History Music / SeikimaII

* FollowTheLeader: They took a ''lot'' from Music/{{Kiss}}, possibly even more than Music/XJapan did at the beginning. That said, they quickly became something uniquely themselves as well.

* {{Symbolism}}: A very, very, VERY big thing for SEIKIMA-II. The amount of symbolism both in lives and PVs is intricate, sometimes explicit, sometimes complex, [[MindScrew sometimes some combination of all of it]]. Apple symbolism is VERY common (showing up with at least two songs, ''Adam's Apple'' the live of which involves the band throwing apples at each other and the audience, and ''Big Time Changes'' where the nuked world transforms into an apple.)

The band would go on to be one of the most highly successful metal acts in Japan, with sporadic ongoing activities even after it had to officially disband at the end of the century per its mythos. There was also, in TheNineties, at least one interview on CNN world with Demon Kakka, and the band inspired ''many'' a ShoutOut including an appearance of "Kogure" as a character in HokutoNoKen, and Manga/DetroitMetalCity and its live-action films, which primarily revolves around a band that is an {{Expy}} of SEIKIMA-II.

* ShoutOut: Lots of them. Manga/DetroitMetalCity is probably the most obvious of them all, but there was also "Kogure" in HokutoNoKen as well as quite a few others - if a band in a Japanese work after TheEighties is wearing full-face makeup and incredibly elaborate costumes, odds are it is either inspired by or an {{expy}} of Music/{{Kiss}}, SEIKIMA-II, or both.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: All of the band's original stage names. Though "Kakka" is ''not'' such in English for most people.

The band would go on to be one of the most highly successful metal acts in Japan, with sporadic ongoing activities even after it had to officially disband per its mythos. There was also, in TheNineties, at least one interview on CNN world with Demon Kakka, and the band inspired ''many'' a ShoutOut including an appearance of "Kogure" as a character in HokutoNoKen, and Manga/DetroitMetalCity and its live-action films, which primarily revolves around a band that is an {{Expy}} of SEIKIMA-II.

* DrinkingSong: ''Chinese Magic Herb'' is sang in the key/tone of one of these. It's actually more likely the audio version of a StonerFlick.

* DarkerAndEdgier / LighterAndSofter - The discography jumps back and forth between the two quite a bit. ''Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal'' is straight-ahead heavy metal, but the following albums added more and more elements of arena rock and ballads. By the point of ''The Outer Mission'' and ''Yuugai'', their sound had become quite pop friendly. ''Kyoufu no Restaurant'' was a deliberate return to the darker, heavier sound of their early days... which was followed by the even MORE pop-friendly ''Ponk!!" and a SECOND "back to basics" rock album ''Mephistopheles no Shouzou.'' The cycle repeated once more with the lighter ''News'' and ''Move'' preceding the dark and heavy swansong ''Living Legend.''

* DenserAndWackier: Their approach to BlackMetal -- being a StealthParody of the pro-occult, RockMeAsmodeus attitude associated with the genre.

* StealthParody: A blatant parody of BlackMetal and, arguably, of Music/{{Kiss}}.

* VisualKei: The band is, along with Music/XJapan, Music/SexMachineguns and Music/BuckTick, a co-TropeMaker for the subculture.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: What the band claims to be - highly evolved hyperdimensional space demons called "Makai," sent to Earth to promote Satan via rock and roll.

* StealthParody: Arguably, of either BlackMetal or of Music/{{Kiss}}.

* VisualKei: A co-TropeMaker.

* {{Symbolism}}: A very, very, VERY big thing for SEIKIMA-II. The amount of symbolism both in lives and PVs is intricate, sometimes explicit, sometimes complex, sometimes some combination of all of it. Apple symbolism is VERY common (showing up with at least two songs, ''Adam's Apple'' the live of which involves the band throwing apples at each other and the audience, and ''Big Time Changes'' where the nuked world transforms into an apple.)

* RockMeAsmodeus: The band's mythos is all about this - and playing with it ''in every way possible.'' Being Japanese in TheEighties (where playing with Satanic and Left Hand Path themes would not draw fire either from Christian MoralGuardians and get them ran out of town and arrested in the panic, or from occult or BlackMetal StopHavingFunGuys assuming their work was insulting parody or somehow incorrectly portraying something or other or not metal enough) and the enabled them to create both a deep mythos and very interesting and intelligent lyrics based around the theme. One great example is the song ''Adam's Apple.''

* FreudWasRight: A fairly common form of symbolism with this band, though ''not'' their most common.

* ShoutOut: Lots of them. Manga/DetroitMetalCity is probably the most obvious of them all, but there was also "Kogure" in HokutoNoKen as well as quite a few others - if a band in a Japanese work after TheEighties is wearing full-face makeup and incredibly elaborate costumes, odds are it is either inspired by or an {{expy}} of Music/{{Kiss}}, SEIKIMA-II, or both.

* BadassBookworm: His Excellency Demon Kogure/Demon Kakka, both onstage and offstage, is this. He's a metal singer - but he is also a polyglot (he can speak fluent English and Spanish as well as Japanese), a legitimate journalist and writer, and one of the most intelligent people within VisualKei.

* SatanIsGood: A common theme here, though it may be ''any one'' of the ways of PlayingWith that trope depending on the song or the performance.

* RockMeAsmodeus: The band's mythos is all about this - and playing with it ''in every way possible.'' Being Japanese (where playing with Satanic and Left Hand Path themes would not draw fire either from Christian MoralGuardians or from occult or BlackMetal StopHavingFunGuys assuming their work was insulting parody or somehow incorrectly portraying something or other or not metal enough) and the enabled them to create both a deep mythos and very interesting and intelligent lyrics based around the theme. One great example is the song ''Adam's Apple.''

! SEIKIMA-II Provides Examples of:

SEIKIMA-II is probably the first and only band to successfully fuse VisualKei (as well as help create the genre) with a slightly different take on BlackMetal, possibly also being one of the few truly melodic BlackMetal bands in the process. It formed in 1982, around the same time as many of the other bands that would form what would become known as VisualKei such as Music/XJapan and Music/BuckTick were either forming or in the early stages of inspiration. The band would go on to be one of the most highly successful metal acts in Japan, with sporadic ongoing activities even after it had to officially disband per its mythos. There was also, in TheNineties, at least one interview on CNN world with Demon Kakka, and the band inspired ''many'' ShoutOuts including an appearance of "Kogure" as a character in HokutoNoKen, and Manga/DetroitMetalCity and its live-action films, which primarily revolves around a band that is an {{Expy}} of SEIKIMA-II.

SEIKIMA-II is probably the first and only band to successfully fuse VisualKei (as well as help create the genre) with a slightly different take on BlackMetal, possibly also being one of the few truly melodic BlackMetal bands in the process. It formed in 1982, around the same time as many of the other bands that would form what would become known as VisualKei such as Music/XJapan and Music/BuckTick were either forming or in the early stages of inspiration. The band would go on to be one of the most highly successful metal acts in Japan, with sporadic ongoing activities even after it had to officially disband per its mythos. There was also, in TheNineties, at least one interview on CNN world with Demon Kakka, and the band inspired ''many'' ShoutOuts including an appearance of "Kogure" as a character in Manga/HokutoNoKen, and Manga/DetroitMetalCity and its live-action films, which primarily revolves around a band that is an {{Expy}} of SEIKIMA-II.