[Metal News] Roserich - Ritual Live in Tokyo (September 20, 2023)

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ROSERICH is a progressive doom metal band known for the fact that Koichiro Nishino (vocals) and Taro Arai (guitar) of the current BELLFAST were enrolled. The long-awaited first CD of the live cassette work "Ritual - Live in Tokyo" released in 1997!

ROSERICH is a progressive doom metal band based in Tokyo. Released in 1997, the long-awaited first CD release of "Ritual - Live in Tokyo" is a live cassette work that contains eight tracks. Most of the songs on the album are longer than 8 minutes, and feature a heavy, doomy sound with heavy, dragging guitar riffs and distorted bass. A masterpiece that creates a dark world with vocals that sing freely and sometimes magical singing.

"Psychotic Waltz" begins slowly after the free-form "Intro", "Memories of Love" with heavy repetitive doomy riffs, "Withdrawal Symptom" with a hard rock taste that begins with a freaky improvisation, compact The dramatic "The Awakening", the lyrical "I Believe Again", the 18-minute epic "Souls" that can be said to be the highlight of this work, and the heavy and varied "The Old Bitch Is Back". And so on, the perfection of the music is also high.

While heavy rock was sweeping the world, ROSERICH, which depicts a doomy dark world, is a valuable existence and a masterpiece that should be handed down as an archive of Japanese hard rock / heavy metal.

[Members]
Koichiro Nishino: Vocals
Taro Arai: Guitars
Hisaka Akiyama: Bass
Yutaka Takaura: Drums

[Tracklist]
1. Intro
2. Psychotic Waltz
3. Memories of Love
4. Withdrawal Symptom
5. The Awakening
6. I Believe Again
7. Souls
8. The Old Bitch Is Back

Yeah, I don't know, but maybe some doomer bros care.