Update on Crossfaith: Bassist Hiroki had to quit. Wasn't publicly announced why, but from a couple of events and the overall timeline before a year long hiatus the band took because of it, it seems it was health related issues. The band needed a while to figure out if there was a way back for them or if they should just call it quits at this point. They decided they weren't done yet and added their support guitarist as full member. They now have two guitarists and no bassist. As far as I know, "Canopus" is a bit of a tribute anthem kind of song for Hiroki. I guess that's part of the reason for the last three songs being what they are. And personally speaking I think they're fine at the end like that. Either of them mixed in with the others would have disturbed the chemistry the others have with each other. 🤷♀️ And in regards to the drumming: I guess what you noticed on this one is that due to a couple side gigs for acts from different genres over the last two years, he's been opening his horizon and idea of drumming a bit and has been exploring that a bit. I like that he's working on advancing his skill set and style. Doesn't all have to be a 100% hit. It's ok for there to be a little bit of a somewhat miss every now and then. It's still better than someone who keeps doing that one and the same thing over and over again and yes, evolution sometimes includes "things that don't entirely work out".
Update on Crossfaith:
Bassist Hiroki had to quit. Wasn't publicly announced why, but from a couple of events and the overall timeline before a year long hiatus the band took because of it, it seems it was health related issues.
The band needed a while to figure out if there was a way back for them or if they should just call it quits at this point.
They decided they weren't done yet and added their support guitarist as full member. They now have two guitarists and no bassist.
As far as I know, "Canopus" is a bit of a tribute anthem kind of song for Hiroki.
I guess that's part of the reason for the last three songs being what they are.
And personally speaking I think they're fine at the end like that. Either of them mixed in with the others would have disturbed the chemistry the others have with each other. 🤷♀️
And in regards to the drumming: I guess what you noticed on this one is that due to a couple side gigs for acts from different genres over the last two years, he's been opening his horizon and idea of drumming a bit and has been exploring that a bit.
I like that he's working on advancing his skill set and style. Doesn't all have to be a 100% hit. It's ok for there to be a little bit of a somewhat miss every now and then.
It's still better than someone who keeps doing that one and the same thing over and over again and yes, evolution sometimes includes "things that don't entirely work out".
that's nice of them to give a good tribute to their old bassist. cool background info.
fair point on the drumming
Meatl, huh?
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