Tomonori, thank you for taking the time to answer some questions! Who are all members of Despoilment and their roles in the band?
Hi, thank you for the interview!
I'm Tomonori, guitars and side vocals.
And Tomohisa does the main vocals, Konashi plays the drums.
What is the story of how the band started?Tomohisa and I were in the same university back in 2016 and he invited me to start a new band. I also played in Strangulation at that time, so Despoilment started as my 2nd band.
After writing 2 songs for the first demo, I talked to Konashi who was also in Hostile Eyes to join the band as drummer.
It has been nearly 6 years since the demo. Now we get to hear this new single and see that an album is on the way!!!! Was the band on a break from 2019 - 2025?
Yes it's been long since the demo indeed, glad we can finally get this out.
We had been very quiet in that period but not on a break actually, I was writing songs and done writing almost everything in 2022.
We're just living in different cities and taking time to get ourselves prepared for recording.
Damn!!! So these new songs have been marinating and are most certainly ready!!! The artwork is already mindblowing! How was it working with Guang Yang?
It was very nice to work with him! I have been a huge fan of his artwork and when I came up with the idea, I thought he was the best choice. I love how he draws buildings or statues in his work, especially with those oriental taste.
Album theme is punishment, to make people suffer in retaliation for their wrong-doings. And I wanted to add some Japanese traditional atmosphere to it, then chose one of the Japanese deities Fudo Myo-o which represent wrath against evil as main character of the artwork.
He understood the concept very well and the process had been flawless.
Guang Yang - "The painting shows the scene where the god is the immobilized king using his power to destroy struggling humans in front of the iconic Japanese building Aviu and Shrine. The scene vibes are violent and brutal, twisted body and face, full of epic effects. Favorite background depicts the blue face of the Impossible King illuminated by the bottom light and the burning background transitioning to the sky."
How has the scene in Japan changed since 2019? Are there more bands?
In terms of BDM, there are not so many bands coming out, especially new bands.
But I think the whole scene is getting better compared to COVID era, with more shows and more active bands playing. I hope for even better in future!
Living away from each other, what is the band's writing process?
I always write riffs first, then I make a demo track with guitars and programmed drums on my PC to share with the guys.
Tomohisa mainly writes lyrics and makes vocal patterns including my part, Konashi also learns to play with the demo but I let him do it with his own arrangement.
Sometimes we got together to rehearse. Other than that, we used virtual meeting and online jamming app to make progress on that.
Yea, this is how the writing process went.
Anything else you can tell the fans about" Vindicated Retaliation"?
To me, the most important thing in this genre is RIFF. So since the beginning of the band I had been trying to make something riff-oriented, aggressive, straightforward and addictive.
I put a lot of effort into it, so I'm very excited to share this with everyone. Hope you will like the whole album will be released early 2026!
How has your relationship with New Standard Elite been?
It's been great! I'm still a big fan of the label and roster. Actually my relationship with NSE started when Strangulation got signed under Daniel back in 2019. And soon after that Despoilment also got signed, with the first demo release.
We got signed under Daniel too but Ryan has been also very patient and supportive for this release. I'm grateful to both of them and honored to get 2 of my bands signed to the best BDM label around.
What are 3 albums that you cannot live without?
Well it's very hard to choose only 3 but,
Gorgasm - Masticate to Dominate
Pyaemia - Cerebral Cereal
Inveracity - Circle of Perversion
Thanks again! Anything else you'd like to say?
Again, thank you for the interview. It was very fun to answer those questions.
And thanks to everyone who support us!
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