ANTHEM est/fut un très bon groupe de hard/heavy japonais très orienté guitare et proche de LOUDNESS dont ils sont contemporains, en aussi bien je trouve.
Ils sont signés sur le label français Replica Records pour ce nouvel album qui sortira en octobre avec un DVD bonus :
Veteran Japanese metallers ANTHEM will release their latest CD, "Immortal" (2006), in Europe late September/early October on France's Replica Records. In France as well as in Germany, U.K., Netherlands and several other countries, the initial version of the LP will be available together with the "Anthem 20th Anniversary Tour 2005" bonus DVD.
"Immortal" CD track listing:
01. Immortal Bind
02. Soul Motor
03. Mob Groove
04. Ignite
05. The Beginning
06. Freak Out
07. Insomnia (instrumental)
08. Unknown World
09. Betrayer
10. Echoes In The Dark
11. Road to Nowhere
"20th Anniversary Tour 2005" bonus DVD track listing:
01. Onslaught
02. Eternal Warrior
03. Easy Mother
04. Overload
05. Distress
06. Omega Man
07. Gotta Go
08. Revenge
09. Demon's Ride
10. Running Blood
11. Victim In Your Eyes
12. Night After Night
13. Machine Made Dog
14. Bound To Break
15. Gypsy Ways(Win, Lose Or Draw)
16. Cryin' Heart
17. The Juggler
18. Hunting Time
19. Shadow Walk
20. Blinded Pain
21. Venom Strike
22. Grieve Of Heart
23. The Voices
24. Let The New Day Come
25. Life Goes On
26. Do You Understand?
27. Wild Anthem
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
...Sauf qu'Anthem a continué à faire du metal mélodique malgré les modes, alors que Loudness hein bon...
Ch'ais plus si cet album fait partie de mes réserves japonisantes, 'vais devoir vérifier ça... Dans tous les cas je leur fais confiance, surtout à Papy Eizo!!
Japanese metal veterans ANTHEM will release their new album, Heraldic Device, in July.
The complete tracklist is as follows:
'The Sign'
'Contagious'
'Go!'
'Blind Alley'
'Rockbound'
'Wayfaring Man'
'Code Of The Silence'
'In The Dead Of Night'
'Remains'
'Living Proof'
Tombé sur cette news un peu par hasard, curieux d'écouter ça. Je sais pas ce que vaut le dernier en date, mais j'avais bien apprécié leur précédentes réalisations, surtout Heavy Metal Anthem.
De mémoire Heavy metal Anthem est un best-of réenregistré avec Graham Bonnet au chant. Donc pas un album normal de ce groupe.
J'aime bien ANTHEM mais sans plus, il fotn du bon heavy, mais c'est pas transcendental non plus, de ce que j'en ai écouté. Par contre le chanteur est surproductif, il a fait une dizaine d'album de reprises de musique de jeux vidéos, ils sont fous ces japonais.
Dark Schneider a écrit :De mémoire Heavy metal Anthem est un best-of réenregistré avec Graham Bonnet au chant. Donc pas un album normal de ce groupe.
Ah oui exact, faut dire que j'ai pas le support (vu les prix...), j'me contentais de playlists sur youteube.
Dark Schneider a écrit :
J'aime bien ANTHEM mais sans plus, il fotn du bon heavy, mais c'est pas transcendental non plus, de ce que j'en ai écouté. Par contre le chanteur est surproductif, il a fait une dizaine d'album de reprises de musique de jeux vidéos, ils sont fous ces japonais.
Voilà, j'aime bien aussi mais c'est clairement pas la référence en heavy metal nippon. Je leur préfère largement un vieux Loudness, ou un ptit Metalucifer voir même un Hellhound.
Certes ça vaut clairement pas un bon Loudness ou encore les premiers X Japan, mais ils ont quelques putain de morceaux à leur actif.
Et contrairement à Loudness ils ont continué à faire du heavy (de qualité correcte) au fil des années. En écoutant "Black Empire" on a du mal à croire qu'il s'agit d'un "vieux" groupe de heavy nippon, je le trouve assez "frais" cet album.
Bref, là j'écoute ce "Heraldic Device", pas vraiment d'avis pour le moment, comme d'hab chez eux pas mal de fillers mais aussi de très chouettes morceaux comme "Go!".
heavylaw a écrit :Les vétérans du Heavy Metal nippon ont publié le 24 octobre dernier leur quinzième album studio, "Burning Oath", chez Universal Music Japan.
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
heavylaw a écrit :Groupe vétéran de la scène nippone, Anthem publiera le 22 octobre le seizième album de sa carrière ! Intitulé "Absolute World", il sera disponible chez Thunderball667 sous deux formats, CD simple et CD+DVD.
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
Des réenregistrements pour leur signature chez Nuclear Blast :
Veteran Japanese metallers ANTHEM have signed with Nuclear Blast Records for the European territory. The first release under the deal will be a greatest-hits album, featuring re-recordings of the band's most popular songs with English lyrics. Mixing and mastering the disc was renowned Swedish producer and engineer Jens Bogren, known for his work with a multitude of big-name artists.
A remarkable point worth noting about this release is that all of the songs except "Venom Strike" were written after their reunion in 2001 — proving that ANTHEM has never needed to rely solely on its past glories.
This compilation of re-recorded greatest hits, "Nucleus", includes a variety of ANTHEM's classics, perfectly demonstrating the band's musical quality and proving that they can be ranked as a top-notch band even in the international market.
Naoto Shibata (bass): "Our re-recorded greatest hits album with English lyrics, 'Nucleus', will be released internationally on March 29th, 2019. The title represents the fact that this work is ANTHEM's nucleus. I am proud that we can internationally release this album right before our 35th anniversary with this current great lineup, and I am also honored from the bottom of my heart that we can present this to our fans. ANTHEM will keep doing our best to move forward, always heading towards the future. I hope you will all enjoy 'Nucleus'."
Akio Shimizu (guitar): "Finally our re-recorded greatest hits album with English lyrics, 'Nucleus', is set to be released internationally! I tackled these recordings head on, putting all of my pride into it. Those 13 songs were not easy at all; however, I believe they’ve fully captured the sound and the expression of today's ANTHEM while being true to the originals at the same time. I am really happy that our music is now flying into the internatinal market, hoping for new possibilities. Please give it a listen and feel all of the details of the album with the fresh mixing by Jens Bogren."
Yukio Morikawa (vocals): "Four years have already passed since I rejoined ANTHEM. I can say that my musical activities have been very busy and fulfilling, containing two full-length albums, some video works and a lot of live concerts. And I must say, I am so excited that in 2019, at last ANTHEM will internationally release an album, the re-recorded greatest hits. Singing all the songs in English was not at all easy for me, but I hope that this album will show the world that Japan has a band like us who loves metal so much. I hope you enjoy 'Nucleus'."
Isama Tamaru (drums): "I am glad and excited that we can internationally release our re-recorded greatest hits album, 'Nucleus', at this point in time, and we have the opportunity to present ANTHEM's current music and our way of living not only to Japan but also to the rest of the world. I would like you to listen carefully to the sound by Jens Bogren, who we worked with for the first time. With the current lineup, we have been going through a lot of changes by tackling a lot of new things, which has made the bond between the members and the crew much stronger. I would like to say thank you to all the fans who have been supporting us."
I'm the lost one chasing colors to the sun
Colors bleed but never fade
