---
title: "THE BLACK MAGES"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/the-black-mages"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
formed: 2003
disbanded: 2010
---

# THE BLACK MAGES

**THE BLACK MAGES** is a progressive metal band, active 2003 to 2010.

The Black Mages were a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito, who were three video game composers for Square and Square Enix. The band arranged Uematsu's Final Fantasy video game series-based compositions in a hard rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers. A year later the band expanded to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Michio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda. In August 2010, Uematsu announced the band had been disbanded, but he would continue to perform rock arrangements of his music as a part of another similar band, known as the Earthbound Papas.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Mages

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | THE BLACK MAGES |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Tokyo |
| Formed | 2003 |
| Disbanded | 2010 |
| Releases in catalog | 3 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [岡宮道生](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-7a08bb82) | Guitar | 2003 to 2010 | Former |
| [植松伸夫](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-92bb085a) | Keyboard | 2003 to 2010 | Former |
| [河盛慶次](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-a59997e3) | Bass guitar | 2003 to 2010 | Former |
| [福井健一郎](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-ba74239a) | Keyboard | 2003 to 2010 | Former |
| [羽入田新](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-2f04c89d) | Drums (drum set) | 2003 to 2010 | Former |
| [関戸剛](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-72db70a1) | Guitar | 2003 to 2010 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | [THE BLACK MAGES](https://themetalnet.com/album/80ad0301-9e63-392d-a2ba-2f4b8ce409ae) | Album |
| 2004 | [THE BLACK MAGES II The Skies Above](https://themetalnet.com/album/5f86fb4d-e33f-361f-9701-a7b18df7bc96) | Album |
| 2008 | [THE BLACK MAGES III | Darkness and Starlight](https://themetalnet.com/album/c31b7cec-e081-39fc-b616-fd9ec6e244f2) | Album |

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/the-black-mages](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-black-mages). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt