discography:
- catalog: SSCX-10080
  date: '2003-02-19'
  link: album/10
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE BLACK MAGES
    ja: THE BLACK MAGES
    ja-latn: THE BLACK MAGES
  type: game
- catalog: PPM-002
  date: 2004-01
  link: album/6856
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: The Black Mages Live
    ja: The Black Mages Live
    ja-latn: The Black Mages Live
  type: bonus
- catalog: KDSD-00034
  date: '2004-04-21'
  link: album/2873
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange
    ja: ダーククロニクル プレミアムアレンジ
    ja-latn: Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange
  type: game
- catalog: UPCH-1377
  date: '2004-12-22'
  link: album/182
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE BLACK MAGES II The Skies Above
    ja: THE BLACK MAGES II The Skies Above
    ja-latn: THE BLACK MAGES II The Skies Above
  type: game
- catalog: SQEX-10065
  date: '2006-02-15'
  link: album/76
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: More Friends music from FINAL FANTASY ~Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert in
      Los Angeles 2005~
    ja: More Friends music from FINAL FANTASY ～ファイナルファンタジー オーケストラ・コンサート in ロサンゼルス
      2005～
    ja-latn: More Friends music from FINAL FANTASY ~Final Fantasy Orchestra Concert
      in Los Angeles 2005~
  type: game
- catalog: PPM-006
  date: 2006-06
  link: album/6857
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE BLACK MAGES LIVE "Above the Sky
    ja: THE BLACK MAGES LIVE "Above the Sky
    ja-latn: THE BLACK MAGES LIVE "Above the Sky
  type: bonus
- catalog: SQEX-20001~2
  date: '2006-06-21'
  link: album/309
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Band
  titles:
    en: VOICES music from FINAL FANTASY - Final Fantasy Premium Orchestra Concert
      [Limited Edition]
    ja: VOICES 18 February 2006 at Pacifico Yokohama
    ja-latn: VOICES music from FINAL FANTASY - Final Fantasy Premium Orchestra Concert
      [Limited Edition]
  type: game
- catalog: SQEX-20003
  date: '2006-06-21'
  link: album/19292
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Band
  titles:
    en: VOICES music from FINAL FANTASY - Final Fantasy Premium Orchestra Concert
    ja: VOICES 18 February 2006 at Pacifico Yokohama
    ja-latn: VOICES music from FINAL FANTASY - Final Fantasy Premium Orchestra Concert
  type: game
- catalog: SQEX-10076~7
  date: '2006-09-20'
  link: album/608
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: FINAL FANTASY III Original Soundtrack
    ja: ファイナルファンタジーIII　オリジナル・サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: FINAL FANTASY III Original Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: DERP-10002
  date: '2008-03-19'
  link: album/6987
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Artist
  - Male Chorus
  titles:
    en: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
    ja: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
    ja-latn: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight
  type: game
- catalog: DERD-10001
  date: '2009-03-31'
  link: album/11939
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight LIVE
    ja: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight LIVE
    ja-latn: THE BLACK MAGES III Darkness and Starlight LIVE
  type: game
- catalog: SQEX-50041
  date: '2013-03-27'
  link: album/38426
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Performer
  titles:
    en: T.Sekito's Guitarworks Selection
    ja: T.Sekito's Guitarworks Selection
    ja-latn: T.Sekito's Guitarworks Selection
  type: game
- catalog: SQEX-10713
  date: '2019-04-28'
  link: album/86331
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC 15th Anniversary Arrangement Selection 2004-2019
    ja: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC 15th Anniversary Arrangement Selection 2004-2019
    ja-latn: SQUARE ENIX MUSIC 15th Anniversary Arrangement Selection 2004-2019
  type: bonus
featured_on: []
info:
  Credited works: 13 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 8 performer
  - 2 arranger
  - 2 band
  - 1 artist
  - 1 male chorus
  Formed: '2003'
  Former Members:
  - link: artist/3138
    names:
      en: Arata Hanyuda
      ja: 羽入田新
  - link: artist/1914
    names:
      en: Keiji Kawamori
      ja: 河盛慶次
  - link: artist/294
    names:
      en: Kenichiro Fukui
      ja: 福井健一郎
  - link: artist/784
    names:
      en: Michio Okamiya
      ja: 岡宮道生
  - link: artist/77
    names:
      en: Nobuo Uematsu
      ja: 植松伸夫
  - link: artist/224
    names:
      en: Tsuyoshi Sekito
      ja: 関戸剛
link: artist/783
meta:
  added_date: 2007-11-03T10:34
  edited_date: 2020-12-15T07:14
  fetched_date: 2025-11-23T18:35
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 10596
name: THE BLACK MAGES
name_real: ザ・ブラックメイジーズ
notes: 'In 2003, Tsuyoshi Sekito and Kenichiro Fukui produced the album "The Black
  Mages", which arranged Nobuo Uematsu''s battle themes from the Final Fantasy series
  in a progressive metal style. Soon after, Uematsu joined the duo to form the eponymous
  band THE BLACK MAGES, where they would perform on their first official album, "The
  Black Mages Live".

  The Black Mages had two sequel albums performed by the band proper: "The Black Mages
  II: The Skies Above" in 2004 and "The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight" in
  2008. Much like the original album that spawned the band, these albums largely consisted
  of Final Fantasy arrangements.

  The Black Mages also performed on a few unrelated tracks across multiple albums,
  including the arrangement of Tomohito Nishiura''s "Flame Demon Monster Gaspard"
  for the Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange album.

  On August 2010 Nobuo Uematsu confirmed The Black Mages had already been disbanded,
  without specifying the date and the reason.'
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/38/783/783-1263174426.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/38/783/783-1263174426.jpg
type: Unit
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/783?perpage=99999
websites:
  Fansite: []
  Official: []
  Personal: []
