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RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR Release Date Pre-Order Start The Legacy Of Shi uu 19/10/2018 uu 27/07/2018

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From their first tour of Europe RISE OF THE NORTH- with MADBALL in 2015 to support their debut record, STAR ARE GOING TO up until a mainstage show at Download festival in 2017, The BLOW YOUR MIND >>Welcame<< cycle will have Territory: World - NA At the dawn of the 90´s, Shibuya district, Tokyo, Japan. brought the band to the biggest European stages and to the far The coins dropping and clinging into the arcade game machines, the East with 2 tours incorporating uu Tracklists: lights of the pachinkos and the lively Tokyo district have fueled the musical Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong inspiration and visual universe of a dirty bunch of furyos, dunces to the Kong and Indonesia. DIGI: core, who thrive on Shonen Manga. 01. The Awakening The 5 band members have witnessed the golden age that has seen the 2017: Back with experience from the battlefield under their belts, the 02. Here Comes The Boom NORTHSTAR retreats to write a new album, still sweating with teenage 03. Nekketsu birth and global expansion of American Hip-Hop, of MACHINE HEAD’S 04. Kozo and ’S powerful , of New-York Hardcore, and of rage, still obsessed with the 90s metal and hip-hop grooves. 05. Teenage Rage the catchy but uncompromising vibes of RATM, KORN or DEFTONES. 06. Step By Step ROTN is the merger of those two worlds: the messages of hope, bravery, To take their craft to the next level, enter , GOJIRA’S 07. This Is Crossover and revenge spread by classic 80’s Manga characters such as Kenshiro, frontman. The metal superstar has produced the record along with 08. Cold Truth Seiya, or Kawato, are brought to the listener’s face through deadly thrash the band in Brooklyn NY, no better place to sink in the vibes from 09. All For One riffing and a destructive flow of words. the golden age of 90s music be it rap or rock. The result is a thick, 10. Furyo’s Day jaw crushing collection of 11 songs where mid-tempo heaviness 11. The Legacy Of Shi After self-producing 4 music videos (counting tens of millions of clicks and lower tones find their way into the band’s own blend of ag- LP (33 RPM): on Youtube), 2 critically acclaimed EPs (incl. a number 3 in the Amazon gressive rap, epic solos, hardcore breakdowns and catchy anthemic Side A charts for >>DMSS<<), and countless shows in the underground, ROTN choruses. On this record, ROTN makes soul searching and finding 01. The Awakening moves on to produce its debut record and starts its own label, Repression itself a central theme, lyrically depicted with fictional references 02. Here Comes The Boom Records, to support the project. It is after the initiation of a full DIY cam- deeply inspired by Japanese culture, while taking a further step 03. Nekketsu paign to release the album, and after taking its first steps into the metal towards the members’ personal drama. Side B mainstream with a successful summer festivals tour that , the 01. Kozo With its sophomore LP set for a 2018 release, the NORTHSTAR will rise 02. Teenage Rage biggest metal label in 2014, notices the band and offers them a global Side C license deal. and shine like never before. Here comes the Boom. 01. Step By Step 02. This Is Crossover 03. Cold Truth Side D 01. All For One 02. Furyo’s Day 03. The Legacy Of Shi 04. Sayonara (Bonus track)

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