Concerto Moon

Concerto Moon (コンチェルト・ムーン, Koncheruto mūn) is a Japanese Neoclassical metal / Power metal band formed in 1996^[1][2] and led by guitarist Norifumi Shima.

The band's first two albums were reissued by InsideOut Music in 2003.^[3]

Members

Current members

• Norifumi Shima – guitar (1996–present)
• Atsushi Kuze – vocals (2011–present)
• Shigeharu Nakayasu - bass (2015-present)
• Atsushi Kawatsuka - drums (2015-present)
• Aki - keyboards (2013-2014 as support member, 2015-present)

Former members

• Kosaku Mitani – bass (1996–2003, 2009 & 2012-2014 as support member)
• Takao Ozaki – vocals (1996–1999)
• Osamu Harada – keyboards (1996–1997)
• Nobuho Yoshioka – drums (1996)
• Ichiro Nagai – drums (1997–2001)
• Toshiyuki Koike – keyboards (1998–2009)
• Takashi Inoue – vocals (2000–2011)
• Junichi Sato – drums (2002–2003)
• Takanobu Kimoto – bass (2004–2009)
• Shoichi Takeoka – drums (2004)
• Masayuki Osada – drums (2007–2015)
• Toshiyuki Sugimori – bass (2009–2011)

Discography

Studio albums

• Fragments of the Moon (1997)
• From Father to Son (1998)
• Rain Forest (1999)
• Gate of Triumph (2001)
• Destruction and Creation (self-cover album, 2002)
• Life On The Wire (2003)
• After the Double Cross (2004)
• Decade of the Moon (Boxed set, 2008)
• Rise from Ashes (2008)
• Angel of Chaos (2010)
• Savior Never Cry (2011)
• Black Flame (2013)

EPs

• Time to Die (1999)
• Concerto Moon (2004)
• Live And Rare (2014)

Live albums

• Live Concerto (1997)
• The End of the Beginning (1999)
• Live: Once in a Life Time (2003)
• Live for Today, Hope for Tomorrow (2011)

Videos

• Live The End of the Beginning (VHS, 2000 - DVD, 2003)
• Live - Once in a Life Time (DVD, 2003)
• Live Concerto - The Movie (DVD, 2008)
• Live from Ashes (DVD, 2009)

References

External links

• Official website