Dio - Distraught Overlord
| Dio - Distraught Overlord, デ ィ オ | |
|---|---|
 Mikaru at Japan Expo 2007 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | J-metal , alternative rock , visual kei |
| founding | 2006 |
| resolution | 2010 |
| Website | http://dio-0514.com/top/index.html |
| Last occupation | |
| Mikaru | |
| Kei | |
| Erina (until 2009) | |
| Ivy | |
| Denka | |
| former members | |
Electric guitar |
Erina |
Drums |
Seiya |
Dio - Distraught Overlord ( Japanese デ ィ オ ) is an alternative metal and visual kei band from Japan , which was founded in 2006 and disbanded in 2010.
history
Dio - Distraught Overlord was first founded in 2005 under the name Baby Santa . At that time the band only had four members: Mikaru (Ex- Halicion ) as singer, Kei (Ex- Kress Devia ) and Erina (Ex- CHELSEA ) as guitarist and Ivy (Ex- Grevious ) on electric bass. Seiya (ex- hell-trap ) played as drummer for the first few months before he was replaced by Denka (ex- Emily ).
On May 19, 2006 they gave their first live concert as Dio at Holiday Shinjuku , and their first single Garasu no Umi was released that same night . The next followed in December, Byakuya ni Moyuru Hana . In May 2007 they were able to play their first one-man live concert, which was later released on DVD. In the same year they performed for the first time abroad at the Japan Expo in Paris .
In 2008 their first mini album was published in February , and the first European tour of the year took place in March. While work on a single began in Japan, the band played a one-man in May and a threeman in July with Renter en Soi and SKULL . The single Carry Dawn was launched in August and the second European tour was held in November. In December 2008 their first album DICTATOR was released .
At a concert in July 2009 they announced the departure of guitarist Erina. The last joint concert took place on September 25th at Shibuya Crescent . The European tour from October took place without Erina. In January 2010 the breakup of the band was announced.
Discography
Albums
- Heaven's Call (February 27, 2008)
- Dictator (December 26, 2008)
Singles and Maxisingles
- Garasu no umi (May 14, 2006)
- Byakuya ni Moyuru Hana (December 9, 2006)
- Byakuya ni Moyuru Hana ~ Shi to byoudou no tsumi no naka de ~ (May 9, 2007)
- Byakuya ni Moyuru Hana ~ Nanji, Ware wa Zennou no Mono Nari (October 10, 2007)
- Carry Dawn (October 8, 2008)
- COMA GOLD ~ The God Dead ~ (May 5, 2009)
DVD
- Embrace of Distraught (August 8, 2007)
- Tour Dictator (April 22, 2009)
- Tour Dictator Fool's Mate Limited Edition (May 22, 2009)
- Final Call - Dio Memorial DVD (March 13, 2011)
