Japanese Rock Band 9MM Parabellum Bullet Set to Release Long-Awaited Ninth Full-Length Studio Album, ‘Tightrope’ (8/24)

     JAPANESE ROCK BAND 9MM PARABELLUM BULLET

SET TO RELEASE NINTH FULL-LENGTH ALBUM TIGHTROPE

AUGUST 24^th ON SAZANGA RECORDS/NIPPON COLUMBIA

EP just released (Aug. 9^th) to preview album,

featuring six songs off TIGHTROPE, including

lead single “One More Time” and “Spirit Explosion”

Full album available now to pre-order in digital (worldwide)

and CD (Japan only) formats

In celebration, 9mm kicks off nationwide “Walk a Tightrope Tour”

on Sept. 9^th in Osaka, Japan

Japanese rock band 9mm Parabellum Bullet is set to release their long-awaited ninth full-length studio album, titled TIGHTROPE, this August 24^th on Sazanga Records/Nippon Columbia.

Available now to pre-order, TIGHTROPE is being offered in digital (worldwide) and CD (Japan only) formats. The ten-track project marks 9mm’s first original album release in three years (following 2019’s DEEP BLUE) and coincides with the band’s 18^th anniversary this year. The album’s jacket design expresses the tension and thrill symbolized by the word “tightrope,” as well as the intense, yet vivid, soundscape the band is known for.

TIGHTROPE features ten tracks, including lead single “One More Time” (released May 9^th) and second single “Spirit Explosion” (released June 8^th), an energetic instrumental boasting the band’s outstanding playing ability. In addition to the two singles, four more tracks (including “All We Need Is Summer Day,” “Hourglass,” “Utakata,” and “Byakuya No Hibi”) have been digitally released and are available now to stream/download as part of a six-song, pre-album EP (released Aug. 9^th). Plus, 9mm will be releasing two official videos for “All We Need Is Summer Day” and “Hourglass” this coming week (date TBA).

In celebration of TIGHTROPE’s release, the quartet—Takuro Sugawara (vocals/guitar), Yoshimitsu Taki (guitar), Kazuhiko Nakamura (bass), and Chihiro Kamijo (drums)—are supporting the album with a six-date nationwide Walk a Tightrope Tour around Japan, kicking off September 9^th in Osaka. Full list of dates below, visit 9mm’s official site for more info/tickets.

Tracklist:

1. Hourglass*

2. One More Time*

3. All We Need Is Summer Day*

4. Byakuya No Hibi (Days of Midnight Suns)*

5. Awayuki (Light Snowfall)

6. Tear

7. Tightrope

8. Spirit Explosion*

9. Utakata (Ephemeral)*

10. Kemuri No Machi (City of Smoke)

* available now to stream/download and offered on pre-album EP release

Walk a Tightrope Tour 2022:

Friday, Sept. 9 ─ Osaka, Japan @ Zepp Osaka Bayside

Sunday, Sept. 11 ─ Aichi, Japan @ Zepp Nagoya

Monday, Sept. 19 ─ Fukuoka, Japan @ Zepp Fukuoka

Friday, Sept. 23 ─ Miyagi, Japan @ Sendai GIGS

Sunday, Oct. 2 ─ Tokyo, Japan @ Zepp Haneda

Sunday, Oct. 9 ─ Hokkaido, Japan @ Zepp Sapporo

Other live dates:

Thursday, Aug. 11 ─ Chiba, Japan @ Rock in Japan Festival 2022

Friday, Aug. 19 ─ Osaka, Japan @ BIGCAT