ANTHEM (Heavy Metal – Japan) – Release official live video for “The Artery Song” (2021) from their upcoming Live DVD/CD release titled “35+” #anthem – Includes current and many past members of the band!
The following text has been translated from Japanese to English—-
From the ANTHEM 35th Anniversary Tour where successive members gathered, 2 performances with special participation by Hiro Homma are completely recorded!
The rich content that goes back in time from the present to before the debut and shows the charm of each era proves that they have always pushed forward with the pride that “we are the strongest now”. This work can be said to be a monumental work for ANTHEM.
Scheduled to be released on Wednesday, December 15, 2021
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ANTHEM’s 35th Anniversary Tour, which was postponed from 2020 to 2021 due to the corona sickness, was successfully completed while clearing various conditions for infectious disease control. This tour, which began with 2 performances in Sendai on May 8th and 9th, was originally scheduled for 7 performances until the performance in Tokyo EX THEATER ROPPONGI on June 5th, but then Kawasaki on June 11th.・ Additional performances at Club Citta have been added, making a total of 8 performances. As a result, “ANTHEM’s Holy Land” Club Chitta settled in a beautiful form called the tour final, but due to the extension of the emergency declaration of Osaka Prefecture, the business of commercial facilities was suspended until May 31st, so Osaka on May 22nd.・ The BIGCAT performance was postponed to June 16th, and the final destination of the tour was Osaka. It was a form that was swayed by the corona until the end, but it can be said that the completion of the tour overcoming it is a feat.
Naoto Shibata [b], Akio Shimizu [g], Yukio Morikawa [vo], Isamu Tamaru [ds], four active ANTHEM members, MAD Ouchi [ds], Tony Maeda [vo], Eizo Sakamoto [ Graham Bonnet was scheduled to participate as “ANTHEM’s fourth singer” only in the final EX THEATER ROPPONGI performance of this tour with vo], but Graham was scheduled to participate in this year’s infection spread situation. It is impossible to come to Japan. Suddenly, Hiro Homma [ds] decided to participate in Roppongi, and he decided to play in Kawasaki as well. This video work “ANTHEM 35th ANNIVERSARY TOUR” is a complete recording of these two performances in Roppongi and Kawasaki.
This tour was not a two-part system due to restrictions due to the corona sickness, but was carried out in the form of successive members taking turns and appearing. The dense content of 19 songs + 1 Angkor song that covers the history of ANTHEM from the present to before the debut has always pushed forward with the pride that “we are the strongest now” in any era. It clearly shows that it was a song. Ideally, “all songs of all ages have the same power and are enthusiastically welcomed by fans,” but it is a difficult task to achieve. But ANTHEM is one of the rarest bands in the world to do that. This video work containing these two performances can be said to be a monument to praise their achievements.
Written by ● Kazuo Hirose / BURRN!
■ 2021.6.5 (Sat) EX THEATER ROPPONGI
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Isamu Tamaru]
- VENOM STRIKE
- SHADOW WALK
- THE ARTERY SONG
- FAR AWAY
- PAIN
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Eizo Sakamoto / Isamu Tamaru]
- UNBROKEN SIGN
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Eizo Sakamoto / Ouchi “MAD” Takamasa]
- EMPTY EYES
- BOUND TO BREAK
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Takamasa Ouchi “MAD”]
- GO AHEAD
- I CAN’T TAKE IT
- STEELER
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Eizo Sakamoto / Hiro Homma]
- GRIEVE OF HEART
- RUNNING BLOOD
- OMEGAMAN
- ONSLAUGHT
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Isamu Tamaru]
- THE JUGGLER
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Isamu Tamaru]
- AWAKE
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Hiro Homma]
- SHOUT IT OUT
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Toshihito Maeda / Toshihito Ouchi / Takamasa Ouchi]
- WILD ANTHEM
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Isamu Tamaru]
- ENGRAVED
■ 2021.6.11 (Fri) CLUB CITTA’
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Isamu Tamaru]
- SHINE ON
- STRANGER
- HUNTING TIME
- SHADOW WALK
- PAIN
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Eizo Sakamoto / Isamu Tamaru]
- UNBROKEN SIGN
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Eizo Sakamoto / Ouchi “MAD” Takamasa]
- SOLDIERS
- BOUND TO BREAK
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Takamasa Ouchi “MAD”]
- GO AHEAD
- TURN BACK TO THE NIGHT
- STEELER
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Eizo Sakamoto / Hiro Homma]
- RUNNING BLOOD
- REVENGE
- OMEGAMAN
- ONSLAUGHT
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Isamu Tamaru]
- LOVE IN VAIN
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Isamu Tamaru]
- ECHOES IN THE DARK
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Hiro Homma]
- SHOUT IT OUT
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Toshihito Maeda / Toshihito Ouchi / Takamasa Ouchi]
- WILD ANTHEM
[Naoto Shibata / Akio Shimizu / Yukio Morikawa / Eizo Sakamoto / Toshihito Maeda “Tony” / Isamu Tamaru]
- GYPSY WAYS (Encore)
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