H.U.G Announce Digital Release of First Album

As previously reported, visual rock band H.U.G released their first album HELIOS on June 10th. Recently, it was announced that the album has been added to streaming platforms worldwide.

HELIOS contains 11 tracks, with nine of the songs featuring special guest bassists. The guests include Ni~ya (NIGHTMARE), Shohei (Arlequin), ZERO (THE MICRO HEAD 4N’S, OFIAM, Luv PARADE), kazu (gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy), MASASHI (Versailles), Яyu (Ashmaze) and yo (Matenrou Opera).

Ex-Kagrra, guitarist SIN and ex-girugamesh drummer Яyo Trackmaker also contributed to the release as mix engineers.

Links to download and stream HELIOS on various music services can be found here. 

In addition, H.U.G live streamed the final date of their first nationwide tour, H.U.G TOUR 2023 -LOVE THAT NEVER ENDS-, worldwide on July 7th. The show saw the band’s three official members joined by support bassist NAOKI (FANTASISTA, ex-Kagrra,) and drummer TAKEO (PIERROT, Angelo). Matenrou Opera's yo also joined the band as a special guest for a performance of SEEDS, the track from HELIOS featuring him on bass.

An archive of the stream will remain available for ticket holders to watch until 23:59 (JST) on August 6th. Fans who missed the show can still purchase tickets here until the final day of the archive period.

H.U.G recently announced some more upcoming events. H.U.G TOUR 2023-HELIOS- will feature their usual support drummer TAKEO, but Versailles' MASASHI will be serving as their support bassist. It will kick off at Nagoya SPADE BOX on October 9th. A birthday event for guitarist Karyu will also be held at Yokohama Bronth on December 9th.

A digest trailer for HELIOS can be streamed below.