Traditional Asian influenced Metal?

[Vimana]

Is there any Metal influenced by traditional Asian music (preferably East Asian)?

Or are there any bands/songs/albums that use Traditional East Asian instruments such as the Yangqin, Shamisen or Shakuhachi?

 

[NinjaGeek]

off the top of my head

Chthonic - Tai Black Metal with use of an Er-hu (chinese violin)

and the band ThanatoSchizO has a wide variety of influences, but I believe on the song Patheon (as in Strip-Tease) on their album Schizo Level uses the Chinese zither (forget the actual name).

Thats all I can think up for now, I'll see if there's anything else I've forgotten.

 

[NinjaGeek]

Another

God of Shamisen is a band that features the Shamisen, and mixes other genres into it, some of their songs incorporate metal into their music, for example the song Ray Bradbury Attack.

 

[Vimana]

God of Shamisen and Cthonic were pretty cool. I couldn't find the song Pantheon though.