Tears are not the only things falling.
nil started after Mega8Ball ended in 1997. Several concerts were performed in 1998 with it's founding members Moro Kyoshi (d), Kashimoto 'Marawo' Hiroyuki (b), and Tetsu Takano (v, gt).
Tetsu eventually left, disbanded, or put aside (the reasons are unknown) nil as a project in 1999 when he joined Zigzo. nil had composed several songs which later became classic Zigzo tracks, himawari, nani kara nani made, and sleep. The latter resurfaced in nil lives in 2004's 12 inplosion tour as 'deep sleep' as well as other instances of lives.
Zigzo eventually ended in March of 2002, most likely because Tetsu wanted to get away from the mainstream spotlight and the rigors of major label meddling) and nil restarted shortly thereafter. The original members reformed and by the year's end two mini albums were released, nil from hell and Sayonara Da Vinci.
On January 10th 2005 Marawo and Moro left the band for reasons unknown, but I've come to speculate that it was the more mainstreet rock direction of the band which turned the other two off.
Two new members joined in April 2005, Furuton (ex Oblivion Dust, current Hyde solo drummer) and Kobayashi (ex Sads). All seemed well and a 6 gig tour for nil's Excalibur album went off nicely in June.
And recently, 2 mini albums, Scherzo and Agape were recorded and released within almost 6 months of Excalibur. Furuton recently left the band most likely because of his previous (and more lucrative) relationship with Hyde (L'arc en ciel's vocalist).
A new drummer was found in time for the Scherzo tour which started on November 11th featuring most of songs off of Scherzo, Agape, Excalibur, and some past oldies.
My recommendation for nil albums is:
(2nd mini album) Sayonara Da Vinci
(1st album) 12 inplosion
The first being a little more indie and the latter being more out-and-out rock
I've been sitting on a dozen or two nil song translations for quite a while, some done by myself and some done by a friend. I've been meaning to make a nil page for years but have never gotten around to it. And I'll be translating Scherzo's lyrics soon as those are relatively easy compared to other nil songs. But for now, here's drop:
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Drop
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The pitch black night has finally arrived
The deep red world has been wrapped up
It's too late to hide It's too late to hide
The pitch black night has finally arrived
I can't hold back the strumming of this guitar
I can't hold back the flowing of this song
The struggling is countless
The rewards are counting the limits
The thirsty river is fissuring down below
It's only the flow of time watching
Tears are not the only things falling
Tears are not the only things falling
Finally it's the pitch black of night
The deep red field of view envelopes me
It's too late to hide It's too late to hide
The pitch black night has finally arrived
The dry skin is cracking to the core
It's only the flow of time watching
Tears are not the only things falling
Tears are not the only things falling.
Feel free to ask any questions about nil if you have any!
Actually, there's a lot of information about them in this forum, if you do a search. But anyways...
