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Posted on July 2, 2009 in Introduction, New band, Release

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Half way now ! Do you like having new bands introduced on ST ? Don’t forget, opinions are always welcome !
Today’s bands are :

Marrow Haze

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Vo. Haizi
Gu. Daiki
Gu. Reki
Ba. Nao
Dr. You

Marrow Haze is another young band hailing from Osaka. Even if it’s written on their OHP that it’s opened for more than a year, I think they just made a mistake between the 2008 and 2009 because they seems to have formed only back in January ! Since then, they’ve been performing in the Kansai area (Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe), and lately, they’ve been taking part in some interesting events, like they will on July 15th for example at Kyoto ARC DEUX along with bands such as : WHITEBLACK, n’Dool, R指定 (R-Shitei), GRiST, or LiCKER…

The band also have a Myspace on which you listen to their first song entitled 「Blooming Out of Season」! The recording quality isn’t the best, but they sound rather good to me, so you should keep an eye on them ! And actually, this song is just one song out of the three tracks there are on their first distributed single, that they’ve been giving out since April (100 copies).

OHP : http://marrow-haze.com/

Shade

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Vo. Ryuu
Gu. Shingo
Ba. Jou
Dr. Takuto

Once again, this is a fairly young band from Osaka ! The band officially formed in November 2008, and they’ve started live activities in the beginning of 2009.

An interesting point is that the band itself has written that they formed to create a music that could not be defined by words or that we could not affiliate with any kind of music we already know. As for their live, they want to show what the word “darness” means to them. All this may seem pretty common, but it’s always nice to see and understand what’s the band’s goal is !

Other than that, Shade will also have its first release this summer ! And it’s quite a big surprise for a such a young and small band but… they will start with an album ! The details are still unknown but it seems they’re working hard on it, the even took a month off of live activities in that purpose ! I’m really excited about this first release !

OHP : http://www.shade-web.com/

  • Tay: They changed their OHP to this more than one month ago (which is no critizism to S-T at...
  • Hitsunyan: :’D Im so shallow but, their hair is fiiiit xD
  • marushia: yippie, I can’t wait to see it and hear it too
  • marushia: that’s one fatty cute cat. I have 9…seriously
  • marushia: I look foward to hear their music
  • marushia: I have to see the anime to see if is worth heidi’s song.
  • marushia: Yeah Asagi doe like roses he even appear the Gothic Lolita Bible the flower edition and...
  • nyuh: omg yay eek asdfghjkl (bored) That was really a pleasant vid/song! retardozm is love!
  • DKjapanesefreak: I like this one a bit more, cause i doesn’t think they look...
  • Bunneh: Is “ROSE OF SORROWm” a typo? I checked their official web page, and I...

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