[Facebook] 2015/03/18

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Translation credits: alicerainbows
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It's Show.

First of all, thank you very much for our first live on 3.15. Having been in Alice Nine for 10 years, when the thought that I wanted to be in this band forever came to me, what I felt was that I was lacking in my abilities. As far as my abilities allowed, we were able to get some results, and having been blessed with great staff members and a great work environment, I was in a very blissful environment where I was able to pursue music by merely doing things the "usual" way. But to the extent that I don't take the risks and fight for myself, I thought I wouldn't be able to see any remarkable improvements hereon.

So around last year, I started to think that I should create a place on the outside, with no stability or guarantees, where I had to fight as if my life depended on it.
So I spoke about that with the members, and we all agreed, we decided that in order to improve ourselves as individuals, we would also be fighting outside of the band.

And to me, that place is DIAWOLF.

At first I thought I would do this alone.
DIAWOLF takes its name from DIRE WOLF = an ancient wolf,
and it felt to me like a person who was looking for a place to die after having giving everything they had in them.

So, what is giving everything you've got...?
When I thought about the kind of music I wanted to do that I wouldn't regret even if it killed me, my standards were "The music I wanted to do when I was a teen".
During a time where I had no dreams or hopes, I had come across LUNA SEA, and learnt just how amazing bands were, and when I was throwing out random ideas, like "I think with my current skill, I can do the music that I liked in high school, like KORN and Prodigy and NIN", Tora listened to what I had to say.

I had said it as if it were a joke and asked him "Wanna do this project with me?" and his immediate reply was OK. I was happy.
So because that's how this came about, it's going to be different from Alice Nine, and it has to be different from Alice Nine.
I'm sure there will be people who enjoy it,
and people who will be disappointed.
But in order to protect things and places that are important to me,
I couldn't just stand there and do nothing.
I hope that you will see with your own eyes just what kind of music DIAWOLF will make.

Please look forward to it.