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The Mad Capsule Markets announced it was signing a new label deal with Sony Music. No releases have yet been scheduled with Sony. The band will first head to the UK to perform in the Download 2005 festival on June 11. The three-day festival also includes performances by Black Sabbath, Velvet Revolver and Him. The Mad Capsule Markets are also scheduled to perform at this year’s Summer Sonic festival.
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The Mad Capsule Markets will release two career-spanning retrospectives on Dec. 1. The first volume contains tracks starting with the band’s 1990 independent debut, Humanity, to 1994’s Park. The second volume covers material from the album 4 Plugs to its most recent album, CiSTm K0nFLiqT. Mad Capsule Markets, which has been together for 14 years, participates in Rising Sun Rock Festival’s “Countdown 04/05” event later in the year.
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Mad Capsule Markets will release its first new album in three years on March 31. Details of the album were not yet determined, but the album is expected to contain 12 songs, including the band’s forthcoming single, “Scary”. “Scary” will be bundled with an action figure when it’s released on Feb. 4.
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The Mad Capsule Markets will release a new single in February 2004, the band’s official web site announced. The title of the single was not yet revealed, but a limited edition pressing will bundle a new action figure in the style of Pochi Car by Medicom Toys, who will also handle the toy’s production.
It’s been 2 1/2 years since the Mad Capsule Markets released any new material in Japan. Since the mid-90s, the band has toured overseas, cutting back on its activities in Japan.
Under all those distorted synthesizer effects, under all those grinding guitar riffs, under all those gravel-y vocals, this album’s got its tunes on.
The Mad Capsule Markets (previously spelled as the curiously hanging possessive The Mad Capsule Market’s) have spent the last 10 years perfecting its so-called “digi-hardcore-punk-metal” sound.
But really what Kyono, Ueda Takeshi and Miyagami Motokatsu are doing is burying some singable melodies under a barrage of pumped-up noise.
Nowhere is that more apparent than on Osc-Disc, The Mad Capsule Markets’ first album to be released in the United States. (It was originally released in Japan in 1999.)
“Pulse” epitomizes this digi-core aesthetic — without the keyboard effects and the heavily pre-processed vocals, this song could have been brat-punk or rap-rock anthem.
“All the Time in Sunny Beach” has a chorus that reflects its title quite well. “Good Girl” is your typical pogo-inducing punk-pop song, only delivered through a mess of studio trickery.
Every so often The Mad Capsule Markets takes a stab at a straight-forward, rock quartet approach, such as on the bouncy “Island” or the post-grunge, Wrench-sounding “Step Into Yourself”.
The rest of Osc-Dis is a full-on sonic assault. “Mob Track” and “Restart!” barrell down on listeners at a super-fast tempo. Kyono delivers some spit-fire raps on “Tribe”. “Out/Definition” lays heavy on the drums and samples.
And while the surface of Osc-Dis is pure fist-pumping punk and metal, there’s always a hint of hook somewhere in all that distortion. When Kyono proclaims “I’m stoked this fine day” on “MIDI Surf”, it’s hard to forget.
If you’re no fan of “digi-hardcore-punk-metal”, be prepared to be nicely surprised by The Mad Capsule Markets.