is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 2013 by

Eizo Sakamoto is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter who was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. He is most famous for being the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Anthem. In the 1990s he started up the band Animetal which performed heavy metal co ...

and She-Ja.

History

Aisenshi serves as a spiritual successor to Sakamoto's previous project

Animetal was a Japanese heavy metal band who specialized in metal covers of theme songs from classic and modern Japanese anime and tokusatsu television series. They were composed of several luminaries of the Japanese metal scene, most notably vocalist ...

. Sakamoto claims that the spirit of what "Animetal" comprised has not died, but has since become more soulful and sorrowful, with the anime theme song covers they will perform now having such a tone to them. In an interview with ''Beeast'', Sakamoto said that he had decided to reform Animetal with She-ja after the popularity of

Animetal USA are a Japan-based American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed as a tribute to Eizo Sakamoto's band Animetal. They made their world debut at the 2011 Loud Park Festival, where they performed on stage with Momoiro Clover Z. The band's ori ...

and after he had enjoyed performing on his solo project Eizo Japan, both in Japan and internationally. One of their first reunion concerts on June 29, 2013, at

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Shinsaibashi is a district in the Chūō-ku ward of Osaka, Japan and the city's main shopping area. At its center is , a covered shopping street, that is north of Dōtonbori and Sōemonchō, and parallel and east of Mido-suji street. Associated with Shin ...

Club Alive was met with praise, with the group performing both new tracks off of their album '' Heartstrings'', released on June 5, 2013, as well as songs from their old Animetal repertoire and an original song , that the band released as a single on December 10, 2013. The band's members, aside from Sakamoto on vocals and She-Ja on guitar, include Gusty Bombs' bassist Hiro, Animetal's former drummer Katsuji, and Juhki from the dōjin music circle "IRON ATTACK!".

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