Imari Tones
Japanese Christian metal band Imari Tones
to rock out Capital City
By Gerry ~ February 02, 2010
The Imari Tones are coming all the way from Japan to rock out at Mechanicsburg’s Capital Area Christian Church at 8:20 pm on Saturday, Feb. 20.
The Imari Tones are a Christian Rock band from Yokohama, Japan, an oddity as Japan is less than one percent Christian.
“In Japan nobody plays Christian heavy metal,” explained guitarist/lead singer Takahiro Nakamine, “Tak” for short. “Some of our friends told us we better not say we are Christians because some people have prejudice on Christians. But when we visited USA last time, everybody looked pleased when we said we’re a Christian band from Japan. It turned out people thought it was some kind of joke.”
It’s no joke, though, and it’s no church service either: This trio has its heavy-metal credentials in order. Heavy-metal power player Sascha Paeth produced their first album, “Japanese Pop” in Germany in 2006.
They weren’t even identified as a Christian band until 2008, when they released two more albums. A fourth album, “Welcome to the School” came out last year. They are currently under contract but won’t say with whom as they intend to change labels this year.
“Basically we are old school eighties metal,” Tak says. “We don’t hesitate to rock hard… we perform under the philosophy, Jesus is a Rock!” A music video for their song “Karma Flower” is below.
The Imari Tones will perform at the Capital Area Christian Church located at 1775 Lambs Gap Road Mechanicsburg, PA (717) 732-1882 at 8:20 pm on Saturday, February 20th as part of the Millennium Music Conference 14. This is the first time a church has been part of MMC.
The Imari Tones video for Karma Flower:
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