''Nextreme'' (stylised in all caps) is the sixth
EP by Japanese
electronicore
Electronicore (also known as synthcore or trancecore) is a fusion genre of metalcore with elements of various electronic music genres, often including trance, electronica, and dubstep.
Reception
Sumerian Records noted in the late 2000s that "t ...
band
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas ''( sic)'' (フィアー·アンド·ロージング·イン·ラスベガス) is a Japanese electronicore band from Kobe that was formed in summer 2008. The band currently consists of vocalist So, keyboardist Mi ...
. It was released on 13 July 2011 through
VAP. The title ''Nextreme'' was formed from "next" and "extreme" (or "limit"), meaning that the band received the previous work and thrust their "next limit" into a mini album. The EP made its debut at number 8 on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in Nov ...
chart with 12,126 copies in its first week sales.
''Nextreme'' won the
CD Shop Awards
The is an annual set of music awards presented in Japan. It is sponsored by All-Japan CD Shop Clerks Union and awarded based on votes by CD shop clerks from all over Japan. It is referred to as a "music edition of Japan Booksellers' Award".
Abst ...
for New Blood category in 2012.
The song "Jump Around" was selected to appear in the video game ''
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
''Pro Evolution Soccer 2012'' (''PES 2012'', known as ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012'' in Asia) is a video game which is the eleventh edition in the ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' series developed and published by Konami with production assistance f ...
'' as the fourth track, and "Chase the Light!" was used as the opening theme for the second season of the anime ''
Kaiji''.
Track listing
Personnel
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
* So – clean vocals, backing unclean vocals, programming
* Minami – unclean vocals, rapping, keyboards, programming
* Sxun – lead guitar, backing vocals
* Taiki – rhythm guitar
* Mashu – bass
* Tomonori – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
* Yasuhisa Kataoka – production, mixing
* Kimihiro Nakase – production, mixing
* Tuckey – mastering
* Kentaro Tanaka –
A&R
* Kai Kuzuyama – management
* Takashi Watanabe – package coordination
* Keisuke Nishina – sales promotion
* Takehiro Kobayashi – web promotion
* Yutty – art direction, design
* Yuji Ono – photography
Charts
Certifications
Awards
References
External links
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Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas (band) albums
2011 EPs
Post-hardcore EPs
Metalcore EPs