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The Sixth Lie (stylized as THE SIXTH LIE) is a Japanese
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rock band formed in May 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Their music is known for its hybrid style inspired by the latest western music, and their overall science fiction-inspired theme connected to near future and outer space. They held their first world tour from June 2017, which gathered 2,500 visitors and resulted in sold out CD's at venues.


Members

*Arata (Vocal) *: Likes both Japanese and western EDM and rock, and is familiar with music of many different genres. He is known for clear vocals with a vocal range of 3 octaves. He was responsible for composing the band's initial songs. He was focused in
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during elementary school and junior high school, and was an athlete aiming for
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with
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. At times he plays the keyboard during their shows. *: When he joined the band, Reiji and Ray invited him to a café, but he wanted them to listen to his singing, so he told them to meet him in a karaoke room. He says he doesn't remember this incident himself. *Reiji (Guitar, Programming, Keyboard) *:He is in charge of composing and arranging all of their songs, with a hybrid sound that has been inspired by the latest western music as his weapon. One of the original members of the band from back when they were formed. He is known for his clean guitars with a lot of
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, but also plays heavy riffs depending on songs. During junior high school he played at Junior Olympics as the representative of
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. During high school he played at Inter-High School Championships as the representative of Gunma Prefecture. He also aimed for All-Japan Volley Ball High School Tournament, but unfortunately lost in the finals. He used to be Japan's number one for smartphone game "AVABEL ONLINE". He won the Crash Royale section during “eSports Star League Battle Championship #1”, an eSports tournament for celebrities held on January 8, 2018. *Ray (Drums) *: He is in charge of the lyrics for all songs and the direction and editing of all of their music videos and live videos. He also makes videos for other artists. The CD covers are also designed by Ray. He is currently second year student at a master's course in
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, and he is studying drones and
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. Together with Reiji, he is one of the original members of the band. He likes
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from the 70's, and you can see his interest in this genre from his drum phrases with a lot of action. During some songs he also plays synth drum pads, and with that makes a flower bloom to their electronic band sound. *Ryusei (Bass) *: Ryusei joined the group in 2018. He went to Paris for the first time when the sixth lie played to the Japan expo in 2019.


History

; 2015 * Goes through a few member changes from the previous band, and gets their current formation. * In November, they release the music video for "Wake Up Your Fire", and their futuristic sound and the music video directed and edited by Ray gains high praising from the music industry. ; 2016 * They make a contract with euclid agency in May. * They release their first album "INTEGRAL" on 7 September. * Their first headlining show "LIVE INTEGRAL ver.1.0" is held at Shibuya CYCLONE on 16 October. * They were selected to perform as the opening act for Slipknot's rock festival "
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JAPAN 2016". They performed in front of 20,000 people together with Slipknot,
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, and more. ; 2017 * They released their second album "DIFFERENTIAL" on 25 January. The album gets highly praised due to the overall theme and artwork that are opposing the previous release. They gathered a lot of attention by taking over both sides of TOWER RECORS Shibuya Store escalators. * They held a headlining show "LIVE DIFFERENTIAL ver.1.0" on 4 February. * Released digital limited single "Go On" on 6 June. Their cover version of "Oh No" by
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was included as a coupling song. * From their headlining show "LIVE TRIANGLE ver.1.0" on 10 June, they started their world tour "LIVE TRIANGLE", and toured Japan, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Canada. Despite it being their first overseas tour, there were a total of 2,500 visitors in the tour, and they sold out CD's at the venues. * THE SIXTH LIE's bassist Hiroto to depart from band in December. ; 2018 * They performed at ”Japan Expo Thailand" in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 and 28 January. * Their third album "SINGularity" was released on 7 March. * They performed the ending theme for the
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adaptation of ''
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'', which will air in April 2018. * Will be performing at
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in Paris, France in July.


Etymology

The name of the band is a reference to the French composer
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, who said: "Art is the most beautiful of all lies." The band's name is an indication of band's aim, "to create a lie so beautiful that it cannot be full experienced by the five
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Discography

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Mini-Albums


Album


Single


Collaborations


Main Shows


Headlining Shows

* 2016/10/16 – Headlining Show "LIVE INTEGRAL ver.1.0" SHIBUYA CYCLONE * 2017/02/04 – Headlining Show "LIVE DIFFERENTIAL ver.1.0" SHIBUYA CYCLONE * 2017/06/10 – Headlining Show "LIVE TRIANGLE ver.1.0" SHIBUYA CYCLONE * 2018/02/03 – Headlining Show "LIVE SINGularity ver.1.0" Shibuya REX


Main Events

* 2016/11/05 –
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JAPAN 2016 Opening Act * 2017/07/14 –
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, London, United Kingdom * 2017/07/15 –
Hyper Japan HYPER JAPAN is the largest exhibition celebrating Japanese culture to be held in the UK. Organized by Cross Media Ltd., it was first held in London 2010 and since 2014 has taken place twice a year, in July and November. It takes place in Olympia ...
, London, United Kingdom * 2017/08/11 –
Animethon Animethon is a three-day anime convention held annually at Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. It is Canada's longest-running anime convention, the first being held in 1994. History Animethon was formed back in 1994 by the Banzai ...
, Edmonton, Canada * 2017/08/12 –
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, Edmonton, Canada * 2017/08/13 –
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, Edmonton, Canada * 2018/01/27 – Japan Expo Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand * 2018/01/28 – Japan Expo Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand * 2018/06/05 - Japan Expo France, Paris, France * 2019/06/04 - Japan Expo France, Paris, France * 2019/06/05 - Japan Expo France, Paris, France


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sixth Lie, The Japanese rock music groups Japanese electronic music groups Musical groups established in 2015 Musical quartets 2015 establishments in Japan