So happy to announce and share MIWA’s new lyric video today!! This song’s concept is the Horrific Earthquake and Tsunami event that took place in the northern part of Japan in 2011, and STILL haunting me.
“The Devil’s Fingerprints are All Over This Tragedy”
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1/12020にリリースしたCD”Hell Is Real”の”The Devil Fingerprints”のリリックビデオです。 Shareしてくださればありがたいです！！
MIWA – VIRUS（MY WISH IS YOUR COMMAND 2011) Treasure from the past! So Thrilled to share with you ! Virus is a very heavy track off our “My Wish is Your Command” album which was released on January 1st, 2011. This song has been re-mixed and re-mastered. Virus is the first song to be released from our upcoming re-release of our first album “My Wish Is Your Command…. We filmed this Video footage sometime in 2013 and recently remixed while we where recording the “HELL IS REAL” album. It was a lot of fun spending time with these amazing musicians and learning from them. Thank you Chris san, Sean and Bjorn for making my dream come true! And Special Thanks to Brad Vance for remastering this song. Thank you Guys! Thank You from the bottom of my heart!!
MIWAの１ｓｔ Album ２０１１年にリリースしたMY WISH IS YOUR COMMANDからの第３のミュージックビデオをリリースします。 ２０１３年に撮影されましたがリリースが実現されず時が過ぎてしまいましたが遅れながらここに今皆さんとシェアすることが出来るようになりました。 沢山の仲間の力を借り夢をかなえられ幸せです！ Please watch and enjoy!!!
Review by jennytate “Rock Queen Reviews” February 20, 2020
An American heavy metal band, with female vocals, named after its Japanese vocalist, MIWA also features Billy Sheehan on bass, Sean Lee and Mitch Perry, on guitars and Sean Elg, on drums. The debut album featured Chris Slade (AC/DC), on drums and Bjorn Englen (Yngwie Malmsteen), on bass.
An LA-based band, so heavy, it verges on death metal, MIWA have already received positive acclaim, from fans.
The Darker Of The Darkest Of The Dark – Launching straight into a classic metal intro, powered by confident, heavy riffs and thundering drums. That voice is instantly memorable, with its razor blade sharp acuity and grit-soaked gravel, all the more memorable, for coming from a woman. Echoing Space Parasites slightly, but there’s a rawness to those riffs, complete with a unique edge, delivered with total fluidity. Melodically strong, harmonising towards the end. Drumming driving it along, to a clear, definitive end.
Devil’s Avocation – Drum intro, breaking things down, into a rolling hook of a track. Those cheese grater riven vocals are really edgy. This one just rolls along, with darkened intent and a classic old school atmosphere. Smoking riffs and a nostalgic rhythm and melody. Speed rocks it hard, as it pounds along. Almost animalistic, in its delivery. Raw and bloody.
Hell Is Real – Slide electric riff intro, moving into a new, smooth, feminine vocal. Fast-paced rhythm, riven with catch and still, there’s an edge to the vocals. Drums completing the steady reliability and drive of the rhythm. Growing harder, heavier and wilder, as it rolls on. This has a unique stamp on it and this is one band with real chemistry.
Anything For Love – Powerful mighty riff opening. Back into those crackle glass vocals. There’s a real catchy sexiness to this pace. It drags you along with it, in the heightened atmosphere of rock ‘n’ roll excess. Such a 90’s hair metal touch to it. Just delicious. A real full-bodied sound, just filled with metallic passion.
One Single Bullet – Skidding into that intro steer, it hits its stride instantly, again. So much edge in those vocals, gleaming with metal spirit. Drums gaining heavier volume, bringing slabs of molten steel. Loving the electrified riffage, adding the precision and feeling. Closing with vocal definition, once more.
No Smoke Without Fire – Steering slide riffage intro’s. Vocals coming straight in, without missing a beat. Slight echoes here of Action City Blackout’s ‘Down In Flames’. So sexy and stacked with genuine metal ecstasy. Sirens trace the line in the mid-section, before the rock ‘n’ roll emphasis makes its mark, in a seamless ending.
Born In Bondage – Full on heaviness introing! Immediate rhythmic catch. Classic metal lyrics, completing the visual imagery. It’s smooth, sensuous and delightful. Get lost in that melody, as the riffs make their mark on your heart. Coming to a cohesive, harmonised end.
Cage Of Domination – More of that awesomely powerful sexy riffage intro’s. Right into the theme! Heavily sexy lyrics, delivered with feeling. Brave stuff to bring to the fore and bound to prove a hit. The title speaks for itself). This one just drives itself, effortlessly.
Cursed Without Warning – Drum intro, pounding out the rhythm, from the start, setting the scene well. Smoother vocals again here. Great to hear that passion and don’t be fooled by the smoothness, cos it gets raw, edgy and gravelly, all over again. Similar lyrical themes to the last. Fabulous pace, very much dictated by the drums. Palpable stuff and lots of visual evocations. Glorious darkness cloaks this track in blackness. All achieved with melodic consistency and vocal shades. Coming to a shuddering halt.
The Devil’s Fingerprints – Sharp riffage building an instant picture. Moving into another furied rhythm. Catchy drumming, sexily paced. Vocals doing their thing, again, with impassioned gore, while the riffs heat up and the melody hits you, with a palpable edge. Blood-drenched lyrics, fitting the sound, like a glove. Fast-paced number, executed with absolute razor-sharp precision. Closing on a vicious scream.
Overall – Pure metal fury, in glorious overdrive. Passionate performance, hitting its pace, from start to end. Sexy, driven and metallically wild. The quality and style of vocal rawness will stay with you and the stratospherically powered accompaniments will rage in your brain, forever.
10/10 **********
For fans of Space Parasites, Zeit, Action City Blackout, Carcass.
Wow Jenny, I just found your review. This is so great! We are so happy that you love our METAL music! Please tell me how to get in touch with you. We have a new album coming out in the near future that is going to be amazing and I’d love to send you a copy.
Thanks, Sean \m/
Hi Sean,
Great, thanks for getting in touch! You’re welcome. Really pleased you’re so happy with it). Ace, that sounds good to me! Okay, you can email me at jennytaterocks@googlemail.com and I look forward to receiving it!)
Ne vous fiez pas aux apparences. La chanteuse japonaise MIWA, installée à Los Angeles, cache bien son jeu. A travers « Hell is Real », elle distille un bon Hard Rock très Heavy et Sleaze, soutenu par un très bon groupe.
MIWA « Hell is Real » (Independant)
Deuxième production pour la chanteuse MIWA dont la voix est assez étonnante. Basée à Los Angeles, la japonaise sort un album très Sleaze où se côtoient en version classique du Hard Rock comme du Heavy Metal. Plutôt bien entourée, la demoiselle dispose d’une étonnante palette vocale, avec un chant aussi criard que clair.
Guidé par le grand Billy Sheehan à la basse, MIWA peut compter à la guitare sur le Californien Sean Lee et Mitch Perry (MSG), ainsi que le batteur Sean Elg (Cage). Autant dire que le combo a du répondant et « Hell is Real » propose de bonnes choses, malheureusement desservies par une production désastreuse.
La Nippone a donc su parfaitement s’entourer sur ce nouvel album. En revanche, malgré un joli casting, la piètre qualité sonore surprend. Musicalement, MIWA propose vraiment de très bons morceaux essentiellement Hard Rock avec des arrangements Sleaze et très Heavy. La chanteuse est aussi étonnante que fougueuse et elle apporte une touche singulière à « Hell is Real ».
Geschrieben von Helgvar Sven Mánfreðson Band: Miwa Album: Hell Is Real Genre: Heavy Metal / Rock`n Roll Plattenfirma: Self-Production Veröffentlichung: 1. Januar 2020
MIWA stammen aus Los Angeles, kommen als Quintett daher und präsentieren mir ihr zweites Album “Hell Is Real” aus dem beginn des Jahres 2020. Zu verdanken habe ich dies einem unserer neuen Partner, VladPromotion.
Die Band hat sich nach ihrer Sängerin mit japanischen Wurzeln benannt und bietet eine gefächerte und kreative metallische Songauswahl. Herausstechend markant ist natürlich das Vokalistische von MIWA, denn die Dame bietet eine breite Facette und dieser darf ich gleich zu beginn lauschen. Das rockig vorantreibende “The Darker of the Darkest of the Dark” oder auch das im Mid-Tempo dargebotene “Devil`s Avocation” entreißen den femalen Stimmbändern rauchige Screams und sengende Schreie.
Das es auch in anderen Kombinationen geht, zeigen mir “Hell is Real” und “Anything for Love“. Hier trifft cleaner Gesang auf rauchig schreiendes. Beide wechseln gerne die Phasen und bieten hervorragende Gitarrenarbeit, rocken in Paarung mit den Drums und dem Bass den ich hier sogar mal heraushöre, denn meistens geht er ja unter, zumindest in meinen Ohren.
“One Single Bullet” lässt rockig durchgehend die Nackenmuskeln in rhythmische Bewegung geraten, “No Smoke Without Fire” setzt die “Tradition” fort, wenn auch etwas gediegener. Mit “Born In Bondage” findet ein Song den Weg in meine Gehörgänge, der vielseitig und stimmlich teilweise fast nachdenklich lieblich mich einwickelt, im Vergleich zu seinen Vorgängern. “Cage of Domination” kommt schwer aus den Startlöchern, rockt wie seine Brüder und Frau schreit sich zum ende hin die Kehle aus dem Leibe.
Die beiden Letzten sind “Cursed Without Warning“, der zu beginn und zum ende hin mit seichtem Gesang aufwartet, sich aber dann ins Gegenteil wandelt und “The Devil’s Fingerprints“, der abschließend teuflische Fingerabdrücke hinterlässt und diese nicht nur gesanglich.
Fazit: MIWA ist schon rein gesanglich sehr speziell, aber definitiv hörenswert. Ist es aber auch was für Dich? Das entscheidest du…
Kreator, Doro/Warlock, Classic Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Information:
Band: Miwa
Home: US (Los Angeles)
Style: Heavy Metal
Title: Hell Is Real
Type: Full-length
Release: 1st January 2020
Runtime: 38:11
Label: Independent
PR: VladPRomations
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖑: 𝕲𝖚𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖗 & 𝕭𝖆𝖘𝖘: A burning hell of amazing fast heavy riffs, filled with the technic of technically, intricate riffing and solo shredding, with a powerful-aggressive dense sound. With fresh ravaging pickings of the bass.
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖑𝖑: 𝖁𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖑𝖘: Having a singer with a powerful & fantastic voice, is one thing, but having a singer that is female, from Japan with powerful & incredible vocals is a double substantial metal bonus.
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖑𝖑𝖑: 𝕯𝖗𝖚𝖒𝖘: Thundering -Esque (mixture) of classic hard rock/heavy metal drumming.
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖑𝖁: 𝕺𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖑: Devil deliverance of hell burning of ten tracks of over thirty-eight minutes of pure classic heavy metal. For me, this doesn’t feature traditional heavy metal, but the influence of a thrashy/power metal sound and energy.
I’m the one, don’t talk about the members, only for the skill of playing or singing, but it is to note that the musicians on Miwa, do feature Billy Sheehan an American bassist known for his work with Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr Big, and on their debut album, feature on drums, was Chris Slade (AC/DC).
Altogether Miwa has given us a full-length of the compelling & energetic art, with catchy riffs/solos and drumming, very unusual and formidable voice, with various compositions.
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*full of energy*
* entertaining* *adrenaline* * a true masterpiece*
* devilish & sick vocals*
“Hell Fire”
of
deathesque heavy metal
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖁: 𝕬𝖗𝖙𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖐: Showing a destructive city, with the Angel of Wrath!
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖁𝖑: 𝕺𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌: (having a soft spot for female singers) Miwa vocals, the way Miwa can change her vocal tone to correspond with the lyrics and music.
𝕾𝖎𝖓 𝖁𝖑𝖑: 𝕯𝖎𝖘𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊: none.
Members
Miwa (vocals)
Sean Lee (guitar)
Billy Sheehan (bass)
Mitch Perry (guitar)
Sean Elg (drums)
Tracks
#01. The Darker of the Darkest of the Dark (05:22)
L.A.在住の日本人女性ヴォーカリスト、MIWAの2ndフル・アルバム！1stフル・アルバム『My Wish Is Your Command』（2011年作）、2018年リリースのEP『Reach Out And Touch Me』以来の2年振りの作品。バンド・メンバーは前作に引き続き、G.に数年前はLITA FORDのバンドで弾いていたミッチ・ペリー(近年はスティーヴ・プリーストのTHE SWEET等)、そしてB.にはMr.BIG等のビリー・シーンが参加ということで、なにげに元TALASのメンバー2人が揃って在籍ということになります！もう一人のG.に作曲やプロデュースも手掛けるバンドの要であるショーン・リー、Ds.には前作まで参加のクリス・スレイド(AC/DC，THE FIRM等)に替わってCAGE等のショーン・エルグという5人編成のバンドでのレコーディング。HELLIONのアン・ボレインやLEATHER/CHASTAINのレザー・レオーニ等を想起させるスタイルで、その攻撃的に絞り出すヴォイスに地獄からの絶唱かと思わせるシャウトも織り交ぜ、そのHMシンガー然とした歌唱がサウンドの中で圧倒的な存在感を発揮する、現在の日本でもてはやされている女性Vo.系とは一線を画する80年代の女性ヴォーカルのHMのカッコ良さを再確認させる、フラッシーなG.も絡ませながらのソリッドでタイトな演奏による80年代を継承するピュアなスタイルのアメリカン・メタル・サウンド！Good！！
【メンバー】 Miwa (Vo.) Sean Lee (G.) Mitch Perry (G.) Billy Sheehan (B.) Sean Elg (Ds.)
【収録曲】 01. The Darker of The Darkest of The Dark 02. Devil’s Avocation 03. Hell Is Real 04. Anything For Love 05. One Single Bullet 06. No Some Without Fire 07. Born In Bondage 08. Cage of Domination 09. Cursed Without Warning 10. The Devil’s Fingerprints 【CD】【Self-Released】【Import】【2020/01/01】
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