Zeni Geva

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Zeni Geva
Origin Tokyo, Japan
Genre(s) Metal
Alternative Music
Years active 1987 to present
Label(s) Skin Graft Records
Alternative Tentacles
Associated acts Steve Albini
Website http://www.kknull.com/english.html
Members
KK Null
Mitsuru Tabata
Masataka Fujikake
Former members
Eito Noro

Zeni Geva is a Japanese metal band. Led by singer and guitarist KK. Null, together with guitarist Mitsuru Tabata and drummer Masataka Fujikake, the group was formed in Tokyo in 1987. The group's name translates as "money violence" ("zeni" is an old Japanese term for money, and "Geva" comes from the German "Gewalt," meaning "violence").

Zeni Geva's sound has been variously described[who?] as noise rock, math rock, death metal, thrash metal, sludge metal, doom metal and industrial metal.[citation needed] Though it does indeed encompass the power chords, growled vocals, and sonic brutality of heavy metal, the music has a rhythmic complexity (with some songs, for example, being in 13/8 meter), and has extreme dynamics that make the math rock label an appropriate one.[citation needed]

The Chicago-based Skin Graft Records, which shares Zeni Geva's extreme aesthetic preferences, has shown interest in the group, releasing the band's music and assisting with its North American tours.

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