Woo hoo. PaleNeø start 2024 kicking & screaming. It sure is a good time to be aLIVE :)

I started to follow them on X a while ago not knowing much about them, but am glad I did. Go back and listen to the growling and tell me it does not remind you of Fatima from Greed Five Eggs, This band has a LOT of really excellent elements and I will resist comparing them further. I hear a mix of many familiar bands here ... but you have said it before. When new music feels somehow familiar, that is when you know it's great!

These ladies are cool. I saw them with Paradoxx and a few other bands at Antiknock in Tokyo back in October. As usual for these bands they are awesome live and actually sound heavier than in their videos. A lot of these bands do that.

I'm not a fan of screaming/harsh vocals but other than that the song is really catchy and the contrast to the clean vocals is cool.

I kind of figured that you would be on this one soon. I hope you are having a great night! Take care.

My timing is incredible :p .

Wanna be blown away? Check out their song "Chronicle of the Struggle for Gilgamesh"!

They were using quite a bit of harsh vocals in the last livestreamed set I saw by them from December 23rd. They used it on multiple songs and when introducing a song similar to what Nana does with Fate Gear/Gungire, more than previous times. She did a pretty good job on the harsh vocals live, but I hope she learned how to do it properly because it's easy to screw up your vocals if you don't, eg. you can hear Mayu is doing her harshes differently and uses them not as often compared to Nemophila's earlier songs. It was overall much better than last 2 times, less mistakes although the soundquality wasn't the best as far as the bass and guitars goes (not their fault, it was probably the mix of the stream). They used Kanako (ex-Hagane) as a drummer this time instead of Pinkish Crown's Ranna. But I agree, I have a feeling they are trying to find their sound. I like harsh vocals (usually prefer them over cleans) although I was surprised by them as well the first time I heard them use them. I don't think it always worked and she still needs to work on them live even though it was pretty well done, I think they will get there eventually if she doesn't hurt her voice. I personally prefer this track over most of their other released ones. Not a huge fan of the chorus, but it works in contrast with the harsher parts. And yes, I can see it being a spot of contention for a lot of people. I know plenty of people do not like harsh vocals, I have seen it under Nemophila and Hanabie reactions plenty of times. It's one of these things that took me some time to get used to when I started listening to metal a little over 20 years ago but once I got used to them I started mainly listening to music with harsh vocals until I got into the Japanese rock/metal scene 2 to 3 years ago.

Your right about it being all over the place. There was something in this one for everyone to enjoy. I loved every minute of it. Those screams were well placed and done very well. Has anyone mentioned the band STMLT to ya? They are awesome as well with five songs so far. TWILIGHT is their latest. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/op10hbtlrrLZdYU.html