Knosis

Japanese metalcore band Knosis is the project of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist Ryo Kinoshita. After leaving his former band Crystal Lake, Kinoshita formed Knosis as an outlet for expressing his emotional and psychological struggles, doing so with abundant force and volume on releases like the band's 2025 debut full-length album Genknosis. Kinoshita was the lead vocalist for long-running Tokyo-based metalcore band Crystal Lake for a decade, singing with them from 2012 until leaving the band in 2022. Part of Kinoshita's reasons for leaving the band involved a ...