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| Takaki (Gt.), Kosuke (Ba.), Naoki (Dr.) & Ai (Vo.) |
This indies
band's appearance is as dark as their name. Black and smeared make-up
is a big part of their look. DEATHGAZE (デスゲイズ)
is placed in the metal genre, but from time to time they bring a less
heavy style. In the past the band had some trouble with their
line-up, but their general sound always stayed the same. Similar
bands are UnsraW and -OZ-.
DEATHGAZE
was formed in Nagoya in July 2003 by vocalist Hazuki, guitarist
Kanna, bassist Ai, and drummer Naoki. Their first single,
“294036224052”, was released on February 22, 2004. Two months
later Hazuki left the band to form the band “lynch.”. Kanna also
left the band that year and joined “Puppet Mammy” instead. The
band then looked for replacements. Sou (ex-Be≒Luna) became the new
vocalist and Naoto (ex-KeiL) joined as guitarist.
Once the
band was complete again, DEATHGAZE released their second single
“Chaos” on February 5, 2005. On August 17 a volume 2 of “Chaos”
followed. This release contained one new song. In November, the
single “Downer” went on sale. DEATHGAZE also had several one-man
lives and a tour called “Drug Overdose Death”. The tour ended
with final live at “Meguro Rockmaykan”. Fans were given a DVD
with music video at the concert.
April 1,
2006, was the release date of single “Fuhai to Fusei”, but the
single was only available during the “FEEL
THE HEAVYNESS!” tour. On July 12 DEATHGAZE's first full album,
“genocide and mass murder” was released. To promote the album,
the band went on two month tour called “genocidal venom”. They
also held two special shows with band “girugamesh”. Especially
for this event they used the names “girugaze” and “deathgamesh”.
At the end of the year the band hit another bump concerning their
line-up. Sou was leaving to get married so the band had to search for
yet another vocalist. In March 2007 DEATHGAZE announced that they
would go on hiatus to concentrate on finding a new member.
On
November 11 of 2007, it was announced that bassist Ai would be the
new vocalist. DEATHGAZE continued as a three-member band for now.
Three singles were released before they had found a new bassist. In
April 2008 Kosuke joined as the new bass player. The year 2008
finished with the release of second album “AWAKE -evoke the urge-”
on December 10.
In
2009 another unlucky event took place. Guitarist Naoto left DEATHGAZE
after the “Takadanobaba AREA” live on April 26. Naoto said that
if it was possible, he would return. In the meantime, the band was
reduced to three members again but continued their activities. On
September 9 a new album called “THE CONTINUATION” was released.
The album contained re-recorded old songs with Ai on vocals. After
the release short tour “UNITE THE BLOOD” followed. During this
tour Takaki (ex- ASS’n’ARROW) supported the band as a guitarist.
He became an official member on November 20.
In
November 2009, single “BLOOD” was released. Single “SORROW”
followed in May 2010. Both releases claimed a spot in the top 10 of
the Oricon indies charts. In autumn, DEATHGAZE was the accompanying
band for lynch. during their tour. On September 10 the bands held a
two-man band event called “Friction Effect”. 2010 finished with
the release of album “BLISS OUT”. In 2011 two single releases
followed.
February
22, 2012, was the release date of their second live DVD, “2011
PREMIUM NIGHT「BLISS
OUT MIND」-
FROM THE END -”. In April album“CREATURE” went on sale. To
further promote the album they held the “GLORY CREATURES” tour.
The tour ended on June 30 in Tokyo. Single “DEAD BLAZE” was
released on November 21 and this release also got a promo tour, which
ended in February 2013.
Since
2013 marks DEATHGAZE's 10 year anniversary, the band wanted to
celebrate with a tour through Japan and Europe. The tour was titled
“The End of Last Decade”. The European tour started on July 4 in
Czech Republic and ended on July 17 in Russia. They also visited
France, the UK, Germany, Poland and Austria. A day before the
European tour, best of album “DECADE” was released.
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