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vocalist Kyo. It is sometimes referred to as a supergroup as every member of the band is or has been in other well-known acts in the Japanese

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movement, although only Kyo is currently active in another band.

History

Sukekiyo was formed as a side project by Kyo along with members of other Japanese rock bands. The name derives from Seishi Yokomizo's novel ''The Inugami Clan''. The band's activities are by periods as Kyo's main project

is still his priority. In November 2014, they announced a new mini-album called ''Vitium'', which contained 8 new tracks and released on February 4, 2015. The limited edition came with a second disc that includes collaborations with other artists such as

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vocalist Toshi and actor Hiroshi Mikami. On June 21, 2017, Sukekiyo released their second full-length studio album, ''Adoratio''. Daniel Ash, guitarist for the iconic goth rock band

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, is one of the many features and collaborations on this album. He provided with an exclusive remix of the track "maneira", on Disc 2. During that same year, for the November 22

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tribute album ''Tribute of Mucc -En-'', they covered "

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Members

*: vocals, programming (

, Petit Brabancon) *: guitar, piano (formerly of Rentrer en Soi, manipulator for Dir En Grey) *Uta: guitar (formerly of 9Goats Black Out) *Yuchi: bass (formerly of Kannivalism, Wing Works) *: drums (formerly of Rentrer en Soi, Forbidden Days Rhapsody)

Discography

;Albums *''Immortalis'' (2014) *''Adoratio'' (2017) *''Infinitum'' (2019) *''Erosio'' (2023) ;EPs *''Vitium'' (2015) ;Singles *"The Daemon's Cutlery" (2013) * (2014) * (2015) *"Anima" (2016) * (2017) * (2018) *"Kisses" (2018) *"Salus" (2021) *"Amor" (2022) *"Dominus" (2025) ;Demo Tapes * (2020) * (2021) * (2021) *"Valentina" (2021) * (2021) ;Live Albums *''Persuasio // 2015.2.28 sukekiyo 2015 live "The Unified Field"-Vitium-'' (2015) * (2016) *''Passio'' (2019) *''Liquefacio'' (2020) *''Luxuria'' (2021) ;Best-of Albums *''Ius Cerebri / Sinistro Cerebrum'' (2024)

Videoclip

Their first video for the song "Aftermath" was released on January 1, 2014 through iTunes. A second video for the song "In All Weathers" was released on the bonus

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of ''Immortalis'', along with "Aftermath". List of Video Clips: *"Aftermath" (2014) *"In All Weathers" (2014) * (2015) *"Focus" (2015) *"Anima" (2016) * (2016) * (2017) * (2017) * (2019, also as "Another Edit" version) * (2019, also as "Another Edit" version) *"Candis" (2021, also as "Another Edit" version) * (2022) *"Moan" (2023) * (2023) *Valentina (2025) * (2025)

References

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