IMARi ToNES -The First Christian Heavy Metal from Japan-: Victory music video and photo session!

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Victory music video and photo session!

Hello this is Tone (aka Tak) from Imari Tones.

Earlier in March we released our live album "Atomic Live!".

Did you like it?

It's a bit of scary for us musicians to release "Live" recording.

But we decided to do it because it was a special live recording with a background story.

You can download it for free on BandCamp.

So check it out, if you haven't yet.
https://imaritones.bandcamp.com/album/atomic-live

So now what?

Today I have 2 things.

First thing is our new "Victory" music video.

As you may know, we are planning to release our new album "Revive The World" later this year.

We are planning to make many music videos for that album.

Because we think, in this internet age where people can listen to every song on Spotify, making music video is one of the best things we can do as an indie band.

Last month we posted "Born To Ride" skateboarding music video.

This "Victory" is 2nd video from our new album.

It's really really positive song.

I can guarantee it makes you happy!

This song we wrote in 2012, right after The Extreme Tour 2012, the last USA tour we did so far. We were inspired by all the people, friends and other great Christian bands there and wrote this song.

Since then we have been playing this song quite often.

It's song about "What is real victory in life?" and "What is real victory in Heaven?".

Our answer is in the song, I guess.

Also, did you notice the footage in this video was from our photo session?

Here is the 2nd thing.

We did a photo session in February.

Because it was long time ago we did a proper photo session last time and we decided it was time to renew our website photos.

Not only it was a good photo session with so many great photos, but also it was really fun!

Thank you Nobu, Midori, and Marie for helping us!

(Now we have band photos enough for next 10 albums!) (Just joking)

We have posted those photos on flickr already.

(and we are going to post them on Facebook later)

Here is the link for the album.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/imaritones/sets/72157651505266422/

So, that's it for today's journal.

I, Tak, am working on many projects right now including other bands and some secret projects. Many things are cooking behind the curtain. So keep watching;)

Also keep checking our YouTube channel because more music videos are to come!

Thank you very much!

God bless you all!

Tak / Imari Tones (Japan)

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Bio, Bio, Bio...

IMARITONES BIO

Written by Phil Putnam

Of the long list of factors that make ImariTones stand out from the world around them, it is their drive, their reach that tops it all. An unapologetically Christian heavy metal band out of Japan, Tak, Hassy, and Jake have a passion to reach beyond their culture to make the music they love, and to reach beyond their music to bring Jesus into their culture. While drawing comparisons to legends like Van Halen, Rush, and Stryper with their hybrid of old school metal/glam/Brit/70's prog rock, they are one of very few bands in the world that can claim true originality. How so? They are the first Christian heavy metal band ever to come out of Japan.

"There are very few Japanese bands who say 'Hey, we're a Christian band.' A Christian band from Japan almost sounds like a joke, since most people in Japan are Buddhists, or Atheists," says Tak, founder, guitar/vocalist, and frontman of ImariTones. Things didn't start out Christian for Tak, though. Having started playing electric guitar at age 14 and joining his first band at 15, Tak gained local teen success in his hometown of Toyohashi and won awards for his songwriting. However, he quit the band at 17 to pursue a career as a lawyer. Music stayed with him, though, and while playing an acoustic show in Harajuku Tokyo in December of 2007, Tak was impressed by several Christian performers who were playing as well. Feeling that Jesus may be the larger meaning behind music that he always felt was there, his mind and heart opened to Christianity.

Breaking many written and unwritten rules of Japanese culture, Tak, Hassy on bass/background vocals, and Jake on drums/background vocals, are reaching upward and forward to see changes happen in the world. Currently based in Yokohama, their astonishing 15-album discography includes Hero of the Lights, Color of Hers, fireworks, Japanese Pop produced by metal legend Sascha Paeth (Angra, Edguy, Rhapsody of Fire, Avantasia, Kamelot), Welcome to the School, and their most recent release Victory in Christ. Not content to play the standard soft pop/rock of the major label Christian industry, their music is 100% heavy metal and 100% independently recorded and produced. Victory in Christ hit the street in October 2010 with the single "Faith Rider" leading the charge. Originally written as a parody of the big 80's metal of Judas Priest and Stryper, it quickly became a fan favorite and was put on Victory in Christ.

With both their commitment to making stellar heavy metal music and their driving passion to share Jesus with their native Japan and the rest of the world, ImariTones is always reaching to join these two primary goals together. "Since we are a Christian band, our goal is not business success," says Tak. "We are not chasing glory in this world. We are chasing the glory of God." Staying independent and record label-free is an important part of the process for them. "We don't believe in 'music business', especially in Japan, and have chosen to go independent, looking for our own way. We really want to change something about society and about what people think and believe. That's our ultimate goal."

That ultimate goal, to see their native Japan embrace Christianity, is what they reach for most of all, even while their sights are set on the USA and the rest of the world. Some think they're a joke, or a contradiction, that Christianity, Japan, and heavy metal just don't belong together. Some think they're ahead of their time. But if you ask Tak, Hassy, and Jake, they'll say they're doing exactly what they love at exactly the right time, and they're never going to stop reaching for more.