Bridear are determined to brighten up the heavy metal universe
Born Again
PSYCHOMANTEUM
Japan’s NWOBHM-powered metallers chalk up another triumph
BRIDEAR ARE
WRITING
their own book of heavy metal on their fifth album. Musically, they’ve got more in common with the likes of Firewind than with Babymetal, but the all-female quintet from Fukuoka have nailed down a sound that is at once quintessentially Japanese and uniquely theirs.