Nokemono. From The Black World. Beast. NM- Power Heavy Metal Japan Import LP
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Nokemono or Beast. From The Black World. SMS Records(SM25-5008). 1979. Japan Import.
From the Black World is a massive landmark in Japanese metal history. Nokemono were a band that appeared out of nowhere in 1977, participated in and dominated a major Yamaha band-battle tournament in 1978, and by 1979 released arguably the first Japanese album that was predominantly heavy metal, nearly a full decade after the Flower Travellin’ Band helped influence the genre. There’s huge significance here, because there wasn’t another heavy metal band even remotely close to Nokemono’s caliber in Japan at the time, (though Bow Wow already had 4 albums out, they weren’t nearly as consistently metal as this) Flower Travellin’ Band were long gone, Action! were only in their early stages and didn’t truly get going until the mid 80s, heck, Loudness‘ debut The Birthday Eve only appeared in late 1981, nearly a full 3 years after From the Black World. What followed this album was the formation of the entire Japanese metal scene.
You can picture the Japanese youth in 1978 being blown away by this home-grown band, fresh off of a huge tournament win performing with a young Judas Priest(!) across Japan on their tour for Stained Class, and the impact that would have left on them, wanting to play heavy metal themselves. When listening to From the Black World, you can hear the bands that influenced Nokemono, I’d say for the most part Judas Priest, plus perhaps a bit of influence from early Scorpions a la Taken By Force era, as well as Bow Wow‘s first few mid 70s albums when they were still a hard rock band. Despite being influenced by Bow Wow, I feel like Bow Wow took a few cues from Nokemono’s style, reflected at times on Warning From Stardust, when they became a more consistently metal band themselves.
Conditions Rated: Cover 9 or NM- low gloss cover, includes insert, Obi strip///Record 9 or NM- black and shiny, heavy vinyl.
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