Athem is a heavy metal band founded in the early 1980s. Coupled with loudness and Earthshaker, it has a great influence on Japanese heavy metals. The early national anthem was composed of lead singer Maeda Ren Min, guitarist Kobayashi, bassist Chai Tian Nao and drummer Ouchi Guiya. In 1983, Xiao Liu left, and he was replaced by Futian Yang. At the end of 1984, the lead singer also left the team and Sakamoto joined. The band began to record the first album of the same name, Anthem, which was released by Nexus on 1985.
Anthem's first studio work appeared several classic tracks, such as "Wild Hymn" and "Warning Action", and the second album "Walking a tightrope" had a more beautiful melody. The album Destined to Break, which best reflects the characteristics of Sakamoto Eizo in the past 20 years, is full of classic songs, and it has also started a long-term cooperation with the world-famous producer Chris Ridders (produced the classic album Painkillers of Ninety Years of Jewish Priests).
1988, Hideki Sakamoto, the lead singer of the band, left and was replaced by Yukio Morikawa. The band's most immortal and popular album "Gypsyways" was born. Morikawa's singing by Yukio became the driving force for the band's success. 1989 released the album "Hunting Time" and filmed the song "Juggler" on PV.
In the early 1990s, Anthem faced separation again. This time, guitarist Fukuda Yang also left and changed to China Film. The band recorded the album "There is no smoke without fire" (not produced by Chris Tsangarides). After the album was released, Zhongying left and the band began to look for a new lead singer.
After many auditions, the young guitarist Akio Shimizu joined the band. 1992, the band recorded "Family Trophy", which is one of their best albums.
Unfortunately, after entering the 1990s, traditional heavy metals began to look out of date in the Japanese music industry. With the outbreak of American junk music and the prevalence of Japanese visual music, Naoko Chai Tian decided to end the band, which toured many places in Japan and finally released a VHS/CD "The Last Hymn" and recorded the live performance of Nisshin Power Station. At this point, the band ended their history of nearly eight years.