Japanese ‘samurai metal’ band Ryujin have announced their debut album will be self-titled and will release through Napalm Records on January 12th. The band, which was originally called Gyze, has been taken under the wing of Matthew Kiichi Heafy of Trivium, who handled production on the album and is featured as a guest on it. Mixing and mastering were handled by Mark Lewis.
RYUJIN Track List:
01 – “Hajimari”
02 – “Gekokujo”
03 – “Dragon, Fly Free”
04 – “Raijin & Fujin”
05 – “The Rainbow Song”
06 – “Kunnecup”
07 – “Scream Of The Dragon”
08 – “Gekirin”
09 – “Saigo No Hoshi”
10 – “Ryujin”
11 – “Guren No Yumiya”
12 – “Saigo No Hoshi” (feat. Matthew K. Heafy) (Single Edit)
The song “Raijin & Fujin” has been released online with the video below. Heafy is a guest on the track. Ryoji Shinomoto, the band’s guitarist/vocalist offered the following regarding the track:
“This is the first album of the evolution from Gyze to RYUJIN! We want everyone to enjoy Samurai Metal from the Far East! Produced by Matthew, it opens new doors for us and we are honored to release it on the legendary Napalm Records!”
Heafy added:
“Ryujin delivers music unlike anyone else on the planet. It was their original sound that initially grasped my attention and left me needing to have more and more of what they do. I am humbled and honored to have been able to contribute to this upcoming masterpiece… this opus!”
The band has the following tour dates lined up with Pain:
10/05 Cologne, GER – Essigfabrik
10/06 Drachten, NET – Iduna
10/07 Hengelo, NET – Metropool
10/08 Antwerp, BEL – Kavka Zappa
10/10 Glasgow, UK – Ivory Blacks
10/11 Manchester, UK – Rebellion
10/12 Birmingham, UK – The Asylum
10/13 London, UK – O2 Academy Islington
10/14 Amstelveen, NET – P60
10/15 Paris, FRA – La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
10/16 Nantes, FRA – Le Ferrailleur
10/18 Porto, POR – Hard Club
10/19 Lisbon, POR – RCA Club
10/20 Madrid, SPA – Chango Club
10/21 Pamplona, SPA – Sala Totem Aretoa
10/22 Lyon, FRA – La Rayonne
10/24 Ljubljana, SLO – Cvetlicarna
10/25 Adda, ITA – Live Music Club Trezzo Sull‘
10/26 Zagreb, HRV – Klub Mocvara
10/27 Bucharest, ROM – Quantic Club
10/28 Cluj-Napoca, ROM – Form Space
10/31 Sofia, BUL – Club Mixtape 5
