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The Gate

by D.O.G.S.

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    Our latest album mixed by Jack Endino and mastered by Tad Doyle. Including singles "Hang Rope", "Satan", "Toothgrinder" & "The Devil". Artwork by Lucifur Dandelion

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Fistful Of Sorrows 02:20
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Hang Rope 04:47
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Satan 03:56
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Toothgrinder 03:43
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Red Paper 04:32
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The Gate 05:42
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Boar's Roar 04:50
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The Devil 05:32
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Going Away 04:01
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When My Body Dies 05:43
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Ghost 04:01
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about

Since our last release, 2014's 5-songs "Dark Tunnel" Ep, we seemed to really went deep into long dark tunnel.
In 2015 we saw a light, which was an opportunity to record an album with legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino (who of course recorded Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Tad etc.) who agreed to record us in his co-owned SoundHouse studio in Seattle, WA. But the luck turned its back on us and upon entering the country, we were stopped by the border security at Sea-Tac Airport and were then denied entry to the USA.
We spent 3 long days in Tacoma Detention Center before being sent back to Japan, without doing anything.
Our dream seemed to be shattered into pieces, but we decided to stick together and keep writing songs.
In 2016, after a several months break we got back together with a longtime support drummer Mure, and we recorded first batch of songs for this album. (Hang Rope, Red Paper & Fistful Of Sorrows)
In 2017 drummer Daiki (who left the band before goint to Seattle in 2015) returned to the band, but due to all the stresses and past traumas and some shit, Koji suddenly lost his speech and was diagnosed as Conversion Disorder, and couldn't speak for total 19 months.
But for some reason he was still able to sing and perform, so we kept playing and managed to record another 3 songs (Satan, Toothgrinder & When My Body Dies).
After the recording, we went to UK for the first time and did a week-long mini-tour with Kent-based band Crybaby Special.
Daiki left the band again after the tour, and was replaced by Nobo, who was in a cover band with Koji at the time.

Nobo was the drummer we always wanted, with power and technics, good heart and pretty face. (Oh and don't forget the six packs)
Together with Nobo we kept jamming and wrote and recorded the rest of the album, and we sent the songs to Jack Endino to do the mixing. (mastering was done by another Seattle legend, Tad Doyle.)

Due to the limited amount of time and money, and all the big and small obstacles of life, we really couldn't get together much in the same room and same space in this past few years, but we somehow managed to get these 11 songs recorded and it turned out our strongest, edgiest and most honest and rocking album we ever made.

credits

released April 27, 2019

Recorded by :
Iori Terada at RinkyDink Studio, Ogikubo, Tokyo Japan (September 2016)
Keisuke Iwasawa at Studio Noah, Kichijoji, Tokyo Japan (May-July 2017)
Yusuke Obbata at Studio Noah, Takadanobaba, Tokyo Japan (December 2018-January 2019)

Additional recording by Takaaki Sasaki & Hiroaki Fukui

Mixed by Jack Endino at SoudHouse Studio, Seattle, WA USA
Mastered by Tad Doyle at WitchApe Studio, Seattle, WA USA

Guitar : Katsumi Yokota
Bass : Shimpei Nagashima
Vocals and guitar : Koji Tamura
Drums : Nobo (6-9 & 11) Daiki (3,4 & 10) Mure (1,2 & 5)


All songs written by D.O.G.S.
words by Koji Tamura
© 2016, 2017, 2018 runawaydogs music / chasing cloud music / tarancyura music / madhatter music / spreading on the chestnut tree music

Cover photo : Koji

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D.O.G.S. 東京都, Japan

Formed in Tokyo in 2003 by Koji (Guitar & Vocal) and Katsumi (Guitar). After numerous member changes over the years, Shimpei (Bass) joined in 2012 and a year after Daiki (Drums) came into the fold. Toured Malaysia, U.S. (Seattle) and UK.

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