Lovebites To Release New EP ‘Glory, Glory To The World’

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Japanese heavy metallers Lovebites, will release their new thunderous EP ‘Glory, Glory To The World’ in the UK on CD and Vinyl on the 28th May, via JPU Records.

The EP will be an extended version featuring the award-winning band’s first theme song from an anime as a bonus track. This will also be the first time Lovebites EP has been pressed to vinyl in the world. ‘Glory, Glory To The World’ has been released digitally worldwide already, and has already seen chart success around the world, including all 5 tracks being on the top 5 positions of iTunes Japan’s Metal Song rankings.

The five-track EP was recorded “under the darkness of the coronavirus pandemic”, including the bonus track ‘Winds of Transylvania’, which is the theme song to vampiric anime VLADLOVE from visionary directors Mamoru Oshii and Junji Nishimura (Ghost in the Shell, Urusei Yatsura).

“When I happened to see a LOVEBITES music video, I could immediately see parallels between the five members and the main character of VLADLOVE.” Iconic director Mamoru Oshii comments. “They are like a heretic of heavy metal, wearing bright white outfits while playing intense music, they are the perfect choice to take charge of a theme song to an anime not bound by convention or common sense. And above all, their name couldn’t be more fitting!”

Check out ‘Winds of Transylvania’ here:

Talking about the track, Midori from Lovebites comments “Although it’s the opening for the anime, real us appear in it, as well as some animated characters performing instead of us… doing as we do! We didn’t use motion capture actually, the production team filmed our performances and animated the characters to reflect our movements. We had no idea what it would look like at the time, but look what it has become! Our performances and instruments are reproduced accurately!! It’s so cool!!”

‘Glory, Glory To The World’ Tracklist:
1. Glory To The World
2. No Time To Hesitate
3. Paranoia
4. Dystopia Symphony
5. Winds Of Transylvania

Talking about creating the EP, the band said “On one hand, working on this album during the spread of coronavirus has been mentally draining. On the other, the music created in such darkness has managed to become full of feelings of salvation and light. This body of work is full of a positive power unlike anything else in the history of LOVEBITES”