Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has posted a new instrumental demo track, titled 'Record', which is available for streaming and for free download from his SoundCloud page. Listen below. This song will be featured on his upcoming EP 'Memories, Voices', which is planned to be released this year. A vocal version of the song 'Voices' was posted earlier.
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has posted a vocal version of the song 'Voices', which is available for streaming and for free download from his SoundCloud and Bandcamp pages. Listen below. This track will be featured on his upcoming EP 'Memories, Voices', which is planned to be released this year. The instrumental version of the track was posted earlier.
Ed Newman has published an interview with Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen on his blog. In it they discuss Hayato's projects, his plans for the future and more. Another interview with Post-Blog as Fuck was posted earlier.
Post-Blog as Fuck have published an interview with Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen. In it he talks about his musical influences, the writing and recording process, plans for the future and more. A pre-production track, titled 'Memories', was released earlier.
Cyclamen have released a new pre-production track, titled 'Memories', which is available for streaming and for free download from their Bandcamp page. Listen below. They have also announced that they will be releasing a 5 or 6-track EP, titled 'Memories, Voices' on the 6th of October this year. The tracklist currently is as follows:
1. Record
2. Memories
3. Mute
4. Voices
5. Never Regret
Fresh off the Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself tour, Cyclamen have announced that they have split up. The update cites that the split is "[...] due to some of us having other commitments and interests which prevent them from committing to the band fully" and that it was a mutual decision. The project will continue as a solo project until new members can be found.
The Euroblast team has announced the first names for the djent/progressive themed 7th edition of Euroblast Festival, which will take place in Cologne, Germany on October 21st-22nd. This year, the festival will last 2 days for the first time.
The following bands have been confirmed: Textures, Chimp Spanner, Cyclamen, Panzerballett, Devastating Enemy, Subversion, Disconcrete, Afekth and The Algorithm. The Textures show will also be the release show for their fourth album. Rémi Gallego of The Algorithm will play his first ever live set.
Another lineup announcement is to follow in a few weeks.
We have also released a 15 minute compilation video featuring footage of the previous edition of the festival, which took place in Cologne on October 23rd last year. Watch it below, or click through to YouTube for better video quality.
British Tech Metal has posted an interview with Cyclamen, in which they talk about the band's origins, their debut album 'Senjyu', future plans, and more. The band are currently touring the UK with Chimp Spanner and Aliases, for the 'Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself' tour.
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has posted an acoustic version of song 'Hope', which is available for streaming and for purchase on the band's Bandcamp page. Listen below. He writes: "This track was made to raise money to help those suffering from earthquakes that hit Japan on 11th March 2011. 100% of the profit will be passed to Red Cross in Japan. He also posted a short video about it on the band's Youtube channel. Watch it below.
Cyclamen have uploaded a rehearsal footage video for their song 'It's There' to their YouTube channel. Watch it below. The song is featured on their split EP with Haunted Shores, released last year. The band will be touring UK in April along with Aliases and Chimp Spanner for the 'Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself Tour'.
Heavy Blog Is Heavy are holding a contest for the upcoming 'Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself Tour' through the UK featuring Aliases, Chimp Spanner and Cyclamen. They are giving away two tickets for a show on the tour, along with merchandise, CDs and other goodies. Anyone who is interested can participate by answering the question "If you had an alias, what would it be and why would you need it?".
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has posted a playthrough video for the band's track 'Comfort', which is featured on their recent album 'Senjyu'. Watch it below. He writes: "Play through of 'Comfort, the fifth track in our debut album 'Senjyu'. I'll be honest with you here that there is no sound from the actual performance in this video - I didn't have my recording gear with me at this time.The performance is tight enough to sound good if I could record though, I promise!".
British Tech Metal have made a compilation featuring, as they write, "the best and brightest of today's British Tech-Metal scene". The track listing can be viewed below. The compilation is available for free download from their Bandcamp page. It also features a new pre-production track of Chronographs, titled 'Resolve', along with a new version of Kailin's song 'Colours'.
Cyclamen have posted another demo version of a new song they are currently working on, on the band's Facebook page. Listen to it below. They write: "Yet another demo of a song we wrote. As always, some of you may like it, some of you may not like it - no big deal. We'll keep writing more songs and you may like like the next one :)".
Cyclamen have posted a demo version of a new song titled 'Saviour' on YouTube. Listen below. They write: "Just another demo of a song we wrote. As always, some of you may like it, some of you may not like it - no big deal. We'll keep writing more songs and you may like like the next one :)". This track is also available for free download from the band's Bandcamp page along with their other demos.
Cyclamen has published a music video for the track 'Thirst' on their Youtube page. Watch it below. The track features Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, ex-Periphery) on drums, and is taken from the band's debut full length album, 'Senjyu'. Another music video for the song 'With Our Hands' was posted last week.
Aliases, Cyclamen and Chimp Spanner have announced their plans for the 'Tech Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself' tour through the UK in April. Dates are as follows:
April 18th – Satan’s Hollow, Manchester
April 19th – Soundhouse, Northampton
April 20th – The Twist, Colchester
April 21st – The Purple Turtle, Camden
April 22nd – Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes
April 23rd – Facebar, Reading
April 25th – Club Revolution, Peterborough
Cyclamen songwriter and guitarist Hayato Imanishi has uploaded a video of himself playing through the band's song 'Hope', off their debut album 'Senjyu'. Watch it below. A playthrough video of song 'Thirst' was released earlier this month.
Cyclamen songwriter and guitarist Hayato Imanishi has uploaded a video of himself playing through the band's song 'Thirst', off their debut album 'Senjyu'. Watch it below. The album was released in October last year.
Cyclamen's guitarist Olly Steele has published some video footage of a jam session with Monuments' drummer Mike Malyan on his Youtube page. Watch it below. He comments: "Recently had a jam with Mike from Monuments. Just for fun. Check out how much we suck at each others instruments....". Probably this is the sign of some kind of collaboration between the two bands, as can be speculated reading a recent Twitter message by Cyclamen.
Cyclamen have announced on their Facebook page that they will be working with Demise Management. They write: "We're happy to announce that we'll be working with very hard working people at Demise Management! Only 6 months old and they certainly know how to play the game :)" Demise Management recently released a freely downloadable compilation featuring tracks by the bands in their roster.
Cyclamen have published two new videos. The first is a playthrough video for their song 'The Seeker', which appears on their recently released debut full-length album 'Senjyu'. The second is a 30 second preview clip of the music video for 'With Our Hands', off the same album, which is scheduled to be released in December. Both videos can be watched below.
Cyclamen mastermind Hayato Imanishi has posted tabs for part of the band's song 'The Seeker' on his blog. The song is featured on the band's recently released full-length album 'Senjyu'. The tabs are not for the full song - the rest of it will be posted later. The post is accompanied by a video of Hayato playing the tabbed out parts on an acoustic guitar, which can also be viewed below.
Cyclamen released their long-awaited debut full-length album 'Senjyu' this week. The album is available in digital form from iTunes and Amazon. Hardcopies can be bought from Cyclamen's bigcartel store. View the cover art of the album below.
Another interview with Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen was posted yesterday at Don't Count On It Reviews. The interview's topics range from the band's origins to their new album 'Senjyu'.
Travis 'the Orbinator' Orbin (ex-Periphery, Sky Eats Airplane) has published the last video from the third session for Cyclamen's upcoming album 'Senjyu'. Watch it below. The song featured in the video is called 'Comfort'. More information, including a full drum set transcription, is available in the video description on YouTube.
Cyclamen have uploaded a new song titled 'What Are You Waiting For' to their Myspace page. The song features guest vocals by Daniel Tompkins from TesseracT. It is a bonus track for those who preorder Cyclamen's upcoming full-length album 'Senjyu'.
Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, ex-Periphery) has uploaded two new drum videos to his YouTube channel. Watch them both below. One features the track 'Devoid', to be featured on Cyclamen's upcoming full-length album 'Senjyu'. The other is a playalong video for a Periphery track titled 'Sinus'. More information and drum set transcriptions are available in the video descriptions on YouTube.
Cyclamen have published a video of their performance of the song 'Never Ending Dream' at Pull My Finger Festival, which took place this weekend in Northampton, UK. Watch it below. Sound quality is unfortunately lacking. Guitarist Nano Sigo could not play the gig due to wrist problems.
Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, ex-Periphery) has posted some more footage of his drum recording sessions for Cyclamen's upcoming full-length album 'Senjyu'. This video is from the third session. More information and a drum set transcription is available in the video description. Footage from the first and second sessions is also available. Watch the video from the third session below.
Cyclamen has been confirmed for The Big Finger Festival 2010 to be held on the 2nd and 3rd of October in Northamptonshire, U.K.. Tickets are being sold at £40 for the whole weekend. So far one headliner has been announced and that is Sylosis. Check out the festival's Facebook for more details and updates about who has been added to the bill.
Cyclamen have announced that the release date of the band's debut album 'Senjyu' is the 25th of October 2010. As mentioned in a previous article the band is asking for people's help to complete the album artwork.
Cyclamen mastermind and vocalist Hayato Imanishi has published a video of himself playing the band's song 'If Only'. Watch it below. Lyrics for the song are available on Myspace.
Cyclamen have published a new song titled 'With Our Hands' on their Facebook page. The song will be featured on their upcoming debut full-length album 'Senjyu', which is scheduled to be released this year.
Cyclamen have revealed the artwork and the track listing for their upcoming debut full-length album 'Senjyu', which is slated for release before the end of this year. Album details are available on this website. In addition, the band have uploaded the album version of their song 'Revenge of the Geeks' to their Myspace page.
Cyclamen are currently preparing the artwork for their upcoming debut full-length album 'Senjyu'. It will be composed of pictures of hands, which the band's frontman, Hayato Imanishi, has been collecting.
The band is asking for everyone's help on completing the artwork and any participation with a picture is welcome. For more details and an overview of what it will look like, read the blog entry on Myspace.
Cyclamen songwriter and guitarist Hayato Imanishi has posted a video in which he discusses the band's upcoming full-length debut 'Senjyu'. Watch it below. The album is slated for release before the end of this year. A teaser video was posted earlier this month.
Cyclamen have uploaded a new track titled 'If Only' to their Myspace page, indicating that it is somewhat different in style to the rest of their music. Songwriter Hayato Imanishi writes: "Don't worry - It's not really Cyclamen's new direction. I will be experimenting/practicing with many styles in next few months, and a lot of them will be something you wouldn't expect from Cyclamen - They are all 'one-off's." Lyrics for the song are available as well.
Cyclamen have uploaded the first teaser video for their upcoming debut album. It features a short clip of some pre-production material. The album, which is expected to be called Senjyu, is due to be released before the end of the year.
Heavy Blog Is Heavy has published an interview with guitarist Olly Steele of Cyclamen, in which he talks about the upcoming album, gear and recording, the word 'djent', and more. They published an interview with Hayato Imanishi in January this year.
Cyclamen have posted three new tracks on their revamped Myspace page, for which they recorded drums with Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, ex-Periphery). Some footage from these recordings was posted a while ago.
Cyclamen have posted some video footage of their first ever live appearance. Watch it below. As we announced earlier, They played their first gig at The Freebutt in Brighton, UK with Once a Wolf and The Safety Fire. The set was instrumental because vocalist Hayato Imanishi was stuck in Thailand.
Cyclamen have posted a new version of their song 'Princess Mononoke' to their Facebook page. The song features drums by Travis Orbin (Sky Eats Airplane, ex-Periphery) and is not featured on their recently released split EP with Haunted Shores. Some videos of Travis recording drums for Cyclamen were posted a while back.
Once a Wolf report that they will be making their live debut next Tuesday (April 27th) at The Freebutt in Brighton, UK. They will be playing with Cyclamen, who are also playing their debut show, after their originally planned debut show with TesseracT on March 19th was canceled. Other bands on the bill are The Safety Fire and Lithurgy. Once a Wolf have also indicated that they will be selling t-shirts for the first time, and that they will come with a free EP. More information about tickets and about the show itself is available on the site of the venue.
Cyclamen have posted the third and final video from their session with Wellerhill Productions at the Fortress recording studios in London, featuring some bass and vocal recording clips. Watch it below. The first and second parts were posted earlier. The band's split EP with Haunted Shores will be released at the end of this month, and is now available for preorder.
Cyclamen have posted some video footage from their session with Wellerhill Productions at the Fortress recording studios in London. Watch it below. A song from this session, titled 'Let Go', was posted in January. It is featured on the band's split EP with Haunted Shores that is coming out this month and is now available for preorder. The band used their friend Boris Le Gal as a stand-in drummer, because Duncan Lee could not make it to the studio.
Haunted Shores report that a new song titled 'Sentient Glow' is now available on their Myspace page. The song is featured on their upcoming split EP with Cyclamen, which will be released on April 30th. It is now available for preorder from Haunted Shores's Big Cartel store. The EP is also available from Cyclamen's store - read our earlier post for more information about preordering and about the EP itself.
Cyclamen report that their upcoming split EP with Haunted Shores can now be preordered. The EP consists of 4 tracks (2 of each band), and has a total playtime of about 15 minutes. A review by 'Heavy Blog Is Heavy' is available. The track listing is as follows:
1. Haunted Shores - When In Oslo
2. Haunted Shores - Sentient Glow
3. Cyclamen - It's There
4. Cyclamen - Let Go
The album can be preordered at Cyclamen's Big Cartel store. American users are advised to wait until Haunted Shores have put up the EP for preorder as well, to save on postage.
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has posted a new entry on his blog, in which he describes how the band's song 'Let Go' took shape. He discusses band dynamics and the lyrical content of the song, and gives insight into the songwriting process.
Cyclamen have uploaded a new song titled "It's There" to their Myspace page. They also report that their upcoming split EP with Haunted Shores is almost finished. Haunted Shores are currently finishing up the last track. They posted a progress update a few days ago. All tracks from Cyclamen's previous EP, Dreamers, are now available for download on Myspace.
Haunted Shores have posted an update about their upcoming Split EP with Cyclamen. If all goes well, it will be released next month. The EP will feature two Haunted Shores tracks: 'When In Oslo', of which a rough mix is available on the band's Myspace page, and one other track which will be posted soon. No other details about it have been revealed thus far. The band are currently working on their next album, which will be the first to feature their recently recruited vocalist Chris Barretto.
Cyclamen have uploaded a practice video to YouTube. Watch it below. Sound quality is unfortunately lacking. As we wrote earlier, the band are currently gearing up for their first gig on March 19th at the White Horse in High Wycombe, UK, supporting TesseracT.
Cyclamen have posted an update on their Myspace page, in which they indicate that they are preparing for their first gig with TesseracT in March. The band are currently putting the finishing touches on their split EP with Haunted Shores. They are working on the artwork, and one more track.
There has also been a second session with Sky Eats Airplane and ex-Periphery drummer Travis Orbin, of which several videos are available on YouTube. Watch them below. More information and drum set transcriptions for each song are available in the video descriptions.
Heavy Blog Is Heavy has published an interview with Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen. In it, he discusses how he came up with the name "Cyclamen", the band's stylistic evolution, influences, lineup changes and recording.
Cyclamen have uploaded a new song titled 'Let Go' to their Myspace page. It was recorded with Wellerhill production (Dan Weller and Justin Hill, ex-SikTh) at Fortress studio. Dan Weller has also contributed a guitar lead. The song is to be featured on an upcoming split with Haunted Shores (featuring Misha Mansoor, AKA Bulb).
The band have promised to publish a studio diary soon. They are currently waiting for Haunted Shores to finish their recording before uploading the other song off the split. The (translated) lyrics for 'Let Go' can be found below (click 'Read more'). They have also indicated that they are now gig ready, which is what they wanted to accomplish before continuing to work on their debut full-length album 'Senjyu'. They are looking for gigs starting from the second half of March, and they would like to do a tour in August.
Cyclamen have posted an update about their upcoming split EP with Haunted Shores, which we posted about last month. The tracks are currently being mixed. The band will take a break from recording for the holidays and will continue in January. They also report that Haunted Shores needed to delay the release date, so it has been pushed back to February 2010.
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has uploaded a couple of pictures from the recording session at Fortress Studio in London, with Dan Weller and Justin Hill (Wellerhill Productions, both are former members of SikTh). Some comments about the equipment used are included as well.
Noiseware have announced that they have recruited Clément Sigo, AKA "Nano", as their second guitarist. He is a friend of Olly Steele's, who already played guitar in the band. In addition, they have recruited Ed Newman to play bass live, until a permanent replacement is found, turning the band into a five piece.
Two short clips of Nano's addition have been uploaded to YouTube. Watch them here and here. More rehearsal videos are to follow.
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has recruited Travis Orbin, AKA "The Orbinator", to record some drums for the tracks off the Dreamers EP. Travis Orbin left Periphery in February this year, to join Sky Eats Airplane.
Hayato Imanishi of Cyclamen has announced that the release of their full-length album "Senjyu" has been delayed because the band want to focus on getting themselves gig ready.
However, they have also indicated that they will be releasing a split with Haunted Shores (Mark Holcomb, Misha "Bulb" Mansoor) in January 2010. It will be produced by Dan Weller and Justin Hill (both formerly of SikTh).
Drummer Duncan Lee apparently can't make it to the studio and will be replaced by "Boris", whoever that is.
