高円寺百景 Koenji Hyakkei

Nivraym is the third studio album by Japan's Koenjihyakkei. Led by Yoshida Tatsuya of the progressive-hardcore drum and bass duo Ruins, Nivraym is the band's purest, most uncompromising expression of Zeuhl music to date, blending progressive rock, symphonic rock, fusion, and neoclassicism with the energy of hardcore punk, the volume of metal, and the attitude of rock. Previously available only in Japan, Nivraym has been extensively rebuilt for this 2009 worldwide release. The band has gone back to the original master recordings and the current line-up has added new flourishes, additional overdubs, and re-recorded drum tracks. The entire album was remixed and re-mastered at Japan's Magaibutsu Studios.