A happy update. Our new album titled “Coming Back Alive” is now complete! Mix&Mastering job is done. We have 12 songs in their complete form. It has been a long way. And it was a very dramatic journey. Looking back it was back in 2017 that I wrote …
Merry Christmas from Imari Tones Japan!!! We are rocking for Jesus here in Japan. Tak, Marie, and Shinryu. We are tighter than ever, rocking together to spread God’s Love. We wish and pray that you all have a very Merry Christmas and happy new year! Blessing to all …
[Recording Update] We (I mean, mostly Tak, in this case) have finished recording guitar tracks for the new album. Tak finished recording all the guitar tracks on October 21st. That is 12 songs and 11 guitar solos. Actual recording took only 5 days but preparation took more …
Our good friend Patrick asked us to write an “ending theme song” for his YouTube channel (Notes of Grace -focusing on Christian message). It was good timing to see/hear what things sound like in the church recording environment. So we made this song before the album recording. Here’s the …
Here’s the update for the new album in the making. Back in June, we had a fire incident in the apartment building Tak&Marie were living in. So many people helped us. We were very amazed, moved, and very thankful. Upon asking for help, we promised one thing. We …
This year we focus on recording a new album. (The title is “Coming Back Alive”) That means there’s no oversea tours. However Shinryu tours! Our Samurai Drummer visits the USA soon. He tours with his best friend Funky Sunday Party. (They became “buddies” on last year tour.) You can …
[Photos and announcements] Here we decided to post all the photos we have for the last year USA tour (The Extreme Tour 2022 West Coast USA). Because we noticed that we have only posted a few of them last year. It’s never too late to post all the cool …
Finally the demo tracks for the next album are done. This is the blueprint for our next album. Hopefully we will be able to record these songs next year. It’s true we already have 3 or 4 albums worth of songs written. (That is mostly music part and …
On May 9th Saturday 2020, we have finished the mastering work of “Nabeshima” album. 24 songs double album, Ultimate Christian Metal with Japanese traditional music, is here. Lyrics are half English half Japanese. Again, my hands have been tied for this. I had to focus on this until the …
On 28th February, we finished recording all the material for our special “Nabeshima” album. The last thing I did was singing “Iroha-uta”, the ancient Japanese poetry. Admittedly, I have sacrificed many things to make this album, including our long time lineup (Tone, Hassy, Jake) that ended in 2018. …
