New Beginning (Band-Maid album)

New Beginning
Studio album by
Band-Maid
ReleasedNovember 18, 2015
Recorded2015
Studio
  • Studio Birdman West
  • Sound Crew Studio
  • Bungee Studio, Tokyo
  • Thomas Studio, Kyoto
Genre
Length32:47
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
LabelGump
Band-Maid chronology
Maid in Japan
(2014) 		New Beginning
(2015) 		Brand New Maid
(2016)
Music videos
"Thrill" on YouTube
"Real Existence" on YouTube
"Don't Let Me Down" on YouTube

New Beginning is the second mini-album released by all-female Japanese hard rock band Band-Maid. It is the band's final release under Gump Records, as they joined Nippon Crown the following year. The album reached number 64 on the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart.[1] The album was originally scheduled to be released on November 4, 2015, but was pushed back two weeks.[2]

New Beginning has been described as hard rock,[3][4][5] and heavy metal[6] and the band's sound has been compared to the likes of Disturbed,[4] Lenny Kravitz[4] and Skunk Anansie.[4] Music videos were produced for the songs "Thrill," "Real Existence," and "Don't Let Me Down."

  1. ^ "New Beginning | Band-Maid" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "メイド姿でハードロックを奏でるガールズ・ロック・バンド Band-Maid®、11/4リリースの2ndミニ・アルバム『New Beginning』の最新ヴィジュアル公開!" (in Japanese). Gekirock. October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Band-Maid New Beginning CD DVD Review". hXcHector.com. June 2, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Mayocchi, Warren. "BAND-MAID - New Beginning (2015)". Femme Metal Website. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "New Beginning / Band-Maid". Gekirock (in Japanese). Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  6. ^ Cirone, David (November 5, 2016). "BAND-MAID - New Beginning (Review)". J-Generation. Retrieved June 27, 2016.