Artist Info: Ryokuchi

Rising from the subterranean hard core scene of Osaka, Japan in 2002, experimental doom tribal hard core band RYOKUCHI / 緑血 have redefined the genre through an uncompromising extremity and a passion that surges from the all consuming, intensely heavy, yet, warm sound of Harada's fretless bass underneath his tortured, emotional vocals and the brutal impact of Imagami's tribal rhythms and oriental percussion. Melding traditional Japanese scales with elements of doom and hard core. RYOKUCHI disbanded in 2008. [read more...]