sacra

Artist

sacra is a Japanese rock band. They operate in a style that fuses heavyweight guitar sound, melodies imbued with transparency, and a deeply lyrical song world, and have released works on the major scene as well. On the anime front, they performed 'identity', the opening theme for the TV anime based on Masatoshi Kawahara's manga Shura no Toki. For a hard-boiled swordplay saga in which legendary swordsmen from across history and practitioners of the Mutsu Enmei-ryu style confront each other across eras, their driving band sound and lyrics that question the whereabouts of the soul resonate with the work, crafting an opening that sharply illuminates the resolve and solitude of those who walk the path of martial arts.