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ELFENSJóN, a creative project by Kurose Keisuke and Ishizue Kachiru, is in the midst of promoting their upcoming album ANIMA that will be released on June 18. Before getting the taste of the full album, ELFENSJóN released the “djent-tastic” single LUEUR BLANCHE on April 2 for streaming and download, accompanied by a music video.
Beyond the djent influences, the first thing that stood out in the new single was guest vocalist YURiCa’s (HaNaTan)’s powerful voice, that truly captures the essence of ELFENSJóN’s worldwide. Later into the song, guest guitarist myu impresses with their incredible guitar solo that elevates the sorrowful emotions. We also have guest bassist QutaQuta joining the lineup, with guest drummer Shuhei Kamada returning on drums.
The single LUEUR BLANCHE shows clear references to the creative project’s first EP EINHERJAR, with imagery extracted from that release, mixed with new illustrations as well. Returning to the spotlight again is the white-haired elf LILITH, who once was a human witch, but burned at the stake and resurrected as an elf. The lore was previously detailed in an illustration book released with the album REINCARNATE in 2023.
With the current story now converging with the EP EINHERJAR, in our opinion, we feel like it is very fitting to bring the djent sound back into focus. The song Hexenjagd from the first EP had a lot of djent influences and was a fan-favorite, since then, djent has been requested by longtime-fans—such as on past YouTube livestreams.
Last year, the creative project released the full album ZENITH and anime theme song UMBRA, so we’re incredibly excited about the fact that we’re already being offered another full album!
If you haven’t yet, check out our most in-depth interview with ELFENSJóN to learn all about their creative process and what brings their work to life.
About ELFENSJóN
The German word “Elf” means “eleven” (10+1, “the last one”), and Sjón means “vision”. Together it forms ELFENSJóN: “The last and another vision”.
ELFENSJóN is a creative project formed at the end of 2018, centering around compositions and arrangements by Keisuke Kurose, and artwork by Ishizue Kachiru. The purpose of the group is to build a new worldview based on the music and illustrations that heed to “dark fantasy”.