X Japan’s 'Born to be Free' Release Date Confirmed; Leader Yoshiki Release Statement!
Worldwide popular Japanese heavy metal band X Japan announced "Born to be Free" release date is scheduled for next month, Nov. 6. This would be the band's first single release after 4 years since they released "Jade" according to Barks Japan.
According to leader and co-founder Yoshiki, he knew that it will be a special song for X Japan as soon as he started composing "Born to be Free." He also adds: "We want people to interpret the song as a reflection of their personal journey. All of us are born free to dream what we want without any limits."
"Born to be Free" was recorded at Yoshiki's own recording studio in Los Angeles and was mixed by Grammy Award-winning engineer Chris Lord-Alge. The song will be streamed at music website Metalhammer starting 10 AM (UK time) today, Oct. 13.
Prior to the announcement of X Japan's "Born to be Free" release date, the band had been playing the song to sold-out concerts around the world for years, yet it was never been released as a studio recording. The song will also appear of their much-awaited studio album which will be released worldwide on Mar. 11, 2016 as reported by J-Pop Asia.
The fact that X Japan's "Born to be Free" release date has been finalized simply means that the band is now concentrating full-time for their upcoming activities by next year. Not only they are working on their new album, but they also set a special album release concert and worldwide film premiere event at London's SSE Arena at Wembley on Mar. 12, 2016, titled #XDAY.
The documentary is produced by two-time Academy Award wnner John Battsek of Passion Pictures and directed by Stephen Kijak, covering the band's 30-year journey on their tumultuous history that made them into one of the legendary rock bands in Japanese music history.
X Japan is composed of Yoshiki on drums, piano and keyboards, Toshi on vocals, Pata on rhythm guitar, Heath on bass and Sugizo on lead guitar, replacing the late Hideto "hide" Matsumoto who died in 1998. They resumed activities in 2007 after 10 years of disbandment.
