Blood (band)

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Blood
Blood live in New York City
Blood live in New York City
Background information
Origin Osaka, Japan
Genre(s) Visual Kei, J-Rock, Hard rock
Years active 2002–present
Label(s) Cure
Website http://www.curecreate.com
Members
Kiwamu
Kaede
Fu~ki
Former members
Taichi
Takeshi
Dai

Blood is a Japanese band formed in 2002. Blood aims to create music that expresses the meaning of human emotion that breaks the musical frame. Blood is closely associated with visual kei,[1] but the band refers to themselves as a "Gothic band".

They have toured in Japan, Europe,[1] the United States,Mexico and Australia. The first Japanese Gothic/Visual Kei band to tour in Australia. Blood is regularly featured in the Gothic & Lolita Bible and they have been featured in western magazines, including Astan, Rumore, and Gothic Beauty.

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[edit] History

Blood was formed in February 2002 in Osaka, and has separate "periods" defined by changing concepts. During the first period Takeshi and Dai joined the band.

On the 10th of February 2003 the vocalist Dai left. Blood began their second period and released the mini-album "Blood". Blood performed in the USA at Fanime in 2003[2]. On the 29th February of 2004, Taichi and Takeshi left the band.

With Fu~ki, Blood began to move their music in a more deathrock/goth direction. The third period had a vampire concept[3]. Their next series of albums would follow a vampire story much in the vein of Anne Rice's novels, with the story penned entirely by Fu~ki and music writing handled solely by Kiwamu.

In the winter of 2004, they released "Vengeance For Blood" and began to tour world wide, starting in Europe[1]. Soon after, Blood was interviewed on the radio show Bad Transitions on 91.7 WIXQ FM, a college radio station based in Millersville, Pennsylvania. The show was also broadcast by internet webcast.

During a tour in May 2005, played three shows in Mexico City[3]. That summer (July 2005), they released "Vengeance For Blood 2" and another European and Mexican tour followed. During the Mexican tour, they filmed their first full-length live DVD "Vengeance for Blood - Live in Mexico". Early in 2006, they released the final chapter in their vampire concept, "Vengeance For Blood 3". 2,000 copies were pressed, and it sold out in 4 days.

In November 2006, they did another interview on WIXQ FM, this time on the newly formed J-Rock show, Tainted Reality, hosted by former Bad Transitions host Roger Shackelford [4]. The following month (March 2006), they did their last tour with the vampire concept though Europe and a special live event in Japan.

With the vampire concept finished, Blood was faced with a new beginning. They continued in the Hard rock direction and they started a new concept based on the poetry of the French poet, Charles Baudelaire. They announced their first USA Showcase Tour (a 3 stop tour) followed by a short Mexican tour. The USA tour sold out at both stops in Los Angeles and New York City.

They released their first mini-album under the french poetry concept entitled "Spleen ~Despair~". Another tour of Europe followed, as well as and an announcement of a US mini-tour for March 2007.

The band is currently working on their latest concept, "Symphony of Chaos".

Kiwamu has recently joined the project "GPKISM" headed by GPK [Gothique Prince Ken] of Australia.

[edit] Line-Up

  • Kiwamu - Prog & guitar & VJ
  • Kaede - Bass & synth-bass
  • Fu~ki - Vocal [Has a AC/CD on his left breast]
  • Ryo - Manipulator

[edit] Former Members

  • DAI - Vocal
  • Takeshi - Vocal & Chorus
  • Taichi - prog & guitar

[edit] Guest Musicians

  • Yuu- guitar (Suicide Ali)
  • Miduki - ??? (ex-Majestic)
  • Juya - guitar (D'AIR)
  • Noa - guitar (ex-Brand 0)
  • Emily Rose - vocals (Hallows End)
  • EXO-CHIKA - vocals (Aural Vampire)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Tapes

  • Morphine (Feb 14 2002)
  • 黒き血の前奏曲 (May 3 2005)
  • Hyakuoku no Hikari to Senoku no Kage (百億の光と千億の影) (July 1 2003)

[edit] Singles

  • Bloodtype (Aug 8 2002)
  • Morphine/Collector (morphine／コレクター)(Nov 15 2002)
  • Tsuioku ~I Remember You~ (追憶～I remember you～)(Jan 30 2003)
  • Blind (Aug 6 2004)
  • The Funeral for Humanity (Aug 10 2004)
  • Spleen ～憂鬱～ (Oct 7 2006)
  • Brumes Et Pluies ～霧と雨 (Feb 14 2007)
  • CHAIN (December 12, 2007)

[edit] Albums

  • Collections Item 1st period BEST + demo tracks (コレクターズアイテム第一期BEST+未発表曲集) (April 1 2004)
  • Blood (Jan 6 2004)
  • Vengeance for Blood (Feb 25 2005)
  • Vengeance for Blood 2 (July 9 2005)
  • 1st Period DX (July 23 2005)
  • 2nd Period DX (July 23 2005)
  • Vengeance for Blood 3 (Jan 1 2006)
  • Les Fleurs Du Mal (Jun 7 2007)
  • Darkest Labyrinth - Compilation CD(Mar 17 2007)
  • Dead-Hearted (Sep 15 2007)

[edit] Video

  • Live in USA ~ Infected with Blood (Oct 30 2003)
  • Vengeance for Blood Live in Mexico (Mar 23 2006)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Anime News Network [1]
  2. ^ Fanime 2003 Program Guide
  3. ^ a b Cure magazine, Vol 29, June 2005, pg 90-91, release date April 21 2005
  4. ^ Tainted Reality [2]

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