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Aural Vampire is a Japanese group (formerly duo) led by EXO-CHIKA (vocals/lyrics) and RAVEMAN (music) from Tokyo, Japan. History EXO-CHIKA and RAVEMAN met at high school, where they experimented with writing songs. They recorded several tapes together, ev ...

. The album was released December 7, 2013 in Japan and internationally on March 7, 2014.

Overview

Release

Musical style

The album features a much heavier, rock-influenced style of music. The album is the first to feature new band members; Wu-Chy on

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, Higuchuuhei on guitar, Zen on

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, and Izu on drums. Previous releases (with the exception of " Soloween") featured only lead-vocalist Exo-Chika and producer Raveman.

Artwork and theme

The album has an 1980s

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theme. Both the cover and title of the album are an allusion to the 1984 American horror

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''. This is the band's first album cover to not feature lead-singer Exo-Chika, instead it features only their producer, Raveman.

Track listing

Personnel

*Exo-Chika – vocals *Raveman – production, lyrics *Wu-Chy – bass *Higuchuuhei – guitar *Zen – keyboard *Izu – drums

External links

Official Website

References

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