2017年6月4日日曜日

TREAT live at Club Quattro, Osaka Japan 18 May 2017

Just got lucky. I was able to watch the live performance in the middle of the very front row!

Show was wonderful.  It was a best selection from Ghost of Glaceland, Coup De Grace, Organized Crime and Dreamhunter albums.
Each song was a highlight.  TREAT has such a bunch of good songs with impressive melody lines.

Ringing introduction of Sole Survior really took me back.
I haven't listened to Dreamhunter album for some 10 years, but I was able to sing along to each song performed on stage.  Apparently I used to listen to that album hundreds of times.

Inferno is one of my favirites from Ghost of Glaceland.  Robert said that they haven't played it live until this Japan tour.  That's so impressive.

I had a very good time with all the fans at the place.  Thank you, Anders, Robert, Jamie, Patrick and Pontus.  I really hope to see you again.

https://www.facebook.com/treatofficial/

2017年3月7日火曜日

BLINDMAN live at Abeno ROCKTOWN Osaka Mar 6, 2017

BLINDMAN's show was a blast.  Consisting of all songs from the latest album "To The Light" as well as their classics, the show was full of energy, good melody and emotional vocals.  100% pure hard rock!! 


2017年2月19日日曜日

TESTAMENT live at Umeda AKASO Osaka Feb 18, 2017


I think that "Into The Pit" does describe what happened last night while I was watching TESTAMENT on stage in the near front row.  I lost my glasses when stage-diver (not a LOVE LIVER) suddenly climbed my back to the top of my head to surf the crowd to the stage.
I came back home and told the story to my wife, then she said, "Oh, it was an expensive show, wasn't it?"  ^_^;

Anyway, it was an awesome show.

The show started with the title track of the new album, Brotherhood of the Snake.  90 minutes of pure thrash metal.
Among others, songs from The Legacy, The New Order, and Practice What You Preach albums really takes me back.

Singing along part of Alone In The Dark made me realize that good melody is a part of TESTAMENT.  That's real fantastic.


2017年2月15日水曜日

BLINDMAN To The Light (2016)


A long awaited release by a Tokyo based authentic hard rock act features a new singer, Ray.

Former singer Manabu Takaya was one of my favirite hard rock singer.   When I heard the news that he left BLINDMAN in 2014, I couldn't quite imagine how this band would sound like without him.
Watching their live performance featuring Ray in 2015, I felt like somethig was missing while the sound was nothing but BLINDMAN.  The second time I saw Ray on stage in 2016, however, I just figured that he has become a part of the band.

All songs on this album are all solid, energetic and emotional.  There is no filler.
I think Tatsuya Nakamura's guitar play and Hiroki Matsui's keybords provides the best combination of melody and power.

Among others, track 3 "Sleepless Night" is a killer - fast, aggressive and melodic.
Slow and emotional "Angels Cry", track 5, makes the power surge up within me.

I now strongly believe that the band has entered a new stage of its carrier with this album.

http://www.blindman.jp/

2017年1月29日日曜日

BAND-MAID Just Bring It (2017)


This is the first full-length album of BAND-MAID.  Limited edition of the CD comes with a booklet comprising the shots of the maids on stage!

Taking a look at the photos reminds me of their live performance that I first experienced December 2016.  Seeing them playing live on stage in front of my very eyes, singing along with the songs, it was nothing but fun.

13 songs on this album are cool, however, I'm pretty confident that seeing them at their live would be much cooler than just listening to the CD.

This is my favorite shot.















http://bandmaid.tokyo/