Asriel (band)

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Asriel
General information
origin Kanazawa , Japan
Genre (s) Symphonic metal , ambient
founding 2006
resolution 2015
Last occupation
KOKOMI
Keisuke Kurose

Asriel was a Japanese symphonic metal and ambient project by singer KOKOMI and multi-instrumentalist Keisuke Kurose , which existed from 2006 to 2015.

history

The project started in 2006 as a dojin music project. The name, which reads “as real”, is an allusion to Azrael , an angel in Islam . The two musicians KOKOMI and Keisuke Kurose were members of the dojin music circle LMINA Sound Art's, known in the scene as AZE: LC.

From 2006 to 2008 the duo released various EPs and albums in their own distribution and sold them on the Comiket . In April 2008 Asriel brought the song Metamorphose as a maxi single on the major label 5bp. out. The piece can be heard in the anime version of Monochrome Factor . In the same year, the duo and Kegare Naki Yume wrote the credits for the visual novel 11eyes . In 2009 Asriel Tsuioku no Chikai produced CrossOver for 11eyes and Sequentia for the anime series for the visual novel.

In December 2009, Asriel launched Devil's Lullaby, a maxi CD in a special form, and sold it on Comiket 77. However, sales did not go well due to the CD form, so this version of the maxi CD was withdrawn and later than the regular one CD was reissued.

On March 20, 2015, the duo announced that they would break up Asriel in the summer. It was announced that with Asriel and Asriel Last Live a best-of and live album would be released.

style

Aesthetically, the group oriented itself towards the Gothic Lolita fashion style popular in Japan , which is close to visual kei and is rejected by Japanese Gothic artists such as Kazhiko Kimra. Due to the orientation towards an aesthetic that is close to the black scene , the music is often led under the collective term Gothic Metal .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
unfair
  JP 48 06/08/2009 (2 weeks)
Antique - Indies Best Collection
  JP 93 06/07/2010 (1 week)
Fishing rhythm
  JP 56 02/07/2011 (2 weeks)
Antique - Second Collection
  JP 104 06/06/2011 (1 week)
Ragnarok - Complete Box
  JP 91 03/17/2014 (1 week)
Ressurection
  JP 62 07/28/2014 (1 week)
Asriel
  JP 66 06/08/2015 (2 weeks)
Singles
metamorphosis
  JP 60 05/05/2008 (7 weeks)
Kegare Naki Yume
  JP 98 05/19/2008 (4 weeks)
Tsuioku no Chikai
  JP 57 05/04/2009 (3 weeks)
Sequentia
  JP 49 December 07, 2009 (4 weeks)
Innocent / Altair
  JP 55 09/06/2010 (2 weeks)
DVDs
Asriel Last Live - FINAL -
  JP 69 09/14/2015 (2 weeks)
Self-distribution
  • 2006: Shiroi Yami Ni Shizumu Eien no Yoru (EP, new edition 2007 as Requiem , 2008 as Reincarnat )
  • 2006: Ganetto no Hamon ni Somaru Sora (EP, new edition 2007 as Requiem , 2008 as Reincarnat )
  • 2006: Gekko Cho Mau Shinko no Hanazono (EP)
  • 2007: Yume no Mayu Tsumugu Momoku no Rinbu (EP)
  • 2008: Kindan o Noroishi Hakanaki Genso (EP)
  • 2008: Meruyu ni Ochiru Nageki no Tenshi (EP)
  • 2008: Akumu Kanaderu Namida no Senritsu (EP)
  • 2009: Quo Vadis (album)
  • 2009: Eien ni Sasageshi Itetsuko Nemuri (EP)
  • 2009: Devil's Lullaby (single)
  • 2010: Nanji o Terasu Oboro no Aria (EP)
  • 2010: Antique (EP, new edition 2011)
  • 2010: Ao I Hitomi no Hikari wa Kie yu (single)
  • 2010: Bara no Hitsugi ni Taiyo wa Arazu (EP)
  • 2011: Tsune Shi e no Madoi Sameshi documentary (single)
  • 2011: Oratorio (album)
  • 2012: Amaki Yumemiru Yoiyami no Mukuro Hana (EP)
  • 2012: Xanadu (album)
  • 2013: Tasogare no Tsuki To Shikkoku no Taiyo (EP)
  • 2013: Abyss (album)
  • 2014: Ragnarok (box set)
  • 2015: Last Live (live album)
Major publications
  • 2008: Metamorphosis (single, 5bp. )
  • 2008: Kegare Naki Yume (single, 5bp.)
  • 2009: Tsuioku no Chikai (single, 5bp.)
  • 2009: Sequentia (single, 5bp.)
  • 2009: unveil (album, 5bp.)
  • 2010: Innocent / Altair (single, 5bp.)
  • 2011: Angelrhythm (album, 5bp.)
  • 2014: Ressurection (EP, Pony Canyon )
  • 2015: Asriel - Best Of (compilation, Pony Canyon)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Asriel が 解散 を 発 表. Barks.jp, March 20, 2015, accessed April 8, 2020 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ Masaji Oji: PS2 「モ ノ ク ロ ー ム ・ フ ァ ク タ ー」 ， OP テ ー マ は ア ニ メ 版 と 同 様 Asriel が 担当. 4gamers.net, October 21, 2008, accessed April 8, 2020 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Kazhiko Kimra: Gothic vs. Visual Rock - The black scene in Japan . In: Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger (eds.): Gothic! The scene in Germany from the point of view of its makers. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2000, ISBN 3-89602-332-2 .
  4. ↑ Chart tracking albums: JP
  5. ↑ Chart tracking Singles: JP
  6. ↑ Chart tracking DVDs: JP