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D with Tsunehito (2007)
D with Tsunehito (2007)

D is a Japanese Visual kei band formed in march 2003. The band consists of vocalist and lyricist ASAGI, bassist Tsunehito, drummer HIROKI, guitarists HIDE-ZOU and Ruiza.

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A wonderful mixture of metal and melodic rock - that's the best way to describe D's music. It wasn't long after the band's formation that they gained popularity and success, probably because they're quite different from your average visual indie band.

Their strongest points are, without a doubt, the vocals and variety of their compositions. Their discography includes heavy, guitar songs like 'Face' or 'Vampire Missa' as well as beautiful, melancholic ballads such as 'Tsukiyou no Koi Uta'. No matter the style, the songs are always a display of Asagi's vocal abilities. His voice can truly charm, and no wonder - he's been working on it and improving in various bands even before D. And that is probably the key to the band's success - the experience of its members, all of whom have played in various bands before.

Biography

D was created in March 2003 by ASAGI, Ruiza and Sin together with Rena and HIROKI. The first three of them had already played together before - in Kisaki's band Syndrome. However, they all begun their careers much earlier - Asagi used to be the vocalist in Balsamic and Je*Reviens, Ruiza played in Distray and Laybial, while Sin used to be a member of With Sexy, NEO-SADISM and Vasalla.

After Syndrome broke up in 2002, Asagi, Ruiza and Sin decided to continue playing together, and together with two other members - Rena and Hiroki (the latter of whom played in Aioria and S to M before) they formed D. From the beginning they kept a fast pace - their first live took place in April 2003, and during Shock Jam 2003 they performed amongst such stars of the visual kei scene as Nightmare or Lareine. In July that same year they released their first mini-album entitled NEW BLOOD.

Unfortunatelly things didn't go perfect. First, shortly before the release date of NEW BLOOD, Sin decided to quit the band. Less than two months later Ruiza was suddenly hospitalized; In order to continue, the band had to find replacement members. The line up was temporarily completed by HIDE-ZOU (former vocalist of As'REAL and guitarist of S to M) and Tetsu (Domestic Child). During that period, they continued to perform under a different name - Night of the Children.

Soon afterwards Hide-zou joined the band as an official member. With Ruiza back from the hospital, Tetsu left the band to create, together with Ayano (ex-Vidoll) a new project called Gimikku.

D got back on its feet and quickly back to its original name, and on November 27th, 2003 they performed their first one man live, Belive or not believe in Meguro Rock May Kan. A single entitled Alice was distributed during that concert.

2004 begun with a release of another mini album, Paradox. This record proved a huge success; it sold out very fast, achieving the 13th rank on Oricon indie charts and enlarging D's fanbase. This is the album that one of D's most popular song comes from, 'Night-ship "D"'. During live performances, fans bring special D-flags and wave them synchronically to this song, following Asagi's instructions.

May 6th, 2004 was yet another important moment in D's history. On that day the band played another one man live, Yume narishi Kuuchuu Teien, during which they distributed a free VHS. Six days later they released a single under the same title and achieved even more success - it sold out faster than the previous record, and hit #5 on the Oricon indie charts.

From then on things went smoothly. From May to August their schedule was filled with concerts. In November, during three gigs, they sold three different versions of a single called Mayutsuki no Hitsugi. Before the end of 2004 they also released a new version of their first mini album, NEW BLOOD ~second impact~, and in January (2005) another maxi-single (Mahiru no Koe ~Synchronicity~) hit the stores. Besides only one month after this single release Shiroi yoru. For the following half a year D focused on performing live and gaining more fans.

June 22 witnessed the release of another single, Yami yori Kurai Dokoku no Acappella to Bara yori Akai Jonetsu no Aria. The song was quite clearly inspired by the musical Phantom of the Opera (which is not surprising as their live tour was indeed called THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA). The single came with what the fans had been long waiting for, a DVD containing a PV. That wasn't the biggest surprise of the year though, as soon afterwards the band announced the release of their first full-length album.

And they kept their word, despite the fact that in July, in the middle of the recording, Rena suddenly left the band. It didn't stop them, Hide-zou replaced Rena on bass and the album was released without any delay. The name of the ROSE again came with a DVD, this time in two different versions each contained a different PV. Hide-zou continued to play the bass also during the summer performances, which included a coupling tour with D'espairsRay and an event commemorating the publication of the first issue of D's very own magazine, Mad Tea Party.

On December 5th a new member officially joined D - it was Tsunehito, from the freshly disbanded SCISSOR, and Hide-zou could go back to playing the guitar. On that same day a DVD containing making of Sleeper PV was distributed for free during a live. Together with the new member the band re-recorded their first full album (The name of the ROSE) and released a new version, with three additional songs recorded with Tsunehito in February.

That wasn't the only re-release of the year; new editions of their long sold-out and sought-after records, Yume narishi Kuuchuu Teien and Paradox, came out in May. August witnessed the release of a new single (Taiyo wo Okuru Hi), the first truly new CD recorded with Tsunehito. Still in that same year they also released, not surprisingly considering their huge and ever growing popularity, a second full album, Tafel Anatomie.

D's obviously doing great, their first live DVD is scheduled for release in March 2007 under the name Tafel Anatomie TOUR 2006 ~12.06 TOUR FINAL Shibuya Koukaidou~. One month after their first live DVD released Dearest you. In July and August 2007 release Ouka Saki Some ni Keri and Schwarzschild (this last single has a German title!). At the end of the year, in November release their third full album Neo culture ~Beyond the world~ and hit #31 on the Oricon global charts (not indies!). In fact, this last album is their best sales album.

In early 2008, D goes to Major and signed to the Avex Trax label. Their first debut major single will release in May 7th, 2008 under the name BIRTH !

(Source : JaMe & Haru-Suano)

Discography

Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Compilation & Collaboration

DVD

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