Given GN Vol 04 astral radiance features Roger Rivas of The

features Roger Rivas of The Aggrolites and Dave Hillyard of The Slackers

is not an album filled with senseless and shocking violence and gore done for the sake of it like many of their colleagues of the genre

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the band who pushed Take That from first rank on the "Bravo" charts

Chicago's THESE BEASTS offer simmering fury on Sanford Parker-recorded mini-album

Given GN Vol 04 astral radiance features Roger Rivas of TheSometimes a song can save your life. Love of music unites the four members of the band Given: hotheaded guitarist Uenoyama, playboy drummer Akihiko, gentle bassist Haruki, and Mafuyu, a singer gifted with great talent and burdened by past tragedy. Their struggles and conflicts may drive them apart, but their bond to the music and to each other always brings them back together again. As the band focuses on preparing for music festival tryouts and