New Album Information! // Halloween Goods On Sale!
Hi everyone!
Depending on your time zone...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I haven't updated in a good long while, but then, the members have mainly been hunkered down focusing on completing the album and on restarting touring activities, so if you're not already keeping up with them on Twitter, I'd recommend it! I've decided I won't summarize information about lives until the borders open back up... if you're there already, I trust you can understand their official updates too :)
Wonderland With Black New Information!
First off, they've not only announced the track list for Wonderland With Black, they've actually given us a teaser video for every track on the album (except #1)! Give it a listen! Most of the usual online shops will now allow preorders for the regular edition of the album, so with 11 days to release (give or take 1, depending on your time zone), make sure you get in your preorder if you intend on it! For instance, CD Japan is ready to accept [ your order ]!
Otherwise, a digital copy will be available for purchase as well in shops like itunes, starting from the release date!
CD Track Listing
(Same for both FC and regular editions)
1. Wonderland With Black
2. MANDALA (मण्डल)
3. Catwalk
4. REPLICA
5. 透明の翼 (toumei no tsubasa -- Transparent Wings)
6. BIRTHDAY
7. Glow
My sample verdict?
SO SHINY. ALL THE ALICENINEY SHININESS!!!
本日は11/11にリリースするアルバム「黒とワンダーランド」のマスタリングでした。
不夜城エデンが初期をハイブリッドさせた正統進化だとしたら今作は英語AliceNine時代のハイブッドさせた作品だなという今は印象。 pic.twitter.com/ibxbcAi17i
- 将 アリス九號./ALICE NINE. (@SW_A9) October 15, 2020
Show gave a bit of an explanation about the tracks on the album via a Twitter thread some time ago, which I'll summarize here! Hiroto also had a few things to say about it in his latest (public) note entry, so I'll mention that as well. Show is going to be in the upcoming Rock and Read as well, with a 20-page interview and photoshoot in support of this new album! That will be out on the 26th of November. Okay, on to my summary of some of the facts we have so far:
First of all, this is a continuation of Nightless City Eden. Hiroto explained that the previous album felt like the summation of a story up until that point in time -- so through Wonderland With Black, we get a continuation of Nightless City Eden, in a sense. NCE had a very ecclectic progression in musical tone and atmosphere through its 8 tracks... in contrast WWB maintains a fairly harmonic tone throughout the whole length (from what I can tell from the previews). NCE covers their original アリス九號. era, while WWB is meant to capture their Alice Nine era's essence.
Track 1 is a mystery so far!
Track 2 was composed by Show, with Tora doing the chanting in the demo version.
Track 4 was composed by Hiroto and Show during a jam session at Hiroto's place.
The remaining songs he didn't name specifically, but said that two were composed by Nao, and one was a joint effort between him and Saga. The remaining one is also a mystery.
Saga, as always, helped other members with their song arrangements and directed.
"It's not just catchy", Show explained, "It's packed with the essence of who we are."
The previous work was a blend of eastern and western influences; this work shows off their sparkly-rock side.
Finally, super exciting... MANDALA is going to be used as a theme on BREAK OUT (much like TESTAMENT was for the previous release)! They're also going to be on MJTV (to some degree)! If you haven't watched the new MV in a while, do yourself a favour and give it another watch. Right here, right now.
It's sleek, it's sexy, it's awesome.
Halloween Goods On Sale!
Coming back to the subject of lives... they have actually put up the remainder of the goods from the Halloween lives for sale in their M.A.D. shop! This is a preorder, so you must make your order by the 8th of November, 24:00 JST, and the goods will be shipped out around the end of November. Keep in mind, these are the remaining goods from the lives they played, so there is a limited quantity of everything -- if you'd like something, place your order asap! I am guessing they're making it a preorder because they'd prefer to ship out everyone's orders at once. It's neater that way :)
I am going to simply link to the shop pages instead of uploading photos because there are only 4 varieties this time! Without further ado, here are the goods up for online sale:
♥ Trick or Treat Lottery 2020
As is customary with a lot, you receive 1 item at random in an envelope.
PLEASE NOTE : There was candy of some kind included at the live itself as a possible prize, but this will not be the case for the online version. There are 5 possible goods, below:
- Halloween or Memorial aluminum badge (a random set of 2 out of a possible 24)
- Wonder Halloween Mini Pouch (1 out of 5 cartoon members)
- Hexagram Tassel Protective Charm (1 out 5 - member colours)
- Wonder Halloween Acrylic Stand (1 out of 5 cartoon members)
- Wonder Halloween Sticky Note Pad (a random set of 2 out of a possible 5 varieties)
♥ Wonder Halloween Towel Handkerchief
♥ Wonder Halloween Mug
♥ Wonder Halloween GALAXY -Galaxy Bracelet-
You can check [ THIS PREVIOUS ENTRY ] for general information about placing orders.
I'll keep this entry neat and not recopy it all :)
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to leave me a comment here or send me a DM!
I'll do my best to answer! If you think of any news I forgot to mention, let me know that as well!
Depending on your time zone...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I haven't updated in a good long while, but then, the members have mainly been hunkered down focusing on completing the album and on restarting touring activities, so if you're not already keeping up with them on Twitter, I'd recommend it! I've decided I won't summarize information about lives until the borders open back up... if you're there already, I trust you can understand their official updates too :)
Wonderland With Black New Information!
First off, they've not only announced the track list for Wonderland With Black, they've actually given us a teaser video for every track on the album (except #1)! Give it a listen! Most of the usual online shops will now allow preorders for the regular edition of the album, so with 11 days to release (give or take 1, depending on your time zone), make sure you get in your preorder if you intend on it! For instance, CD Japan is ready to accept [ your order ]!
Otherwise, a digital copy will be available for purchase as well in shops like itunes, starting from the release date!
Click to viewCD Track Listing
(Same for both FC and regular editions)
1. Wonderland With Black
2. MANDALA (मण्डल)
3. Catwalk
4. REPLICA
5. 透明の翼 (toumei no tsubasa -- Transparent Wings)
6. BIRTHDAY
7. Glow
My sample verdict?
SO SHINY. ALL THE ALICENINEY SHININESS!!!
本日は11/11にリリースするアルバム「黒とワンダーランド」のマスタリングでした。
不夜城エデンが初期をハイブリッドさせた正統進化だとしたら今作は英語AliceNine時代のハイブッドさせた作品だなという今は印象。 pic.twitter.com/ibxbcAi17i
- 将 アリス九號./ALICE NINE. (@SW_A9) October 15, 2020
Show gave a bit of an explanation about the tracks on the album via a Twitter thread some time ago, which I'll summarize here! Hiroto also had a few things to say about it in his latest (public) note entry, so I'll mention that as well. Show is going to be in the upcoming Rock and Read as well, with a 20-page interview and photoshoot in support of this new album! That will be out on the 26th of November. Okay, on to my summary of some of the facts we have so far:
First of all, this is a continuation of Nightless City Eden. Hiroto explained that the previous album felt like the summation of a story up until that point in time -- so through Wonderland With Black, we get a continuation of Nightless City Eden, in a sense. NCE had a very ecclectic progression in musical tone and atmosphere through its 8 tracks... in contrast WWB maintains a fairly harmonic tone throughout the whole length (from what I can tell from the previews). NCE covers their original アリス九號. era, while WWB is meant to capture their Alice Nine era's essence.
Track 1 is a mystery so far!
Track 2 was composed by Show, with Tora doing the chanting in the demo version.
Track 4 was composed by Hiroto and Show during a jam session at Hiroto's place.
The remaining songs he didn't name specifically, but said that two were composed by Nao, and one was a joint effort between him and Saga. The remaining one is also a mystery.
Saga, as always, helped other members with their song arrangements and directed.
"It's not just catchy", Show explained, "It's packed with the essence of who we are."
The previous work was a blend of eastern and western influences; this work shows off their sparkly-rock side.
Finally, super exciting... MANDALA is going to be used as a theme on BREAK OUT (much like TESTAMENT was for the previous release)! They're also going to be on MJTV (to some degree)! If you haven't watched the new MV in a while, do yourself a favour and give it another watch. Right here, right now.
It's sleek, it's sexy, it's awesome.
Halloween Goods On Sale!
Coming back to the subject of lives... they have actually put up the remainder of the goods from the Halloween lives for sale in their M.A.D. shop! This is a preorder, so you must make your order by the 8th of November, 24:00 JST, and the goods will be shipped out around the end of November. Keep in mind, these are the remaining goods from the lives they played, so there is a limited quantity of everything -- if you'd like something, place your order asap! I am guessing they're making it a preorder because they'd prefer to ship out everyone's orders at once. It's neater that way :)
I am going to simply link to the shop pages instead of uploading photos because there are only 4 varieties this time! Without further ado, here are the goods up for online sale:
♥ Trick or Treat Lottery 2020
As is customary with a lot, you receive 1 item at random in an envelope.
PLEASE NOTE : There was candy of some kind included at the live itself as a possible prize, but this will not be the case for the online version. There are 5 possible goods, below:
- Halloween or Memorial aluminum badge (a random set of 2 out of a possible 24)
- Wonder Halloween Mini Pouch (1 out of 5 cartoon members)
- Hexagram Tassel Protective Charm (1 out 5 - member colours)
- Wonder Halloween Acrylic Stand (1 out of 5 cartoon members)
- Wonder Halloween Sticky Note Pad (a random set of 2 out of a possible 5 varieties)
♥ Wonder Halloween Towel Handkerchief
♥ Wonder Halloween Mug
♥ Wonder Halloween GALAXY -Galaxy Bracelet-
You can check [ THIS PREVIOUS ENTRY ] for general information about placing orders.
I'll keep this entry neat and not recopy it all :)
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to leave me a comment here or send me a DM!
I'll do my best to answer! If you think of any news I forgot to mention, let me know that as well!