Malice Mizer
Vocals: Klaha
Guitar: Kozi
Bass: Yu-ki
Guitar/Keyboards: Mana
Started: 1992
Status: Disbanded
Profile
This band was formed in 1992 by Mana and Kozi (both on guitar/synthesizer), with Tetsu on vocals, Yu~ki on bass, and Gaz on drums. Their first release was "Speed of Desperation" on the compilation "Brain Trash". Soon after the release, Gaz quit and joined KnueKlid Romance, in which KnueKlid Romance’s drummer, Kami, joined Malice Mizer. Memiore, their first album, was released in 1994, on Mana’s Indie music label, Midi:Nette. Not long after, Tetsu left the band.Most fans of Malice Mizer remember the years 1995 - 1999 the most. The band, after loosing Tetsu, replaced him with Gackt. About this time, thanks to Gackt, they became less "goth" and sung lyrics more about romance. Their second album was released (Voyage~sans retour~, which ultimate translates to "Voyage Without Return"). When the band signed on to Nippon Columbia, a lavel, in 1997, they became much more popular. Here, they released many single and even a short film, along with their own radio show. In January of 1999, when Malice Mizer had become the most popular, Gackt left the band to start his solo career.
A few months after Gackt left, the drummer, Kami, died of a subarachnoid hemorrhage. In his honor, they released a compilation of songs which he wrote in his name, and they also never replaced him, instead using support drummers. With no vocalist and real drummer (in which they wanted to keep that way), they recruited Klaha. They dropped Gackt’s influences of romance and readopted their more official and more accurate goth look. In 2000, they released their last album, Bara No Seidou followed by a a live show, which featured pyrotechnics. They starred in a movie in 2001 called Bara no Konrei, which was ultimately about vampires, released three more singles, including Beast of Blood, but they finally decided to disband.
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My Thoughts
After listening to Malice Mizer, I must admit I was a bit surprised. For many years, I thought their music must have been very dark by looking at their pictures. Their music is actually rather good though. The background music is superb and includes a lot of classical instruments like the piano and violin. The vocals could be a bit stronger. As they are, Khala’s voice has a mysterious yet soft tone to it. It works for their slower songs, but not as well for their upbeat ones. Overall, they are not that bad so don’t get scared off by their pictures :)akfgfan
Music Samples:
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Apres Midi (English Ver.) |
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Au Revoir |
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Illuminati |
shisha and Derlanger
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shisha and Aoitsuki
Discography
Albums
Bara no Seidou
Merveilles
Voyage Sans Retour
Memoire DX
Memoire
Singles
Garnet - Kindan no Sono e
Beast of Blood
Gardenia
Shiroi hada ni kuruu ai to Kanashimi no rondo
Kyomu no naka de no yugi
Sakai no chi to bara
Le Ciel - kuhaku no kanata e-
Illuminati (P-Type)
Au Revoir
Vert Aile - Kuhaku no Kanata e-
Gekka no Yasokyoku
Ma Cherie -Itoshi kimi e-
Uruwashiki kamen no shojo tai
Shinwa -Kami’s Memorial Box
Demo Tapes
Sans Logique
Sadness / Speed of Desperate
Sadness
The 1st Anniversary
VHS Tapes
Sans Retour Voyage "derneire" -encoure une fois-
Bel Air - Kuuhaku no Shunkan Toki no Naka de - de l’image
Merveilles -Shuen to Kisuu- l’espace
Merveilles -cinq parallele-
Saikai no chi to bara -de l’iamge
Bara ni Irodorareta Akui to Higeki no Makuake
Bara no Kiseki
Beast of Blood - de l’image
Bara no Konrei -Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku
DVDs
Bara ni Irodorareta Akui to Higeki no Makuake
Sans retour voyage "derniere" -encoure une fois-
Beast of Blood -de l’image-
Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku -Bara no Konrei-
Cardinal
Bara no Konrei -Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku
Merveilles -Shuuen to Kisuu - l’espace
Merveilles -cinq parallele-
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