Aldious
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Aldious is an all-female heavy metal
band formed in June 2008 by vocalist Rami and guitarist Yoshi in Osaka
, Japan
. In November they took part in the compilation Red Hot Burning Hell Vol.16, soon after which guitarist Ruki and bassist Sawa left. In January 2009, Toki and Kaze joined as guitarist and bassist respectively, they released the four-track EP Dear Slave in November. Kaze left in December and drummer Aruto joined in January 2010. March saw the return of Sawa on bass and around this time Aldious formed their own record label, Bright Star Records. In April, Bright Star became a sub-label of the Western label Spinning and the band released their debut album Deep Exceed on October 13, 2010. They released their second album Determination on October 12, 2011.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band formed in June 2008 by vocalist Rami and guitarist Yoshi in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. In November they took part in the compilation Red Hot Burning Hell Vol.16, soon after which guitarist Ruki and bassist Sawa left. In January 2009, Toki and Kaze joined as guitarist and bassist respectively, they released the four-track EP Dear Slave in November. Kaze left in December and drummer Aruto joined in January 2010. March saw the return of Sawa on bass and around this time Aldious formed their own record label, Bright Star Records. In April, Bright Star became a sub-label of the Western label Spinning and the band released their debut album Deep Exceed on October 13, 2010. They released their second album Determination on October 12, 2011.
Members
- Rami – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(2008–present)- Formerly in the band Area. Uses a Shure SM58-LCE customized with rhinestones. Official blog
- Yoshi – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, leaderBandleaderA bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
(2008–present)- Formerly in the band RazFarby. Uses her own signature models by Combat Guitars; Aly 450 Deco Custom, Aly 700 and ALD-I. Official blog – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(2009–present) - Formerly in the band Zero Kemikaroido Unit. Uses her own signature models by Combat Guitars; Alt 450 Deco Custom, Alt 550 and ALD-II. Official blog – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2008, 2010–present) - Also in the all-female melodic death metalMelodic death metalMelodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band G∀LMET with former member Ruki. Uses her own signature models by Combat Guitars; Als 450 Deco Custom, Als 500 and ALD-III. Official blog
- Formerly in the band RazFarby. Uses her own signature models by Combat Guitars; Aly 450 Deco Custom, Aly 700 and ALD-I. Official blog – guitar
- Aruto – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2010–present)- Formerly in the band Heaven. Uses PearlPearl DrumsFounded in 1952, the is a multinational corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products, predominately percussion instruments.-History:Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa, who began manufacturing music stands in Sumida, Tokyo on April 2, 1946...
Reference series drums, Sabian cymbals and her own signature Pearl drumsticks. Official blog
- Formerly in the band Heaven. Uses Pearl
Former members
– rhythm guitar (2008)-
- Currently in the all-female melodic death metal band G∀LMET with Sawa. Official blog – bass (2009)
Albums/EPs
- Dear Slave (November 7, 2009, EP)
- Deep Exceed (October 13, 2010), OriconOricon, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
Albums Chart Peak Position: #15 - Determination (October 12, 2011), #13
Singles
- "Defended Desire" (July 7, 2010), Oricon Singles Chart Peak Position: #49
- "Mermaid" (April 6, 2011), #20
Omnibuses
- Red Hot Burning Hell Vol.16 (November15, 2008)
- With "Ultimate Melodious" and .