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| Galneryus | |
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 Galneryus performing in Mexico in 2016. | |
| Background data | |
| Origin | Osaka, Japan |
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| Years agile | 2001–present |
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| Website | galneryus.jp |
| Members | Syu Yuhki Sho Taka Lea |
| Past members | Tsui Yama-B Yu-To Jun-ichi Fumiya |
Galneryus (Japanese: ガルネリウス, Hepburn: Garuneriusu , stylized equally GALNERYUS) is a Japanese power metal ring, formed in Osaka in 2001 by guitarist Syu and vocalist Yama-B.[8] [nine] Originally the only official members, the 2 utilized several support musicians until bassist Tsui, keyboardist Yuhki, and drummer Jun-ichi officially joined for the release of their debut anthology in 2003. Yama-B left the group in 2008 citing musical differences, and Yu-To, who replaced Tsui in 2006, left the following year. Galneryus recruited Sho on vocals and Taka on bass, and released the anthology Resurrection in 2010. Jun-ichi left in 2016, and the following year the band released their highest-charting studio album, Ultimate Sacrifice, which reached number 13. In 2017, Loudwire named Galneryus one of the ten Best Japanese Metal Bands.[10]
History [edit]
2001–2002: Germination and indie days [edit]
Galneryus was formed in 2001 past guitarist and bandleader Syu (Valkyr, Animetal, Aushvitz) and vocalist Masahiro "Yama-B" Yamaguchi (AxBites, Rekion, River Stop and Gunbridge).[9] [11] While at a live house in Kujō, Osaka, Syu heard fellow Kansai-native Yama-B on the radio and knew he wanted to work with him.[xi] Both veterans of the metal scene, they formed Galneryus with the intention to "express both of their musical tastes/ideas" then they started looking for additional members to complete the ring. They recruited A on keyboards (who had previously played with Syu in Valkyr), Shōgo Himuro on bass, and Toshihiro "Tossan" Yui (formerly of Cemetery, Honey Quest) on drums.
In October 2001, the ring released a 2-rail demo titled "United Flag". The demo was self-produced and released independently. This EP started gaining the attention of both fans and independent record labels as well.
After playing with other metal bands similar Fairy Mirror, Mephistopheles, Galactica Phantom, Mastermind, and Concerto Moon, Galneryus went back to the studio to record a second EP. Insubordinate Flag was released through the independent label Iron Shock in August 2002.[12] The EP again used support musicians to fill the band slots, with Shōgo Himuro again on bass, Toshihiro Yui over again on drums, and Yoshinori Kataoka on keyboards.
Later this EP, the ring started receiving several record deals and started touring more than. In 2003, they were invited to play the Melodic Metallic Festival in Japan which featured Swedish power metal band Dragonland,[xiii] besides equally Australia's Dungeon. As a issue, Dragonland invited Galneryus to play with them the next time they toured Japan.[ commendation needed ]
Galneryus was also invited to perform on two metal compilation embrace albums with other bands such as Masaki Project, Saber Tiger, and Mephistopheles. Galneryus performed the song "Black Diamond" (originally from Finnish power metal ring Stratovarius) on the compilation album Stand Proud! III and performed the song "Soldier of Fortune" (from Japanese heavy metal band Loudness) on the compilation anthology Japanese Heavy Metal Tribute Tamashii Two. For these songs, the band used supporting musicians Toshihiro Yui on drums, Yusuke on bass, and Yuhki on keyboards. Both compilation albums were released simultaneously in December 2002 on the same day through Fe Shock and distributed through the record label VAP.
2003–2007: Gone major and formal members [edit]
VAP itself signed Galneryus and the band set to work on writing and recording their total-length debut album The Flag of Punishment which featured all 5 EP songs re-written and re-recorded and too encompass art by famed Terminal Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano.[11] At this time Galneryus ceased using temporary members and permanently recruited Ryosuke "Tsui" Matsui (formerly of AxBites) on bass, Yuhki (formerly of Ark Storm and Marge Litch) on keyboards and Jun-ichi Satoh (formerly of Concerto Moon) on drums. The anthology was finally released in October 2003.[12] In March 2005, Galneryus released their second album Accelerate to the Fall, and later released their third total-length album Beyond the Cease of Despair... in July 2006.
After the Live for Rebirth tour, Tsui left Galneryus and Yu-To (later known as Leda of Deluhi)[fourteen] was recruited to fill in for bass. The band shortly after released their fourth anthology 1 for All - All for One on August 22, 2007. On October 27, they released their first cover album Voices from the Past. Galneryus and then debuted on iTunes Store, making their cloth available worldwide.
2008–2011: Yama-B'southward departure and Resurrection [edit]
In February 2008, both sides of their double A-side single "Alsatia/Cause Disarray" were used as the opening and ending themes for the half-dozen-episode anime serial Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~.[15]
On October 10, 2008, it was appear that vocaliser Yama-B was leaving the band at the finish of the Dorsum to the Flag tour.[16] [17] The decision was fabricated during the recording/releasing of their fifth full album, Reincarnation. According to Yama-B's note left to the fans on Galneryus' official site, he left due to the band's growth and change.[17] In the notation, Yama-B stated that due to differences in opinion on the band'southward style of music, he was leaving. He and the rest of Galneryus are all okay with this and wished each other well as they went their divide ways. Yama-B after elaborated in 2013, recalling that while he and Syu had unlike musical tastes from the showtime, with every release the band slowly chased after a new audio "instead of doing music we loved".[xviii] While Yama-B "likes to stick to a certain fix of rules, concepts", particularly Syu would spontaneously carelessness a style in order to incorporate new inspirations.[18] On October 23, 2008, Galneryus released their second cover album Voices from the Past II, and on March 25, 2009, they released two "best of" albums.
The current Galneryus logo, first used in 2007.
Well-known vocalist Masatoshi "Sho" Ono stepped in as guest vocaliser for a May xxx, 2009 performance at the 10th anniversary of Pure Rock Nihon Live.[19] [xx] In September 2009, bassist Yu-To left the group, and Sho and Taka officially joined.[21] This line-up had their starting time operation at Loud Park Festival 2009.[21] Galneryus' song "A Furthermost Distance" was used equally the ending theme of the 2010 Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin anime.[22] On April 21, they released the digital EP Beginning of the Resurrection, which contains a cover of Sho's 1992 hitting single "You're the But...".[23] [24] They released their 6th full-length album, Resurrection,[23] on June 23 and their 3rd comprehend album, Voices from the By 3, on Baronial 20.
In 2011, their song "Destiny" was used in the music video games GuitarFreaks XG2: Groove on Live and DrumMania XG2: Groove on Live. Besides, their song "New Legend" was used in GuitarFreaks XG3 and DrumMania XG3. The ring released the limited single "Future Never Dies" on September 7, 2011, and the anthology Phoenix Rising on October 5.
2012–present: Affections of Salvation, European bout and new drummers [edit]
On January 25, 2012, they released the mini-anthology Kizuna. The title song was used in a Fist of the Bluish Sky pachinko game,[25] and its cover features the series' main grapheme. Galneryus' next single "Hunting for Your Dream" was used every bit the second closing theme for the new Hunter × Hunter anime accommodation.[26] Ono'southward solo vocal "Departure!" (which was covered in English past Galneryus on Kizuna [25]) was previously the serial' first opening theme, while a different version titled "Departure! -Second Version-" was its second.[26]
Their eighth studio album Angel of Salvation was released on Oct x, 2012, and reached number 17 on the Oricon chart. The championship track, which interpolates "Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,[27] is 14:42 minutes long, twice as long as the version featured in its music video, and features Akane Liv (of Liv Moon) performing bankroll vocals. Yuhki, aslope the ring, collaborated with acclaimed video game composer Daisuke Ishiwatari to create the soundtrack for the Japanese fighting game BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, which released in arcades in November 2012, performing arrangements for most of the serial' original themes.
On May 22, 2013, Galneryus released their commencement self-comprehend album, The Ironhearted Flag Vol. 1: Regeneration Side.[28] It became their highest-charting release to date, reaching number 15, and is role of their tenth ceremony celebration, which too included a bout from June 7 to 30.[28] On May 26, they performed at the Pure Rock Nippon Alive 2013 at Club Citta, aslope NoGoD, Saber Tiger and Onmyo-Za.[29]
Jun-ichi was Galneryus' drummer from 2003 to 2016.
Galneryus embarked on their first European tour in July 2014. Commencement in Germany, the four date tour likewise took them to French republic before finishing in Kingdom of spain.[30] They released the album Vetelgyus in September 2014. Galneryus' song "Attitude to Life" was used equally the ending theme for the anime television set serial Laughing Under the Clouds.[31] Galneryus released Under the Force of Courage, their tenth album and first concept album in December 2015.[32] It became their highest-charting studio album, reaching number 13.
In June 2016, information technology was announced that drummer Jun-ichi had amicably left Galneryus later 13 years.[33] Syu later said that since Jun-ichi lived in Osaka, taught at a music school and had other musical projects, it had go difficult for him to residuum them all as Galneryus' activities grew.[4] He was replaced past Fumiya of the groups Thousand Eyes and Undead Corporation.[33] The post-obit yr they changed record labels for the offset time in 14 years, switching to Warner Music Japan for the September 27, 2017 release of Ultimate Sacrifice.[34] It continues the concept of their previous album,[4] and has since become their highest-charting studio album, reaching number 13 on the Oricon chart.
They released their 12th studio album, Into the Purgatory, on Oct 23, 2019. It was supported by the 10-date ~Radiance~ Wailing in the Flames of Purgatory bout that also celebrated their 15th anniversary.[35] On June 2, 2020, Galneryus announced that Fumiya had left the band. They likewise revealed his replacement, Lea of the ring 罪號人~Zygote~ , who claimed to exist influenced by both Jun-ichi and Fumiya.[36]
Musical style and lyrical themes [edit]
Syu has described the music of Galneryus as symphonic metallic, classic metallic and progressive metal. He said that while they are very much influenced by European music, they mix it with the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi to create emotional music.[37] At the offset of the group, Yama-B and Syu wanted to stand up out and then, among other things, wore armour and a red enamel outfit respectively.[xi] However, they somewhen changed their minds and wanted to convey their music most of all. Syu explained, "The better we are, the more attention we will get."[eleven] The members of Galneryus are known for their high level of technical proficiency with their instruments, just they consider melody the most important factor in their songs.[4] [38] Syu said a song must even so be good even when stripped down to just vocals and piano.[38] The guitarist has also said that while he wants to stand out, the vocalist should stand out the well-nigh.[11]
When composing music and trying to determine which of his projects the song will go to, Syu said he imagines the vocalist'due south phonation and whether or not information technology matches the song.[eleven] Because Galneryus has a keyboardist, the guitarist said he can "enlarge the world [he is] creating and exist audacious" with their music.[11] In 2017, Syu said their previous three albums were mainly written past him and keyboardist Yuhki, with him commonly writing the song first before Yuhki adds "compositions." Yuhki said that in general, up until their 5th anthology Reincarnation, they all entered the studio together and created the arrangement by jamming.[39]
During his time with the band, the lyrics were written past Yama-B and usually in English. In 2006, they released their first song in Japanese with Syu explaining; "English language is not our native natural language, so it's hard to convey our feelings in it, and Japanese listeners mind to our voice but every bit melodies, I guess. And then if nosotros sing in Japanese, I think nosotros can convey more than of what we feel."[11] The Japanese lyrics connected when Sho joined for the aforementioned reasons.[39] He usually asks the composer what kind of imagery they want the song to have before writing them.[38]
The songs on their starting time three albums tell a story,[40] and although he said Yama-B was better suited for the task, Syu briefly described information technology equally the adventure of a man named Galneri. Galneri failed to defeat the bad guy on the starting time anthology and was going to endeavour again on the second, only his friends died ane subsequently another until finally only Galneri was left and he fell into despair by the stop of the second album.[11] On the tertiary album, Galneri fights a dragon before teaming up with him to finally defeat the bad guy. The hero and dragon both die in the end, just the terminal vocal, "Rebirth", is about a woman who fell in dear with the hero earlier he died and became significant.[11] Their 2015 album Under the Force of Courage is a concept anthology with a single story, although its follow upward also continued the concept.[39] Yuhki composed its songs "Rain of Tears" and "Soul of the Field" specifically to use Syu'due south death growl.[39]
Members [edit]
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Taka
Discography [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
| Year | Anthology Details | Oricon[41] |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Flag of Penalty
| 161 |
| 2005 | Advance to the Autumn
| 86 |
| 2006 | Beyond the Stop of Despair...
| 57 |
| 2007 | One for All - All for One
| 53 |
| 2008 | Reincarnation
| 55 |
| 2010 | Resurrection
| 35 |
| 2011 | Phoenix Ascension
| 23 |
| 2012 | Affections of Salvation
| 17 |
| 2014 | Vetelgyus
| xviii |
| 2015 | Nether the Forcefulness of Courage
| 21 |
| 2017 | Ultimate Sacrifice
| thirteen |
| 2019 | Into the Purgatory
| 18 |
| 2021 | Marriage Gives Strength
| 17 |
EPs [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Album Details | Oricon[41] |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | United Flag
| — |
| 2008 | Shining Moments
| — |
| 2010 | Beginning of the Resurrection
| — |
| 2012 | Kizuna ( 絆 )
| 37 |
Singles [edit]
| Year | Championship | Oricon[42] |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Rebel Flag"
| — |
| 2007 | "Everlasting"
| 68 |
| 2008 | "Alsatia/Crusade Disarray"
| 60 |
| 2011 | "Future Never Dies"
| — |
| 2012 | "Hunting for Your Dream"
| 30 |
| 2014 | "Attitude to Life"
| 54 |
Cover albums [edit]
| Year | Anthology Details | Oricon[41] |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Voices from the Past
| — |
| 2008 | Voices from the By II
| — |
| 2010 | Voices from the By Iii
| — |
| 2013 | The Ironhearted Flag Vol. i: Regeneration Side
| fifteen |
The Ironhearted Flag Vol. ii: Reformation Side
| 17 |
Live albums [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Album Details | Oricon[41] |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Reliving the Ironhearted Flag
| 103 |
Compilation albums [edit]
| Yr | Album Details | Oricon[41] |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | All-time of the Braving Days
| 154 |
All-time of the Awakening Days
| 157 | |
| 2012 | All-time-R
| — |
Compilation appearances [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Vocal | Album | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Black Diamond" (originally by Stratovarius) | Stand Proud! Iii (スタンド・プラウド! 3) | December eleven, 2002 |
| "Soldier of Fortune" (originally by Loudness) | Japanese Heavy Metal Tribute Tamashii II (~JAPANESE HEAVY METAL TRIBUTE~魂II) | December 11, 2002 | |
| 2004 | "Struggle for the Freedom Flag" | Hard Rock Top in Osaka | June 16, 2004 |
| 2006 | "Serenade" (D.N. mix) | The Songs For Death Note The Moving-picture show ~The Terminal Proper name Tribute~ | December 20, 2006 |
| 2010 | "A Far-Off Altitude" (TV Size) | Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin Opening/Catastrophe theme digital EP | June sixteen, 2010 |
| "Holy Blood: Tatakai no Kettō" (originally by Seikima-Ii) (HOLY Claret 〜闘いの血統〜) | Tribute to Seikima-II: Akuma to no Keiyakusho (Tribute to 聖飢魔II -悪魔との契約書-) | September 15, 2010 | |
| "Confronting the Wind" (originally by Stratovarius) | Crying Stars -Stand Proud!- | September 29, 2010 | |
| "The Spirit Carries On" (originally past Dream Theater) | |||
| 2011 | "Tonight I'k Falling" (originally by TNT) | The Voice -Stand up Proud!- | October 5, 2011 |
| "Affections Don't Cry" (originally by Toto) |
Home videos [edit]
| Year | Championship | Oricon [43] [44] |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Alive for Rebirth
| DVD: 142 |
| 2008 | Live for All - Live for I
| DVD: 85 |
| 2010 | Alive in the Moment of the Resurrection
| DVD: 47 |
| 2012 | Phoenix Living in the Ascent Sun
| DVD: 47 |
| 2014 | Reliving the Ironhearted Flag
| BD: 44 |
| 2015 | Attitude to Live
| DVD: 42 BD: 18 |
| 2016 | The Sense of Our Lives
| DVD: 66 BD: xix |
| 2018 | Just Play to the Sky ~What Could Nosotros Exercise For Y'all...?~
| DVD: 75 BD: 46 |
| 2020 | Falling into the Flames of Purgatory
| DVD: 26 BD: 15 |
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