Lovebites – Reveal debut album “AWAKENING FROM ABYSS” & announce first UK headline show

Lino "AmadeuS" R. November 21, 2017

Japanese power metal heroines LOVEBITES have revealed the title and release date of their debut full-length album “AWAKENING FROM ABYSS”, which is due for release in the UK via JPU Records on 8^th December 2017.

The five-piece are also excited to announce their first ever overseas performance at HYPER JAPAN, London on 25 & 26^th November – which is to be followed with their first ever UK headline show at London Underworld on 27^th November.

AWAKENING FROM ABYSS follows on from the THE LOVEBITES EP, a limited release which sold out in Japan and was recently released in the UK and Europe with a poster, English liner notes and lyric translations. NEO Magazine, the UK’s longest running Asian Pop Culture publication awarded the EP a full five stars, commenting “Iron Maiden would be proud. LOVEBITES have the makings of metal stars.”

The album has been mixed by Mikko Karmila and mastered by Mika Jussila of Finnvox Studios in Finland, the same team behind the highly rated debut EP. Its cover art has been created by David Lopez Gómez, the illustrator behind German heavy metal band Helloween’s best album SWEET SEDUCTIONS, as well as their 30th anniversary book.

It also marks the first time LOVEBITES have recorded as a five-member band, with support guitarist mi-ya now joining as a permanent member.

Check out the video for “Shadowmaker” here:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imYCuDXWd9I?rel=0&w=560&h=315]

Catch LOVEBITES live in the UK for the very first time this November:

25.11 – HYPER JAPAN, London
26.11 – HYPER JAPAN, London
27.11 – London, Underworld* –
*(Headliner)

LOVEBITES are:
Asami – vocals
Midori – guitars
Mi-ya – guitars & keyboards
Miho – bass
Haruna – drums