envy announce new album ‘The Fallen Crimson’

ENVY have announced a new album!

Titled The Fallen Crimson, the upcoming album from the Japanese post hardcore band follows 2015’s Atheist’s Cornea and is scheduled to be released in February next year.

When ENVY started out in 1995, the hardcore scene that they were born from was different from what it is today; people were buying 7“ records at shows and retrieving their information from fanzines; social media was not even in its infancy yet. Touring outside of Japan was a challenge for Japanese bands. “At that time, we were exhausted physically and mentally, but now I think it was a good experience that I couldn’t buy with money, and it has become a laughing story. At that time, we went on a journey believing in letters and faxes from people who we have never met before“ says Tetsu, the band’s charismatic vocalist.

20 years after their inception, the band entered a stagnation period, when some original members left the band at the end of 2015. But once vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa came back two years later, the band was revived and invigorated with three new members, inaugurating the ‘ENVY 2.0′ era. Speaking about the upcoming album, Tetsu says, “A new wind is blowing within us. The band is in good condition. We really wanted to get the initial impulse out of the sic of us. We didn’t care about what genre of music we were writing or if it was going to sell well, we just did what we felt was right“.

With the release of The Fallen Crimson, the band have made themselves the best possible gift for their 25th birthday: and album to honour the past, embrace the present and celebrate the future! Guitarist yOshi concludes, “our new full-length album The Fallen Crimson will be released in February 2020 on Sonzai Records (Asia), Temporary Residence Ltd. (USA, Canada, Mexico), and Pelagic Records (UK, EU, South Africa). Eleven new songs by the new ENVY line-up were recorded right after we came back from our EU Tour in June, and we are very confident in this record. Thank you for your support and encouragement.”

The Fallen Crimson is set for release on February 7th via Pelagic Records.

For more information on ENVY like their official page on Facebook.