Anthem

Biography

This Japanese heavy metal band, formed in 1981, enjoyed a successful career in their homeland by cloning western rock music. The original line-up featured Naoto Shibata (bass), Eizo Sakamoto (vocals), Hiroya Fukuda (guitar) and Takamasa Ohuchi (drums). Influenced by the style and melodies of UFO, Thin Lizzy and Kiss they produced a series of solid albums in the first phase of their career, with 1987’s Bound To Break a major success in the Far East. Yukio Morikawa replaced Sakamoto from... Read more

Genres

Heavy Metal World Music

Tags

heavy metal

japanese

j-metal

japanese metal

metal

Decades

1990s 2000s

Links

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