Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita (桜の森の満開の下; Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms) Album Discussion Thread Round #1

Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita (桜の森の満開の下; Under the Blooming Cherry Blossoms)

Release Date: March 13, 1991
Running Time: 48m:57s
Label: Meldak/Tokuma Japan Communications
Album Cover: Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita

Genre:

Heavy Metal
Hard Rock
Doom Metal
Stoner Rock

 

Performers
Shinji Wajima	Guitar, Vocals
Ken-ichi Suzuki	Bass, Vocals
Tokuyoshi Uedate	Drums

 

Listen

Youtube: None found

 

Track List

Song	Romaji	English	Youtube	Setlist.fm
爆弾行進曲	Bakudan Koushin-kyoku	Bomb March	爆弾行進曲	23
遺言状放送	Yuigon-jou Housou	Testament Broadcasting	遺言状放送	20
心の火事	Kokoro no Kaji	Fires of the Heart	人間椅子 心の火事	32
憂鬱時代	Yuuutsu Jidai	Melancholic Era	人間椅子‐1991/9/21‐Egg-Man（3）憂鬱時代	7
夜叉ヶ池	Yashaga-ike	Pond of Yaksha	【高画質PV】人間椅子 夜叉ヶ池【音ズレ無】	32
東京ボンデージ	Tokyo Bondage	Tokyo Bondage	人間椅子‐1990/12/23‐Egg-Man（5）東京ボンデージ	31
盗人讃歌	Nusutto Sanka	Thief Hymn	人間椅子‐1991/9/20‐Egg-Man（7）盗人賛歌	21
相撲の唄	Sumo no Uta	Song of Sumo	人間椅子‐1991/9/21‐Egg-Man（7）相撲の唄	4
甲状腺上のマリア	Koujou-sen Jou no Maria	Mary on the Thyroid Gland	Ningen Isu - Kouhousen jou no Maria	3
太陽黒点	Taiyou Kokuten	Sunspot	人間椅子‐1991/9/20‐Egg-Man（8）太陽黒点	6

 

Lyrics

See Lyrics post: Lyrics Translations - All Albums

 

Background

• The album title is from Yasutoshi Sakaguchi's novel of the same name “Under the full bloom of Sakura no Mori”.
• Yashaga-ike (夜叉ヶ池; Pond of Yaksha) was the first single released by Ningen Isu.

 

Reviews and Articles

• Encyclopaedia Metallum/The Metal Archives: midget issues - 81%

"The constantly leading nature of the music has one feature that keeps Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita from being an extremely gripping and memorable album: although the music always sounds like it knows where it's going, it never really seems to get there. In a way, it keeps the album extremely consistent, but the key word I would use to describe this album is "meandering"."

• ひよりの音楽自己満足: 人間椅子 2nd 桜の森の～ (Japanese)

(via Google Translate) "The fifth song is “Yashagaike”. The beautiful arpeggio of the guitar resonates from the sound like the reverse rotation of the tape, and the lyrical vocals of Mr. Wajima are moistened. Then, after a magnificent song development, a heavy guitar riff entered, which gradually increased in tempo and turned into a powerful heavy rock tone. Wajima's passionate vocals are also cool. Of course there are plenty of hard guitar solos. It looks like a ZEP stairs to heaven. It's a dramatic and amazing song. "

 

Sources

Note: Some sources in Japanese; Google Translate used

• Wikipedia - Ningen Isu
• [Wikipedia (Japan) - 人間椅子 (Band)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%BA%E9%96%93%E6%A4%85%E5%AD%90_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89\))
• [Wikipedia (Japan) - 桜の森の満開の下 (Album)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%9C%E3%81%AE%E6%A3%AE%E3%81%AE%E6%BA%80%E9%96%8B%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%8B_(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A0\))
• Setlist.fm - Ningen Isu (as of November 27, 2019)

 

Housekeeping

• Your comments will help make each album thread better. To put it another way, the threads are meant to start conversations around each album in the hopes of increasing our knowledge of each album.

• This information will come from a variety of sources, and could include misleading or incorrect information. Not surprising, given the reliance on a combination of other people's work and Google Translate. If you know something to be wrong, make a comment and appropriate action can be taken.

• Generally defaulted to earlier versions for the video chosen for each song on the track list; there can be big differences between early and later performances. Explore.

• Started: November 2019