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You can’t tell the story of Heavy Metal in Japan without placing Anthem at the front of the book. Now the band has an awesome new album out called Nucleus which features them performing songs from their classic catalog entirely in English.

Bassist and band leader Naoto Shibata joins the podcast to cover all the details, such as:

• Why Anthem decided now was the time to translate these songs
• The challenges singer Yukio Morikawa had doing the vocals in English
• Thoughts on touring North America and Europe to support Nucleus
• Discussions on making an album of entirely new songs in English
• Which versions of the songs they will perform in Japan
• What they’ve learned is unique about Anthem compared to metal acts from the western hemisphere
• Why the album is called Nucleus and the design of the album cover

Naoto Shibata has to easily be one of the most interesting guests the show has ever had, check it out!

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