Metal from Rising Sun n.2 (Remastered)

[HD] X Japan - Kurenai

• X Japan is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in Chiba in 1982.
• They are considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Japanese rock. They hold the absolute record for attendance at the Tokyo Dome (which can host 55,000 people), having sold it out 18 times. They have sold over 30 million records.
• In the 1990s, Yoshiki (the leader, drummer, and pianist of the group) collaborated with Roger Taylor (the drummer of Queen) on the single Foreign Sand, with George Martin (the producer of the Beatles) to create an album featuring orchestral arrangements of X Japan's biggest hits, and joined other artists for the tribute compilation to Kiss, Kiss My Ass, proposing a new arrangement of one of their biggest hits, Black Diamond.
• According to Gene Simmons of Kiss, if X Japan were American, they would be the most important band in the world.
• The albums "Blue Blood," "Jealousy," "Dahlia," and "Art of Life" all reached the number 1 position on the Oricon chart (Japanese music chart).
• In 2016, the documentary film "We Are X," directed by Stephen Kijak, who previously directed the Rolling Stones documentary "Stones in Exile," was released in the United States.