We want to create a ‘Heavy Metal Church’ in Japan. This might be the most significant announcement we’ve made as a band. And perhaps the most important mission that God has given us. We’ve been playing Christian Heavy Metal in Japan. We have made so much music …
How does an ordinary Japanese man get saved? I mean, he’s not an ordinary guy. He is a Samurai. He is strong. He is a heavy metal drummer. But it’s true Shinryu is from a regular Japanese background. He didn’t know Jesus before he joined our band. I …
We have some happy news to share with you. It’s a small but very happy announcement. It’s personal. But something we can celebrate together. Today we are jumping of joy. – Because it was first band rehearsal in a long time. (More than 2 months) – Because Shinryu …
Serving God here in Yokohama and Kawasaki. It’s great to play music at church service and serve God. While we are working on the new album (still somewhat in preparation stage), Shinryu is now in the USA. He is touring with other Christian musicians for 2 weeks. Thank …
[We want to say thank you] About 20 days after the fire. We finally found a new place. We are in an empty room. It’s still a small apartment but we feel as if we were in heaven. (A room in heaven?) This is a small new start …
Here’s our statement for our live show in Kyoto, scheduled on 16th April at Silver Wings. We posted it on our Japanese website and also on social media. It’s in Japanese. And it’s a little bit over the top. I don’t think I can translate it into English. (At …
I was wondering if we could post this here but we do it anyway because it’s an interesting story. Here’s what I said before playing the song “Lord’s Prayer”, a very Christian worship song with a progressive rock song structure. [This is a progressive Christian worship rock song. …
[Life stories of an indie band] Let me tell you about the goals of our band. We are an indie band from Japan, and sometimes people ask us why we are doing this. We are not doing this for money and fame. That was very clear from …
It took me a while but here is our official thank you report for The Extreme Tour 2022. (West Coast USA) We, Imari Tones, have toured in the West Coast USA in September. Together with the tour team and fellow Christian musicians, we toured for 3 weeks, visited many …
Here is something I posted on our social media last month. Because some things happened. Even at this moment I’m wondering “Oh do I have to post this here?” but we are not like a band who have 10 million listeners. So the backlash would be minimum, I guess. …
