Trivium singer and guitarist Matthew Heafy reveals the third single, "Rōnin", featuring guest vocals by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and Ihsahn, from his much-anticipated Ibaraki project. The accompanying video clip handled by Jonpaul Douglass.




"A Rōnin is a masterless warrior," comments Kiichi. "The final two full compositions on Rashōmon see a significant shift musically. The album as a whole - with the exception of the intro and outro - is actually presented in chronological order of earliest written to latter-most. The actual guitar and bass tracks are a time-capsule of sorts in that their parts - on the final album - is actually from the year they were tracked."

He continues, "One can begin to see the shifts as the years went on for the writing of the album. 'Kagutsuchi'/'Ibaraki-doji' being written and tracked in 2010/2011, all the way up to 'Rōnin'/'Susanoo No Mikoto' being written and tracked in 2016/2017."

As for his collaboration with Way, Kiichi shares: "Gerard Way has been a long-time inspiration for me - like Ihsahn and Adam Nergal Darski - I have looked to Gerard as a constant source of motivation to be creative. While Gerard and I may be from different genres than where Ibaraki and black metal stem from - outsiders of sorts - the spirit and intent of our performances is what unites our passion for pushing boundaries."

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