SEIKIMA-II (spelled as 聖飢魔II in Japanese) is a Japanese heavy metal band fo… Read Full Bio ↴SEIKIMA-II (spelled as 聖飢魔II in Japanese) is a Japanese heavy metal band formed by Damian Hamada (ダミアン浜田) in 1982. They disbanded on December 31, 1999. However, a reunion took place in 2009, with the release of their AKUMA NATIVITY ”SONGS OF THE SWORD” album, and in 2010 they will be embarking on their first ever world tour. On June 30, 2010, the band released their newest album AKUMA RELATIVITY on 19 European iTunes stores.
SEIKIMA-II (read as "seikimatsu") translates to "The End of the Century". Their history, as it has been prophesized, is that they are a group of demons preaching a religion in order to propagate Satan through the use of Heavy Metal. Each member is a demon of a different hierarchical class with His Excellency Demon Kogure (デーモン小暮) being leader of demons and His Majesty Damian Hamada (ダミアン浜田) being the "Crown Prince of Hell". In accordance to the prophecy and after completing the world conquest, the band would disband at the end of the century on December 31, 1999 at 23:59:59.
The band members include:
* His Excellency Demon Kogure (デーモン小暮) on vocals
* Ace Shimizu (エース清水) on guitar
* Sgt. Luke Takamura III (ルーク篁) on guitar
* Xenon Ishikawa on bass
* Raiden Yuzawa on drums
History
SEIKIMA-II was formed in 1982 by former guitarist, The Crown Prince of Hell His Majesty Damian Hamada. The band was formed while he was attending the Waseda University Folk Song Club (WFS) in late December of 1982. The original members were His Excellency Demon Kogure on vocals, Zod Hoshijima on bass and Ace Shimizu, at that time who participated as a drummer. The band was known especially for their interesting makeup, familiar to that of Kabuki theatre and their flamboyant outfits which added to their visual image. Although the exact date is unknown, Damian Hamada soon left the band but would later remain a respected founder and songwriter throughout their career.
In 1983 two new members had joined the bands lineup. Zeed Iijima replaced Ace Shimizu on the drums, as Ace was better at guitar he became the new guitarist as a replacement for Damian Hamada. Another member by the name of Ryoko became the new support keyboardist. That same year the band made its first live debut playing a series of small gigs they called “black masses” and gained popularity among heavy metal fans for their heavy music style and interesting appearance. Later that year Ryoko left the band while a new member called Giantonio Babayashi joined as a second guitarist.
In 1984 SEIKIMA-II continued to play small gigs at various concert halls when later that year they passed an audition for the CBS Sony label. Around that same time Giantonio Babayashi left the band, and due to this they were unable to make their debut on CBS Sony at the time. 1985 marked the year in which the band’s biggest lineup change would occur. A new second guitarist was chosen in replacement of Giantonio, called Gandhara Sangeria Tigris-Euphrates Kaneko. Drummer Zeed Iijima decided to finally leave the band. He was temporarily replaced by the new drummer named Jagy Furukawa. Gandhara soon left the group and Jagy also soon followed. At this point the band was lacking in both a second guitarist and a drummer. They soon discovered guitarist Jail O’hashi and drummer Raiden Yuzawa who would both go on being part of the first official lineup. Later in September of that same year, the band released their first full length album entitled "Akuma ga kitarite heavy metal". The album received mixed reviews by critics, but became very popular among Japanese heavy metal fans. The album exceeded 100,000 in sales, a first for any Japanese heavy metal album in history.
In 1986 they would go on to releasing their first major album entitled "The End of the Century". The album’s name was also the meaning behind SEIKIMA-II (seikimatsu), as they were destined to disband at the end of the century, meaning the year 1999. Later that same year they released their third album entitled "Jigoku yori ai wo komete" (also known as "From Hell With Love"). This was followed by their first major live concert called The Great Black Mass Tour held on December 24th 1986. At the end of that year the bassist Zod, who was also one of the original members, would finally leave the band.
One year later in 1987, guitarist Jail O’hashi also decides to leave the band. Later bassist Xenon Ishikawa and guitarist Sgt. Luke Takamura III (ルーク篁) join the band to form the final lineup. That same year the band released their "Big Time Changes" album. This album brought about a new change in the bands music style by mixing heavy metal with hard rock. Here also for the first time, Luke Takamura takes on the role as more of a lead guitarist and switching off while Ace Shimizu is heard playing more rhythm guitar. In 1988 they continued their experimentation with other genres on "The Outer Mission" album. With this album they experimented with a fusion of heavy metal, progressive rock and jazz music to add for an interesting new sound. Regardless of these changes they continued being praised by heavy metal fans while also receiving attention from the general fan.
After releasing their next album entitled "Yuugai" (also known as "有害" or "You Guy!”) in 1991 they began playing their first live concerts overseas in surrounding Asian countries and in Europe, the most notable being England and Spain. Later in 1992 they followed up by releasing their heaviest album yet, entitled "Kyoufu no Restaurant" (also known as "Frightful Restaurant"). The album was a drastic change in style from the last few albums while keeping to their heavy metal roots; they combined dark and satanic lyrics with heavy music.
The next album entitled "PONK!!" released in 1994, brought about even more change from the bands past style. This new album combined heavy metal with folk rock music and some balladic songs. The album was produced at ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS of London, England when the band was living there a short time; they showed this through their new appearance and trying to show life in London through photos used for the album booklet.
In the year 1996 the band went back to its heavy metal roots when they released their next full-length album entitled "Mephistopheles no Shouzou". Also for the first time, they left the CBS Sony label and were signed to BMG Japan. The album was a return to their heavier sound while also having elements of power metal and traditional metal. The move to the BMG label also made a noticeable difference in the sound quality of their following albums. In 1997 the album "NEWS" was released followed by "MOVE" in 1998. Both albums bring about a new digital sound combining various styles with heavy metal.
In 1999, the last studio album entitled "LIVING LEGEND" was released. The album is considered to be one of SEIKIMA-II's heaviest albums to date. They kept true to their heavy metal style and fans have considered it to be a proper final chapter in the band’s history before finally disbanding on December 31, 1999 at 23:59:59. The final concert held was called THE BLACK MASS FINAL 3 NIGHTS which was part of a three day concert lasting from December 29-31. The concert was separated into three days called the THEATRICAL DAY, THE SATAN ALL STAR’S DAY, and THE DOOMSDAY which at the end of, the band seen disappearing into a portal of light leaving the stage and finishing their 14 year career up to that point.
After disbanding in 1999, the band members have continued to have strong solo careers. Demon Kogure has been a solo artist since the early 90’s and still continues to perform and release new material. Ace Shimizu has been involved in his own two piece band called face to ace. Luke Takamura later formed his hard rock band called CANTA with Raiden Yuzawa. Xenon Ishikawa has been involved in the band ＲＸ with ex-SEIKIMA-II support keyboardist Yuichi Matsuzaki.
In late 2005, SEIKIMA-II held two special limited time reunion lives for their 20th anniversary. Both concerts included all original members and supporting members while the second one also included original guitarist Jail O’hashi as a special guest. The reunion lives were both very well received and were completely sold out within a short period of time. Since then they have released two live albums which include tracks recorded from both concerts. The second live album included a special third bonus CD which included 6 new songs written by the band.
Discography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEIKIMA-II_discography
SEIKIMA-II (read as "seikimatsu") translates to "The End of the Century". Their history, as it has been prophesized, is that they are a group of demons preaching a religion in order to propagate Satan through the use of Heavy Metal. Each member is a demon of a different hierarchical class with His Excellency Demon Kogure (デーモン小暮) being leader of demons and His Majesty Damian Hamada (ダミアン浜田) being the "Crown Prince of Hell". In accordance to the prophecy and after completing the world conquest, the band would disband at the end of the century on December 31, 1999 at 23:59:59.
The band members include:
* His Excellency Demon Kogure (デーモン小暮) on vocals
* Ace Shimizu (エース清水) on guitar
* Sgt. Luke Takamura III (ルーク篁) on guitar
* Xenon Ishikawa on bass
* Raiden Yuzawa on drums
History
SEIKIMA-II was formed in 1982 by former guitarist, The Crown Prince of Hell His Majesty Damian Hamada. The band was formed while he was attending the Waseda University Folk Song Club (WFS) in late December of 1982. The original members were His Excellency Demon Kogure on vocals, Zod Hoshijima on bass and Ace Shimizu, at that time who participated as a drummer. The band was known especially for their interesting makeup, familiar to that of Kabuki theatre and their flamboyant outfits which added to their visual image. Although the exact date is unknown, Damian Hamada soon left the band but would later remain a respected founder and songwriter throughout their career.
In 1983 two new members had joined the bands lineup. Zeed Iijima replaced Ace Shimizu on the drums, as Ace was better at guitar he became the new guitarist as a replacement for Damian Hamada. Another member by the name of Ryoko became the new support keyboardist. That same year the band made its first live debut playing a series of small gigs they called “black masses” and gained popularity among heavy metal fans for their heavy music style and interesting appearance. Later that year Ryoko left the band while a new member called Giantonio Babayashi joined as a second guitarist.
In 1984 SEIKIMA-II continued to play small gigs at various concert halls when later that year they passed an audition for the CBS Sony label. Around that same time Giantonio Babayashi left the band, and due to this they were unable to make their debut on CBS Sony at the time. 1985 marked the year in which the band’s biggest lineup change would occur. A new second guitarist was chosen in replacement of Giantonio, called Gandhara Sangeria Tigris-Euphrates Kaneko. Drummer Zeed Iijima decided to finally leave the band. He was temporarily replaced by the new drummer named Jagy Furukawa. Gandhara soon left the group and Jagy also soon followed. At this point the band was lacking in both a second guitarist and a drummer. They soon discovered guitarist Jail O’hashi and drummer Raiden Yuzawa who would both go on being part of the first official lineup. Later in September of that same year, the band released their first full length album entitled "Akuma ga kitarite heavy metal". The album received mixed reviews by critics, but became very popular among Japanese heavy metal fans. The album exceeded 100,000 in sales, a first for any Japanese heavy metal album in history.
In 1986 they would go on to releasing their first major album entitled "The End of the Century". The album’s name was also the meaning behind SEIKIMA-II (seikimatsu), as they were destined to disband at the end of the century, meaning the year 1999. Later that same year they released their third album entitled "Jigoku yori ai wo komete" (also known as "From Hell With Love"). This was followed by their first major live concert called The Great Black Mass Tour held on December 24th 1986. At the end of that year the bassist Zod, who was also one of the original members, would finally leave the band.
One year later in 1987, guitarist Jail O’hashi also decides to leave the band. Later bassist Xenon Ishikawa and guitarist Sgt. Luke Takamura III (ルーク篁) join the band to form the final lineup. That same year the band released their "Big Time Changes" album. This album brought about a new change in the bands music style by mixing heavy metal with hard rock. Here also for the first time, Luke Takamura takes on the role as more of a lead guitarist and switching off while Ace Shimizu is heard playing more rhythm guitar. In 1988 they continued their experimentation with other genres on "The Outer Mission" album. With this album they experimented with a fusion of heavy metal, progressive rock and jazz music to add for an interesting new sound. Regardless of these changes they continued being praised by heavy metal fans while also receiving attention from the general fan.
After releasing their next album entitled "Yuugai" (also known as "有害" or "You Guy!”) in 1991 they began playing their first live concerts overseas in surrounding Asian countries and in Europe, the most notable being England and Spain. Later in 1992 they followed up by releasing their heaviest album yet, entitled "Kyoufu no Restaurant" (also known as "Frightful Restaurant"). The album was a drastic change in style from the last few albums while keeping to their heavy metal roots; they combined dark and satanic lyrics with heavy music.
The next album entitled "PONK!!" released in 1994, brought about even more change from the bands past style. This new album combined heavy metal with folk rock music and some balladic songs. The album was produced at ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS of London, England when the band was living there a short time; they showed this through their new appearance and trying to show life in London through photos used for the album booklet.
In the year 1996 the band went back to its heavy metal roots when they released their next full-length album entitled "Mephistopheles no Shouzou". Also for the first time, they left the CBS Sony label and were signed to BMG Japan. The album was a return to their heavier sound while also having elements of power metal and traditional metal. The move to the BMG label also made a noticeable difference in the sound quality of their following albums. In 1997 the album "NEWS" was released followed by "MOVE" in 1998. Both albums bring about a new digital sound combining various styles with heavy metal.
In 1999, the last studio album entitled "LIVING LEGEND" was released. The album is considered to be one of SEIKIMA-II's heaviest albums to date. They kept true to their heavy metal style and fans have considered it to be a proper final chapter in the band’s history before finally disbanding on December 31, 1999 at 23:59:59. The final concert held was called THE BLACK MASS FINAL 3 NIGHTS which was part of a three day concert lasting from December 29-31. The concert was separated into three days called the THEATRICAL DAY, THE SATAN ALL STAR’S DAY, and THE DOOMSDAY which at the end of, the band seen disappearing into a portal of light leaving the stage and finishing their 14 year career up to that point.
After disbanding in 1999, the band members have continued to have strong solo careers. Demon Kogure has been a solo artist since the early 90’s and still continues to perform and release new material. Ace Shimizu has been involved in his own two piece band called face to ace. Luke Takamura later formed his hard rock band called CANTA with Raiden Yuzawa. Xenon Ishikawa has been involved in the band ＲＸ with ex-SEIKIMA-II support keyboardist Yuichi Matsuzaki.
In late 2005, SEIKIMA-II held two special limited time reunion lives for their 20th anniversary. Both concerts included all original members and supporting members while the second one also included original guitarist Jail O’hashi as a special guest. The reunion lives were both very well received and were completely sold out within a short period of time. Since then they have released two live albums which include tracks recorded from both concerts. The second live album included a special third bonus CD which included 6 new songs written by the band.
Discography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEIKIMA-II_discography
聖飢魔IIミサ曲第II番「創世紀」
聖飢魔II Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by 聖飢魔II:
1999 SECRET OBJECT 魂の水平線が Going crazy, crazy 血に染まる 運命の引き金が今 By the liar, liar 砕…
BAD AGAIN 〜美しき反逆〜 鮮やかな黄昏が 今までの嘘をひきさいて 目をさます汚れなき 過去の企み 気づかずに酔いしれた 名も無き瞳に映し出す 裏切…
BIG TIME CHANGES Let it roll and Around and around and around the world Let…
Brand New Song 例えば明日喉が枯れても 血を吐きながら歌うよ 愛と希望と勇気の海を 溺れながら泳ごう お前の未来照らしてあげよう 馴れ合…
BURNING BLOOD 数えきれぬ女を Facination 宴の主役集めて All right 今宵の火遊びは Conjuration ひとと…
DESERTED HERO サヴァイヴァルのDNA 争いの火種 テロも戦争も 発明のDNA 夢叶えるため ゴミも創り出す 欲しいのは 消えない今日の…
EL DORADO まばゆき光の中 現れ出る 見えるはずない大地 妖しく横たわる あかねさす太陽のこもれ日の列 振りそそぐほどに 手招いてい…
EL・DO・RA・DO まばゆき光の中 現れ出る 見えるはずない大地 妖しく横たわる あかねさす太陽のこもれ日の列 振りそそぐほどに 手招いてい…
Go Ahead! 乾いたアスファルトの道を 孤独と不安を背負い GO AHEAD! そこは悩みもなく 愛に溢れたとしても 生きている限り…
JOKER 〜非力河童人間〜 JOKER おきまりのfashion 届かないchase 追いかけても JOKER おざなりemotion めでたいんじ…
MASQUERADE 流行りの顔で 仲間とつるんで なりふり 軽いふり 本当は誰より 自分を一番 かわいがってる 夢を削るのは 誰にでも …
MR. GOLDEN LAND 披露宴丸い花国家陰影列伝 黄金之国じゃ そんな感じでレジスタンス お洒落気分でキメて 捕られ勲章つけ その口で やんや …
ONI What is stewing in the vat? Scale of snake, whisker of…
Overture~WINNER! プラスティックな空に囲まれた Gorgeous town ショーケースの中で踊らされた マリオネット Good bye …
PANDEMIC CARRIERS Deep inside新しい television Deep inside新しい車も Deep inside新しいシステ…
PLANET / THE HELL Oh yeah, oh yeah 死の幕が開く殺戮の夜 血の気が引くような悍ましい風 祈りは届かない この残酷な惑星の…
STAINLESS NIGHT 時は秘かにテクノポリスを ただ走り去った 忘れかけてた夢に気づいた まだときめく いつか見た青い空は 行き先さえも告げず…
THE PRINCE OF JIGOKU Awake in utero, formed in a pig¥s belly Future King is…
THUNDER STORM 藍より碧くささめく翡翠(ひすい)に揺らぐ大海(わだつみ)は はかなき歴史に流されし涙の一滴(ひとつ)一滴(ひとつ) 夢破…
WINNER! プラスティックな空に囲まれた Gorgeous town ショーケースの中で 踊らされた マリオネット Good bye…
アダムの林檎 閉ざされた亡者どもよ 宴の時が来たぜ 屍と化す前に 甘い刹那に酔いしれ 燃えあがる快楽にひたりて 歌え 叫べ 心のままに…
ピンクの恐竜 戦闘機を競う今人も 尖頭器を磨く原始人も 本当の武器は檻の中 放し飼いでは身が持たぬ 理性を呑み込み 独り歩きをする 俺…
ファラオのように Hey Hey Hey 華燭の街で 着飾るものは 何にもいらないのさ Hey Hey Hey くびれた腰つきも 露になれ…
地獄への階段 There's a man who was sure to get all the glitters in…
夏休み うさぎ追いし あの山にはよ(山にはよ～) こぶな釣りし かの川にはよ(川にはよ～) バッチリ ほら バッチリ 子育てには…
害獣達の墓場 千億光年果てまで 突き刺さる悲鳴が 胎内回帰の記憶に届いた時 遥か孤独の旅を待ち受ける終止符が 壁にうつむいたまま 墓碑…
有害ロック これだからR&Rは子供達には 許さない許せない 聴かせられない そうさまったく有害 箱入り娘にゃ 脳ミソがとろけだす 病…
白い奇蹟 はしゃぎ疲れて 胸の熱奪う妖精よ 月明りさえ 忍び足で朝を招く 傷ついた羽根を広げ 無理して翔んだあの頃 飾る言葉も 逃…
秘密の花園 色とりどりに染まる夢と 遥か彼方の遠い世界 天国でも地獄でもない 夢想花 咲き乱れる園 白い花の少女達は眠りについて 光…
精神の黒幕 〜LIBIDO〜 守ってやるその身を 脅えないで飛びこんで来いよ (奪ってやるその身を 俺の手で陥してみせる) 愛してやる優しく (しゃぶ…
荒涼たる新世界 Yeah 凍りつく悲鳴が響き渡るその刹那に 無慈悲なる殺意が我が身にも迫る 凄惨な地獄から生き延びた 黒羽が絶望を産…
蝋人形の館 霧の立ち込む森の奥深く 少女を運ぶ謎の老人 誰も知らぬ秘密の館 生きたまま蝋人形の如く 震えて眠れ 明日はもうないさ 今…
赤い玉の伝説 張りつめる鼓動が締めつけ 歴戦の豪傑も汗ばむ 生まれたままの茜のふちどりは 凶器のように そぎすまされて 世にも艶やかな…
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@AsphyxGr
What a band, killer intro for the album and very nostalgic, I have also bought the LP.
@user-yy8rm3yv1e
23の頃いつも聴いてた！女房から酔う！やめて！ってよく言われた。
@user-ye7ev5cm9b
酔う？とは、どういう事でしょうか？
@nocturnal1667
Good stuff and I’m American
@user-by5uv8dm5t
聴いてくれてありがとう！thank you for listening！