I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like Sound Horizon’s （サウンドホライズン) new MV for “Hikari To Yami No Douwa” (光と闇の童話)

I’m a newbie to jpop/jrock, but I swear this music video for “Hikari To Yami No Douwa” (光と闇の童話) is mind-blowing. Sound Horizon has channeled the original spirit of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales for this song. You know, the kind of fairy tales where Cinderella’s stepsisters chop off their heels to fit into the glass slipper? Or the kind where everyone dies of plague in the town and then little kid princes get defenestrated?

Apparently Sound Horizon calls themselves the “Fantasy Band” and they’re led by Revo (レヴォ), who is all about using however many artists he needs to express his visions and “question fundamental elements of human nature that have a contradictory dual aspect” (according to the official website). Well, they certainly live up to their name “the fantasy band” with this unique song and PV.