Envy_(band)

Envy (band)

Envy (band)

Japanese screamo band

This article is about the Japanese rock band. For other musicians called Envy, see Envy (disambiguation).

Envy is a Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo, in 1992. They are signed to Rock Action Records in Europe and Temporary Residence Limited in North America, though originally they worked with Level Plane Records. Initially influential in the post-hardcore and screamo scenes, Envy soon began to employ elements of post-rock in their work as well.[1]

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They have released 7 studio albums to date (with the most recent being The Fallen Crimson), as well as several EPs and splits, most notably with Jesu and American post-hardcore band Thursday. Original member and vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa left Envy in 2016.[2]

On February 6, 2018, Envy announced a new lineup consisting of Tsuyoshi Yoshitake, Yoshimitsu Taki, and Hiroki Watanabe. A Japanese press release added that two members had left the band,[3] and founding guitarist and drummer Masahiro Tobita and Dairoku Seki were no longer listed as members on the band's Facebook page or website.

On April 1, 2018, Tetsuya Fukagawa surprise-rejoined Envy on stage for the first time in two and a half years, cementing his return to the band. This was subsequently confirmed via the band's official social media pages.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Breathing and Dying in This Place (1996)
  • Angel's Curse Whispered in the Edge of Despair (1999)
  • The Eyes of Single Eared Prophet (2000)
  • Burning Out the Memories 10" (2000)
  • Abyssal (2007)
  • Alnair in August (2018)
  • Definition of Impossibility (2019)
  • Seimei (2022)

Splits

  • Split 7" with Sixpence (1997)
  • Split 7" with Endeavor (1997)
  • Split 7" with This Machine Kills (2000)
  • Split 10" with Iscariote (2002)
  • Split CD with Yaphet Kotto and This Machine Kills (2003)
  • "Envy/Jesu" (2008)
  • "Thursday / Envy" (2008)

7"s

  • Eyes of Final Proof (2000)
  • Last Wish (2001)

Singles

  • "As Serenity Calls Your Name" (2011)

DVDs

  • Transfovista DVD (2007)

Compilations

Members

Current
  • Nobukata Kawai — guitar (1992–present)
  • Manabu Nakagawa — bass (1992–present)
  • Tetsuya Fukagawa — vocals, programming (1992-2016, 2018–present)
  • Tsuyoshi "Yoshi" Yoshitake — guitar (2018–present)
  • Yoshimitsu Taki — guitar (2018–present)
  • Hiroki Watanabe — drums (2018–present)
Past
  • Masahiro Tobita — guitar (1992–2018)
  • Dairoku Seki — drums (1992–2018)

References

  1. [1]
    "Envy - Reissues". Punknews.org. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Envy vocalist quits band". Lambgoat.com. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Envy announce new show along with a blurb about new lineup?". Uniteasia.org. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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