her name in blood tour final @ shibuya o-west

So I've decided to go through that huge backlog of "to-write" entries in reverse chronological order. It'll take forever, won't lie, but here we go. Also, you know. Memories :D



flashback | september 26, 2014

Her Name in Blood are an awesome metal/hardcore band that Lisa and I met for the first time when we interviewed them in Okinawa. They were always great supporters of our music webzine trick/rock., made for hilarious interviews, and just all around awesome guys.

Oh, and some pretty tight music. Tour final definitely didn't disappoint.



Instead of a full band interview this time, we got to sit down with T.J., Daiki, and Umebo and they were hilarious. In retrospect, I don't know why we never gave the camera for the guys to film themselves before!

Anyway, I don't know when I'll make it back to Japan or when we'll get a chance to interview them again, but I'm really glad we got to shine a little light on their music and awesome personalities. Definitely check them out if you haven't already!

♡ jennifer

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her name in blood instore live @ shibuya tower records

HER NAME IN BLOOD had an instore live in Shibuya last Tuesday, so Lisa and I popped into Tower Records to check it out. I always think it'd be a good idea to bring my camera and shoot the general "feel" of shows so I thought I'd try it out.

Haha.

I obviously need a better lens for this. However! Short a live as it was, it was really awesome to hear the songs from their new album live ↓↓

1. HERE WE COME
2. HALO
3. ZERO(FUCKED UP WORLD)
4. THIS IS RETRIBUTION
5. IMPULSES WITHIN
6. ALL THAT LIVING INSIDE OUR HEAD
7. DUSTING
8. CITY OF DESPERATION
9. VOID
10.THE CROWN
11.IF I MELT AWAY
12.PRAY TO THE SUN

Favorites in bold. Overall really solid heavy album and perfect for those days when my commuter rage absolutely cannot be quelled. The rock brutality helps, though. You can buy it on Amazon, btw.

Clickety-click.

Oh! And we actually interviewed them twice for trick/rock.!

Once in Okinawa...


...then again in Tokyo! 


They're our most popular videos and its honestly not hard to see why. All that lulzy metal swag. :D I'm gonna try to post about shows like this for a while but I dunno how successful I'll be. We'll see!

♡ miss wave

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oki-fucking-nawa!! part II

Oki-fucking-nawa Day 2!! Up early for tarts, snorkeling, taco rice as big as your head, a bumpy jeep ride and a good old metal show.

 We woke up pretty early and headed to breakfast while we waited for our friend Daisuke to pick us up to go snorkeling.

There was a ton of traffic that day so we busied ourselves at Saion Square! And of course, our traditional pseudo-hobbit second breakfast.

After, the drive to the beach! Naha is pretty far south on the main island but our snorkeling place was a bit farther north. The drive was a little bumpy--and especially so when you're in the backseat without a seatbelt but--as Daisuke said, "It's Okinawa so you'll be fine." Apprehensive about the lack of seatbelt as I was, riding in a car is something I really miss about the states so :D

Snorkeling was amazing! I honestly haven't gone snorkeling since I was 7 years old in Sanibel Island; chubby little thing pretending to be Ariel while my little brother slept off the Dramamine next to Captain Randy on the tiny boat.

This was so much better. I would have taken photos of the actual snorkeling location but you kind of had to go down these stone steps on the side of the cliff and go right into the water from a ledge of rocks. Tons of people and needless to say I was a little afraid of letting my phone swim with Nemo.

Who we totally saw by the way! Along with a ton of other really beautiful fish. Honestly, it was really moving. I could spend forever next to the ocean.

This wasn't the actual snorkeling location but somewhere we stopped before heading back to Naha.

On the way back we stopped at King Tacos for the most authentic and gargantuan taco rice you will ever see in your life. Maybe. At least mine. I was told I wouldn't be able to finish it.

I did. :D

After that we headed to Okinawa Cyber-Box for a video comment with Tokyo-based Her Name in Blood's show. We also got to see Okinawan hardcore band Shores! You can check out both bands on Youtube here and here. :3

We have a video comment by Her Name in Blood and some instagrams of both them and Shores on our webmagazine trick/rock. so check them out if you have some time!

Day 3 coming soon!

♡ miss wave 

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