Kazuyuki KISHINO - lead vocals, guitar, kaosspad
Kazuyuki KISHINO - lead vocals, guitar, kaosspad
(a.k.a. KK Null)
Tatsuya YOSHIDA - drums, vocals, kaosspad
(Ruins alone, Koenji Hyakkei, etc)
ZENI GEVA is a Japanese prog-hardcore band, led by singer and guitarist KK Null, one pioneering group of innovators and legends.
ZENI GEVA was founded in Tokyo in 1987 and quickly found a dedicated fan base in Europe and the US. Their popularity in the west enabled ZENI GEVA to be one of the first Japanese bands to tour in Europe and the US with bands like Bastro, Crash Worship, Dazzling Killmen, Don Caballero, Eyehategod, Melvins, Neurosis, Pain Teens, Shellac and more.
Steve Albini rates ZENI GEVA as one of his favorite bands. He highlights the band's wide range of influences for keeping the ZENI GEVA sound diverse and challenging. Steve also admires the way ZENI GEVA embrace the Japanese culture in their sound rather than trying to Westernize it.
Subsequent tours have comprehensively covered Europe, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, proving a fast emerging worldwide audience.
ZENI GEVA has released 12 albums (5 out of them produced by Steve Albini) on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles, Null's self label NUX Organization, Skin Graft, Neurosis' Neurot Recordings and more. Also ZENI GEVA recorded twice for John Peel Session on BBC.
In 2009 the 2nd original drummer Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins) who had been playing in the band in 1989-90 and recorded the 1st CD "Maximum Money Monster", came back and brought the band with more complexity and hyper energy.
Ground Zero
Zeni Geva Lyrics
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We lost history forever
The way of existence
Never changed
Born in darkness
Dying in darkness
Even the light
To
BEGIN
Is
A symbol
Of
The
END
The lyrics to Zeni Geva's song Freedom Bondage speak about the cyclical nature of life, and how it seems to be an unbreakable pattern of birth and death, with the past being lost to us forever. The first line, "Life is over," suggests a theme of futility and hopelessness, which is reinforced by the second line, "We lost history forever." This refers to the idea that no matter how hard we try, we can never recapture the past or fully understand it.
The next lines, "The way of existence never changed, born in darkness, dying in darkness," reinforce the idea of a cyclical pattern that we cannot break free from. These lines suggest that our existence is predetermined, and that we are born into darkness and return to darkness when we die. The last verse is perhaps the most interesting: "Even the light telling time to begin is a symbol of the end." This line suggests that even things that seem to signal a new beginning are a symbol of the eventual end.
In summary, the lyrics to Freedom Bondage are a meditation on the cyclical nature of life and the idea that we are all bound by this pattern, unable to escape its grasp.
Line by Line Meaning
Life is over
Existence is finite and will eventually come to an end
We lost history forever
Our past has been forgotten and will never be recovered
The way of existence
The nature and purpose of life
Never changed
It has always remained constant
Born in darkness
Life begins in ignorance and uncertainty
Dying in darkness
Death is a mysterious and unknown experience
Even the light
Despite the presence of hope or positivity in life
Telling time
The act of measuring the passage of time
To
With the purpose of
BEGIN
Starting a new phase or chapter
Is
Represents or signifies
A symbol
Something that represents or is emblematic of something else
Of
Indicates a connection or association with
The
Referring to a specific entity or concept
END
The eventual conclusion or termination of something
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