Finally here is pre-order start for the debut Ibaraki album entitled “Rashomon”. Ibaraki is a side project of Matt Heafy of Trivium. Ihsahn of Emperor and Matt have been working on this album for nearly a decade. Originally the project was called Mrityu and was worked on in between Trivium albums. This is a very personal album to Matt and focuses a lot on his Asian culture. Obviously with Ihsahn there are a lot of Black Metal parts, but this is a very unique album. It’s a very enjoyable album and a musical journey that has be be enjoyed from front to back, IMO.

Production, engineering, score composing and additional instruments by Ihsahn.
Mixing and mastering by Jens Bogren.

Guests:
Alex Bent (Trivium) - drums
Paolo Gregoletto (Trivium) - bass solos on “Kagutsuchi”
Ihsahn - lead guitar on “Tamashii No Houkai” and “Ronin,” vocals on “Susanoo No Mikoto”
Nergal (Behemoth) - vocals on “Akumu”
Corey Beaulieu (Trivium) - lead guitar on “Komorebi”
Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance) - vocals on “Rōnin”

CD:

01. Hakanaki Hitsuzen......................... 01:28
02. Kagutsuchi..................................... 07:34
03. Ibaraki-Doji....................................07:51
04. Jigoku Dayu.................................. 07:40
05. Tamashii No Houkai.......................05:58
06. Akumu (Nergal).............................05:53
07. Komorebi.......................................06:06
08. Ronin (Gerard Way)....................... 09:13
09. Susanoo No Mikoto (Ihsahn)...........07:12
10. Kaizoku.........................................02:53