@You2Too Totally! I am a huge fan of Zod's bass playing. Plus I love how classic metal these sound. I had the demo's downloaded a while ago, but have no idea what happened to them,
If this is from their very early days, the line up could have been: His Excellency Demon Kogure on vocals High Judge Zod Hoshijima on bass General Zeed Ishijima on drums Giantonnio Babayashi/Captain Ace Shimizu on guitar His Majesty Damian Hamada on lead guitar
It's been many years since I found this demotape on a japanese forum, or rather a collection of demos and a few older live versions of songs that were later rewritten. Ever since, I haven't been able to find out any information other than the fact that Damian Hamada wrote Fire Dancer and Midnight Soldier. Apparently he was asked once and replied that he did. Since it's been so many years and we now have software like Izotope RX I'm going to have another go at these songs sometime and try uploading the entire thing. The only songs that sound consistent as if being from the same tape are: Rouningyou No Yakata, Moai, Midnight Soldier, Fire Dancer, Akuma No Sanbika. The tape starts with Shin Seikimatsu No Teema (Souseiki) and Century End (The End Of The Century) but the first track is almost inaudible because of how much noise there is, and I think "Century End" can be found on youtube in a clearer version now. Then there are some live tracks: Medusa, (another unreleased song) Rock In The Freedom (Rock In The Kingdom) and from two different gigs: Shoudou Satsujinsha (Jack The Ripper). I know for a fact that there are old video bootlegs out there also but I haven't been able to find much at all. I think they protect the stuff from their early days since maybe they hadn't decided on how serious their acting would be? After all, the first names are all written with quotation marks on the back of the first album.
Here's that version of "Century End" ruclips.net/video/nZQ28ZtlHNE/видео.html And a clip I hadn't seen before, likely from late 1984 or early 1985: ruclips.net/video/U5nZKDT9DTM/видео.html There the lineup is Demon, Damian, Ace, Zod and Zeed. Sadly they cut everything but Jigoku No Koutaishi. Btw, I'd love to know why Damian never wore kabuki style makeup, if he was allergic or something? Now that it's been over 40 years since they formed I think they should open up with a real biography about themselves.
@@You2Too His Majesty never wore any Kabuki style make up because his persona is related to Lucifer (something about him being Lucifer's son), therefore, he was supposed to look more like a fallen angel than a demon, hence why he decided to not wear Kabuki style make up
@@Mt_Lucifer Yep, Damian as in Damien from the movie Omen. But I didn't think about it that way. He looks "brighter" because he's supposed to be an angel. Makes sense.
One of their best songs. Absolutely great. How sad that this gem wasn’t released. Thank you for sharing!
Bro this wouldve been one of their best if it were officially released. It sounds like a mix between Jigoku No Koutashi and End Of The Century.
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@You2Too Totally! I am a huge fan of Zod's bass playing. Plus I love how classic metal these sound. I had the demo's downloaded a while ago, but have no idea what happened to them,
If this is from their very early days, the line up could have been:
His Excellency Demon Kogure on vocals
High Judge Zod Hoshijima on bass
General Zeed Ishijima on drums
Giantonnio Babayashi/Captain Ace Shimizu on guitar
His Majesty Damian Hamada on lead guitar
It's been many years since I found this demotape on a japanese forum, or rather a collection of demos and a few older live versions of songs that were later rewritten. Ever since, I haven't been able to find out any information other than the fact that Damian Hamada wrote Fire Dancer and Midnight Soldier. Apparently he was asked once and replied that he did.
Since it's been so many years and we now have software like Izotope RX I'm going to have another go at these songs sometime and try uploading the entire thing. The only songs that sound consistent as if being from the same tape are: Rouningyou No Yakata, Moai, Midnight Soldier, Fire Dancer, Akuma No Sanbika.
The tape starts with Shin Seikimatsu No Teema (Souseiki) and Century End (The End Of The Century) but the first track is almost inaudible because of how much noise there is, and I think "Century End" can be found on youtube in a clearer version now.
Then there are some live tracks: Medusa, (another unreleased song) Rock In The Freedom (Rock In The Kingdom) and from two different gigs: Shoudou Satsujinsha (Jack The Ripper).
I know for a fact that there are old video bootlegs out there also but I haven't been able to find much at all. I think they protect the stuff from their early days since maybe they hadn't decided on how serious their acting would be? After all, the first names are all written with quotation marks on the back of the first album.
Here's that version of "Century End" ruclips.net/video/nZQ28ZtlHNE/видео.html
And a clip I hadn't seen before, likely from late 1984 or early 1985: ruclips.net/video/U5nZKDT9DTM/видео.html
There the lineup is Demon, Damian, Ace, Zod and Zeed. Sadly they cut everything but Jigoku No Koutaishi. Btw, I'd love to know why Damian never wore kabuki style makeup, if he was allergic or something? Now that it's been over 40 years since they formed I think they should open up with a real biography about themselves.
@@You2Too His Majesty never wore any Kabuki style make up because his persona is related to Lucifer (something about him being Lucifer's son), therefore, he was supposed to look more like a fallen angel than a demon, hence why he decided to not wear Kabuki style make up
@@Mt_Lucifer Yep, Damian as in Damien from the movie Omen. But I didn't think about it that way. He looks "brighter" because he's supposed to be an angel. Makes sense.
@OutoftheGrave They sure are! Seikima-II should release a boxset with stuff like this from the early days.
This and Batrer should of been released, they are killer tracks.