LING TOSITE SIGURE

Japanese indie rockers Ling Tosite Sigure (or "Rin Toshite Shigure" in the more commonly used Hepburn transliteration) play elaborate post-hardcore with alt-prog influences, showing a remarkable ability to mix tempo changes and emo screams by the two vocalists (male and female) with good melodies and strong emotional messages, and scoring on the Oricon charts despite their complex songwriting. The band was formed in Saitama in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist TK (Toru Kitajima), a buddy of Art-School's Masafumi Todaka, and bassist/vocalist Miyoko Nakamura, who went by the moniker 34...