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Hankou Seimeibun
is an EP released by the Gazette on October 1, 2003. The first press edition came housed in a glossy paper case, with pictures of the band members and the lyrics for the EP. Track listing Notes *''Hankou Seimeibun'' was re-released in 2005. *"Hankou Seimeibun", the fifth track, is a bonus track, found only on the first pressings of the album. References {{Authority control The Gazette (band) albums 2003 EPs ...
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The Gazette (band)
The Gazette (stylized as the GazettE), formerly known as , is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa in early 2002.''Shoxx'' Vol 106 June 2007 pg 40-45 The band is currently signed to Sony Music Records. Biography 2002: Conception and early work The band began in 2002 with Ruki (vocals), Reita (bass) and Uruha (lead guitar) in Kanagawa Prefecture. After being involved with other bands in the visual kei movement, the trio decided that this band would be their last. They recruited Aoi (rhythm guitar) and Yune (drums) from disbanded visual band Artia and formally became Gazette in January 2002. The band name is an intentional misspelling of . After signing to the Matina (record label), Matina record label, they released their first single, "Wakaremichi", and first music video on April 30, 2002. "Wakaremichi" was re-released in June. By September, they had released "Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza" and their second PV. In October ...
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Hardcore Punk
Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock music genre#subtypes, subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Punk rock in California, Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant History of the hippie movement, hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by Washington, D.C., hardcore#History, Washington, D.C., and Punk rock#New York City, New York punk rock and early proto-punk. Hardcore punk generally eschews commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of Rock music, mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically charged lyrics". Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s, particularly in Los Angeles, San Fr ...
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Avant-garde Metal
Avant-garde metal (also known as avant-metal, experimental metal, art metal and experimetal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and innovative, avant-garde music, avant-garde elements, including non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques. Avant-garde metal is influenced by progressive rock and extreme metal, particularly death metal, and is closely related to progressive metal. Some local scenes include Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and Seattle in the United States, Oslo in Norway, and Japanese metal, Tokyo in Japan. Characteristics "Avant-garde metal" is interchangeable with "experimental metal" and "avant-metal", Avant-garde metal is related to progressive metal, but avant-garde metal often has more experimentation, while progressive metal usually has a tighter focus on traditional metal instrumentation and higher levels of technical complexity. Avant-gar ...
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Free-Will
is an independent Japanese independent record label, record label founded in 1986 by Color (band), Color vocalist Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka, with branches predominantly in Japan and the United States, as well as previously in Europe. The company also provides band management and continues to co-manage many of its artists after they have signed with a Record label#Major labels, major record label. Free-Will and Extasy Records are credited by Bounce Magazine as two important labels that helped promote visual kei. Free-Will also produced the 2001 anime adaptation of the long running manga series ''Grappler Baki''. Sub-divisions The company operates several sub-divisions, some of them for a single band or purpose only. For example, ''Firewall Div.'' solely handles material which is released in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music. Under Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Sony Music * ''Back Coat'' – 12012 * ''Firewall Div.'' – Dir En Grey, Merry ...
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PS Company
is an independent Japanese record label founded in 1986 by Color vocalist Hiroshi "Dynamite Tommy" Tomioka, with branches predominantly in Japan and the United States, as well as previously in Europe. The company also provides band management and continues to co-manage many of its artists after they have signed with a major record label. Free-Will and Extasy Records are credited by Bounce Magazine as two important labels that helped promote visual kei. Free-Will also produced the 2001 anime adaptation of the long running manga series ''Grappler Baki''. Sub-divisions The company operates several sub-divisions, some of them for a single band or purpose only. For example, ''Firewall Div.'' solely handles material which is released in collaboration with Sony Music. Under Sony Music * ''Back Coat'' – 12012 * ''Firewall Div.'' – Dir En Grey, Merry * ''Lizard'' – Kagerou Under King Records * ''PS Company'' – Kra ** ''Indie PSC'' – Born * ''S'Cube'' – Baroque, Eile ...
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Spermargarita
is an EP released by The Gazette on July 30, 2003. The songs from this release are featured on the compilation album '' Dainihon Itangeishateki Noumiso Gyaku Kaiten Zekkyou Ongenshuu'', along with the tracks from '' Akuyuukai'' and '' Cockayne Soup''. Track listing Personnel * Ruki — Vocals * Uruha — Lead guitar * Aoi — Rhythm guitar * Reita — Bass * Kai — Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ... (credited but not recorded) * Yune — Drums (recorded but not credited) Notes *The title, "Spermargarita" is a Japanese pun combining the words sperm (スペルマ) and margarita (マルガリィタ). "Super Margarita" and "Spell Margarita" are common mistranslations. *"Wakaremichi" is a re-recording of the initial track from the '' Wakaremichi'' single, r ...
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Madara (album)
is an EP release by Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...ese band The Gazette released on March 30, 2004. The first press edition came housed in a special case, the outer part being a slipcase and the inner part containing the disc and booklet in a disc holder. Track listing Notes *''Madara'' was reissued in 2005. *"Sumire" was only featured on the first pressings of the album. The reissue contains only 5 songs. References The Gazette (band) albums 2004 EPs {{2000s-metal-album-stub ...
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Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ...
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The Gazette (band) Albums
The Gazette may refer to: English-language newspapers Botswana *''The Botswana Gazette'', a daily newspaper published in Gaborone Canada * ''The Gazette'' (Montreal), Montreal, Quebec * ''The Gazette'' (Newfoundland), the official newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland, in St. John's *'' The Dalhousie Gazette'', a student newspaper for Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia *''UWO Gazette'', a daily student newspaper for the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario New Zealand *''New Zealand Gazette'', the official publication of the New Zealand Government United Kingdom *'' The Belfast Gazette'', Northern Ireland official public record *''Eastbourne Gazette'', Eastbourne, England *''The Edinburgh Gazette'', Scottish official public record *''The London Gazette'' or ''The Gazette'', all-UK official public record *'' Teesside Gazette'', formerly ''Evening Gazette'', Teesside, England United States *''Green Bay Press-Gazette'', Green Bay, Wisconsin *'' Ham ...
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