RAPTURE: The wonderful return of D'espairsray!
Miracles do happen. For just over a decade, it seemed as though one of my favourite bands of all-time was done for good. D'espairsray is a band that I have mentioned on this blog before and at that precise moment in time, I thought there was just no way they were coming back for even just a single. I'm happy to report that I was wrong! Okay, for a brief overview of the band... D'espairsray were formed back at the very end of the nineties, in 1999. The original and only line-up consisted of bassist Zero, drummer Tsukasa, guitarist Karyu and of course, vocalist Hizumi. The group started off with a demo tape released in that same formational year titled Ao. The following year saw a decent output with three more demos, System, Sakura and Razor being released alongside a single titled Kumo. So all in all, 2000 was a good year for the band. 2001 saw them release the first of three EPs, this one being titled Terrors. Naturally another single was also released, that being Gen...
