Formed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Unholy Harakiri features a mix of members from two underground metal bands in Brazil – Yukio Hara and Raphael Gonçalves (ex- Colwire ) and Maikon Campioni ( Athimia ). The band's aim is to reinvent the Brazilian metal scene by blending heavy sounds, low tunings, and a touch of Asian culture, futuristic themes, and cyberpunk.
In December 2020, the first single “Rakuin” was released by the label Coffin Joe Records , featuring the opening track “Estigma (Rakuin)” and “Caminho Sangrento” accompanied by an Anime Music Video with scenes from the 1997 anime Berserk ( Kentaro Miura ), illustrating the theme of the song.
With this debut, the band secured good numbers across their media and streaming platforms, and is now preparing for the release of a series of singles, music videos, and the full album during the second half of the year until the end of 2022, before starting their launch tour.
The latest single, “Kintsugi,” and its music video were released at the end of April by Coffin Joe Records , which will now also release the next single, “Penumbra.”
The song “Penumbra” is one of the darkest tracks on the entire upcoming full album, and the band's densest to date. The aesthetic continues to be inspired by Japanese art, but now with a greater emphasis on the desolate perspective, dealing with an inner vision of a decaying soul, subjugated to infinite horror amidst the twilight of its agonizing oblivion.
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