4. I Guess I won't Tell / Survive Said The Prophet
5. Horizon / NOISEMAKER
6. My Shape / wrong city
7. If You Really Want You / Survive Said The Prophet
8. Light Up The Tunnel / Crystal Lake
「REDLINE」計劃由2010年發起，每年也像紅線般集結日本音樂圈岀眾的搖滾樂團。本年度的「REDLINE」找來現在活躍於日本地下樂隊圈子的CRYSTAL LAKE、NOISEMAKER、Survive Said The Prophet及wrong city於12月10日推出合輯《REDLINE RIOT!!》，並於2015年1月於日本不同地區舉行名為「REDLINE RIOT TOUR 2015」的巡演。
CRYSTAL LAKE
專輯收錄CRYSTAL LAKE全新作品<Matrix>及<Light Up The Tunnel>兩首全新作品。CRYSTAL LAKE一直深受90年代的重型音樂影響，組成十年多的他們在日本的重型音樂圈子裏一直具有舉足輕重的影響力。在四隊樂隊中CRYSTAL LAKE可算是最重型的一隊，<Martix>較<Light Up The Tunnel>節奏強烈，亦加入了DJENT的元素。兩曲亦貫有他們一向的風格；以歌曲向聽眾表達他們的世界觀，並以重型樂曲及憤怒蠻橫的歌詞沖擊世界。
2011年成立的Survive Said The Prophet(SSTP)主要活躍於日本東京，歌曲混合了EMO、SCREAMO、HARDCORE等各種不同類型的曲風。專輯收錄了SSTP在本年度6月推出〈Cocoon〉單曲中的〈If You Really Want To>及全新歌曲<I Guess I Won't Tell>；〈If You Really Want To>帶着激昂的志氣而<I Guess I Won't Tell>中卻可聽到SSTP柔情的一面。雖然大多被歸類作EMO或是SCREAMO，但志於不斷擴闊音樂的界限他們令聽眾每次也獲得不同新鮮感，可說是不被風格捆綁的樂隊。
《REDLINE RIOT!!》REVIEW-The Red Line that Triggers the Riot in the Music Scene
《REDLINE RIOT!!》
Tracklist:
1. Oblivion / NOISEMAKER
2. Matrix / Crystal Lake
3. Perfect duty / wrong city
4. I Guess I won't Tell / Survive Said The Prophet
5. Horizon / NOISEMAKER
6. My Shape / wrong city
7. If You Really Want You / Survive Said The Prophet
8. Light Up The Tunnel / Crystal Lake
“REDLINE” is a project which originate in 2010, massing up outstanding rock bands in the music scene in Japan. This year in 2014, “REDLINE” called on four bands that actively performed in the indie scene including CRYSTAL LAKE、NOISEMAKER、Survive Said The Prophet and wrong city. They released a spilt album called REDLINE RIOT!! in 10th December and will be holding a tour named “REDLINE RIOT TOUR 2015” in January 2015.
CRYSTAL LAKE
This album included two new songs of CRYSTAL LAKE—Matrix and Light Up The Tunnel. Fitted with a heavy metal hardcore taste, the band has played a decisive role in the Japan metal hardcore indie scene in these 12 years after its formation. It is said that CRYSTAL LAKE got the heaviest sound among all four bands. Matrix has a faster or heavier rhythm than Light Up The Tunnel and we are also able to hear a style of djent yet two songs composed of their original characters that they express their views through songs and smacking the world through heaviest melody and fierce and reckless lyrics.
NOISEMAKER
NOISEMAKE comes from Hokkaido in Japan and they were unwilling to be categorized under any special genre of music thus there is a meaning of creating a new style of music in their name. This album included two new songs of NOISEMAKER; Oblivion gives a feeling of struggling free while Horizon gives hope in the future. Emphasizing the existence of the vocal, NOISEMAKER combines the element of rap music in their melody. Having a steady rhythm and a scampering melody, this free style of music makes them not confining to just the genre of rock or punk.
Survive Said The Prophet
Survive Said The Prophet(SSTP) were formed in 2011 which based in the heart of Tokyo. SSTP emits a heavy yet melodious sound with modern hardcore taste mixed into their music that brings a different kind of emotional energy. This album included songs If You Really Want To in their single Cocoon which was released in June this year and a new song I Guess I Won't Tell. We can feel their passion in If You Really Want To and see the trender side of SSTP in I Guess I Won't Tell. Although they often claimed to be categorized under the genre of emo or screamo, their interest in broadening their musical horizon keeps the audience on edge as they surprise the listeners with new perspective of the band in each release.
wrong city
Formed in 2012, wrong city integrates styles of punk, screamo, hardcore, metal and rock in their music. This album includes My Shape in their first single and a new song called Perfect Duty.My Shape gives a bright feeling to audience while Perfect Duty gives a sensation of denouncing. Despite the band has been formed for only two years, they already earned a really good reputation in the indie scene in Japan.
We can see the interesting but two different sides of the previous bands through the songs in REDLINE RIOT!!. It is so exciting to see what kind of riots that these bands would arouse in the music scene in the future.
FLOWER FLOWER is a Japanese rock band formed in 2013 by yui on vocal and guitar, mafumafu on bass, sacchan on drums and mura☆jun on keyboard. With the purity and natural yui has towards music and the will to express her feeling freely to the audience, she came up with the name "FLOWER FLOWER". Except choosing a cool name for the band, she hoped to have a name which combine energy and imagination.
After yui announced to suspend the identity of a singer song writer in 2012, she fronted to form this band and held a lot of secret live around Japan in March and performed in "Japan Jam" which was held in Tokyo at the first time publicly as the vocalist of FLOWER FLOWER. yui wrote in her official website after her suspension in 2012 that she found a new challenge in her music life and her mode of working will be changed in the future. The truth is yui had come up with the idea with cooperating with the members of FLOWER FLOWER after watched their live performances long time ago. Members were so shocked by the time they received the invitation by yui as she really played a decisive role in the music scene since her debut in 2005 even they are all musicians that yui respects so much. Shaken off the fresh and clean character before, yui cut her hair short and dyed it gold. " I don't know how long this band could last but there's some music that you couldn't create if you don't have the determination to lose something important in your life. This band is so important to me that I want to bet something that means to me on FLOWER FLOWER. " said by yui in some interviews.The members' purity towards music turn their music rich and colorful.
In early 2014, yui was suffered form panic decease and the FLOWER FLOWER was suspended for a while. Luckily yui recovered in a short period of time but the release of their first album 実(Mi) was postponed from 26th March , which is the birthday of yui, to 26th November.
專輯的歌曲大部分也是四人一起創作，在風格主題什麼也沒有決定好的情況下便作成，sacchan曾於訪問說：「現在想起也不知道那時候為什麼會寫出這樣的歌，這好像有種一期一會的感覺，但創作專輯時卻沒緊張的感覺。」mura☆jun也說過：「這好像破壞了我原本在腦中的概念，但專輯卻在一個安定自由的節奏完成了。」《実》的風格雖屬搖滾，但歌曲給人的感覺得卻很跳躍，像<素晴らしい世界>給人光明的感覺，但<席を立つ>卻給人一種詭異及帶點哀怨的感覺，yui對於專輯的風格曾表示：「曲中確實帶著『破壞』的感情，這也是我們想傳達的，我也不知道會被說是什麼風格，但至少希望可帶給聽眾某些衝擊。」自然而然的為音樂帶來各種可能性，這亦是FLOWER FLOWER的美學之一。 Most of the songs were made by four of them together in the music studio without coming up any decisions about the theme and style of the album. " I even can't remember why I made those songs at that time. Although it gave me a feeling of once-in-a-life encounter, I didn't stress when we made the songs." Once said by sacchan in interviews. " This might be different from what I was expected to have in the album but this album was completed in a quiet and free rhythm. " said by mura☆jun. 実(Mi) was categorized under the genre of rock but the feeling that it gives to the audience diverges. For instance 素晴らしい世界(subarashii sekai) gives a bright and sunny feeling yet 席を立つ(sekiotatsu) gives a weird and gloomy feeling." The songs were combined with the feeling of destroying which is also what we wanted to express. I don't know what people will say about the style of this album but at least I hope to astonish our listeners." said by yui when talking about the style of this album.
The word "実" combines the meaning of "fruit" and "reality" thus the songs in this album contains a lot of themes that 神様(Kamisama) talks about the reflection between humans and the God, 空気(Kuuki) talks about the will to destroy the rules, ひかり(hikari) talks about the will to protect what we love, スタートライン(start line) talks about the reflection we have towards our life e.t.c. 実 combines with lots of feeling and meanings which is simple but complicated at the same time. This contradiction resembles human which make our lives real and colorful.
繼2012年推岀的單曲《The Fire Inside/ Overcome》，CRYSTAL LAKE於2014年8月推岀了新專輯≪CUBES≫。他們在不同的訪問中也表示這是他們非常滿意的一張作品，結他手Yudai曾說：「無論是以往還時現在，我們都只想將想法及所喜歡的毫無修飾、率直地表達出來。」也許因有著這樣的想法，亦加上新主唱的加入，從新岀發的他們除了貫有他們以往風格，亦可聽到以往不同的原素。新主唱加入後的第一張專輯，成員也希望作一些新嘗試，≪CUBES≫的歌曲除可聽到節奏強烈的重型金屬外，還有DJENT、EMO等風格。專輯中收錄了他們翻唱Limp Bizkit的歌曲<ROLLIN'>, 風格跟原曲拆然不同亦廣受好評，是不注重原曲細節，帶着他們自身風格的版本。
在專輯的概念上，CRYSTAL LAKE亦希望可表現出不同的世界觀。歌詞簡單直接，對團員來說專輯的首六首曲的歌代表了他們對自身及世界不同的看法，也因正立方體剛好有六面，而第七首曲，即最後一首歌曲<CUBES>寫著「Passion Energy Vitality Intensity Brave Hope We are anything We are anything We are the cubes」，把首六歌中不同想法連繋起來，這亦是專輯以≪CUBES≫命名的原因，≪CUBES≫對他們來說便是把自己跟世界中的種種不同連起來的媒介。
In August 2004 , CRYSTAL LAKE released a new EP CUBES which they said in many interviews that they were really satisfied with the production this time. " We just aim to express our thoughts and what we love directly to the audiences, no matter the past or now. " said by the guitarist Yudai. Contributing to this thought and the joining of the new vocalist, the songs with their new line up not only composed of their original taste but also some new elements. Apart from the metal hardcore style they always had, we are also able to hear EMO and DJENT in this album. They also covered the song Rollin' by Limp Bizkit this time which is a complete different version from the original one. It received a lot of positive comments towards this cover version that they did not care much of the details from the original version but they played one strongly with their own style.
Concerning the concept of this album, with the simple and straightforward lyrics, the members hope to express both the feelings towards both themselves and the world. It was said that the first six songs of the album represent six different ideas they had. As a cube has just exactly six face, the lyrics 'Passion Energy Vitality Intensity Brave We are anything We are anything We are the cubes' was written in the last song CUBES to link up all their idea in the first six songs. This is also why this album is titled with ' CUBES' and resembles a medium to link the members and all the similarity and dissimilarity in this world together.
People always come out with Crossfaith when talking about Japan metal hardcore music. However, if you are into this type of music, CRYSTAL LAKE is definitely also a good band you are looking for. More in formation on http://crystallake.jp/top/ and https://www.facebook.com/crystallake777.
2003於東京年組成，2007年正式改名為Her Name In Blood的日本金屬樂隊成員包括主音Ikepy、結他手Daiki、結他手TJ、低音結他手Makoto及鼓手Umebo。以美國樂隊Strung Out的歌曲而命名的Her Name In Blood現為日本最受歡迎的年輕重金屬樂隊之一，隨著日本金屬樂隊的興起，他們在日本的樂隊圈子裏可說是無人不曉。
一線的重金屬樂隊
正式成軍一年後，2008年Her Name On Blood與同為日本樂隊的Before My Live Fails推出合輯，並於同年11月參與美國樂隊As I Lay Dying及Story Of Year名為「Taste Of Chaos」的巡演，更於2009年參與日本一年一度的大型音樂節「Pump Us The Volume」及積極地於日本不同地區巡迴演出。Her Name In Blood於2010年推岀首支單曲《CONFUSION》及專輯《DECADENCE》，相比很多樂隊他們推出個人專輯所花的時間較長，但這張專輯確實令他們在日本重型金屬領域更受矚目，獲得更多與國際知名樂隊同場演出及參與更多大型音樂節的機會。雖然樂隊正式成形只有兩三年間，但他們的實力已足以讓他們登上不同的大舞台。
2012年與日本人氣天團Crossfaith於日本及東南亞地區巡演後，2013年Her Name In Blood推出專輯《THE BEAST》，雖然久違三年才推出新碟，但人氣不減地《THE BEAST》於日本各地的發佈巡演都全場售罄。除了主場日本，他們於2014年頭也到香港的Hidden Agenda進行專場表演及到台灣與大陸不同地區巡演及參與不同的音樂節。2014年4月23日他們推出了同名大碟，現在亦活躍於日本不同地區。
9月26日HER NAME IN BLOOD RETURN OF THE BEAST TOUR FINAL 東京專場演出
Her Name In Blood剛完成了「RETURN OF THE BEAST TOUR FINAL SERIES」大阪、名古屋及涉谷的專場演出。日本的樂隊數量十分龐大，理所當然樂隊之間競爭相比香港亦大很多，於日本舉行專場演岀並不容易，也許是為了確保觀眾的人數，很多日本樂隊策劃演出時亦會找來約四、五隊友好的樂隊一同演出，每隊樂隊演出約三十至四十分鐘，加起來一場演岀為時約三、四小時。Her Name In Blood於涉谷TSUTAYA O-WEST舉行約個半小時的大型專場演出，會場更差不多爆滿，真是絕不簡單。
演出由大碟的歌曲<Zero>及收錄於《THE BEAST》的<Gasolines>打開序幕，他們每首歌曲也屬於重金屬搖滾，令觀眾在九十分鐘內也保持著十分高漲的情緒。日本的觀眾確實較香港熱情，由第一首歌曲開始已有約三分之二觀眾在mosh pit及circle pit，而音樂break down時的wall of death更是差不多全場觀眾也動起來，這樣的情景在日本很常見，但在香港可謂少之有少。
還有很值得提及的是這埸演岀的終曲<Poker Face>。雖然以翻唱Lady Gaga的名曲作結，但相同的歌曲卻帶岀完全不一的感覺；他們這首重型版的<Poker Face>早已在網上瘋傳，更因該版本籠絡了不少外國樂迷，而Her Name In Blood更派發為這場演出特地印製的<Poker Face>單曲限量版予樂迷。
Her Name In Blood- The Front Line Metal core Band from Japan
Formed in 2003 and officially altered its name into Her Name In Blood (HNIB) in 2007, its members include Ikepy on vocal, Daiki and TJ on guitar, Makoto on bass and Umebo on drums. The name of the band comes from a song called “Her Name In Blood” by an American band called Strung Out. With the growing of the metal core scene in Japan, HNIB is a well-known band that everyone is familiar with in the scene now.
In 2008, one year after the formation of HNIB, they released a split EP with a Japanese band called Before My Life Fails and attended a tour called “Taste Of Chaos” fronted by As I Lay Dying and Story Of Year from America. In the following year, they even attended “Pump Us The Volume” which is a big scale music festival held in Japan once a year. Their first single CONFUSION and first album DECADENCE were released in 2010. Although they were said to be a bit late for those releases compared with some local bands in Japan, the album DECADENCE succeeded in drawing more attention to the scene. They have gained more chances to perform with different famous international bands like A Day To Remember and The Ghost Inside from America and participate in more large-scaled music festivals in Japan. Despite the band has only been formed for only two to three years, the strength they had was already enough to hit different big stages.
They toured with Crossfaith from Japan in Southeast Asia in 2012 and released an EP called THE BEAST in 2013. Although it had already been three years since the release of their first album, their popularity never declined that the release tour of THE BEAST in Japan was all sold out completely. Apart from touring in Japan, they also did a tour in China and they even came to Hong Kong and performed a one man show in Hidden Agenda in 2014. They released a self-titled full album HER NAME IN BLOOD this year and now continuing with their tour in different areas in Japan.
9/26 HER NAME IN BLOOD RETURN OF THE BEAST TOUR FINAL TOKYO ONE MAN LIVE
HNIB just completed their “RETURN OF THE BEAST TOUR FINAL SERIES” one man live which took place in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. There are numerous bands in Japan that incite a much acuter competition among themselves than those in Hong Kong. It is not easy to hold a one man show in Japan, and many bands would invite their friends to perform together in the same show when they want to hold, let’s say, a single release party. This might be of a method to secure the number of audience if they hold the show in this way. Normally one band would perform about thirty to forty minutes so that the whole live would take about three to four hours. In short, it has been a great success for HNIB to hold such a large-scaled one man live in Shibuya TSUTAYA O-WEST with the extent of number of audience.
The show was kicked off by the song “Zero” in their full album HER NAME IN BLOOD and “Gasolines” in their EP THE BEAST. Metal hardcore songs were played for around 90 minutes that kept the audience in an excited emotion at the very beginning and till the end of the show. Obviously, the audiences in Japan are so more enthusiastic than those in Hong Kong. The audience started the mosh and circle pit in the first song and almost everyone participated in the wall of death during the break down of songs. The audience participation is of striking importance in a metal hardcore show and this scene was said to be ordinary in Japan but it is really rare to be seen in Hong Kong.
When it comes to the instrumental solo, it was brought in by the guitar first and then adding the bass and drums like what we normally see in a live band concert. But then there is a fade out of guitars and a short solo part of the bass and drums. The drum solo is then brought out by the fade out of bass and the bass and guitar are then added to the performance again after the drum solo to complete the instrumental part of the show. This is quite special that we could see the band really invested effort in thinking about this part of the performance.
There is also something worth mentioning about that the song “Poker Face” that they played at the very end of the show. Although this is not their own-produced song but a cover from Lady Gaga, this metal core version of “Poker Face” could bring a completely different feeling to listeners from the original version. This cover version also helped them to gain more fans from different parts of the world. Audiences took part in the live that night could also receive a limited version of this single.
