"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Yamantaka Sonic Titan is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Yamantaka Sonic Titan concert reviews describe live shows and performances as theatrical.
Since then, they've put forward two versions of themselves, one a straightforward touring band and the other a theatrical group that has produced works like the drag opera
From their Kabuki makeup and theatrical stage presence to their impressive musicianship this Montreal-based "Asian Indigenous and Diasporic Art Collective" was in it to win it.
Having said that, “experimental” is certainly too simplistic a descriptor for the band’s sound, which exists somewhere between the worlds of anime soundtrack epics, noh-wave psychedelia and power-metal operas.
After touring ended for their 2013 Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted album Uzu, the band holed up for a different kind of project, writing the score for the video game Severed in collaboration with another Canadian band, Pantayo.
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