1980s heavy metal boom · band
Anthemアンセム
heavy metal · Tokyo
- Japanese name
- アンセム [WJA]
- Founded
- 1981
- City
- Tokyo
- Status as of 24 September 2026
- active
- Connections
- 10 edges, 10 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.091 (rank 6 of 324) · personnel only 0.006 (rank 19)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [W] (register)
Naoto Shibata's band and the core of the Kanto metal movement. Debut 1985; disbanded 1992; reunited 2000 with Graham Bonnet guesting. Vocalists Eizo Sakamoto and Yukio Morikawa alternate across four decades. Crimson and Jet Black (2023).
Lineup: Yukio Morikawa (v), Akio Shimizu (g), Naoto Shibata (b), Isamu Tamaru (d)
Connections
People and personnel
- founderNaoto Shibata柴田直人1981
- memberHirotsugu Homma2001 to 2013
- memberEizo Sakamoto坂本英三1984 to 1988, 2000 to 2014
Lineage
- spawnedAnimetalアニメタル1996
Labels, festivals, collaborations
- collaborationSabbrabellsサブラベルズ1980s
- collaborationReactionリアクションCore of the Kanto movement with Bow Wow and Sabbrabells1980s
- labelExplosion RecordsFirst Heavy Metal Force compilation1984
- festival / venueMeguro Rokumeikan目黒鹿鳴館1980s
- festival / venueJapan Heavy Metal Festival 19851985
- festival / venueLoud Parkラウドパーク2006 to 2017