Leetspeak Monsters (stylized as ''Leetspeak monsters'') is a Japanese visual kei rock band whose songs and appearance are centered around

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and dark fantasy themes. The band members perform as characters from the fictional city of "Gravetown", with each adopting an archetypal "monster" persona.

History

Leetspeak Monsters released their first single "Monster's Party" with label GLK Music in 2017, following band leader D13's concept of creating a "crossover of rock and hip hop within the imagery of a haunted house." In the same year, the band released a mini-album ''Storyteller in the Strange Night'', followed by their first full-length album ''Monster's Theater,'' which ranked in the top 100 on the Oricon album chart. The band's subsequent releases continued to expand the mythology of Leetspeak Monsters' fictional home of "Gravetown", with lyrics in English and Japanese about normal people having scary encounters. D13 insists that the true meaning of the band's name will remain a secret, saying that he enjoys hearing different interpretations from their audience. In 2018, Leetspeak Monsters released the mini-album ''Mixtured night between Life and Death'' and a single covering ''The'' ''Nightmare Before Christmas'' theme song " This is Halloween", resulting from D13's admiration of filmmaker

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and composer

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. On May 26, 2018, Leetspeak Monsters began their one-man tour of Japan called "Leetspeak monsters 1st Oneman Tour Life and Death Tour - Seija to sisya no yoru". The tour went across 3 cities with the final performance at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE on June 3. In 2019, the band released the maxi-single ''13th Friday Night'' and their second full album ''Monster's Theater II.'' They also contributed an original song, "Gekkouin -Moonlight Shadow", to the album ''Bad Ass Temple Funky Sounds'' from seiyuu rap project ''Hypnosis Mic''. In 2020, Leetspeak Monsters released the maxi-single "Beltane", named after the Gaelic bonfire ritual.

Band members

Current members * D13 (skeleton cemetery guide) - vocals (2009–present) * Euskyss (vampire prince) - bass (2011–present) * Yo’shmeer (Frankenstein's monster) - guitar (2017–present) * DieWolf (werewolf) - drums (2011–present) Former members * Mattünurg - guitar

Discography

Studio albums

Singles and EPs

Videography

Music Videos

* 2017: "Monster's Party" * 2017: "Black Owl" * 2018: "This is Halloween" * 2018: "Wonderland" * 2018: "Greenman" * 2019: "13th Friday night" * 2019: "Gothic" * 2020: "Beltane"

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://leetspeak-monsters.com/ Visual kei musical groups Japanese rock music groups Musical groups established in 2017 2017 establishments in Japan