Malice Mizer

Malice Mizer (マリスミゼル; Marisu Mizeru) is a rock band movement and the Japanese Visual Kei. Fires in August 1992 to December 2001. Created by Mana and Közi, banda name means "malice and misery," Excerpts from "nothing but a being of malice and misery" - its answer to the question "What is man ". Before his music and voices are characterized by their strong influence classical french and, later, the transition from romantic french deliberate and integration of Victorian Gothic, after several aspects tragedies befell the band. Despite archetypes, Malice Mizer is better recognized as an original.
Malice Mizer is so famous for its music as for their live shows with splendid historical costumes and scenery, a short silence preluding plays various songs, dance routines fantasy, and also a particularly striking example of the singer descends on Earth (Phase) as a fallen angel, but then increased again at the end of the concert. Throughout its history, banda has seen three different files and change the image.
On December 11, 2001, it was announced that Malice Mizer pause indefinitely.

History
Tetsu age; Indies The era of Malice Mizer (1992-1994)
Mana and Közi Malice Mizer founded in 1992, with the voice of Tetsu, Mana and Közi the guitar / synthesizer, Yu ~ ki on bass and drums Gaz. From the outset, banda has created its trademark "double guitar" sound, two guitars to play different melodies create polyphony. Malice Mizer sound during an era of Tetsu is a mixture of rock, Gothic early 1980, and a strong classical influence. His first official launch was the song "Speed of despair" in the compilation 1993 Brain Trash. Before that, freed a band demonstration called Without logic that has no voice. Shortly after the launch of Brain Trash, Gaz left to join the banda Kneuklid Romance, Romance Kneuklid while drummer Kami, in turn, joined Malice Mizer. In 1994, the banda has released its first album, memory, Mana new independent label founded Lunch: Nette, and shortly after the re-issuance of a Bonus Track, "baroque" with the title MEMORY DX. A few days later, de la banda singer Tetsu left. Although the exact causes are unknown, Tetsu went to take another direction in their work and some say it is because not that the flamboyant image band. La banda continue to use his words in songs that continue to play a second time with the voice suggest a distribution agreement.

Gackt era; Travel and wonders (1995-1999)

Malice Mizer at the time of Gackt (left to right: Mana, Gackt, Kami, Yu and Közi ~ KI).
In 1995, after a year of inactivity, Malice Mizer Gackt hired as the new singer. With a new concept created by Mana, banda music has become more complex and progressive rock, integrating more traditional and electronic elements. Visually, the banda has left its goth 1980 to see the colorful costumes with a gothic feel historic. In 1996, Malice Mizer released their second album, Voyage of no return ~ ~. The banda has become increasingly popular, and in 1997 signed with Columbia Records, which issued a series of successes, a short film (Bel Air Kuuhaku not Shunk ~ ~ No Naka of the image) and in 1998 Her third album, Wonders. The band also has its radio at that time and has played two days to live Nippon Budokan which involved a large building as a stage prop and theatrical incredible; individual members perform a skit with another member of his. It is a huge success and was released on video wonders of space. In January 1999, at the height of success Malice Mizer, Gackt suddenly left the band, and after only four months released his first solo album. There are many voices circulating about why he left, but none has yet been confirmed. Malice Mizer Columbia and left shortly after his return to Lunch: Net.
A few months after the departure of Gackt, drummer Kami died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage on June 21, 1999, leaving behind a handful of songs that banda finally released as part of JV / video boxset Shinwa, consisting of 2 songs composed by Kami and short-track "Saikai" which was drafted by the banda. Kami has never been replaced since then, Malice Mizer use only batteries support (ie Shue, who does not appear as a result of Banda music and video, or credited) and Kami east credited as "eternal report" In all his future releases.Because Kami of premature death and other factors, the band decided to change his image and music.

Klaha era; Bara not Seidou (2000-2001)

In the second half of 1999 and early 2000, Malice Mizer - even without singer official - delivered a series of singles and began working on a new album. Finally, they recruited Klaha (real name Masaki Haruna), the singer banda darkwave Pride of Mind. Since then, the banda has abandoned the pop music sound of a minimum of Gackt a spectacular mixture of classical music, gothic / heavy metal and gothic music, and adopted a Goth look funeral. During the summer of 2000, launched what would be his last album, Bara not Seidou, followed by a very dramatic and theatrical live with fireworks, a chorus of veiled nuns and a reduction in the Cathedral as a stage prop. In 2001, Malice Mizer star in a film of vampires (Bara not Konrei ~ ~ Mayonaka nor Kawashita Yakusoku), and released three more singles: "Gardenia", "Beast of Blood" and "kinder and Granato ~ ~ I am not" "Gardenia" and "Granato" be a much lighter tone on his previous album, which means the beginning of a new era for the banda. Unfortunately, these few were single the world would be reborn again Malice Mizer, as band members decided to split ways in 2001, leaving dissolve messages on his official website, Mirror, which can still be seen today by day. The division has been talk of a "vacuum" However, in order not exclude the possibility of a future reform.

Post projects

After his departure in 1994, Tetsu took part in a series of groups like Zigzo and 8 Mega Ball and launched a solo album, his most recent was published banda independent Nile.
After his departure in early 1999, Gackt began a solo career after nearly a year has been a huge success, is now one of the best artists from Japan and television personalities.
Klaha launched a solo career and in December 2002 but in mid-2004, it was announced that his fanclub off, and after that there were long periods of silence, broken only by rare updates on your site. Because of health problems which took a break to create music, but last year said on its website that it would resume musical activities in 2007. More details were not announced.
Mana has formed his solo project, Moi ten month, will perform live concerts throughout Europe. In addition to the success of the project alone, Mana at the same time pursue a career as a designer for his label, myself-half, which focuses on Gothic elegant aristocrat (EGA) and elegant Gothic Lolita (EGL). GIS also operates its independent label, Noon: Nette, and is looking for bands to sign and produce.
Közi joined Haruhiko Ash's Eve industrial banda spell and also has a solo project.