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PROFILE
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.
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 former three had played together before in Kisaki's band Syndrome. However, they all began 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 - 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 and Lareine. In July that same year, they released their first mini-album entitled NEW BLOOD.
Unfortunately, things didn't go perfectly. 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 (ex-guitarist of S to M) and Tetsu (ex-Domestic Child). During that period, they continued to perform under a different name - Night of the Children.
Soon afterward, HIDE-ZOU joined the band as an official member. With Ruiza back from the hospital, Tetsu left the band to create a new project called Gimikku with Ayano of Vidoll.
D got back on its feet and quickly went 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 began with the release of another mini-album, Paradox. This record proved a huge success; it sold out very fast, achieving the 13th rank on the Oricon indie charts and enlarging D's fanbase. On May 12th, they released Yume narishi kuuchuu teien and achieved even more success - this single sold out faster than the previous record and hit #5 on the Oricon indie charts.
For the remainder of 2004 and well into 2005, D focused on increasing their fanbase and toured steadily while releasing numerous singles; they announced that they had a full album on the way. However, during recording in June, Rena suddenly left the band. This setback didn't stop them though, and HIDE-ZOU replaced Rena on bass, allowing the album to be released without any delay. The band continued their scheduled performances through the summer as planned, 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. With the new addition, HIDE-ZOU could go back to playing the guitar.
Getting a fresh start with their new bassist in 2006, the band re-recorded The Name of the Rose with three additional songs. This would not be the only release that year, with 2006 seeing the release of three albums and two singles. The summer proved to be busy for not only D as Ruiza and ASAGI both branched out into solo work, each releasing a CD that summer. Around Christmas, the amount of faithful D-fans was large enough for a fan club to be born, and before the new year, "Ultimate Lover" had been established.
2007 was another year heavy with releases with a full album and several singles. The band kept themselves busy through touring, surprising fans in the fall with their announcement that they were signing onto Avex Trax and would be going major by New Year's.
With one last indies tour, D rang in the new year as a major band, releasing their first major single in May. The band toured through the latter part of spring and released a second single. Going major definitely had a positive effect for D as they held their first major one man, BIRTH~sora e no kaiki~, on August 8th. By September, the band's music was featured on the Nintendo DS video game "Twilight Syndrome" and on the soundtrack of the Japanese movie "Twilight Syndrome: Dead-Go-Round."
D kicked off 2009 with the release of their third major single and began their nation wide tour Genetic World in early April. By the fall of this year, ASAGI opened "Rozen Kranz," a Japanese website where he could sell not only D's indies merchandise but also his own solo work. The band has remained busy through this fall. They recently announced that their newest single, due to debut December 2nd, would be featured on the Japanese mobile dating game "LoveφSummit."
As continues their activities through the end of the year, fans should definitely keep an eye on them!
After Syndrome broke up in 2002, ASAGI, Ruiza and Sin decided to continue playing together, and together with two other members - Rena and HIROKI - 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 and Lareine. In July that same year, they released their first mini-album entitled NEW BLOOD.
Unfortunately, things didn't go perfectly. 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 (ex-guitarist of S to M) and Tetsu (ex-Domestic Child). During that period, they continued to perform under a different name - Night of the Children.
Soon afterward, HIDE-ZOU joined the band as an official member. With Ruiza back from the hospital, Tetsu left the band to create a new project called Gimikku with Ayano of Vidoll.
D got back on its feet and quickly went 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 began with the release of another mini-album, Paradox. This record proved a huge success; it sold out very fast, achieving the 13th rank on the Oricon indie charts and enlarging D's fanbase. On May 12th, they released Yume narishi kuuchuu teien and achieved even more success - this single sold out faster than the previous record and hit #5 on the Oricon indie charts.
For the remainder of 2004 and well into 2005, D focused on increasing their fanbase and toured steadily while releasing numerous singles; they announced that they had a full album on the way. However, during recording in June, Rena suddenly left the band. This setback didn't stop them though, and HIDE-ZOU replaced Rena on bass, allowing the album to be released without any delay. The band continued their scheduled performances through the summer as planned, 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. With the new addition, HIDE-ZOU could go back to playing the guitar.
Getting a fresh start with their new bassist in 2006, the band re-recorded The Name of the Rose with three additional songs. This would not be the only release that year, with 2006 seeing the release of three albums and two singles. The summer proved to be busy for not only D as Ruiza and ASAGI both branched out into solo work, each releasing a CD that summer. Around Christmas, the amount of faithful D-fans was large enough for a fan club to be born, and before the new year, "Ultimate Lover" had been established.
2007 was another year heavy with releases with a full album and several singles. The band kept themselves busy through touring, surprising fans in the fall with their announcement that they were signing onto Avex Trax and would be going major by New Year's.
With one last indies tour, D rang in the new year as a major band, releasing their first major single in May. The band toured through the latter part of spring and released a second single. Going major definitely had a positive effect for D as they held their first major one man, BIRTH~sora e no kaiki~, on August 8th. By September, the band's music was featured on the Nintendo DS video game "Twilight Syndrome" and on the soundtrack of the Japanese movie "Twilight Syndrome: Dead-Go-Round."
D kicked off 2009 with the release of their third major single and began their nation wide tour Genetic World in early April. By the fall of this year, ASAGI opened "Rozen Kranz," a Japanese website where he could sell not only D's indies merchandise but also his own solo work. The band has remained busy through this fall. They recently announced that their newest single, due to debut December 2nd, would be featured on the Japanese mobile dating game "LoveφSummit."
As continues their activities through the end of the year, fans should definitely keep an eye on them!
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