Ime Orochi izhaja iz japonskega mita, ki je bil prvič zapisan v Asuka obdobju, okoli 680 po našem štetju v Kojiki spisih, drug zapis pa se je pojavil v Nara obdobju, oba pa opisujta naslednjo zgodbo:

Nekoč je živel zmaj po imenu Yamata no Orochi, katerega prevod bi se lahko glasil plazilec z osmimi glavami in repi. V zapisih primerjajo pošast z japonskimi motivi, kot na primer njegove oči, ki naj bi bile rdeče kot zimska češnja.
Vsako leto je pošast v zameno za mir prebivalcev Japonske vzela v znak darovanja lepo devico iz posameznih vasi.

Bog poletnih neviht Susanoo iz japonske prvotne vere Shinto, ki je bil izgnan iz nebes zaradi razžalitve svoje sestre, je v svojem izgnanstvu slišal za to tragedijo in se je za rešitev Kushi-inada-hime “princese riževih polj” bojeval s pošastjo, katero je tudi ubil, ter tako rešil lepo princeso, ob enem pa je v trupu zveri našel samurajski meč
Kusanagi no Tsurugi, ki je postal eden izmed treh simbolov Japonske cesarske družine.

Skupina Orochi pa je legendo dopolnila z naslednjim koncem:

Susanoo je svoji sestri v znak sprave ponudil samurajski meč, pred vrnitvijo v nebesa pa je svojo moč predal štirim mladim samurajem, ki naj bi od obdobja Asuka naprej varovali deželo vzhajajočega sonca.

Tako skupina Orochi skozi svojo glasbo pripoveduje legendo o “Yamata no Orochi”!

Koncert se je pričel dokaj zgodaj v dvorano so pričeli spuščati ob 16:00. Koncert se je pričel ob 16:30 z naslednjimi nastopajočimi;

· Arpege
· ||||-ligro-
· Ⅹ-XyudarS-Ⅲ
· 東京らふぁえる (Vokalist in kitarist je bivši član Orochijev, Ranmaru)
· 他
· OROCHI

Koncert se je odvijal do 21:42, ko je Ushiwaka oznanil, da na ta dan dva člana skupine Orochi-jev “diplomirata” in z tem zapuščata skupino. Izrazil je upanja da bomo Mitsuhide-ja (ki je sedaj znan pod svojim pravim imenom, Kyohei) in Genji Hotaru-ja (kateri prav tako sedaj uporablja svoje pravo ime, ki se glasi Hiro) fani še naprej spremljali in podpirali v njuni glasbeni karieri. Za tem so odigrali še encore (setlista je spodaj), po njemu je Ushiwaka oznanil, da diplomiranje Genji-a ter Mitsuhide-ja ne pomeni konec za Orochije, objel je Yukimuro in ga povprašal če mu kaj gre Kitajščina in če zna prebrati kaj piše na listu, Yukimura je pričel vriskati “Shanghai, Shanghai”, Ushiwaka je pritrdil in napovedal koncertno turnejo po Kitajski (slika spodaj v galeriji). V govoru je povedal da naj spremljamo njihovo spletno stran, za razna presenečenja, ki jih pripravljajo v bližnji prihodnosti.
Za konec citiram Ushiwako: “Now, with that kind of feeling, let’s jump!” nato so Yukimura, Mitsuhide ter Usiwaka sinhrono poskočili medtem ko je Genji bobnal dokler se trenutna inkaracija Orochijev ni še zadnjič skupaj poslovila iz odra.

Set Lista:
Phoenix(Fushi-cho)
Princess Kiyo (Kiyo-hime)
Tenchi ranbu
LAST MOMENT OF DA DEMON(Oni-Ura)
A Hundred Flowers Blossom (Hyakka Ryouran)
Sunlight (Kasuga)
Castle in the Sky (Tenku)
Sakura

Encore:
Demon Slayer (Oni-ura)
Sun of Empire (Hi-izuru)

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Preprosto sem mogel objavit 🙂

Čaki… kateri je zdj tapravi že? 🙂

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Nedolgo nazaj so Dir En Grey eden najbolj popularnih metal bendov na Japonskem na svoji spletni strani objavili javno pismo glede katastrofe, ki je doletela Japonsko dne 11.03.2011. Kampanjo so poimenovali scream4truth, tukaj je njihova objava;

An Open Letter From DIR EN GREY…

To The People of The World,

“The earthquake this March took the lives of many people, including many DIR EN GREY supporters. Now, in many places throughout the country, high radiation levels have been detected; everyone including ourselves has been exposed to the radiation and there are even some who say the contamination is so bad we are at risk to not be able to travel to the USA and other countries in the future.

On March 11th, the band was in the studio in Tokyo working on the new album when the earthquake hit. Afterwards the power shortages and transportation chaos caused further complications, and our many thoughts crossed our mind: “will this album really be completed?”; “will we ourselves be able to continue working towards the completion?”; and “is it right to continue making this album?”

August 3rd 2011 is the release date of our new album DUM SPIRO SPERO. This normally would have been a wonderful day where our work was to be released out into the world. However, there are still many people in Japan suffering from the disaster and so with the intention of self-restraint, we will to refrain from words of joy on this occasion.

But we cannot stop moving forward due to this. We are currently in Japan now; however it is unclear to what extent the government’s statements are correct, and to be honest, no one really knows what is going on in Japan right now. The safety regulations for safe level of radiation exposure keep getting increased higher and higher, yet the only official announcement is that “there is no effect on health.” We can no longer tell whether we are a democratic nation. Unless you are careful with your words, you will be taken down with significant force. At this point we do not have the ability to truly find out what is occurring in our own country.

However, we want to know the truth. People are able to overcome huge obstacles and problems if they know the truth.

In the album title “While I Breath I Hope,” and our music video “DIFFERENT SENSE” that we released just prior to the album, our sense of wanting to take action that will lead to a breakthrough in the current situation is reflected.

The beginnings of something as significant as the velvet revolution are said to have been in the “Prague Spring” which was started by a rallying of people of culture.

For all of you who have read this, we ask that you do what you can to support us in our search for the truth.”

Respectfully,
DIR EN GREY

Kampanja scream4truth bo ostala aktivna dokler Japonska vlada ne bo izdala točnih podatkov o radiaciji, Dir En Grey prav tako komentirajo, da to preprečuje njihov obisk tujih držav. Pa bodo dosegli svoje? Mi upamo da. Vso srečo!

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