Juni Hitoe (十二単) - Heavy Metal Lady (PV)

If you would like to join Japanese Metal Forum visit Extremely rare PV by Japanese heavy metal pioneers Juni Hitoe (AKA 十二単 or 12Hitoe), likely the only music video they ever made. This was a band that got off to an extremely strong start to their career, dominating Yamaha’s sprawling band battle circuit to the point where they were touted as one of Japanese metal’s brightest up-and-coming stars of the early 80s, and at one point they were even featured on a split with Anthem, Sabbrabells, Sniper and others (Heavy Metal Force I). A band who honed their craft with countless live performances, they never actually had much in the way of studio recordings, at least under this name, though a lot of live audio can still be found. This group made one album under singer Masanori Fujiwara’s name called Again in 1985, though they disbanded after with commercial success ultimately eluding them in the end, despite the band’s high quality.