Faisal Al-Salem is a Kuwaiti who lived in Japan for 10 years and is the lead singer for UNITED, one of the biggest thrash metal bands in Japan. He goes by the name Kenshin over there and the video above is for one of their songs. [YouTube]
You can find out a bit more on Faisal Al-Salem (Kenshin) by checking out an interview with him [Here]
If you would like to visit the bands website as well here is the [Link]
In case you missed it here are posts on a Kuwaiti country music singer and here is one on two Kuwaiti rappers.
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19 replies on “Japanese Thrash Metal Band with a Kuwaiti Singer”
How much did he pay them ?
why would u say something like that?
Just sayin’ bro
loooooooooool @ Monk
Many reasons, one of them is the pose in the photo. Because of the height difference it would have been better if he was positioned little steps back and the guys were in front.
?… its funny tho lol..
First thing came to my mind too ;/
hey mark, is there something wrong with your app?
it crashes a lot. i am assuming it crashes whenever you (or someone else) updates their blog
Yeah its currently unstable with iOS 4.3, I am working on a patch to fix that plus updating the blogs list
thanks for the swift reply. it only started crashing after i updated my device so u must right
Soooooooooooooo Koooooooooool!!!
XD
Actually I know the guy, he really did live for 10 years in Japan and studied political science I believe, he also worked part time in the Kuwait embassy there as a translator, and last he really was the band singer!
oh I forgot to tell you, not only I know him and his cosine, he’s my neighbor.
Woah that’s fucking impressive vocals right there
Is this the Shark of Kuwait? He seems to have lost a lot of weight.
@monk
Someones jealous
Good for him, doing what he loves in life.
I listen to a lot of Japanese metal and never heard of them :V
Still cool though
Their music is basically Slayer rehashes. Fun, but not that original. Faisal’s vocals are pretty good though.
Wow, the band has been playing in japan for more than a decade. Great job ken shin and one heck of a video.