>The Black Mages was a Japanese instrumental rock/hard rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito - three composers for Square Enix. The band arranged Uematsu's Final Fantasy video game series-based compositions in a rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers.[1] Since its inception, the band had expanded to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Michio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda. On August 7, 2010, Nobuo Uematsu announced the band had disbanded, but he would continue to perform rock arrangements of his music as a part of another band, the Earthbound Papas.-wikipedia
What are your guys' favorite Black Mages songs? Your favorite album?
My favorite album of the three has definitely got to be "The Black Mages 2 : The Skies Above." Every damn song of that album is pure 100% gold. That isn't to say that the 1st and 3rd albums aren't great, they're spectacular, but that 2nd album goes above and beyond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fQPstmOic