is a Japanese
Neoclassical metal
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Power metal
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band formed in 1996
and led by guitarist
Norifumi Shima.
The band's first two albums were reissued by
InsideOut Music
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in 2003.
Members
Current
*
Norifumi Shima – guitar (1996– )
* Shigeharu Nakayasu – bass (2015– )
* Atsushi Kawatsuka – drums (2015– )
* Wataru Haga – vocals (2018– )
* Ryo Miyake – keyboards (2018– )
Former
* Takao Ozaki – vocals (1996–1999)
* Osamu Harada – keyboards (1996–1997)
* Nobuho Yoshioka – drums (1996)
* Kosaku Mitani – bass (1996–2003, 2009 & 2012–2014 as support member)
* Ichiro Nagai – drums (1997–2001)
* Toshiyuki Koike – keyboards (1998–2009)
* Takashi Inoue – vocals (2000–2011)
* Junichi Sato – drums (2001–2004)
* Takanobu Kimoto – bass (2003–2009)
* Shoichi Takeoka – drums (2004)
* Masayuki Osada – drums (2007–2015)
* Toshiyuki Sugimori – bass (2009–2012)
* Aki – keyboards (2013–2014 as support member, 2015–2017)
* Atsushi Kuze – vocals (2011–2018)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Fragments of the Moon'' (1997)
* ''
From Father to Son'' (1998)
* ''
Rain Forest
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'' (1999)
* ''
Gate of Triumph'' (2001)
* ''Destruction and Creation'' (self-cover album, 2002)
* ''
Life on the Wire
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'' (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)
* ''
Between Life and Death
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'' (2015)
* ''
Tears of Messiah'' (2017)
* ''Ouroboros'' (self-cover album, 2019)
* ''
Rain Fire'' (2020)
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 – Remastering'' (DVD, 2008)
* ''Live from Ashes'' (DVD, 2009)
References
External links
*
Japanese power metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1996
Musical groups from Kanagawa Prefecture
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