BRIGHT DARKNESS

[Machine Translation] Tokyo-based extreme metal band XECSNOIN, active since 2001, has released its first single since 2012 with the addition of new drummer HIROKI and the band's first ever female vocalist U. The songs are aggressive metal with traditional thrashy riffs. The songs have an aggressive metal sound with a lot of thrashy riffs, but U's screams and her unique clean voice, which makes the soft male vocalist run away barefoot, have opened up a new phase for the band. The lyrics are also written almost entirely in Japanese, aiming for a more direct expression, and the work asks the question, "What is the metal played by Japanese in the 21st century? This album is a work that asks the question, "What kind of metal is played by Japanese in the 21st century?

2001年活動開始の東京を拠点とするエクストリームメタルXECSNOIN(ゼクスノイン)。2012年より新たにドラマーHIROKIとバンド史上初の女性ボーカルUが加入して初となるシングルをリリース。曲調は従来からのスラッシーなリフを多用するアグレッシブなメタルサウンドだが、そこに、やわな男性ボーカルが裸足で逃げ出すUのスクリームと独特の声質のクリーンボイスをフィーチャーしたことでバンドの新たな局面が開けた。歌詞もほぼ全面的に日本語で書くことでより直接的な表現を目指し、21世紀に日本人がプレイするメタルとは!?を世に問う作品となった。