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May 18, 2020

Ronnie James Dio : Tribute ......





To commemorate and celebrate the 10th Anniversary , of the passing of the 1 and ONLY :




RONNIE JAMES DIO (1942 ~ 2010) ......




I have joined forces with the up and coming Japanese Guitar wizard Takumi Fukaya-san ... To do a cover one of RONNIE JAMES DIO's most beautiful piece of works ......


"The Temple of the King" (1975) - RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW


I was intrigued, and mesmerized by the ethereal, sad, medieval mood of this hidden gem of a song for a very long time ... rarely played live (Actually NEVER during RONNIE was in the band) and rarely covered as well ......




Fukaya-san leads the band : QWENLEY The Tradition , a beautiful Goth ensemble that expresses a mix of Goth , Rock , ethereal Music ... with a pinch of Japanese spice ......


I had the pleasure to perform with them on a very special HALLOWEEN live on 31st, October 2019 in Tokyo ... Live bar BUNGA ......


After seeing him perfom an online collaboration, I thought I'd play with him as well, so I proposed something we can easily approach together , something in common we'd like ......


As luck would have it, I realised that RONNIE JAMES DIO 's anniversary is coming up, so I made a determination to finish and upload it by 16th May ......


After many emails and file tossing, we came up with a first ever, Medieval cover of the beautiful song "The Temple of the King" , composed of Guitars and Pipe Organ only ......


I am not FULLY satisfied with my playing, but I will get better, we only learn from our mistakes and as a humble disciple of DIO and LUCIFER, I will do my best to improve myself ......


I am very honored to have been able to pay my respects to the Great Artist, and cover a longtime favorite song of mine for this special occasion ... But also very humbled to learn this song was not all that easy ... it was very hard to deliver its "feel" ... RONNIE's vocals like he is singing through my Organ ......


My SIN-cere respects to Fukaya-san for putting up with me and making the 10th Anniversary of RONNIE JAMES DIO 's passing very special ... And this means a lot for a guy who has visited his grave ... 2 times ......


Thank you so much Fukaya-san , for performing with me and making this special tribute video ......


I have never met the man, nor see him perform live, but I hope I did his beautiful singing justice ... I do feel closer to him ......


I SIN-cerely hope RONNIE is proud ......



































We miss you ... ye Great one ......



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(* Maybe it's worth mentioning - that one of my tattoos is to honor him ... His very last large scale Festival appreance was at WACKEN OPEN AIR in Germany ... I got that tattoo in Germany 2 years after his passing, hoping his breath somewhere still floating and his voice echoing would be embedded into my skin ......)





January 6, 2020

Live setting ......





This is my live setup , August 2019 ... for my good friend Marco Cappelli's (guitars , fx) solo concert ... August 2019 ......


My other beautiful friend who plays Harp, also joined ......



Portativ Organ , Jen P-700 Pedal bass synth , VOX Pathfinder Bass amp ......




Marco Cappelli may return to Seoul in October with a huge Dance company ... I shall be by my good friend's side again ......


I shall have another Satanic year of DARK activities ......




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December 5, 2019

Japan Tour ... Oct. 2019 ......




 - Special Halloween live - 

@ Live bar Bunga , Ogikubo ... Tokyo ......





 

 
 



All live photos by : siratama ( 白玉@傾者 )

Thank you very much siratama-san ......


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June 21, 2019

Live at Nanahari ......


Photos from the live performance at Nanahari ( 七針 ), 21st. April. Tokyo Japan ......


My personal favorite photo ......




 



Doing some narration, utilizing my SATANIC vocal cords, which hasn't been heard on stage in a while ......


After the performance, with all performers wearing each one's assigned masks ......

With the various instruments used for the performance ......


Another favorite photo of mine ... I feel so alive and powerful in the DARKNESS ......



All photos by Masami Gan Iwafune ... Arigato gozaimazz ......

Performed with :

HOMUNCULUS : Katsuhiko Makino, Dave "Dogface" Kawamura, Kuno Masashi ......


Mayuko (Butoh Dance) ......






Hail SATAN !!!!!!






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( * Pain's makeup by Paintglow, and contact lens by Mesmereyez . )











May 15, 2019

QUEEN tribute ......



I will perform a QUEEN tribute live set on 1st June ......


As a celebration of the Korean QUEEN fanclub "QUEEN Forever" 's 20th anniversary ......























* 2019. June. 1st. 6 pm.



* Beautiful days (아름다운 시절) Pub at Shinchon. Seoul. Korea.


* This is a Fanclub event.



I will make Freddie Mercury and his words proud :


"Beelzebub has a DEVIL put aside for me ... For Me ... FOR ME ...... "

 
Hail SATAN !!!!!




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April 13, 2019