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Rikugo

Japanese Dark Rock Band

About Me


Biography

Influenced by rock, metal, gothic abroad, the band wants to express Japanese sentiment and nostalgia. Because of this, we dare to strain at using Japanese in all of our songs. The sound is hard, heavy and melodious, catchy and not an imitation but the original.

Japanese spelling of Rikugo(pronounced as 'rick go') consists of two letters, 'riku ' and 'go'. In this case,'riku' means 'six', and 'go' means 'to meet'.
The meaning of the name is the universe, where the six elements in the physical world, east, west, south, north, heaven and earth, meet one another.
In addition to the spatial meaning above, there is another hidden meaning, pleasure, anger, sorrow, ease, life and death. Consequently the word means the world made from both physical and mental elements.
Nevertheless, in this 'world' the mental aspect is superior through and through and the world exists in everybody's mental world where each ego everybody has is its central part.

Subjective World

The music of Rikugo is a crystallization of a subjective universe made from sounds and words by probing into and discovering the depth of our own mental world.
We hope that those who with each subjective world listen to the music of Rickgo touch the sound and feel the good.

Discography


Yu-En (EP) - 2005


Yoiyami no Zanko - 2008


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Member Since: 8/7/2006
Band Website: rikugo.com
Band Members:

Shinpei Tsumita
Vocal,Guitar

Daisuke Minami
Guitar

Syunsuke Yagi
Keyboards

Kiyotaka Masudo
Bass

Shingo Uchida
Drums,Percussions


Influences: IN FLAMES, MUSE, RUSH, PARADISE LOST, OPETH, PAIN OF SALVATION, A.C.T, YES, PORCUPINE TREE, X, BUCK-TICK, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, U.K., SENTENCED, AMORPHIS, DREAM THEATER, ANGRA, BLIND GUARDIAN, EDGUY, KAMELOT, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, DEPECHE MODE, DURAN DURAN, JAPAN, PETER GABRIEL, DAVID SYLVIAN
Sounds Like: Rock
Metal
Gothic
Progressive
Japanese Traditional
World Music

Record Label: Rikugo Records
Type of Label: Indie