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HOLYARROW 禦矢 (CN) - 勝利萬歲 / Long Live Victory
Digital:
pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/long-live-victory
● Cardboard Box-CD (Lim.100)
CD with 16 page booklet
Metal pin x 1
Patch x 1
Band photo card x 2
● Digipak CD (Lim.200)
Revolt! Purge! Vanquish all invading forces from our Fatherland's soils. Stand firm, young soldier, with fearless resolution, as the torrential fury of the Folks charging within the era's collective veins. Seventy-two yellow flowers drenched in the jade blood of the vanguards of our causes -- the boiling heat of our Nine Realms; eighteen stars of the fiercest steels that rivaled the brilliance of the Sun -- the unyielding Will of our Oath. Soaring above the clouds were the wings of our youths -- personifying the indomitable spirit of Whampoo -- and it's through their bloodsheds a new Nation was born. Long Live the Victory! Long live the Great Cause!
Holyarrow's third studio full-length is hence an ode dedicated to the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives throughout the turmoil years of the early 20th century, as each track chronicles the specific resistance/warfare prefacing and during the 1911 Revolution and the Second Sino-Japanese War -- two of the most significant historical events leading to China's independence. Mournful, but equally triumphant, the listeners can witness a tremendous downplay of the Traditional Chinese musical elements on this record in favor of a more militant-inspired approach: melodies of various anthems are skillfully weaved into the marching riffs of Epic BM, pairing with an emphasis on a traditional heavy metal sound (and productions) -- arguably their strongest offering so far.
Pest Productions will release勝利萬歲 as digipak CD this March (ltd.200), plus a special box-set edition (ltd. 100 bundles), including the Holyarrow Plum Blossom metal pin and patch, 2 postcards.