010. On Jun 2011, originally vocalist Kentaro leaves the band.
LINEUP CHANGE. THE FIRE INSIDE / OVERCOME - 2012
On Mar, originally drummer Yusuke leaves the band. They announced new vocalist Ryo on July. “Today, we are pleased to announce the newest addition to the Crystal Lake Family, please give a warm welcome the new vocalist Ryo.”. Next day they announced support drummer Gaku. They released new single “The Fire Inside / Overcome” on Sep 5. Mixed and Mastered by Brian Hood at 456 Recordings. January 2013 also saw Crystal Lake toured with As Blood Runs Black (USA) and Confession (AUS). On May, 2013 they toured with The Ghost Inside. After that they shared the stage with Emmure and they toured across Japan on the Sumerian Tour 2013 with Born of Osiris, Upon A Burning Body and Her Name In Blood. 2013 was big year for them. They supported tours for coldrain, Crossfaith, and SiM etc.
CUBES - 2014
On Feb 9, 2014 they played on the Scream Out Fest 2014 with The Devil Wears Prada, Periphery, The Word Alive at Studio Coast Tokyo. On Mar, they toured on the Redline BEGINNING TOUR 2014 with My First Story and NOISEMAKER. 2014 On Apr 12, 2014 they played on the Monster Energy Outburn Tour 2014 with coldrain, Crossfaith, and Miss May I at Sapporo. On Aug 6, they released new EP called ”Cubes” through Cube Records. Cubes debuted at #5 on the Oricon (Japanese music chart) indie weekly album chart, #27 on the Orican daily album chart, #45 on the Orican weekly album chart. On Sep 1-9, they played on the Crossfaith - Across The Future Tour with Crossfaith, We Came As Romans, and While She Sleeps. On Oct 25, they started “Cubes Tour 2014”. On Nov 15, they appeared on the Knotfest Japan 2014 day 1. Nov 29, they played on the FACT - Rock-O-Rama. On Dec 7, they released 4way split album “Redline Riot!!” with NOISEMAKER, Survive Said The Prophet, and wrong city. On Dec 14, Cubes Tour 2014 Tour Final (Sold Out show). They played on the MADOllie 2014 winter.
THE SIGN - 2015
On Mar 2-23, they played on the Monster Energy Outburn Tour 2015 with FACT. On August, they appeared at Summer Sonic 2015. On Oct 7, they released new album called ”The Sign” through Cube Records. Also, they signed with overseas labels: Artery Recordings (USA), JPU Records (UK/EU), Halfcut Records/Shock Records (AUS), Dope Records (KOREA). The Sign debuted at #36 on the Oricon weekly album chart. On Nov, they played at the Ozzfest Japan 2015. They invited their Japan tour with In Hearts Wake (AUS) on Dec. After that, they performed at the COUNTDOWN JAPAN 15/16.
TRUE NORTH - 2016
On Feb, they started new tour Championship Tour 2016. On May, they were enter the studio for next album. They performed many summer festivals this year: Viva La Rock 2016, Satanic Carnial '16, Rock In Japan 2016, Summer Sonic 2016, Dead Pop Festival 2016, and Knotfest Japan 2016. After that, they made new album "True North". through Cube Records. And they announced some information. "Our new album ‘True North’ is now available for preorder through Artery Recordings in North America! We would like to also introduce our new management team Joel Madden (Good Charlotte) and Bobby Littrell at MDDN in North America! #truenorth" They joined to MDDN family.
“We were really impressed when we heard True North, and everyone at MDDN is excited and proud to be a part of the Crystal Lake and their story.”
— Joel Madden (MDDN / Manager / Good Charlotte)
“I flew 5000 miles just to see this band play, because they are THAT good.”
— Shan Dan (Artery Recordings President)
Also, they re-signed with overseas labels: Artery Recordings (USA), JPU Records (UK/EU), and signed with Jaco Records (KOREA). True North debuted at #1 on the Oricon weekly Indie chart and #39 on the weekly album chart. Also, #6 on the iTunes Metal Chart (USA), #35 on the billboard TOP NEW ARTIST (USA)、#47 on the HARDCHARTS (USA). After that, they performed at the COUNTDOWN JAPAN 16/17.
APOLLO, ASIA TOUR, 15TH ANNIVERSARY and EUROPE TOUR - 2017
On Jan, they started "Alpha & Omega Tour" with guest bands. After that they started their release tour "True North One-Man Tour". Tour final show at Tsutaya O-East Tokyo, it was sold out. On Mar, they started "True North Asia Tour 2017". It's touring in Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong. They played Japanese summer festivals “Mission Impossible Kyoto 2017”, “Rush Ball 2017”, “Satanic Carnival 2017” and many more. They went to Taiwan “Heartown Festival” with ISSUES (USA) and South Korea “Pentaport Rock Festival 2017”. On Oct 11, they released the single “APOLLO” via Cube Records. It’s included PhaseOne (Australia) remix. They organize very first their festival called “True North Festival” on Oct 21 at Studio Coast Tokyo. That was their 15th anniversary show. They invited 15 guest bands (domestic / oversea) in this festival. Fit For A King (USA), coldrain etc. After that, they went to Europe for their first headline tour. 5 countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and France), 9 shows. Tour guests Aviana (Sweden) and ALL FACES DOWN (Austria). It’s included OUR HOLLOW, OUR HOME’s Halloween show “HOLLOWEEN” and “MORECORE FESTIVAL 2017”. On Dec, they performed at the Porno Ultra Express 2017 and Countdown Japan 17/18.
PRESENT - 2018
On Feb 21 - 23, they start the new tour called “Hyperspace Tour 2018” in Japan with ATTILA (USA). And they played at PULP SUMMER SLAM 2018 (Philippines). After that, they went to UK / Europe for their second headline tour. 10 countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal, and Italy), 18 shows and 8 festivals: TECH-FEST 2018 (United Kingdom), JERA ON AIR 2018 (Netherlands), ROCK DEN SEE 2018 (Austria), RESURRECTION FEST 2018 (Spain), FAJTFEST 2018 (Czech Republic), DISSONANCE FESTIVAL 2018 (Italy). Also, they toured and shared the stage with ADEPT (Sweden), Awake The Dreamer (Sweden) and more bands. They announced their new single called “THE CIRCLE” on Aug 8 via Cube Records / JMS. It’s including featuring guests. Track1 - “The Circle” feat. Masato (coldrain), Track2 - “Lost In Forever” feat. Daniel and Tyler (Gideon / USA), Track3 - “True North” remixed by Euphoric Wavism. They will organize “True North Festival” on Sep 16 at Studio Coast Tokyo.
The BLOODAXE is a hardcore band that has built a global network based in Tokyo. Among hardcores with various subcategories, there are many bands that inherit the style of NY hardcore, whose origins are news cool hardcore that originates in CHOKEHOLD, UNBROKEN, EARTH CRISIS, etc., and AGNOSTIC FRONT, BREAKDOWN, etc. Starting with the 2000 FALL SILENT's first visit to Japan, he started inviting foreign bands, and he has been with such occasions as ALPHA AND OMEGA, BACKTRACK, BLACK BREATH, INCENDIARY, NASTY, RISE OF THE NORTH STAR, TRAPPED UNDER ICE, XIBALBA From the band “I want to see now” to the legend including ALL OUT WAR, ANOTHER VICTIM, CULTURE, MORNING AGAIN, PRIMAL AGE, REPRISAL, SHAI HULUD, etc. All of us have come to Japan.
In order to make the distance between the audience and the band close, the fence is removed, and on the contrary, the stage is made by laying the platform. You can take the microphone and become yourself as a kid so it's easy for kids to sing and stage dives. An event that can convey the fun of such a hardcore, creating a sense of unity throughout such a venue. That is BLOODAXE FESTIVAL.
Gideon is an American Christian heavy metal band hailing from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who were established in 2008. The group's current label imprint is Equal Vision Records and formers were Facedown Records and Strike First Records. In 2011, the band came out with a studio album called Costs with Strike First. Their second studio album was issued in 2012, titled Milestone, under current imprinter Facedown. On Febuarary 10, 2016 Gideon announced that they left Facedown Records and signed to Equal Vision Records and will release their fourth album later in the year. The band released their first single "Pulling Teeth", on July 1, 2016.
Background
In 2008, the band started in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They are made up of vocalist Daniel McWhorter, lead guitarist Tyler Riley, rhythm guitarist Daniel McCartney, and drummer Jake Smelley.
Music history
The outfit released an independent extended play project in 2010 with their self-titled Gideon EP. They got picked up by the smaller label division Strike First Records of Facedown Records in 2011 shortly before they debuted their first studio album Costs. Eventually, the band got the attention of Facedown, who signed the band before the release of Milestone in 2012 making it their second studio album. Even better, the second album had some prowess on a few Billboard charts and those were the Christian Albums and Heatseekers Albums.
Style
Sources have put their music into various genres, from hardcore punk to melodic hardcore to metalcore. However, the band have slowly started to pursue a harder style eschewing the more melodic styles in favor towards the thrash side of the spectrum. At its core, the music is Christian metal for its sacred elements and heavy metal in its holistic encompassing totality of the sounds it contains.
Friedman has resided in Tokyo, Japan since 2003, where he has appeared on over 700 Japanese television programs such as Rock Fujiyama, Hebimeta-san, Kouhaku uta gassen and Jukebox English. He has released albums with several record labels, including Avex Trax, Universal, EMI, Prosthetic and Shrapnel Records.
At the age of 14, after attending a KISS concert, Friedman took up the guitar, and is largely self-taught. He rushed to form a band and started playing original songs, the reason being that originals are easier to play than covers. "Because," he says, "even if you screw up, you just claim that the song is written like that and no one can challenge you." The mother of one of Marty's friends ran an event center with a two-level stage, and Marty and his friends used it as a rehearsal space. Soon word spread about their band, and, since they were in a rural area, people would come from miles around to socialize and listen to music. "Rehearsals" very quickly became live shows. Friedman formed and played lead guitar in several other bands, including Deuce, Hawaii (which had previously been called Vixen), and notably Cacophony. Cacophony featured neoclassical metal elements and synchronized twin guitar harmonies and counterpoints shared with guitarist Jason Becker.
He played guitar on the 1987 album It Won't Be Long by Christian rock band Shout. In 1988, he recorded demos for Jet Red that eventually were released as bonus tracks on the 2009 Jet Red release "Flight Plan". In August 1988, he released his first solo album, Dragon's Kiss.
THE MAN was formed in 2012 by eight members of ROCK GROOVE based on Authentic Ska, centering on former Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra's Ryuyuki cold Muta.
In May 2013 Taboo Record released the 1st album "THE MAN".
In addition to SKA fans, ROCK enthusiasts also enthusiastically participate in songs, bringing out album release, performances to festivals and events, street live performances and tours throughout the country. The explosive staging of THE MAN steadily increased the name recognition.
In the first one man held in December 2013, tickets precedent sold out on the same day.
The overcrowded venue that expanded the entrance capacity of the live house to the maximum and SOLD OUT all the tickets was enormously enthusiastic.
They have their major debut from Victor Entertainment on May 21, 2014. Their first appearance in FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '14 WHITE STAGE in July become major debut year.
In the stage performance which further accelerated the momentum of the live band, they are enthusiastic about the audience who filled the venue. They continue to decide one-man live, tours and large festivals, event appearances everywhere.
Band members have displayed their immense talent and power since their debut full-length, Mortuary in Darkness, released on Razorback Recordings in 2005. A year later, they followed up with their sophomore release, The Other Side of Blasphemy, released through Imperium Productions. This album managed to somehow increase the heaviness of Mortuary, but it wasn’t until 2008’s Buried Death that the band truly reached the sonic nirvana they had been aiming at since their beginnings.
Buried Death, which Metal Reviews referred to as “satisfyingly heavy” as well as “raw and nasty,” was released through 20 Buck Spin and would be the band’s final full-length before signing to Relapse Records in early 2011. Before the signing, Coffins spread their sound across an enormous amount of split-releases with such acclaimed acts as Warhammer, StormCrow, and Hooded Menace. Additionally, the band has performed shows with bands such as Yob and Kylesa, and has made appearances at Roadburn Afterburner and Los Angeles Murder Fest. Coffins also just finished a massive European tour, following thorough excursions in the east and west coasts as well as a successful tour in Australia.
As Coffins remain hard at work on their fourth full-length and Relapse debut, anticipation is growing rapidly. A refreshing and mind-bending amalgamation of doom and death metal’s greatest moments, Coffins has been described by The Sleeping Shaman as the sound of “deranged, zombie Sumo wrestlers who discover a mix tape of Celtic Frost, Cathedral, Autopsy and Necrophagia.” Nonetheless, there is no denying that, regardless of any esteemed influences these titans might bring to mind, no one is doing metal quite like Coffins right now.
ENDON is a music band , they work for Daymare recordings GGRR company. It was formed in 2006, an extreme noise band acting mainly in Tokyo. From the following year, they organized five people consisting of vocals, guitar, drums, and 2 noises. Noises violently run across the band in a sound like a band-like approach with a solid playing by a guitar and a drum, and a sound wrapped in a hardcore or a black metal design.
In 2011, after having split, cassette with PAINJERK, "Acme. Apathy. Amok" was announced. They actively perform live abroad and raise evaluation. In September 2014, the 1st full album "Mama" was released.
Brainoil is a United States doom and sludge metal band from Oakland, California. Brainoil members have been long-term contributors to the East Bay underground punk and metal music scene.
Brainoil's musical style is sludge metal influenced by bands such as Eyehategod, Melvins and Dystopia.
The band was originally formed in 1998 by Greg Wilkinson as a solo project called Mr.Brainoil with a Boss drum machine. Greg was joined by Nate in the summer of 2000. Greg and Nate continued to work on material throughout the summer of 2000 writing and recording a demo by the fall of 2000. Greg and Nate ditched the drum machine by the winter of 2000 and were joined by Ira Harris. Brainoil's first show was on March 3, 2001 at Mission Records in San Francisco.
Brainoil entered the studio in early 2001 to record for a split CD with fellow Oakland sludge rockers Cruevo recorded by Noah Landis of Neurosis at Mr. Toad's studios in San Francisco. The CD was released by the end of 2002 as a 4-label split release between Shifty Records, Boredom Noise, Berserker and Unknown Controller. This release has since been lost to obscurity through a lack of repressing by any of the labels, and has become something of a collector's item in the sludge world. One of the songs from this recording session was released as a Split 7" with Seattle's Iron Lung on Greg Wilkinson's label, Boredom Noise (now defunct).
Brainoil played extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the West coast during 2001–2003.
Brainoil entered Polymorph Studios in March 2002 to record their debut LP with engineer Dan Rathbun. The LP was released as a self-titled LP in early 2003 by Matt Parillo of Dystopia on Life is Abuse Records. The LP received many positive reviews in the weeks and months following its release, often comparing the band's initial LP to Eyehategod, and described as "the best sludge album so far this year" in a review by Jeb Branin.
At the request and assistance of Uge from Throne Records in Spain, the band's self-titled LP was re-released in Europe on Throne Records in the winter of 2003. This version of the LP featured re-mastering and a re-arrangement of the songs on each side. The re-mastering boosted the high-end frequencies and increased the overall volume. To support the LP release, Brainoil toured Western Europe in March 2004 with fellow Throne Records label-mates Moho.
Since its inception in 2003, Black Ganion, the ‘super metamorphosis grinder’, has turned the voice of the voiceless into ear-shattering noise and screams, hurling them to the world. The knee-deep sludge rends itself into furious grindcore, and the chilly dub cuttings morph into doom riffs and chaotic murkiness. Their collaboration with GOTH-TRAD on Method is regarded as one of the first ever successful chimaera of extreme music and dubstep.
Still, their music is not just a showcase of musical genres. Their inconsistency in musical styles shows the true musical identity of the band. The same can be said for the listeners – they must abandon the stylized routine moshings, and free their instincts. Black Ganion on stage is an epitome of modern society, the feast of freedom and aggression.
FRIENDSHIP is a band from Shiba, who shook the domestic young hardcore scene from the ground and is drawing attention from many directions CDEP. They have mutually appearing, grind / power that swept the hardcore scene in a blink of an eye Violence / Extreme Hardcore. They have their main activities mainly in Tokyo. In the live, making a wall with the stack of the Orange amplifier, it is the momentum to kill with the performance of the sonic transmission as exceeding the roar. A live filled with a sense of urgency is a series of incidents and experiences every time.
In 2016, they have the first distribution board of the band waiting for the wait named "FRIENDSHIP". Before and after the release of the first album, cassettes and vinyls that coupled 1st & 2nd EP are waiting to be released from overseas labels. Since last year NAILS, FULL OF HELL, ENDON etc released a phenomenal new work and realized the scene. FRIENDSHIP is also ready to sound roar on the same stage as those bands.
The 1st album "Ichimotsu no Ichimo", 2nd "Ika no Tempura" 3rd "The False Evil" were released, and a total of 5 CDs has been released to the world. They participated in the big festival COMING KOBE for the past three consecutive years and get reputation.
Antiseen (often stylized as ANTiSEEN) is an American punk rock band formed in Charlotte, North Carolina by Jeff Clayton and Joe Young in 1983. The name "Antiseen" serves as a deliberate deviation of the phrase "anti-scene" - the group not wishing to adhere to standard perceptions of punk rock in specific and rock music in general. Musically Antiseen is influenced by groups such as the Ramones and Stooges; employing short, heavily distorted chord-driven songs largely free of guitar solos or advanced musicianship. The band has a catalogue of over 100 LPs, EPs, CDs and DVDs recorded with various line-ups and have performed all over the world.
The band members consist of vocalist Jeff Clayton, guitarist Mad Brother Ward, bassist Sir Barry Hannibal and drummer The Gooch.
After several years playing regularly throughout the East Coast and southern United States, Antiseen embarked on their first major world tour in 1992 performing in 19 countries in Europe and North America. This was repeated semi-annually for the rest of the 1990s. By the close of the decade the group tired of the routine and began to focus on shorter trips concentrating on individual regions (e.g. the west coast, east coast, midwest etc.) while returning to Europe for festivals.
Now, over thirty years later, Clayton still leads the charge - a bloodstained barnstorm of southern fried punk rock fury. Times and taste may change, but ANTiSEEN does not; diesle-fume piss and vinegar - and damn all the rest. What was once topical has long since become dated... But not ANTiSEEN.
The toxic DNA bleeds thru the muddy roots. The genre defying influence and heritage no longer can be denied. One needs not look very far to recognize it. The spirit is eternal, the reality exceeds the myth...
SHOOTMASTER is a Hardcore and Rock'n Roll band from Sendai, Japan. Their members are Mr620POGO3246, CYCO"SABU"TYLA, Gary Junya, 88Takumi23.
In 2014, SHOOTMASTER released a long-awaited full album named "SHOOTMASTER" from HELLO FROM THE GUTTER. This album is the big hit of them with 17 songs including cover of HUSKER DU and SODOM.
Following the release of 2nd album, Nadir (2002), from the label, the band announced a new lineup, changing all members but Hideshi Ueki, and performed at World Rock Fes in August, 2003, held by Universiade in South Korea; other bands who played there include BOWWOW, XYZ➔A, and Lolita No.18. After releasing 3rd album, Fortune Missionary (2004), and 4th, Signs (2006), from Mandrake Root, they released 5th Single, Pray for Revenge, independently in 2012. In 2014, RMG changed into a solo project of Hideshi Ueki with first-rate support members: singer Sunghoon Kim from South Korea, bassist Kaz Nakamura of Kelly Simonz’s Blind Faith, keyboardist Takumi Matsubara and drummer Yosuke.
After writing new songs for the new album, they got down to pre-production in early 2016. Seeking for vivid acoustic sounds, they started recordings at Tapestry Recording Studio in July, where Japanese bands like Solitude and Outrage have used. While Shinya Tange produced drum sounds, Yusuke Abe and Saeko Kitamae also guested in some songs. Last but not least, they got Alessandro Del Vecchio to mix and master their songs. On January 25th, 2017, the band released the 5th album, TOKIWA NO SAI, from Spiritual Beast under Universal Music. Currently, RMG is touring Japan and planning to tour abroad in the near future.
Powerized is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Nick Holleman. Together with five musicians from the Netherlands they are known for their lyrical depth and storytelling capabilities, combined with an overwhelming melodic sound and intense vocals., Powerized has been playing extensively throughout the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. They embarked on their first European tour in September 2014. A second tour followed, supporting Death Dealer (ex-Manowar, Halford, ex-Dungeon) and Flotsam and Jetsam.
From full-on head banging extravaganza to breathtakingly beautiful songs, from extensive epic symphonies to light-hearted compositions. Powerized shows are captivating from start to finish. Powerized is set to release their debut album ‘The Mirror’s Eye’ on March 16th 2018. Several release shows will take place in special venues with a unique live setting. These release shows and the album release will be preceded by the release of single ‘For The Fallen’, which will be accompanied by a videoclip.
They are activated as an ARGUMENT SOUL by the confluence of Kamiya (Vo) (Teraoka, Kamiya, other 3 people). The main composer Teraoka's slashed riff full of indescribably full cuts, and Kamiya's high tone Vo used as a weapon, begin activities with the goal of appearing on Wacken Open Air.
In 2000, at the same time as the 1st demo CD-R "ARGUMENT SOUL" announcement (500 sheets sold out), they started live activity. In 2001, Mase (Ba) participated. Since May 2002, they are holding a voluntary planning event "Majestic Domination" (12 times as of 2009/12) in order to activate the local scene / Nagoya metal scene.
On November 2008, 2nd full album "CONFLICT OF CRISIS" are released. Along with the release of this album, we conducted 52 national tours (end of November 2009).
Current members are Yukio Murata / Vocal, Guitar, Key and Shozo Ishida / Drums, Vocal.
Their voluntary production sound source series "BOOT BUM" mainly focuses on live activities in Japan, gains high evaluation not only in Japan but overseas.
In 2004, they moved to the United States / Chicago and released "hypnotic suggestion: 01" from "File 13 records: Chicago / USA" in the whole country and Europe.
The album song "Captain" won 1st place for the first time in five weeks at the Japanese download site "better Propaganda". They decided to go back and forth several national tours, also participated in numerous overseas festivals such as SXSW, America's largest music festival.They received a lot of offers from Europe that heard its reputation, appeared in further sound releases, Europe tours and festivals.
In 2006, they also focused on activities in Japan and released several albums.
Blue Sky – Night Thunder is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Murphey and is considered one of the seminal albums of his career. Released in 1975, it produced two major hit singles—the platinum-certified "Wildfire" and "Carolina in the Pines"—and established him as a major force in popular music. Members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band provided backing on some of the tracks.
The album was Murphey's most successful and reached #18 on the Billboard album chart, eventually selling 800,000 US copies. It remains his most commercially successful album to date.
The band’s self-organized event, “Timeless”, has seen them invite and play alongside acts such as Mndsgn (LA) and Jamie Isaac (UK) in Tokyo, whilst in late 2017 D.A.N. took off to London, where they spent some time recording with Floating Points at his personal studio, appeared on Giles Peterson’s Worldwide Radio and performed at the legendary Hackney hipster haunt The Shacklewell Arms.
In May 2018, they appeared at The Great Escape in Brighton, UK, winning enthusiastic new fans from around the world. The band’s latest full length album “Sonatine” was released in July 2018, followed by an Asian tour through China, Taiwan, Bangkok and an appearance at Hong Kong “Clockenflap” festival. '
With influences ranging from underground house and techno through to psychedelic and African music, the three piece are equally at home in the club as they are on a festival stage, and are being widely touted as the most exciting prospect to emerge from the Tokyo scene in many years.
Jamie Isaac born on 2 July 1994, is a London-based singer and producer, born and raised in Croydon. A former member of Libera boys' choir, he was a choir lead and a soloist, his stage name being Tom Cully. Isaac later changed this stage name to give him a fresh start. His music traverses Jazz, RnB, Soul, Hip-hop and Electronics.
Signed to House Anxiety /Marathon Artists, Jamie's debut EP, I Will Be Cold Soon, attracted attention for its near-choral incantations, minimalist jazz tones and post-rock layering. Jamie has been praised for using the power of silence with experimental and enveloping swaggering beats and his self-aware lyrics. His second EP, Blue Break, gained recognition for its soulful, piano-led sound. Featuring Jamie in The Guardian's New Music, Michael Cragg praised "Blue Break" for "favouring space and atmosphere over production histrionics".
In January 2018, Jamie released 'Doing Better' followed by 'Wings' in March. He then announced the title of his next album (04:30 Idler), which was released on 1 June 2018. His latest single '(04:30) Idler / Sleep' was released on May 23rd 2018.
Jamie Issac was born on 2 July 1994 in Croydon, United Kingdom. He attended the BRIT School alongside King Krule, the two have worked on many projects together since. He started making his own music in 2011 in his parents home, and released a few online demos.
After a friend of his invited him to do a few sessions in a studio, his music advanced rapidly, with people expressing an interest in his music. Jamie has always had an interest in being a film-making and script writing, saying that if it weren't for music, that is what he would probably would have pursued a career in.
Lee Yang born in 1986 is a music singer-songwriter , illustrator , filmmaker from Korea. Lee is very versatile. She is a musician who is known to the world by announcing her debut album [Jon Jonsson]. As a cartoonist, he has published "I'm Coming to the Manga" and "I'm in my 30s." She has made films such as [Ludwig] and [Must Change] as film directors. Recently, she has appeared in web drama and directed a scenario.
She continues her busy career as a musician. The 2nd album [Shin's play], released in June, was composed of 10 songs of new songs, including books and music downloading method. Her songs, which are written with honest written lyrics, are giving a great resonance not only to Korea but also to Japanese music fans.
Meanwhile, in 2013, she published the comic "I and the Nectar Comics." In 2015, she published an essay collection entitled "I am in my thirties." In July 2016, she released her second album, "The Game of the Gods," in a book and download format. In September 2016, the first house was released again in Japan.
They often co-stars with overseas artists such as The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Mac DeMarco / Julien Baker / Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and appears many times in "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL".
In 2016, the 2nd full album "SALE OF BROKEN DREAMS" was released and in 2017 five songs EP "SYMPHONY" was also released. At the same year, they started a new event "New Neighbors", and screening of the movies they selected and performed live music at the cinema, collaboration with Mr. Sanuki Nayoya, an illustrator for Homecomings's artworks.
Veranda is a music band consists of 4 members from Kyoto including Dr. Cho. Kenzo Kanazawa, Ba. Cho. Suzuko Nakano,
Vo.Gt. Takashima and Dr. Cho. Kanazawa.
In July 2016, they won a prize at RO 69 JACK 2016 for ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL. In January 2017, the 1st mini album "Any Luck to You" was released. 500 sheets of 1st press are sold out in 2 months. On April 11th, 2018, they released the nationwide distribution album "Anywhere You Like".
The band has gained the love from young rock fans over the country.
It has been a whirlwind couple of years for transatlantic indie-pop quintet Night Flowers since these close friends from North England collided with Boston, Massachusetts born vocalist Sophia Pettit in London and began forming their irresistible brand of heart stirring, romantic pop.
A joyous combination of intertwining female/male vocals backed by glistening guitars and dreamlike atmospherics has seen them amass friends, fans and accolades across the world.
With their debut s/t EP and follow up single ‘Sleep’ selling out fast, last year saw a Japanese special EP and 2 track single ‘Glow in the Dark’ released in quick succession, gaining international acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, NME, DIY and The Line Of Best Fit whilst enjoying repeat airplay and praise from Steve Lamacq on his BBC 6music show, with Radcliffe and Maconie, Sean Keaveney, Huw Stephens and John Kennedy all giving their on-air seal of approval.
Reaching out extensively across the UK, the band have honed an incendiary live show, gathering a loyal and solid fanbase in the process. They have appeared at Bestival, Kendal Calling, Beacons,Tramlines and Indietracks as well as Spanish festivals Lemonpop and Madrid Popfest and tours of Germany and Japan, sharing stages with such bands as Swervedriver, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Frankie & The Heartstrings amongst countless others.