Onmyouza

Onmyouza (陰陽座)

If you like Kurosawa-Movie,You should check this Japanese heavy band called Onmyouza.(ON-MYOU-ZA)

The Lead vocal of Onmyouza is woman "KURONEKO". It's rare in this genre,you know. And it's rare to wearing the traditional Japanese cloth too.

Their music is based on 80's Heavy Metal and Japanese traditional folk.
This folk is older than Samurai Age's.There are lots of folk music in Japan, ex,using 3 strings guitar which called Shamisen ,using things like flute, singing music with the traditional Japanese scale.

And the lyric is unique too. Main theme of Onmyouza is from folk lore. Especially,from horror story about Yo-Kai(like Japanese monster or ghost). If you don't know Yo-Kai, Please check J-horror movies,The Juon or The Ring. It is easy to imagine it. And the lyric is used by old Japanese language. We are Japanese,but can't understand all, because of it's too old for present Japanese people.

Their lyric style is conceptual like Dream Theater and some album of Savatage.
Onmyouza is like storryteller of old old mysterias Japanese story. We want that you understand Onmyouza world, sorry it's not easy to translate thier lyric world. Anyone Help??

Onmyouza take part and shooter live video in No-Gakudo first-ever excluding "No"
( "No" is traditional Play. It is told first Japanese Play style. No-Gakudo is the place "No" play only)
Check this link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWTdeGgpX58

Onmyouza 9th album "KONGOKYUBI" (Sep.2009)

http://www.onmyo-za.net/eng/index.html

for fans of : NIGHTWISH, DREAM THEATER, EVANESSENCE

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