Perhaps one day we will get the opportunity to witness Ibaraki in the live arena but for now at least we have “Rashomon“. Label home Nuclear Blast have released a music video for “Jigoku Dayū” from Trivium guitarist and vocalist Matthew Kiichi Heafy’s side project directed by Black Card Films which we’re hoping to hear
A going concern since 2016, Sobriquet have been noisily going about their business in Sheffield with three records in five years with deep rooted influences in their sound from late 90’s hardcore and cult film. Recorded with Lewis Johns at The Ranch (Employed To Serve, Bailer) their latest burnt offering “Apotheosis” runs on a theme
What happens when you write and release a very personal song and then a legend in their own right decides to cover it? Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor knows that feeling all to well, describing it as like “seeing someone kissing your girlfriend” when Johnny Cash released a rendition of “Hurt“. It is one
Celebrating the release of the more than a decade in gestation “Rashomon“, the debut album from his Black Metal side project Ibaraki, Trivium guitarist and vocalist Matt Heafy has shared a playthrough video for “Akumu“, a cut that features a guest appearance his hero Nergal from Behemoth. It has to be something special when people
It feels like we’ve been hearing about Trivium Black Metal side project Ibaraki forever (Matt Heafy tracked the guitars between 2010 and 2011, mentored by his friend and Emperor Mastermind Ihsahn) but as a music video for “Kagutsuchi” premiers complete with a bass solo from Pablo Gregoletto, “Rashōmon” has also been released alongside it via Nuclear Blast.
Featuring not only a guest solo from Ihsahn of Emporer but also guest vocals from Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, another single from Matt Heafy of Trivium side project Ibaraki has been unveiled in “Ronin” complete with cinematography by Jonpaul Douglass. 6th May will be the release date for the long player titled “Rashōmon”
While Trivium continue to build the momentum around “In The Court Of The Dragon“, vocalist and guitarist Matthew Heafy has shared more details about his long-awaited and much-anticipated Ibaraki project. Debut album “Rashomon” will be released on May 6th via Nuclear Blast. The record features a trio of guest appearances with Ihsahn of Emporer, Gerard
