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The Black Mages
12+ albums
Progressive metalvideo game musicjapanesemetalfinal fantasy
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THE BLACK MAGES were a Japanese progressive rock / progressive metal band. They formed in 2002 when Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu (植松伸夫) (keyboards, compo) decided, having heard and enjoyed rock arrangements of some of his Final Fantasy themes by 福井健一郎 (on keyboards and guitar, Kenichiro Fukui) and 関戸剛 (on lead guitar, Tsuyoshi Sekito), to form a band to showcase these arrangements. The other members include 河盛慶次 (on bass, Keiji Kawamori), 羽入田新 (on drums, Arata Hanyuuda), and 岡宮道生 (on guitar, Michio Okamiya). The band revised some of Uematsu's most popular fighting themes from the games of the Final Fantasy line in order to publish them in newly-arranged shape on the album The Black Mages: Battle Music of Final Fantasy. The Black Mages' overall style is a complex hybrid of progressive rock and neo-classical power metal. The songs on the first album are all instrumental and all arrangements of battle themes. The Black Mages' second album, entitled The Black Mages II: The Skies Above, was released in Japan on December 22, 2004. This album features guest vocalists on two tracks and features arrangements of a few tracks that were not originally battle themes, but the majority of tracks are still instrumental arrangements of battle themes. The Black Mages performed live at Shibuya-AX, April 26-27, 2003. The performance was released on DVD exclusively to fanclub members residing in Japan. The performance marked the debut of the later released "Matoya's Cave" and featured
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The Man With The Machine Gun (Final Fantasy VIII)
18,9752Maybe I'm A Lion (Final Fantasy VIII)
18,3603Vamo' Alla Flamenco (Final Fantasy IX)
18,3034Blue Blast - Winning The Rainbow
18,0345Zeromus (Final Fantasy IV)
16,6116Hunter's Chance (Final Fantasy IX)
16,2797The Rocking Grounds (Final Fantasy III)
15,5448Those Who Fight Further (Final Fantasy VII)
13,8209Matoya's Cave (Final Fantasy I)
13,72010Battle Theme (Final Fantasy VI)
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The Black Mages
The Black Mages II - The Skies Above
The Black Mages II The Skies Above
THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
The Black Mages II: The Skies Above
The Black Mages III: Darkness And Starlight
The Skies Above
Darkness And Starlight
The Black Mages II ～The Skies Above～
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The Black Mages III - Darkness and Starlight
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