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There are at least ten bands called Envy:

1. Since their formation in 1992, Envy has become a dominant band in the independent hardcore and screamo scene in Japan. Their music has evolved over the years to incorporate hardcore, screamo, and most recently, the epic tendencies of post-rock. Envy is characterized by their ability to master screamo’s loud-soft dynamic to evoke both crushing brutality and gentle beauty, often within the same song. Much has been made of vocalist Tetsuya Fukugawa’s own skill at commanding this dichotomy and thusly their live shows have grown in legend over the years. The band is also noted for their deep and poetic lyrics.

The band has become increasingly popular among the post rock scene in the last few years for their incorporation of Mogwai-esque sound and composition dynamics into more traditional screamo songs. This new influence can be most easily identified on their last three releases, “All The Footprints You’ve Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead” released by Dim Mak,”A Dead Sinking Story” released on Level Plane and “Insomniac Doze” released on Temporary Residence Limited.

The band has since become friends with Mogwai and vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa was featured on a track from Mogwai’s 2006 album “Mr. Beast.”

In March of 2006, it was announced that Envy had signed to Temporary Residence Limited for American distribution of Insomniac Doze (though it was released by Mogwai’s Rock Action label in Europe and Envy’s own Sonzai Records in Japan).
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  • L_E_D_Zep

    >94 tracks >7 and a half hours of Envy | LETS DO THIS

    Friday evening

  • Siberiandreamer

    Well in many cases they get sued if they do that; however since there's so many artists called 'Envy' that would just be ridiculous. And LOL at thos lyrics... fucking hell xD.

    Thursday afternoon

  • araeloyal

    hey wurdfly, just because you think it's disrespectful, doesn't give you any right to cut hip hop envy rights down. go bitch somewhere else, after all it's just your opinion. but as a matter of fact, any musician out there can choose which name to perform with.

    Monday afternoon

  • Neutrino-kun

    "I used to have a girlfriend, she was just a girlfriend, she thought she was my girlfriend, now she's not my girlfriend" (c) Envy - One Song

    15 days ago

  • G0LD3NB0Y

    too underrated , and damn they deserve more attention and listeners <3

    18 days ago

  • wurdfly

    "Btw, stop bitching about the hiphop-Envy. Everyone has the right to make music under a certain name, get over it. Gee." No, it's straight up disrespectful on the hip-hop group's part to use the name in the first place. If they weren't an internationally respected hardcore band, and only had less than a couple thousand listeners, then okay, use the name. But this band is very well known and sells out venues no matter where they go in the world.

    21 days ago

  • Bluev2

    gonna do some self-promotion, whilst we're not entirely like envy we are a screamo/post-rock sort of mix. If you can tolerate lofiness please do give it a try http://acitysorrowbuilt.bandcamp.com/album/songs

    last month

  • va_chier

    real envy isn't on tour...

    last month
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