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They made it to ROOKIE A GO-GO at FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ’15 and made their debut from P-VINE with an EP titled “Instant Hawaii”.
When it comes to Tempalay’s live performance, however, the musicianship at the Marz gig wasn’t quite there yet. The group has won over fans with chillwave-inspired, cassette-quality recordings, but its arsenal of slow, repetitive songs aren’t quite entertaining enough for an hour-long set.
It is surprising, then, that after only a few months of preparation, Tempalay has managed to come up with a whole album, titled “From Japan.” The LP carries on the mellow, relaxing mood of “Instant Hawaii,” particularly in the tracks “Have a Nice Days Club” and “Good Time.” But the urban vibe of “This is Tokyo” and lead single “Made in Japan” sound reminiscent of recent “city pop” breakout Cero, except that where Cero’s foundation is a sophisticated knowledge of roots music and its productions are overblown, Tempalay remains firmly in modern indie by keeping its songs simple and organic.
The one track that stands out — and also sticks out — is “Oh.My.God!!” which comes after the opener. Featuring tight grooves and faster drums, with guitar-riff interludes that are accompanied by jarring percussion and female backup vocals, it’s the most danceable and exciting moment of “From Japan.”
Shiren (Arrangement, guitar, bass, keyboards, chorus)
Tenge Fuyuki (Vocals, chorus, lyrics)
Jinya (Guitar)
Ogawa Hiroyuki (Bass)
FUMIYA (Drums)
Jill (Violin)
Denshirenji Tsuyoshi (Vocal, Chorus Lyrics)
Support Members
Kno (Drums live)
Pinetree (Keyboards live).
Albums
[2009.03.08] Rebirth
[2009.07.19] Amazement Park!!
[2009.08.30] Jealousy
[2010.08.14] Byougin Kishou (猫吟鬼嘯)
[2011.08.13] Heavy Metal Be-Bop
[2011.12.30] Faith and Warfare
[2012.08.11] Parallelism・α
[2012.12.30] Parallelism・β
[2013.08.12] Best of Dramatic Melody
[2014.08.16] Affected
[2015.04.26] Vampir
[2015.12.30] Rebirth Revisited
[2018.05.06] Saireco Jealousy
[2018.09.19] CHANGE OF GENERATION
Cover Albums
[2009.05.05] So That a Star Shines at Night Sky
Mini Albums
[2008.10.13] Hypothetical Box
[2013.12.30] Miseria Kills Slaughterously
Instrumental Mini Albums
[2009.05.05] Rebirth Off Vocal Ver.
[2009.07.19] Rebirth Off Vocal Ver. 2
[2010.05.05] Jealousy Off Vocal Ver.
[2015.xx.xx] Rebirth Revisited Off Vocal Ver.
Live Albums
[2017.08.16] LIVE 2017
Collaboration Albums
[2009.10.11] Unbeatable Accomplice (with AQUAELIE)
[2011.12.30] U&I Eurobeat Remix (with Icarus'cry)
[2012.12.30] Parallelism・γ (with Undead Corporation)
[2012.12.30] Gekijou Tenor (劇情テノール) (with Undead Corporation)
Singles
[2015.08.14] Wings
[2016.12.29] Black Pentagram
[2018.03.28] Cadaver / Revadac
After that, they grabbed the hearts of punk kids with amazing speed.
They have major debut at "graduation" in 2002. It jumps to the center of the scene at once.
In 2007, they established their own label "I Mr. Record".
In 2008, their cover "Genshin nenten" (Nissan Serena TVCM) in the name of Gagaga DX
recorded 1 million downloads of the ringing talk.
Since 2010, they have continued vigorous activities at the center of the music scene at all times, such as holding an outdoor festival "Nagata Great March" that gathers 15,000 people in local Kobe.
Sambomaster is a Japanese rock band signed by Sony Music Japan. The band's name Sambomaster refers to the Russian martial art called Sambo. The band has 3 members: Takashi Yamaguchi: Vocal - Guitar , Yoichi Kondo: Base - Chorus,Yasushi Kiuchi: Drum - Chorus.
Lead vocalist and guitarist Takashi Yamaguchi first met drummer Yasufumi Kiuchi a few years back, at a university music club they were both members of. The duo ran into bassist Yoichi Kondo during February 2000, and the three went on to officially form the band now known as Sambomaster.
They made their debut at a live house in Tokyo's Kōenji district and soon followed this up with the self-production of their first single "Kick no Oni" (Kicking Demons), which they spent nearly a year working on. It was subsequently released in April 2001 as a limited edition of 300 copies.
For the first time, listeners outside of a live show were presented with vocalist and frontman Yamaguchi's vocals, which shift between a soft, sandpaper-like melodic voice to all-out screaming madness. Sambomaster's musical style is a blend of punk/classic rock, pop, jazz and rock ballads.
Stance Punks is a Japanese punk rock band, formed in 1999. The band gained fame through their performances at a rooftop live-venue in Shimokitazawa.
Stance Punks' name spread overseas when their song "Mayonaka Shounen Totsugekidan" was used as the ending theme song for the movie Battle Royale 2. Their song "No Boy No Cry" has been used as the opening theme song for the anime Naruto and the song "I Wanna Be" was used as the ending theme song for the anime Soul Eater.
As of 2005, the band has signed with Sony Epic's label called "Kowalski Records" under which the single "Mony Mony Mony" was released.
Critics often cite similarities between them and The Blue Hearts, an immensely popular punk band with a very similar style of music. The band recently performed a 5-hour long "Naruto Tribute" broadcast from a popular Kyoto radio station.
Su凸ko D凹koi (Suttoko Dokkoi) is a Japnese musical girls group.
The band is formed by Doi (vocal, bass) , Omu (drums, chorous) , Rina (guitar, chorous) all of whom had gone to the same clam school in their high school days. All of them got into a music university in 2010 and graduated in 2014. They have been active since then.
They became a winning artist in the RO69JACK 2013 Contest (Summer · 10th) who was engaged in rocking on sponsored by ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2013.
The band's catchphrase is "Woman is scary. But cute.". They put on a straight punk rock sound and sing radicals of girls which is never spoken in public.
Furthermore, when introducing "I want to part with" and "××××" in the "selling" section of TV Asahi series "music TV",They were greatly praised from Hyadain of the host and Sho Ayajiro and received great acclaim, To win the selling grand prize , lyrics award "in Japan.
Saboten (Japanese "cactus") is a Japanese rock band founded in Osaka in 1999. From 2004-2007 they were Sony Music Japan artists. Their song "Scenario" was used as the end theme to the anime Naruto.
Members
Kiyoshi (キヨシ) - Vocal, Guitar
Yassoo (ヤッソー) - Bass, Chorus
Sake (サケ) - Drums, Chorus
Albums
Hi Rock Hi
No Rain No Rainbow
Circus
Islands SRCL-6257
Classic 2007 SRCL-6491
Saboten Rock EXCR-1006
Green Hole 2010 BZCS-1072
This is a pen! 2012 PINE-0020
White Pool 2012 PINE-0024
1億3千万人が選ぶSABOTEN傑作集 PINE-0028
Master Peace 2015
Appearances on compilation albums
Junk 2 2002
Punk Rock Camp 2002
Punk JukeBox 2
The 青春 Punk Rock
Green Days 2003
E.V.Junkie SRCL-5597/8 - 23 in Oricon album chart
京阪 Wave
Nagoya Chorus Live 友情編
Naruto Super Hits 2006-2008 VWC-7561/2
Out of this World 4 SURCD-008
Make Merry Christmas
QP Special Tribute
THE Inazuma Squadron (The Inazuma Sentai) is a rock and roll band in Japan. Belongs to Sony Music Artists.
If the vowel comes after "THE", the pronunciation will be "the" instead of "the", so it is better to read "Zi Inazuma do not want", but this band name is "The Inazuma do not want" Read.
A free kick in Australian rules football is a penalty awarded by a field umpire to a player who has been infringed by an opponent or is the nearest player to a player from the opposite team who has broken a rule.
When a free kick is paid, the player's opponent stands the mark, by standing on the spot where the umpire indicates that the free kick was paid or mark was taken. The player with the ball then retreats backwards so that the ball can be kicked over the player standing the mark; the player must retreat on the angle such that he, the man on the mark and the centre of the attacking goal are in the same straight line.
A player receiving a free kick is not restricted to kicking the ball; he can play on by handballing to another player, or run around the mark where the free kick has been paid.
Currently, Golden Bomber have released 12 singles and 11 albums, some of which have gained the top places in national Oricon chart.
The band was formed in 2004 by vocalist Shō Kiryūin and guitarist Yutaka Kyan. The band's concept was "Hyper Giga Hybrid Super Subculture Visual Rock". Teppei Chimatsuri joined as the first drummer and keyboardist; when he left later, Dankichi Tenkujō took over as drummer. Jun Utahiroba joined as bassist on April 22, 2007. On April 5, 2009, Dankichi left the band, and on April 10, 2009, Kenji Darvish joined as a drummer.
None of the members except Shō Kiryūin play instruments. The band's studio recordings are done by professional musicians, as attested to by the group members themselves. Shō Kiryūin writes the music and lyrics, and creates the arrangements with Tatsuo of Everset. In concert, the band members don't play their instruments; instead they dance and perform and act out dramas with the aid of videos. Shō Kiryūin is the only one who always sings live. The band's creative output, including songs, music videos, promotional videos and performances, contains parodies of famous bands, artists, manga and other aspects of Japanese popular culture.
Their first single, "Dakishimete Shwarz", was released on 1 May 2008, followed by four more consecutive singles. Their first two albums, "The Golden J-POPS" and "Renai Shuukyouron" were put on sale on December 24, 2007, and their first live DVD was released that same day. In 2009 Golden Bomber had 12 consecutive one-man concerts on the 1st day of each month and performed a country-wide 4646 tour. Their most famous song, "Memeshikute", was released as single on 21 October 2009.
Golden Bomber Japanese rock band formed in 2004, it is a very unique and a very abnormal visual band. What makes Golden Bomber different from other bands is that they are an Air Band. They do not play instruments, the members just pretend to play their instruments except Sho Kiryuin. He is the lead vocalist sings and composes all of Golden Bombers songs. All of the instruments are played and recorded by other pro musicians. While on stage, the drummer uses an iPod mini to play the songs. The breakout song “Memeshikute” is what brought the members of Golden Bomber to fame.
Despite not actually performing the music themselves, they have gained popularity through their theatrical "live shows".
Currently, Golden Bomber have released 12 singles and 11 albums, some of which have gained the top places in national Oricon chart.
Their first single, "Dakishimete Shwarz", was released on 1 May 2008, followed by four more consecutive singles. Their first two albums, "The Golden J-POPS" and "Renai Shuukyouron" were put on sale on December 24, 2007, and their first live DVD was released that same day. In 2009 Golden Bomber had 12 consecutive one-man concerts on the 1st day of each month and performed a country-wide 4646 tour. Their most famous song, "Memeshikute", was released as single on 21 October 2009.
In June, 2006, Chiba and Imai announced the release of Rosso's album Emissions, and also that Rosso would go on a hiatus. Immediately after The Birthday was formed and in August of the same year, their first single Stupid was released. The band was formed with Yusuke Chiba as the leader, but with the intention that all the members would contribute to the songwriting process. In 2011 the band's lead guitarist Akinobu Imai left and in the same year Kenji Fujii, famous in Japan as a guitarist and songwriter of My Little Lover, joined them after a hiatus of some months.
Discography
The Birthday released many full-length albums, singles, EPs as well as several live show recordings on DVD and Blu-ray. Album and single releases are usually available as a standard and a limited edition with bonus DVD.
Albums
Rollers Romantic (2006)
Teardrop (2007)
Night on Fool (2008)
Star Blows (2010)
I'm Just a Dog (2011)
Vision (2012)
Come Together (2014)
BLOOD AND LOVE CIRCUS (2015)
NOMAD (2017)
Singles
Stupid (2006)
Kiki The Pixy (2006)
Night Line (2007)
Alicia (2007)
Press Factory (2007)
Namida Ga Koboresou (2008)
Ai de Nuritsubuse (2009)
Piano (2009)
Dig Zero (2010)
Maddy Cat Blues (2010)
Nazeka Kyouha (2011)
ROKA (2012)
Sayonara Saisyuuheiki (2012)
LEMON (2013)
Kusottare no Sekai (2014)
I KNOW (2015)
MOTHER (2015)
Yume to Bach to Caffeine to (2016)
Dakishimetai (2017)
Aozora (2018)
Compilations
Watch Your Blindside (B-side & Rare track collection) (2010)
GOLD TRASH (Greatest hits album) (2015)
Other releases
Motel Radio Sixty Six (2008)
Party People (2008)
The Birthday Meets Love Grocer at On-U Sound Mixed by Adrian Sherwood (2009)
In 2012, U,REI, and MASATO formed the group, who met at a school in Osaka. They moved to Tokyo one week after the formation of the band, and started performing around Tokyo area.
Their indie 1st full album “WILL” ranked 3rd in ORICON indie ranking, and sold 7000 copies throughout the year. They actively performed and sold out their solo show at BIG CAT Osaka. In December, they welcomed DJ SATORU as a new member. A new EP “Air” was released in February 2015. The promotional solo show for “Air” ended as a big success at BLITZ AKASAKA, the biggest venue they’d ever filled.
The rock band is composed of twin brothers of Kenji Mihara (Vo./Gt.), Koji Mihara (Ba.), Takashi Kashira (Gt.) and Takeshi Takahashi (Dr.). In 2016, major 1st full album "Frederism" was released gaining a lot of attention.
In the 1970s, he was called "New Big Three" with Goro Noguchi and Hideki Saijo. He belonged to Johnny Associates, but later left the agency. He also effectively became the Japanese answer to Ricky Martin after his 1999 Japanese version of "Livin' la Vida Loca", which was called "GOLDFINGER '99".
His stage name's initials are HG, and that, combined with his remake of Ricky Martin's "Livin la Vida Loca" made him a direct target of comedian Hard Gay.
Hiromi Go featured Japanese hip hop musician Dohzi-T in his R&B-style song "Kimi Dake o," released on May 14, 2008. "Kimi Dake o" was included in his album Place to Be and the remix of the song was included as a bonus track in Dohzi-T's album 12 Love Stories.
Hiromi Go appeared in the movie Samurai Cowboy with Catherine Mary Stewart and Robert Conrad which was released in 1993.
In 2018, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates 45th anniversary and started new chapter.
Taijiro Iimori took over as Chief Conductor and continue attractive programs with Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra. Ken Takaseki joined newly-built title as Resident Conductor and Kosuke Tsunoda joined as Conductor.
The Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra was formed under the name of Miyagi Philharmonic Orchestra in 1973 as an amateur community-based orchestra. It held its first subscription concert the following year. Following its incorporation as an incorporated association in 1978, the Miyagi Philharmonic Orchestra became a full-fledged professional orchestra and attracted attention for its remarkable growth under the guidance of the late Yasushi Akutagawa, who served as General Music Director between 1983 and 1989, Yuzo Toyama(Music Director) build-up basic ability between 1989 and 2006. The orchestra was renamed the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra their home city in 1989, and after converting to an incorporated foundation in 1992, it continued to forge great achievements, including winning the Kahoku Culture Award in 1999 and their first overseas concert tour, which took in Vienna, Rome, and three other cities in Europe in 2000.From 2006, Pascal Verrot(Chief Conductor) blossomed with various program and activity until March 2018.
Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra presents 9(nine) subscription concerts for different programs each year. In April 2016 Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates 300th subscription concert led by Pascal Verrot(Chief Conductor) featured Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique” and “Lelio, ou le retour à la vie”. Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra perform around 110 concerts a year, including subscription concert, school concert and others. At the Sendai International Music Competition, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra have been serving as the host orchestra since 2001. Also Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra have been a central role in the Sendai Classical Music Festival, which is widely known as “Sen-Cla,” and thus are contributing greatly to the promotion of music culture in their home city, Sendai.
In March 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake compelled the orchestra to cancel most of its concerts for a few months, members have been cooperating with the Center for Recovery through the Power of Music and—under the slogan “Linking hearts, Joining hands”—the orchestra is engaging in various activities aimed at developing and maintaining strong ties with residents affected by the disaster through music. In recognition of these dedicated activities, they received the Western Classical Music prize at the 2011 ExxonMobil Music Awards as well as the Akeo Watanabe Music Foundation Special Support. In March 2013, they presented concerts in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg in Russia upon request of the Japan Foundation to represent the disaster-stricken areas to express Japan’s gratitude for support extended by Russia and the world after the disaster. During these concerts, the orchestra was also able to show how they had been supporting disaster victims through music in areas where the reconstruction is underway, and they thus fulfilled this important mission successfully.
In the quest for music that everyone can enjoy, instead of colliding individual musicality, the result is a mix of various genres such as loud, metal, hip hop, reggae, EDM, drum and bass, and so on.
There are 6 stage members (based on support), and the MV, graphic design, tracks, etc. are all produced by their own team, and only 6 stage members are not members, but as a creator group including back side members 2014. They started producing music from the year and made a live debut in April of the same year.
It works as a mysterious group whose name and the number of team members are not revealed.Dancing, laughing, crying and singing in ultra entertaining sound.
They express their Japanese rock sound in a unique sense to the world. Weakness of human, sympathy to others, courage to step forward, all those good and bad that they feel in their life.
Stage members are formed by twin vocal, performer, guitar, bass, drums and DJ, total 7 members and all are called "NO NAME"(which they are anonymous). Moreover, there are composer, movie director, artwork designer as back member of Xmas Eileen creator team.
Debut live is in 2014, from then Xmas Eileen was invited and played in many major music festival and empowering them in a high speed. They are announced to be major in 31 Aug,2016 with 1st Album" ONLY THE BEGINNING".
In May 2012, Mako-Albert, Ikki-Rodriguez, who had been active in different bands respectively, joined the band who was active by four people, N'Taichi, N'Eita, Chiipucchi, Mr.Donuld Betch. Then it becomes FABLED NUMBER. N’Taichi(Bass/Cho) and N’Eita(Gt/Vo) are brothers.
At the same period, they released self-produced CD "Fisherman's Profit" available only at their live event.
They have been distinguished themselves since the release of "Might makes right" which was sold nationwide in 2013, and they performed at RADIO CRAZY 2013. In 2014, FABLED NUMBER released 2nd「The DIE is cast」and performed at big music festivals a lot.
In 2015, FABLED NUMBER worked as support acts at solo event of Gerard Way who is the vocal of My Chemical Romance in Japan. From August the same year, they self-planned live events which held for 6 months in a row, and all tickets were sold out. They performed at big music festivals like Inazuma Rock Festival and MERRY ROCK PARADE in 2015.
FABLED NUMBER made their major debut on February 2017 from Nippon Crown Co., Ltd.
NOISEMAKER was formed in Sapporo. It is a four -piece alternative block band consisting of AG (Vo) , HIDE (Gt) , YU-KI (Ba) and UTA (Dr). It is not only punk, rock, HIPHOP , R & B , grunge, but also cross over a variety of genres such as alternative , get support to a highly flexible sound.
They got Japan's No. 1 DIY rock band that carries out all self, such as artwork, design, and sound make-up with ROCK X ART as its conviction.
They have also appeared in large festivals, including festivals across the country, such as ROCK IN JAPAN FES , SUMMER SONIC , OZZFEST JAPAN , and COUNTDOWN JAPAN . Later, they appeared in festivals in Singapore, Taiwan, etc. and received a great response from overseas.
The first one-man tour [ NOISE MANIA ] was held, and after a great success, the Chinese tour [ NOISE MANIA IN China ] was also held.
On January 27, 2018 IQUIDROOM was held in RED APHELION TOUR FINAL ONE MAN all sold out, was a great success.
The same year 5 May 20 days NOISEMAKER hometown, Hokkaido ( Sapporo ) at KITAKAZE ROCK FES. Held decision
Hokkaido Held put the feeling that you want to in a big festival to be representative.
7 in May JESSE ( The BONEZ , RIZE ) single, "which was greeted by featuring guest the Wings "
released. The Tomei-Osaka Sapporo release tour was also sold out immediately.
In recent years the latest album [ RARA ] is released.
The Winking Owl was formed in Takasaki, Gunma in 2010 by guitarist Yoma when he returned to Japan after studying music in the US. That same year they had their first live at Band Contest "Rockers 2010", where they made it to the finals. Afterwards, the band worked on and released their very first demo, and distributed 1,000 free copies. Since then they have played lives and particpated in many events.
The band released their first single "Deep River" in December 2011 and released a split single with SECONDWALL in July 2012. Three months later, bassist Ranmalu officially became a member the band. The song "Precious" was chosen as their first PV which was released in March 2013.
In September 2013 the band released their first mini-album Voyage and held a release celebration live titled "We Owl Rock Along 2013" beforehand on July 18, 2013. Their second mini-album Supernova was released a year later.
The Winking Owl was chosen as a supporting act for the band ONE OK ROCK's "35xxxv" Japan Tour that was held on June 6, 2015 in Osaka. Later that year they released their second single "Open Up My Heart".
Discography
The Winking Owl (2016)
The Winking Owl promoting "Try" (2018)
Studio Albums
[2016.05.11] BLOOMING
[2019.06.05] Thanks Love Letter (Thanksラブレター)
Mini-Albums
[2013.09.04] Voyage
[2014.09.24] Supernova
[2017.05.10] Into Another World
Singles
[2011.12.27] Deep River
[2015.11.25] Open Up My Heart
[2018.11.07] Try
Split Singles
[2012.07.22] Split (The Winking Owl & SECONDWALL)
Demos
[2010.11.01] Through The Glass
MEMAI SIREN includes: Vo. Kyoji / Gt. Osawa Ray / Ba. Morita Yasuke / Piano & Vo. Wenaka / Dr. NARA
They are five-person rock band formed in Fukuoka.The world view of the misery represented in their lyrics, which are drawn by Vo. Kyoji and the intuitive and intense truck of the band. They expresses daily sense of obstruction and breathing, a feeling of helplessness. "I have no dreams or hopes, and I can not help it where I knew it"
The band has gained popularity from many young people who feel "loneliness", they are like a spokesman for those who lament to reality.
In 2015 their first album "Waiting for some yesterday" hits nationwide!
Mini album "Rokka" was released on March 8, 2017.
Single "Jenga" is delivered in advance in August 2017.
March 21, 2018 NEW EP "From the depths" was released.
Winnie is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, formed in 2002. Their musical style typically employs a combination of emotional rock and alternative rock, armed with an irresistible combo of male and female vocals. The band uses polka dots as their trademark.
The band consists of vocalists Iori and Okuji, bassist Pabo and drummer Jin.
Beginning with "The Darkest Eternal Lights," released 2008 2nd EP, they were instantly noted as a band to keep a watchful eye -and ear- on. The EP spawned hit single "Starlike Stereo." This song received modest airplay and the band found themselves playing at larger venues as the year progressed.
In 2008, the band released it's single, "Sweep," 3rd EP "Headquarter" arrived in the winter of 2009, the success of which led to their first time Japanese chart in. The debut album "Dye Myself Black" followed in 2009, full of overwhelming single like "Winner," the self-produced collection scored major Japanese Radio and TV rotation,
instantly placing Winnie at the forefront of modern Japanese rock.
Mahousyoujo-ni-naritai was formed in 2014 by producer/developer, ADULT YUkun, as a five-piece commercial and creative team. The band members are a mix of different ages and genders, and are consisted of:
Vocalist: KAJI BASIL (magical girl-in-training)
VJ & Vocalist: gari (videographer-in-training)
Guitar: MEIJIsan (model-in-training)
Guitar: UI VITON (band dude)
Bass: ADULT YUkun (producer/developer)
Members also regularly collaborate with illustrators, photographers and other young, up-coming creators in both studio recordings and live performances.
The band sounds part metal, punk and EDM, while infusing elements of role-playing games, not only in their songs and lyrics, but also their videos and live performances, creating an all-new “Japanese alternative” genre. Their unique approach to music and performing has caught the attention of fans and the industry, having won a prestigious contest for up-and-coming artists hosted by a major rock magazine merely four months since forming the band. This led to them being invited to perform at one of Japan’s leading rock events, ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2014, and in 2015 they’ve also been tapped to write a song for Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, one of Japan’s most in-demand idol groups.
As a side note, vocalist and magical girl-in-training, KAJI BASIL, was put under a spell by an evil witch, and now travels the world to find a cure for her predicament. In order to preserve her magical powers, she does not speak anytime other than singing, so please keep in mind that she will be unable to answer when spoken to.
LOCAL CONNECT (previously H”palty) is a 5 member band hailing from Kyoto, Japan and are signed to vap since February 2015.
The band comprises of Shuma on bass, Natsuki on drums, ISATO on vocals, Daiki on vocals/guitar and ma-ki- on guitar. Natsuki is the only member who was not originally part of H”palty. He joined the band following the departure of their previous drummer at the end of 2014.
Their single, “Shiawase no ari ka”, was used as the ending theme for the anime ‘Ore Monogatari’, which was broadcast in Japan in April 2015. Later that year, they released their first mini album, “Kako Tsunagu Mirai” (Connecting Past and Future) in June. It featured previously released tracks such as “Cosmoloop”, “Fallmaker” and “Paradise Lost” alongside new tracks “Kimi no migi te” and “BLIND DAY”.
Their second mini album, “7 Rails”, was released on 6 April 2016 and contains 7 tracks, of which, “Oyasumi” is a previously unreleased track back from their H”palty days. The band is currently on tour promoting “7 Rails” nationwide.
AliA, written in Japanese as アリア, is a six piece band that made their debut in July of 2018 with the mini album 「AliVe」, which has the title track "limit". The members include vocalist AYAME, guitarist Okamura Eren, keyboardist TKT (Takuto), violinist RINA, bassist SEIYA, and drummer BOB. A few of the members were or are still are support members of other bands.
AliA are a recently formed Japanese six-piece rock band with a transparent affinity for all things extravagant and mainstream. Their roster includes a grandiose violinist, every familiar hook in a pop vocalist’s 101, and a combined wardrobe that many would die for. On their debut album, AliVe, the order of the day at any given moment consists largely of an aggressively catchy over-the-top tribute to all possible labels involving the words ‘power’ and ‘epic’. That is to say, this is absolutely music for the sweet-toothed; it’s neither tongue-in-cheek enough to indulge an ironic listening nor innovative enough to offer much appeal for those interested in the quirkier side of the Japanese scene. And so, unless you’re happy to discard the concept of an upper bound as far as all things cheese are concerned, you’d be well-inclined to stay the hell away.
With that significant caveat out of the way, it’s fair to say that AliVe represents a pretty worthwhile offering as far as shamelessly kitsch music goes. The band are all proficient musicians and while their songwriting and style reinvent the wheel, they do pull these tracks off with a sufficient level of energy and focus to indicate that their intentions behind their music’s clearly crafted mass appeal are mostly positive, and that they’re having a whale of a time performing it. The worst thing that can be said for music like this is that it comes across as like it was conceived purely as a means of exploiting the process of consumption. A good mainstream band sounds like its sound is accessible because the bandmembers genuinely care about the enjoyment a large audience stands to gain by hearing it. Gauging from the liveliness of their performances here, AliA seem to fit the brief soundly enough.
As such, the earnestness behind their sound occasionally comes across as ridiculous but does successfully drive most of the tracks with an intensity and excitement that’s hard to deny. The only song that mishandles this is the obligatory powerballad, Koe / Voice, which shoots for engaging dynamic variety but fails to gather steam until its final minute, but otherwise they more or less succeed in sustaining a level of pacing that sounds like it was conceived with little besides an endless stream of endorphins in mind.
This is accentuated by moments of instrumental boldness, most notably in Silhouette, which draws on prog sounds in its sporadic opening and the extremely busy keyboard sustained through its verses. Limit toys with some low-fret guitar crunch and off-kilter string accents in its second verse but sadly returns to a regular 4/4 feel before the moment has really sunk in. Other songs are prone to flashy lead work from both keys and guitar, but these are largely confined to central motifs or conventionally structured solos. On the other hand, the pop elements here are appropriately focal and never less than euphoric. This is showcased best by the album’s two catchiest numbers, Simple and かくれんぼ / Hide-And-Seek. These lean towards an established J-Pop mode, boasting ultra-huge choruses full of all the epic chords, harmonised vocals and obligatory woah-oh-ohs that have driven countless ultra-huge choruses of the same breed. It’s a familiar thrill, but AliA make it their own to an adequate degree.
There are limits to the heights reached on AliVe, however. The title track pushes the band’s climactic atmosphere as far as it can, with symphonic leanings and a climactic drive that is immediately invocative of all manner of hyperbolic music-is-life speeches and lighter-waving gestures that will doubtless occur live. It’s not exactly a flop, but given its placement as album closer I was a little underwhelmed at the way the band sought to round off a relentlessly upbeat maximalist album with even more upbeat maximalism. The song itself as worthwhile as song as any here but the point suggested by its placement at the end is more likely to incur an eye-rolling “okay, we get the picture” than anything else.
Faith are an indie rock band from Ina-City in Nagano prefecture formed in 2015 at Ina Gram House. The band’s music has an energetic American influenced indie rock sound. They won some local band awards locally and have increased their popularity with fans.
The band members are: Vocalist Akari Dritschler アカリ ドリチュラー Guitarist/Vocalist Ray Kastnar れい, Guitarist Vocalist Yaji Murray ヤジマレイ, Bassist Tohko 荒イ and Drummer Melanson Luca メランソンルカ. They are worth supporting and listening to.
Less than a year after Versailles ended activities, guitarists Hizaki and Teru, drummer Yuki and bass guitarist Masashi, announced they had formed a new band named Jupiter on April 1, 2013. Having recruited vocalist Zin, they also revealed plans for their first single in the summer. According to Hizaki, the name is based on astrology and can mean protection, good luck or beautiful spirit. They performed at the "Stylish Wave Generation Vol.4" event at Akasaka Blitz on May 26, alongside Penicillin, Diaura and other visual kei bands.
The single, "Blessing of the Future", was released on July 24 and reached number 38 on the Oricon music chart. Before the single was even released, their first album, Classical Element, was announced for August 28, 2013. It peaked at number 31 on the chart. The band had its first concert at Akasaka Blitz on September 26, before embarking on its first tour in October.[6] In December, they took part in three of the "Stylish Wave Circuit '13 Winter Shogun" concerts.
Jupiter had their first overseas performances in February 2014, in Warsaw, Poland (5th), Cologne, Germany (7th), and Paris, France (8th). Their second single, "Last Moment", was released on March 12, 2014, and reached number 37. The History of Genesis, the band's second album, was released on January 7, 2015, and reached number 32. The eight date Temple of Venus tour followed in April. On November 19, 2015, one month before Versailles officially resumed activities, it was announced that Yuki and Masashi would be leaving Jupiter. They performed their last concert with Jupiter on April 29, 2016, at Shinjuku ReNY. The single, "The Spirit within Me", was released on December 29, 2016, as a trio.
In March 2017, Jupiter announced the mini album Tears of the Sun for release on May 10. Their support drummer Daisuke (ex-Roach) and new bass guitarist Rucy (ex-Killaneth) were named as full members in April. The two made their first live appearance on the first day of the Under the Burning Sun tour on May 12. However, in September, Jupiter announced that Zin would be leaving the band after the final date of their Ascension to Heaven tour. It took place at Meguro Rockmaykan on February 3, 2018.
In July 2018, Jupiter announced their new vocalist Kuze (ex-Concerto Moon) and the August 8 single "Theory of Evolution", which was supported by a two-legged tour of the same name that took place in September and November. In November 2018, the band revealed that their third studio album Zeus ~Legends Never Die~ would be released on March 13, 2019 and supported by a ten-date European tour across six countries in May. However, in January 2019 Rucy announced that he will be leaving Jupiter after their January 19 show due to differences that arose while recording the album. As a result, Zeus ~Legends Never Die~ was postponed until April 3.
Their first album Deep Exceed (2010) reached the top 15 on the Oricon chart, as did their second Determination (2011). However, founding member Rami announced she was leaving the group in June 2012 and new vocalist Re:NO joined Aldious just one month later. They produced their third album District Zero in 2013 and it became their highest-charting release to date, reaching number 7.
Their fourth album Dazed and Delight (2014) peaked at number 20, and their fifth Radiant A was released in December 2015. The latter was their first album on the VAA (Village Again Association) record label and their first released in Europe. After one more album, Unlimited Diffusion (2017), Re:NO left the band at the end of 2018 and they remain without a full-time vocalist. Aldious have been labelled pioneers of the "Girls Metal Band Boom" that began in Japan in the 2010s.
The name Aldious was created by Rami shortening the phrase "Ultimate Melodious." In November they took part in the compilation album Red Hot Burning Hell Vol.16, soon after which guitarist Ruki and bassist Sawa left. In January 2009, Toki and Kaze joined as guitarist and bassist respectively, later the band released their debut four-track EP Dear Slave on November 7. Kaze left in December, and drummer Aruto joined in January 2010. March saw the return of Sawa on bass and around this time Aldious formed their own record label, Bright Star Records.
Their first single "Defended Desire", released July 7, reached the number 4 position on Oricon's Indies chart and number 49 on its regular chart. In April, Bright Star became a sublabel of Spinning and the band released their debut album Deep Exceed on October 13, 2010. It reached number 15 on the charts.
Aldious (Japanese: アルディアス) is a Japanese all-female power metal band from Osaka, formed in 2008 by guitarist Yoshi and vocalist Rami. After a few member changes, they released their debut EP Dear Slave the following year and soon after formed their own record label, Bright Star Records. Their first album Deep Exceed (2010) reached the top 15 on the Oricon chart, as did their second Determination (2011). However, founding member Rami announced she was leaving the group in June 2012 and new vocalist Re:NO joined Aldious just one month later. They produced their third album District Zero in 2013 and it became their highest-charting release to date, reaching number 7.
Their first single "Defended Desire", released July 7, reached the number 4 position on Oricon's Indies chart and number 49 on its regular chart. In April, Bright Star became a sublabel of Spinning and the band released their debut album Deep Exceed on October 13, 2010. It reached number 15 on the charts.
Determination, the band's second album, was released on October 12, 2011 and reached number 13. The song "Spirit Black" was used as the ending theme song of the Fuji TV show Shimura Ken (志村軒). The album's single, "Mermaid", was previously released on April 6 and earned the number 20 position.
On May 15, 2013, Aldious released their third album District Zero, which became their first release to break the top-ten. Its song "Scrash" became the ending theme song for the TBS TV show Ranking Kingdom (ランク王国) from June to July. It was reported that for the album the band intentionally toned down their appearance and aimed for a "pure metal sound", so as to be recognized for their musicianship rather than being an all-female band.
Their fourth album Dazed and Delight (2014) peaked at number 20, and their fifth Radiant A was released in December 2015. The latter was their first album on the VAA (Village Again Association) record label and their first released in Europe. After one more album, Unlimited Diffusion (2017), Re:NO left the band at the end of 2018 and they remain without a full-time vocalist. Aldious have been labelled pioneers of the "Girls Metal Band Boom" that began in Japan in the 2010s.
2015
On August 9, the group appeared in the Stardust Section 3 Sales Office Festival at the Grand Front Osaka Knowledge Theater as a five-person group called Nidaime Iginari. The original members were Hikaru Ritsuki, Risa Minato, Rine Kitami, Yuna Hazuki, and Waka Yasumori. The average age of the group was 12.8.
On September 12, Hinano Sakura and Kaaya Date joined the group.
On October 24, Karen Tachibana was incorporated into the group in the Stardust Section 3 event Eigyousho Matsuri.
2016
On July 3, Miu Fujitani joined the group, bringing the total number of group members to nine. Karen Tachibana was named as the leader of the group and Yuna Hazuki as sub-leader. The average age of the group was then 12.6.
On August 7, the group appeared at the Tokyo Idol Festival 2016.[3]
On November 27, the group's single "Tenka Ippin" was shown at Darwin Event. They change their group name to Iginari Tohoku San.
2017
On January 8, Karen, Hikaru, Risa, Rine, and Waka participated in Stardust Section 3 event Ore No Next Girl 2017 Mochiron Fujii. They won first place and the opportunity of acting in Stella Ball.[4]
On February 19, Tohoku announced the release of its first album.
On March 26, First Two Man Live with Sakura Ebis, Tenka Ippin was released, as was Mugen Kageki (a collaboration single with Sakura Ebis)
On April 2, Risa Minato took an indefinite hiatus.
On April 21, the group's official blog was started.
On May 5, the group performed Second Two Man Live with Sakura Ebis in Miyagi La La La Hall.
On June 24, they announced their first tour for August 2017, with planned stops in Aomori, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Omiya.
On June 24, the group announced that the release date of their second single "High Tension Summer" would be on July 30, 2017.
On July 30, "Hight Tension Summer" was released. The group presented their official overture.
On August 4 and 5, the group appeared in the Tokyo Idol Festival 2017, performing a total of four times.
On August 6, the group participated in the SIF (Idol festival hosted by Momoclo). They received third place in the competition of the best performance of the festival with 986 points.
On August 12–16, they released their Car Tour.
On September 20, Minato Risa confirms her graduation for October 14 Event.[2]
On November 19, "Travel" was released.
On December 23, their first Christmas Event at @Sendai Wakabayashi Ward Cultural Center Hall was held. They mobilized 534 people and overcame the target of 500. They presented the new single Kansai Nippon.
On December 31, they appeared at the Western Japan Idol Festival hosted by Tacoyaki Rainbow (Grand Cube Osaka).
2018
On February 12, they appeared at the 3 man festival with Sakura Ebis, Petit Passpo and Up up girls on Yokohama bay hall
On March 4, they appeared at Hawaiians Monthly Super Live (@ Spa Resort Hawaiians).
On March 21, "Itadaki Launcher" was released.
on May 27, In the "Eagles Event (First ball start ceremony)". The release of the 5th single was announced for July 14. They talked about the possibility of new members joining the group.
on June 7, Karen fulfills her dream and sings for the first time with Sasaki Ayaka (Momoiro Clover Z) in the Sakazaki Kounosuke no Momoiro Folk Mura show. Aarin was the reason why she becomes an idol.
On November 3, The group announced by twitcast that in the concert of December 30 in Toyosu PIT a new member will be incorporated.
On November 23, Shinju Kichise joined the group.
On December 30, The official page madeintohoku.com was opened. The number of attendants on their Christmas Event grew to 1021 people.
2019
On March 3-31, The group did their first Live House Tour (Morioka, Sendai, Koriyama, Yamagata, Akita, Aomori)
Despite numerous changes in their roster, with Takasaki the sole constant member, the band continued their activities throughout the 1990s, finally reuniting the original line-up in 2001. This incarnation released a further seven albums until November 30, 2008, when original drummer Munetaka Higuchi died from liver cancer at a hospital in Osaka at age 49. He was replaced with Masayuki Suzuki.
In 2010 they recorded "The Eternal Soldiers" to be the theme song for Mazinkaiser SKL, which was released as a single later that year.
In an interview with Guitar World and posted on YouTube on July 11, 2011, Akira Takasaki commented on King of Pain's lack of solos and speed. He said that the reason for this was the band's desire to introduce Masayuki Suzuki, their new drummer. Takasaki also stated that the next album's playing would be "much more speedy, much more aggressive" than King of Pain. Loudness' released Eve to Dawn on September 14, 2011.
Another album, 2012, followed on August 22, 2012. Due to a scheduling conflict with Niihara's side project X.Y.Z.→A, Michael Vescera performed as guest vocalist for Loudness on April 14, 2013 at the Live N' Louder Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. Marking the first time he has sung with the band in over 20 years.
The band released their 26th studio album titled The Sun Will Rise Again on June 4, 2014. Loudness played a song from the album called "Immortality" on the 2014 Monsters of Rock cruise.
The group teamed up with Outrage to hold the first Loud∞Out Fest on May 2, 2015. The second installment was held on May 1, 2016 and also included Anthem and Lost Society in addition to the two namesake acts. The 2017 edition of the fest was called a "tour" and saw two concerts on May 4 and 6 that included Galneryus.
In January 2018, the band released their 27th studio album, Rise to Glory. However, in February, drummer Masayuki Suzuki was hospitalized with a mild stroke. The band tapped RA:IN drummer Ryuichi Nishida to fulfill the tour until Suzuki's full recovery and return in September 2018.
March 27, 2009 DaizyStripper performed live in Kanazawa, stylish wave Circuit '09 Haru no Arashi. On June 3, their single "Dearest" was released and reached the third position at indies Oricon chart. In October, the world's first was held in Makuhari to mobilize 50,000 people from around the world visual kei rock festival "V-Rock Festival '09" appeared. In November, the mini album The Beauty was released. They staged further in December, live at Akasaka Blitz, 見Setsuketa growth in 2009 with 1,200 fans.
In March 2010, 6th Single "Harumeku Bokura" was released. Concert tour of eight cities, including 10 solo performances followed in the coming months. In August, "Birth" and "Love" was simultaneously released. Later in September, they held Birth or Live? One-man live concert in Nihon Seinenkan Hall, Tokyo.
In June 2011, DaizyStripper took on the part of a session band called, Blue Planet Japan. They and many other visual kei band members sing and perform charity songs such as "ひとつだけ～We are The One～" for disaster victims. On June 15, 2011 their 7th single "Kiss You" and June 29, their 3rd album Bless was released. Their 8th single "Tsuki ni Juusei" released on September 7. In October, their 4th album Siren was released. In November, DaizyStripper held their first-ever overseas tour in Taiwan. On November 2, their 9th single "Setsubō no Freesia" was released and was used as the theme song for the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. It reached number 20 on the Oricon singles chart, their highest ranking so far. Their fourth album, "Air", was released on January 11, 2012. They performed 5×Starz Attack live at Yokohama Blitz on January 21. DaizyStripper performed at Animethon19 in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on August 11 as part of their 5th Anniversary tour.
They covered hide's song "Misery" for the Tribute II -Visual Spirits- tribute album, which was released on July 3, 2013.
DaizyStripper (デイジーストリッパー, DeijīSutorippā) is a five-member Japanese visual kei rock band that formed in March 2007, and is signed onto the indie label Beyond-Max. DaizyStripper also has an alter-ego band called Frantic Emiry.
DaizyStripper was founded in March 2007 with the line-up of: Yugiri (ex-Altema) on vocals, Mayu (ex-Clavier) on guitar, Nao (ex-Trick) on guitar, Rei (ex-Clavier) on bass, and Kazami (ex-Clavier and former Lareine roadie and support member) on drums. They would spend three months writing songs and rehearsing, and on June 5 the band had their demonstration live at Takadanobaba Area.
Their debut live was on June 18 at Shibuya O-West. This led into a string of four lives, starting on June 24 at Liquid Room Abisu and ending on July 16 at Takadanobaba Area. On August 2 DaizyStripper was one of many bands performing in the "Scuber Dive ~Shibuya ga Taihen~" mega-event, they played at Shibuya O-Crest. A little more than two weeks later, on the 18th, the group participated in Guy's Family's sponsored event "Guy's Party Vol.3" at Liquid Room Ebisu.
On August 23 the group held their first sponsored event called "SakuranStrip" at Takadanobaba Area. At this live they distributed their one and only self-titled demo CD. The two track demo contained: "Dandelion", which was re-recorded and used as their debut single and "Black Dropper", which was later re-recorded and placed on their first album Birth. "DaizyStripper" was limited to the number of customers that day.
2008 started with two events in January, the first of which was the "J SHOCK '08 New Year's PARTY" on the 20th at Liquid Room Ebisu and the second was the Rk presents37 "Ikemen☆Paradise" on the 31st at Shibuya O-West. On February 13 DaizyStripper released their debut single "Dandelion". It was released in a CD+DVD only format, and allotted to 1,000 copies. This was also only available to purchase at four select Like an Edison stores and at their lives. The single reached No. 10 on the indies Oricon charts and has since sold out.
LAZYgunsBRISKY was founded in 2006 by high school classmates, lead singer Lucy, guitarist izumi, bassist azu and drummer Moe, after they graduated high school. Their first album was released in April 2008 by July Records. It was entitled Quixotic and produced by Motoaki Fukanuma. That same year they released another album entitled Catching! on Babestar, produced by Kenichi Asai of Blankey Jet City
In 2009, they took part in the Arabiki Rock Festival 2009 and released mini-album 26 times on FlyingStar. They also have been performing a surprise concert at the Fuji Rock Festival 2009 which made the news. In 2010, the band played a European tour and have always aimed to rock the world. Along with this tour their 1st mini album "Catching!" was released in Europe on German label, "Spark &Shine Records". Their 2nd mini album "26 times" was released in North America on Good Charamel Records, an indie label of Robby Takac from The Goo Goo Dolls, and also featured on the "I LOVE J-ROCK compilation CD in 2010.
In 2011, they went to EUROPE a second time to play at JAPAN EXPO 2011. In 2012, the band went on hiatus but in 2015 restarted and released mini album ”NO BUTS”