exist†trace announces new album World Maker

July 22, 2014 - Japanese all-female visual kei band exist†trace announced the title and release date of their new album WORLD MAKER at their July 19 one-man live show last weekend. The news comes over two years after the release of the their first full album, VIRGIN, and it will be the first album to showcase the band's new twin-vocal approach developed with recent singles DIAMOND and Spiral Daisakusen.

WORLD MAKER will be released September 24 in regular and special editions with 2 music videos, including the latest MV “Spiral Diasakusen”.

The band has been performing a series of monthly one-man lives this year, titled “Gekijyou Spiral”, and they've just announced a co-headlining Japan tour with Take Ambulance, slated to start September 7.

exist†trace will close out the year with a special one-man live “Gekijyou Spiral FINAL - WORLD MAKERS” on December 14 at Shibuya TSUTAYA O-WEST.

VIDEO
http://youtu.be/2nuT8nVYKU4

LINKS
exist†trace website: http://exist-trace.com
exist†trace International Fan Club: http://archangel-diamond.com
exist†trace on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/exist-trace/id205643349

exist†trace
PROFILE
VOCAL:Jyou
GUITAR and VOCAL:miko
GUITAR: Omi
BASS:Naoto
DRUMS:Mally

exist†trace is one of Japan's first all-female Visual Kei rock bands. Along with multiple tours of Japan, exist†trace has performed twice in Europe, making appearances in Berlin, Helsinki, Moscow, Paris, London, and Barcelona. In 2009, the band performed at the 2-day V-ROCK FESTIVAL in Chiba, Japan.

In November 2010, exist†trace released their album TWIN GATE in Japan and America, followed by their first American live show for 3000 fans at Sakura-Con in Seattle in April 2011. In June of the same year, they made their major-label debut with the "TRUE" EP on Tokuma Japan, and released a second 5-song EP "THE LAST DAYBREAK" in October 2011.

In March 2012, exist†trace performed their first live-house tour of America, playing New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh (Hard Rock Cafe), and a special 1000-person show at Japanese culture event Tekkoshocon. In April 2012, exist†trace's "I feel you" was selected as the main theme for Olympic champion Nadeshiko Japan's official guidebook. Their first full-length major-label album VIRGIN was released May 23, 2012.

In June 2012, over 27,000 viewers from around the world tuned in to Nico Nico Douga to watch exist†trace's live-show event "Just Like a Virgin" from Tokyo's renowned live house Shibuya O-WEST. In June 2013, exist†trace returned to America for the third time in three years to perform at A-Kon in Dallas, TX. Their single, "DIAMOND," was released in July 2013, followed by a worldwide digital release on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. Their latest single, "Spiral Daisakusen," was released in May 2014, and the band launched their international fan club ARCHANGEL DIAMOND the same month.

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