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In the 1980s, a plethora of Japanese heavy metal bands formed.

Instantly placing in the top 10 of the Oricon charts is considered a great feat for a Japanese rock band.

During the late 2000s there was an increasing number of bands that had built up a strong fan base prior to their main break-through in the music industry.

They began international activities the following year, including signing to.

Very true to the Floyd blueprint, but the music is just too damn good to ignore based on that.

Other early examples of electronic rock records include 's and album Ice World 1973 and 's album 1974 , both of which involved contributions from Haruomi Hosono, who later started the techno pop music group "Yellow Magic Band" later known as Yellow Magic Orchestra in 1977.

After seeing a show by then-upcoming artist during a visit to Europe, returned home and formed in November 1967 in order to introduce a similar sound to Japan.

For fans of the original Rock Band games, this project tries create the same quality charts with Japanese content.

Read more: Dark music fan? There were highly publicized debates held between prominent figures in the rock industry, most notably the members of Happy End and Yuya Uchida, regarding whether Japanese rock music sung entirely in Japanese was sustainable.

Said to be artificially made android, created by a mad scientist, they were frozen in Antarctica for a long time while listening to all kinds of music.