{"id":93866,"date":"2025-07-22T20:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/?p=93866"},"modified":"2025-07-29T20:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:35:08","slug":"music-review-gungire-outlive-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/2025\/07\/music-review-gungire-outlive-single\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Review: GUNGIRE \u2013 OUTLIVE (Single)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having been given the (unofficial) title of \u201cJapan\u2019s angriest band\u201d, it\u2019s a moniker GUNGIRE seem intent on living up to. A power trio in its purest definition (i.e., powerful) the band draws influence from a wide variety of sources, everything from movie soundtracks to pop-punk via the heaviest of metalcore. Taking these disparate inspirations and pounding them into their own shape, GUNGIRE have a sound that\u2019s truly original and throws curveballs to constantly confuse the listener (but in the nicest way). True to the band\u2019s modus operandi, their latest EP, OUTLIVE<\/em>, contains three diverse tracks that each show a facet of this wonderfully diverse band.<\/p>\n

The first thing that really hits you about the opening song Till The Grave<\/em> is the band\u2019s sense of urgency. Within a few seconds, we are greeted with a thunderous drum roll, a banshee scream and a chunky guitar riff; it ensures the band arrive with full force and the effect is not unlike being covered in a rockfall. The sound created is huge and monolithic, but most importantly, GUNGIRE are full of good ideas and that ensures things never become staid. Till The Grave<\/em> is a song in constant evolution, the riffs and time signatures are like shifting sands and don\u2019t inhabit the same sonic space for long. The vocals are equally dynamic and flit between the clean and guttural, the result being a song that\u2019s stitched together by its own diversity with the band packing more into these four-and-a-half minutes than most bands pack into an entire career.<\/p>\n

After that frenetic, eclectic opener, OUTLIVE<\/em> falls into a more measured tone with the following Go Away<\/em>. It\u2019s here where the band\u2019s diverse influences come into play; there\u2019s a definite emo vibe going on, an almost otherworldly feel as the band creates a real sense of place and time, a crystalline starry night or a mountainous vista, yet the band puncture these serene moments with some of the heaviest metal known to man. It\u2019s an interesting tension of opposites between the lithe and heavy, ensuring that the song breathes like some shapeshifting alien (which is quite possibly what GUNGIRE are).<\/p>\n

\"\"Three tracks that mark GUNGIRE as a contemporary force, OUTLIVE<\/em> finds the band wheeling out the big guns, and with these songs in their arsenal,
\nyou feel that the sky is the limit. It\u2019s an EP which finds GUNGIRE locked, loaded and ready to take on the world.<\/p>\n

Tracklisting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Till The Grave
\n2. Go Away
\n3. G.A.M.E. (feat. Flare Boy (Malissa))<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OUTLIVE<\/em> is available for listening via the digital way<\/a>, such a streaming services or buy the digital files, but you can also buy the physical version in the online shop<\/a> of the band or at the live shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having been given the (unofficial) title of \u201cJapan\u2019s angriest band\u201d, it\u2019s a moniker GUNGIRE seem intent on living up to. A power trio in its purest definition (i.e., powerful) the band draws influence from a wide variety of sources, everything from movie soundtracks to pop-punk via the heaviest of metalcore. Taking these disparate inspirations and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":94233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"2","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0","show_prev_next_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"no-crop","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-715"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3073],"tags":[7543,5806,5828],"class_list":["post-93866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-reviews","tag-gungire","tag-metal-en","tag-metalcore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93866"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94497,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93866\/revisions\/94497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avo-magazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}