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Destrose - Announce New EP


All-female heavy metal troupe Destrose have announced they'll be putting out a new EP - or "mini-album" as they're called in Japan - on September 24th. Entitled The Prologue, this mini-album will be distributed via the band's own label Flyingcat Records.

The Prologue tracklist:

01. Prologue
02. Winds Of Fall
03. Eutopia
04. 悠遠 (Yuuen)
05. Rewrite The Curse





The girls have also revealed via Facebook that recording work has begun for their as-yet untitled second studio album.

Source: facebook.com
Band profile: Destrose
Posted: 22.08.2014 by Ruchesko


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22.08.2014 - 13:12
ManiacBlasphemer
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There is a whole Show-Ya revival in the japanese metal scene for the past couple of years. Destrose, Cyntia, Aldious, Mary's Blood or Albion, all of them follow the influence of arguable the first traditional all-female heavy metal band, sort of a japanese version of Girlschool, Show-Ya. I do like these bands in contrast with the likes of Babymetal or whatever japanese gimmcik bands.
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22.08.2014 - 15:21
Ruchesko

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 22.08.2014 at 13:12

There is a whole Show-Ya revival in the japanese metal scene for the past couple of years. Destrose, Cyntia, Aldious, Mary's Blood or Albion, all of them follow the influence of arguable the first traditional all-female heavy metal band, sort of a japanese version of Girlschool, Show-Ya.

Show-Ya are really closer to Vixen. Having been through 95% of their backcatalogue, SY's metal credentials are murky at best.
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22.08.2014 - 15:39
ManiacBlasphemer
Black Knight
Written by Ruchesko on 22.08.2014 at 15:21

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 22.08.2014 at 13:12

There is a whole Show-Ya revival in the japanese metal scene for the past couple of years. Destrose, Cyntia, Aldious, Mary's Blood or Albion, all of them follow the influence of arguable the first traditional all-female heavy metal band, sort of a japanese version of Girlschool, Show-Ya.

Show-Ya are really closer to Vixen. Having been through 95% of their backcatalogue, SY's metal credentials are murky at best.


I might not have been through all of their stuff, but I do know that they have a heavier edge compared to Vixen. Vixen is the female version of Bon Jovi. Show-Ya has that nonconformist attitude that Girlschool had on the first two albums. I called them traditional heavy metal (as in a combination of heavy metal with hard rock). Vixen are glam rock or pop rock at best. Sure, Destrose and the band I mentioned have a heavier sound, but it is clear from where they came from.

Like Girlschool, Show-Ya had a heavier period, and a commercial one. The only thing is, for them it happened viceversa. Girlschool begun as a Motorhead influenced band and turned to a more hard rock sound with the 3rd release then came back to the roots with the self-titled album. Show-Ya came up with a hard rock edge on the first albums, but it got big with the heavier works such as Outerlimits and Hard Way. On the latest album they further developed that sound.
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22.08.2014 - 21:51
Ruchesko

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 22.08.2014 at 15:39

Like Girlschool, Show-Ya had a heavier period, and a commercial one. The only thing is, for them it happened viceversa. Girlschool begun as a Motorhead influenced band and turned to a more hard rock sound with the 3rd release then came back to the roots with the self-titled album. Show-Ya came up with a hard rock edge on the first albums, but it got big with the heavier works such as Outerlimits and Hard Way. On the latest album they further developed that sound.

SY's heavy period was their commercial period - things went down the shaft in the '90s because the frontwoman Keiko left.

To tell the truth, I'm not sure if Show-Ya have really been all that big an influence on the recent "girls' metal" explosion (Aldious, Destrose, Mary's Blood, etc) over the other all-female J-rock bands that cropped up in the '80s. When I was researching an article I've submitted to MS about female guitarists in J-metal, I couldn't find any sort of explicit evidence linking the two. Please set me straight if you know any better.
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23.08.2014 - 00:56
ManiacBlasphemer
Black Knight
Written by Ruchesko on 22.08.2014 at 21:51

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 22.08.2014 at 15:39

Like Girlschool, Show-Ya had a heavier period, and a commercial one. The only thing is, for them it happened viceversa. Girlschool begun as a Motorhead influenced band and turned to a more hard rock sound with the 3rd release then came back to the roots with the self-titled album. Show-Ya came up with a hard rock edge on the first albums, but it got big with the heavier works such as Outerlimits and Hard Way. On the latest album they further developed that sound.

SY's heavy period was their commercial period - things went down the shaft in the '90s because the frontwoman Keiko left.

To tell the truth, I'm not sure if Show-Ya have really been all that big an influence on the recent "girls' metal" explosion (Aldious, Destrose, Mary's Blood, etc) over the other all-female J-rock bands that cropped up in the '80s. When I was researching an article I've submitted to MS about female guitarists in J-metal, I couldn't find any sort of explicit evidence linking the two. Please set me straight if you know any better.


Not necessarily a musical influence, I might add. I did not really research anything regarding guitarists and what not. But then again even Girlschool is not that big of a musical influence either for other all-female metal bands, but rather an influence for the women that accessed the metal scene by being part of it, not just a bystander. The success of Show-Ya might've triggerd such a following, it is in the end inevitable. Also, peculiar as it may be, many of these bands started around the time Show-Ya reunited. It might not be linked, this is just a personal opinion, but I find it hard to do not have any connection or even the smallest influence from this band.
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01.12.2014 - 00:13
Ruchesko

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 23.08.2014 at 00:56

Not necessarily a musical influence, I might add. I did not really research anything regarding guitarists and what not. But then again even Girlschool is not that big of a musical influence either for other all-female metal bands, but rather an influence for the women that accessed the metal scene by being part of it, not just a bystander. The success of Show-Ya might've triggerd such a following, it is in the end inevitable. Also, peculiar as it may be, many of these bands started around the time Show-Ya reunited. It might not be linked, this is just a personal opinion, but I find it hard to do not have any connection or even the smallest influence from this band.


So, turns out you were probably more right than you expected about the Show-Ya influence. I've been doing research for a bio of this band for jame-world.com, and it turn out when Mina first set up Destrose, the band was actually called Destroya - no prizes for guessing what inspired her to spell it that way.
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01.12.2014 - 12:15
ManiacBlasphemer
Black Knight
Written by Ruchesko on 01.12.2014 at 00:13

So, turns out you were probably more right than you expected about the Show-Ya influence. I've been doing research for a bio of this band for jame-world.com, and it turn out when Mina first set up Destrose, the band was actually called Destroya - no prizes for guessing what inspired her to spell it that way.


Really? I didn't do so much research regarding their inception, much less their interviews (though I can comprehend japanese, I didn't study their alphabeth, except for some hiragana) I always got the impression that they were somehow influenced by Show-Ya. Like I said in my previous comment, it does not need to be a musical influence. Musicaly both bands are quite different. But as a succesful model of an all-female rock/metal band... that is more viable.

As for what inspired her to name the band that way... other than a song from a band that I really despise... I don't have the slightest idea. )
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