We are halfway there and we have not secured enough budget to press the CDs yet, but let me say we are very thankful for all your support.
This is very emotional.
Every contribution we had on IndieGoGo, every kind word people told us, every share on Twitter and Facebook, they make us very humble and grateful.
We will try our best, for this "Jesus Wind" album is something we have to do for Christianity in Japan.
If you don't know yet, "Jesus Wind" is a concept album about Japanese history from a Christian point of view. Also it's the most powerful heavy metal album we have made so far.
We have started Crowdfunding project for the release. In order to make CDs, to be exact.
Hello this is Tak from Imari Tones, Japanese Christian heavy metal band.
Today here (as we have posted already on Facebook) we have very important news.
We soon will release the new album called "Jesus Wind".
It's a concept album about Japanese history.
Japanese history from a Christian viewpoint.
This is an album we have always wanted to make.
This is the most powerful heavy metal album we have ever made and it's going to be a very important album for us.
We have launched a Crowdfunding campaign for the release, because we want to release the album on actual CDs, not only digital downloads.
Please visit our IndieGoGo campaign page.
We have videos, photos, songs and stories behind the album.
Please check and help us.
Your support is very important for us.
A popular album of ours "Japanese Pop" is back on Spotify/iTunes (and other digital stores).
This is NOT a Christian album, because we became a Christian band AFTER this album.
Still, it's true this album has some "spiritual" overtone.
It's also the first album we sang in English language, trying to reach the international market.
Although it's a good album, I have some mixed feeling about this album.
My singing performance was not perfect, due to the miscommunication with the Japanese producer.
That be said, I still believe "Winning Song Japanese version", the last track of the album, is one of the best things we have ever done. I really recommend you to listen.
and needless to say, everybody loves "Karma Flower".
Again, I personally prefer the Japanese version of this song, but it's been very popular among our fans, probably next to "Faith Rider".
These 3 songs on this album were produced by famous German producer Sascha Paeth and they are all awesome songs. (Karma Flower, Iron Hammer, Skies of Tokyo)
The title is a little bit tricky because it says "POP" while it actually is a Hardrock/HeavyMetal album. Album cover is very cute, too.
This album was supposed to be a "hit". But we could not find a record deal in Japanese music business. (Yes, we suck at business. We know that.)
But that doesn't hurt the value of the music itself.
We recommend you to check it on Spotify/AppleMusic or any digital music store.
and of course, we recommend the other albums we have made AFTER we became a Christian rock band, too;)
特にここ数年を振り返って、2013年以降、XTJ (The Extreme Tour Japan)をやってきたことは、僕たちのバンドの進路としてはやはり少なからず、大きな決断だったんだけれど。それでも、僕らみたいな、特に日本国内ではあまり人々と接点を持たない、ちょっと異質なメタルバンドにとって、こうして日本国内で、小規模であってもツアーとか、仲間と言える人々とともに、演奏活動をしてくることが、出来た。