Tora Xie (謝 天昊)

Biography

Tora Xie（謝 天昊)from Shenyang, China, is a metal musician active in northeast China.

He is the lead singer and bassist of the Black metal/Thrash Metal band “Acherozu（冥葬） “and is also the owner of Xie Guitars（弦者楽器）in Shenyang.

Influenced by bands such as Immortal, Marduk, Desaster, Slayer, and Morbid Angel, he fell in love with extreme metal and began to learn guitar and bass. He formed his band Acherozu in 2010, serving as vocals, guitar, bass, and responsible for the songwriting and the production to this day.

In 2015, Acherozu released their first album “Uncrowned King 無冕之王” on Beijing Thanatology Productions. In 2019, they released their second album “Vendetta Ocean萬劫之海” on Talheim Records, Austria.

In 2020, he started to hold metal shows every year in Shenyang under the title “Mukden Hot”, and became the spokesman of the American instrument bag brand “Coffin” in 2021.

He established Xie Guitars in 2018, which is mainly engaged in musical instrument wholesale, retail, leasing, maintenance, teaching and other businesses.

He not only focuses on the study of European black metal, but also strives to integrate Chinese historical and literary systems into metal music. Off the stage, he is also a low-key owner of a musical instrument shop and a performance promoter in his daily life.

Acherozu, currently owned by PestProductions (瘟疫唱片), has always been active in the Chinese metal scene for years with its outrageous stage performance and dark and chaotic music style. The theme of music creation has always been around traditional Chinese mythology/Northeast Asian ethnic history wars.

The two albums mentioned above have been exported to Europe, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and other places, and have been praised and recognized by the local metal
fans. The band has held many domestic Tours, and has participated in a series of large-scale rock/metal festivals in China such as“Strawberry Music Festival”, “Love One Summer Music Festival”, “Fall Burning Metal Fest”, “Songhua Lake Music Festiva”, “Shenyang Star Music Festiva”, “Heaven On Fire Metal Fest”. “Wuwanghai Metal Fest”. and “Pest Productions 15TH Anniversary China Tour”.

At the same time, the band has also acted as the opening guest for dozens of internationally renowned metal bands on their Chinese Tours, had a profound influence and contribution to the atmosphere and development of metal music in northeast China.

For the local metal fans, Xie and Acherozu are not only the promoters of Chinese metal music, but also witnesses to the thriving of indie music in the Northeast. To this day, you
can still see Acherozu on stage in northeast China and be overwhelmed by their “Barbaric Power” live stage style.