Hey everyone.
Welcome to the 2nd post of the Where It Went Music Blog. In This Entry I will be writing about the Japanese metal hardcore band Naiad.
"Naiad. formed in March 2001 in Kyoto, Japan. Nearly three months after the inception of the band, they recorded and released their demo tape. The response to this tape was amazing and led them to a 3 way split on 14 ALL RECORDS. The split, containing 3 awesome Japanese hardcore bands was released in spring 2002. This was the last recording with their old singer. Differences in mentality drove him and the band apart and they decided to go each their own way… Mutsumi became the new vocalist and one new song, recorded with Mutsumi, was released on the EXTEND magazine sampler in Japan. At the beginning of 2003, .naiadn cought the attention of Good Life and got signed in a heartbeat… We’re now July 2003. Their debut MCD ‘Hardcore emotion’ has just been released and they’re about to appear on the Good Life summerfest… Up until now, .naiad. has supported GRADE on their Japan tour, supported FOR DIRE LIFE SAKE on their Japan tour, toured the US for 2 weeks in 2002, being supported by THE LAST YEAR, QUELL and SLEEPING BY THE RIVERSIDE. The shows that have been played in Japan are countless… Expect a lot more from this amazing, young band !!!"
- Bio taken from the Goodlife Recordings Website
I remember the first time I’ve heard of this band was back in high school. Kenny (of Comadre fame) was listening to his cd player during break and he asked me if I was ever interested in listening to Japanese hardcore. I accepted his offer and gave them a listen. What I was listening to was the "Hardcore Emotion" EP and the beginning was one of the mellowest intro's to any hardcore/punk cads. After 2 minutes of mellow sounds, the greatest build-up comes on and I was hooked. By the time I was finish with the 1st track (which is known as the track "Sensuous Tone") we had to go back to class. I asked Kenny to burn me a copy of the ep. When I got my copy, I totally hooked with not only with Naiad, but the hardcore scene that was happening over in the Far East.
After listening to Hardcore Emotion a thousand times. I’ve decided to get my hands on the demo. Since this bad boy has been out of print for a good while, I’ve decided to look for it on soulseek. After finding the demo, I gave it a listen and just like the EP that follows it, I fell in love with this band. The Band has broken up for quite some time now. Not quite sure what the members of naiad are doing now, but I’m hoping it's awesome as hell.
For fans of: Shai Hulud, Poison the Well, and Grade, this band rules.
Links:
Official Site
Myspace (Unoffcial. The guy has some awesome info on Releases and stuff)
Goodlife Recordings Bio Page
Live Photo's courtesy of: cindyphotography@pandora.be
