La Songerie "Fascinating Play (MIWAKU-GEKI)"1980, NOVELA- Released in March 1980. King Records Japan Nexus Label Producer: Motohiko Takawa, Director: Jiro Kono, Hiroshi Takami All songs written and composed by Terutsugu Hirayama, Arranged by Novela 01 - Illusion (0:00) 02 - Night With No Name (4:31) 03 - Unbelieving Words (8:18) 04 - Letticia (10:45) 05 - The Boyhood ~ The Cliff (21:54) 06 - La Songerie (31:02) NOVELA (1980) Hisakatsu Igarashi Vocals (ex- SCHEHERAZADE) Terutsugu Hirayama, Guitar (ex- SCHEHERAZADE) Mototsugu Yamane, Guitar (ex-SANSUI-KAN) Toshiro Egawa, Keyboards (ex-SCHEHERAZADE) Yoshiro Takahashi, Bass (ex-SANSUI-KAN) Eijiro Akita, Drums (ex- SCHEHERAZADE) 05 - The Boyhood ~ The Cliff (21:54) This storm that is whistling, dragging flying clouds Will soon go away, AHH We can't stay silent ever Someday we'll have to speak out loud These ripping, violent thoughts... AHH NOVELA Albums " La Songerie " (March 1980) "In the Night" (October 1980) "Paradise Lost" (December 1981) "Sanctuary" (1983) "Legend of the Last War" (1983) "The Last War Legend Part 2" (1984) "From the Mystic World" (1984, 2-disc live album) "Brain of Balance" (1985) "Words" (March 1986) last original album. They were a Japanese progressive rock band formed in Kansai Japan in 1979. In 1980, When King Records Japan opened the rock label “Nexus”, NOVELA debuted as the first band of the “Nexus” label. During their amateur days, they were active as the prog band "SCHEHERAZADE" led by Hirayama (Gr), Before their professional debut, they merged with "SANSUIKAN". and changed their band name and formed “NOVELA”. This merger in 1980 gave rise to the unique NEWLY sounds mixed musicality of the ProgRock + Heavy Rock as the sound of NOVELA. We MUST NEVER FOGET the fact this was emerged in the Japan in "1980", Before the heavy metal movement 'NWOBHM tidal wave happened in UK in the '80s. And they were borned as the band, before power metal, symphonic metal Bands, and at that time, even Iron Maiden and Metallica "not debuted" in Western music scene. ('81 Iron Maiden and '83 Metallica 1st were also released.) Incredibly, prog metal later called had a chemical reaction happening in far east Japan in 1980 too, not the West.
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La Songerie "Fascinating Play (MIWAKU-GEKI)"1980, NOVELA-
Released in March 1980. King Records Japan Nexus Label
Producer: Motohiko Takawa, Director: Jiro Kono, Hiroshi Takami
All songs written and composed by Terutsugu Hirayama, Arranged by Novela
01 - Illusion (0:00)
02 - Night With No Name (4:31)
03 - Unbelieving Words (8:18)
04 - Letticia (10:45)
05 - The Boyhood ~ The Cliff (21:54)
06 - La Songerie (31:02)
NOVELA (1980)
Hisakatsu Igarashi Vocals (ex- SCHEHERAZADE)
Terutsugu Hirayama, Guitar (ex- SCHEHERAZADE)
Mototsugu Yamane, Guitar (ex-SANSUI-KAN)
Toshiro Egawa, Keyboards (ex-SCHEHERAZADE)
Yoshiro Takahashi, Bass (ex-SANSUI-KAN)
Eijiro Akita, Drums (ex- SCHEHERAZADE)
05 - The Boyhood ~ The Cliff (21:54)
This storm that is whistling, dragging flying clouds
Will soon go away, AHH
We can't stay silent ever
Someday we'll have to speak out loud
These ripping, violent thoughts... AHH
NOVELA Albums
" La Songerie " (March 1980)
"In the Night" (October 1980)
"Paradise Lost" (December 1981)
"Sanctuary" (1983)
"Legend of the Last War" (1983)
"The Last War Legend Part 2" (1984)
"From the Mystic World" (1984, 2-disc live album)
"Brain of Balance" (1985)
"Words" (March 1986) last original album.
They were a Japanese progressive rock band formed in Kansai Japan in 1979.
In 1980, When King Records Japan opened the rock label “Nexus”, NOVELA debuted as the first band of the “Nexus” label.
During their amateur days, they were active as the prog band "SCHEHERAZADE" led by Hirayama (Gr), Before their professional debut, they merged with "SANSUIKAN". and changed their band name and formed “NOVELA”.
This merger in 1980 gave rise to the unique NEWLY sounds mixed musicality of the ProgRock + Heavy Rock as the sound of NOVELA.
We MUST NEVER FOGET the fact this was emerged in the Japan in "1980",
Before the heavy metal movement 'NWOBHM tidal wave happened in UK in the '80s.
And they were borned as the band, before power metal, symphonic metal Bands, and at that time, even Iron Maiden and Metallica "not debuted" in Western music scene. ('81 Iron Maiden and '83 Metallica 1st were also released.)
Incredibly, prog metal later called had a chemical reaction happening in far east Japan in 1980 too, not the West.