As some of you probably heard, DEATHGAZE has decided to go on an indefinite hiatus after their live on December 23rd. After the release of ENIGMA, the band felt that they could do no better if they were to have any more music. Due to the wall that they feel they have hit, they felt it were best to go on an indefinite hiatus for the time being. You can read the member's and staff's statements below:
Thank you very much for continued support.
Although this is sudden, DEATHGAZE is going to go on an indefinite hiatus after the show on the December 23rd, 2014. We don’t know how long this is going to last.
Last year we had our band's 10th anniversary and we are now in our 11th year as a band. We feel that we’ve done everything we could in the album ENIGMA. We think that even if we make new songs, we cannot give more than we already have. We feel sorry to tell you this news so suddenly, especially for all the fans and all the people who have supported us. We have discussed this for a while and we believe this is the right thing to do.
We will give it our all for our remaining shows this year, so please support us.
--DEATHGAZE
In the 11 years that we have been active as DEATHGAZE, so many things have happened. We changed members countless times but thanks to everyone’s support, we were able to restart and keep going up till now. We’re truly grateful. We sincerely thank you. We spent a third of our lives in this band, constantly putting all our energy in keeping it alive. In this band, we pursued music that only we could do. So many times we were convinced that if we ever reached our limit, we would desperately try to cross over that barrier. This time we have chose to pause our activities because all the members considered the future and we felt that this was a necessary decision. Until we pause our activities as DEATHGAZE, we will try to go to an even higher level. In this our 11th year we had refined everything carefully. Come what may; whether the past, the present or even the future. Nothing has changed and we will desperately do all we can to keep living. For DEATHGAZE to keep going, I gave my all. At the end of 2014 we will pause for a while but as far as anyone is concerned, our best year can still come next year or the year after next year. We will do our best for the sake of our happiness. Please continue to support us.
-- AI
Everyone, we’re so sorry. We came to this kind of decision. For the remainder of our activities, we will continue with all our strength so please support us.
-- Takaki
Of all the announcements that we have made until now, this is the worst. And just like our usual schedule, this was a very sudden announcement. We’re truly sorry. After quite a long time with each member thinking and worrying about this, we came to this conclusion.The fact that we came to this decision even though our live shows have been so good, I honestly think that it’s a waste. I wanted to experience much more with everyone but this is really unfortunate. Nevertheless we took this seriously, gave it a lot of thought and came to this decision. This time, even though it must be painful for everyone to support us after this kind of announcement; we decided that until the last live, since we’ve always given all our energy, please support us till the end.
-- Kousuke
Up till now DEATHGAZE has managed to overcome anything. For more than 10 years, being DEATHGAZE’s drummer and doing lives, I thought I would do this for as long as I was alive. However, even though we say these things, up till now we’ve done so many releases and lives and we could not see any future beyond ENIGMA. That’s why we decided to pause activities. For this reason, having to face these feelings, we thought this was our only choice so it was unanimous. However, to the fans that have always supported us we are truly sorry for this sad information. But even with this choice; DEATHGAZE, myself, the other members, we believe we have a future. In that case, I hope we can figure things out. With this sudden announcement, we don’t have many lives remaining but I will beat the drums with all my strength the same as ever so please continue to support me!
-- Naoki
Source: OHP
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