Musically, Japan has given me a few bands that count as the best things I've ever heard (The Pillows, Judy & Mary, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant not to name a few).
Maximum The Hormone came recommended by a friend that also had me watch the anime Death Note, for which they did the 2nd opening & ending. After being exposed to the latter, I took it to investigate a bit more on them, to find one of the most @ss kicking and original bands I have heard lately.
They manage to happily mix death metal, punk, J-Pop, J-rock.
Hard to believe but true.
3 of this four piece take lead singing in turn and each of their voice give a different colour to their music. The girl (and hard hitting drummer!) takes the pops parts, the "proper" lead singer raps and screech like a needle on a turntable with his high pitched voice, while the lead guitarist and his rockier and low voice takes the rest.
The bassist is too busy making his insane slap lines... (^_^)
All together, they redefine the true meaning of "rocking your socks off".
I have to say that I'm not a huge fan of death metal, yet they always manage to keep it fun always switching from style to style... Really impressive.
A very welcome UMO (Unidentified Musical Object) in a otherwise too peaceful musical horizon...
Rock is not dead after all!
Thanks Japan!
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