In Decibel’s endless quest to reveal our light readership to as many corners of the acute music universe as doable, at this time we deliver you Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship. Hailing from China, D.I.W. are leaders, and probably sole purveyors of, the sub-genre generally known as Anime Slam. A quote nabbed from their Metallic Archives web page describes the generally quartet/generally quintet as a band whose “picture is closely influenced by the multimedia franchise, Love Stay! College Idol Challenge Sequence. The vast majority of the band’s track titles are Love Stay! references, with their early materials additionally being demise metallic re-arrangements of present songs.” Their 2016 debut, μ’Sick featured songs like “Suicide Comfortable Vacation,” “僕らのSLAM 君とのSLAUGHTER” and “Unbalanced Brutal Love” with the band themselves proclaiming the EP as “six intense tracks of anime induced brutality following within the footsteps of demise metallic acts resembling Anal Bleeding, Ingested, Visceral Disgorge, and extra. Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship proves Anime Slam is right here to remain.”
As youngsters are wont to do as of late, the band is releasing tracks from their upcoming second album (to be launched by way of Stillbirth Information/Gorehouse Productions) in matches and begins and whereas the work is in progress. The newest providing from their upcoming full size is the one/video for “Brutal Panzer,” a observe that’s dripping with a great deal of dramatic chugging, djent-y chugging, online game noises, pinch harmonic squealing, breakdowns bloody breakdowns, and guttural vocal chameleon-ry, which isn’t really be a phrase, however up till a minute in the past, most of you didn’t know Anime Slam was a factor. Whether or not it must be a factor or not, that’s so that you can resolve. Says vocalist Kiryu Zhang: “We’re tremendous excited to introduce our new single, ‘Brutal Panzer’! That is our second observe following ‘Music of the Neet’ and one of many standout songs from our upcoming album. I can’t wait to listen to what you all assume—hoping you’ll like it as a lot as we do.
“Whereas engaged on this album, we spent numerous time reflecting on whether or not trendy instrument sounds really match us. Ultimately, we thought it could be cool to revisit a few of our earlier kinds. For this track, we even introduced again a member from our first EP days to assist with the association, including a particular contact to the observe. The inspiration for ‘Brutal Panzer’ comes from the anime Ladies und Panzer, which tells the story of ladies driving tanks. Our guitarist is a big fan of this present and I really feel it mirrors our music nicely—it’s each candy and kawaii, but highly effective and brutal. Many would possibly see Anime Slam as simply crudely mixing anime samples into slam brutal demise metallic, however for us, it’s about crafting demise metallic that appears like an anime track, creating a novel musical expertise. Now, we focus extra on mixing totally different music kinds seamlessly to supply one thing recent and thrilling.
“To this point, we’ve accomplished 4 to 6 songs for the brand new album, aiming for a full-length launch of round 9 or ten tracks. I do know everybody’s keen, however we actually wish to take the time to good every bit. Not like our final album, which was launched in 2023 however principally written round 2018, this new assortment displays our true aesthetic and ideas over these couple of years. I imagine it is going to be heavier, crueler, extra enjoyable, and extra kawaii. I’m actually trying ahead to the day you all get to listen to it!”
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