Rock band with traditional Japanese instruments (Including Shamisen)

I think Kevin Kmetz will love this. This is the band CrowXClass. They’re a visual kei band that uses traditional Japanese instruments. It’s basically Black Veil Brides if you put them in the edo period xD. They do a wide range of genres, from Soft Rock, to Hard Rock, and even screamo. They have two music videos on youtube, and a bunch of videos of their concerts. Their first album can be found on iTunes, and their second album is in Narnia (AKA: I can’t find it xD) Here’s a list of the members, and I’ll put a list of videos of their songs below:

Kurona Motofuji - Vocals and Taiko. He’s actually the brother of Hiroshi Motofuji, the guy who did Taiko for the Naruto soundtrack. He’s also in Wagakki band
Kande - Shamisen.
Mikage - Shakuhachi (The one in the fedora and mask)
Hibiki - Shakuhachi (The one in the hoodie. He actually left the band at one point)
Saku - Taiko
Shion - Koto

And here’s a few videos of the band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7X9xKJkod8 - Their screamo song, Kiriguro. It sounds better on the album though than it does live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu4qxgPhwYE - Their first ever music video, Gekkocho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPkO3jvG_P8 - Their most recent video, Rinne Tensei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhT2XCn2cE0 - Their softer song, reminiscent of Pink Floyd, I think, Hakanazaka. There is actually a Shamisen solo in this song.

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Shion ( koto player ) also plays in wagakki band under different name!

I don’t believe so. Do you have any articles proving so?

If you read Japanese :slight_smile:

http://shinkenshowv.xsrv.jp/?p=435

That article could be satirical for all we know, though. Also, if you get a close look at Shion and Kiyoshi, they don’t look very similar. Here are two links for comparison

http://p.twpl.jp/show/large/ouX63

It’s also worth mentioning that Kiyoshi is male, and Shion is female