Gothic rock, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Dark rock
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Phantasmagoria was a visual kei rock band formed in November 2004 in Osaka, Japan by Kisaki, the executive of Under Code Production, a popular independent label.
Phantasmagoria was formed in November 2004 and their first single "Material Pain" was released in the music magazine Shoxx on December 21 of the same year. The following day the group released its first Maxi-single, "Moonlight Revival".
Phantasmagoria was featured on the cover of well-known visual kei magazine Cure, one month after their formation, becoming one of the fastest-rising indie bands to appear on the cover of a magazine.
During the 2010 Under Code Production's New Year's live, Phantasmagoria was once again revived to perform. Along with their revival, the band released a mini-album and a single which contained songs the band had written while they were active but never released. The EP, entitled Seeds of Brain, contained four new songs, whereas the new single, "Diamond Dust", contained the title track and an instrumental version. In an interview with Shoxx magazine, Kisaki stated "Although we created the songs a while back, we never released them. We included those for hardcore fans who want to listen to all our songs. This is our last release; although I'm not sure if that sounds convincing [grins]. But this time around it's really the end." On April 5, the band had their last official live and Kisaki announced his newest band, "凛 -the end of corruption world-," the day after. As of now, Phantasmagoria's last release is another collection of unreleased songs entitled Actuality, which was released in two versions on June 16, 2010.
Members
Riku (戮) - Lead vocals, keyboards
He was the vocalist, born in Hyōgo Prefecture on January 3, 1978. He was previously in the bands Kawon and Hiskarea and went under the name Kenji (研二).
Jun (JUN) - Lead guitar, backing vocals
He was a guitarist, born on November 17, 1983 in Kobe. He was previously in the bands Se'lavy and Mar'derayla (マーディレイラ).
Iori (伊織) - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
He was a guitarist, born on January 10, 1984 in Kobe. He was previously in the bands Se'lavy and Mar'derayla (マーディレイラ).
He was the bassist and bandleader, born on March 10, 1976 in Kainan, Wakayama. His previous bands include Levia, Laybial, Shey≠de, De=prive, Stella Maria, Haijinkurobarazoku (廃人黒薔薇族), La:Sadie's, Mirage, and Syndrome.
Matoi (纏) - Drums, percussion
He was the drummer, born on September 25, 1981 in Osaka. He was previously in the bands Kawon and Hiskarea.
Former Members
Mao - Lead vocals
He was the former vocalist, born on June 7 in Kyoto. He was previously in the band Selfrush, and currently in Sadie.
Shion (熾苑) - Drums, percussion
He was the former drummer, born on August 11 in Kobe. He was previously in the band Mist of Rouge.
