Aural Vampire
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is a Japanese
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The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 darkwave music duo consisting of Exo-Chika (vocals/lyrics) and Raveman (music). They hail from Tokyo, Japan and compose mainly darkwave music. Aural Vampire has toured Europe numerous times and been featured in magazines such as Astan Magazine and The Dose. During the first four years of their career, they were on an independent label.

Aural Vampire released their full-length self-released debut album Vampire Ecstasy
Vampire Ecstasy
Vampire Ecstasy is the debut studio album by Japanese Darkwave duo, Aural Vampire. The album was released independently on March 22, 2004.-Track listing:...

, in 2004 and released one online single, "Death Folder", in 2005, which is available on their website. A few tracks and remix
Remix
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es on compilations have appeared throughout their early career but they remained active as a live band.

In 2008, the band announced they have been signed to Avex Trax
Avex Trax
, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...

, a major label and at the end of the year, they released a set of three self titled EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

s on iTunes
ITunes
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. Their second album Zoltank
Zoltank
Zoltank is the second studio album by Japanese Darkwave duo, Aural Vampire, but their first released through a major record label....

was released on May 5, 2010.

In 2008, Aural Vampire made a musical appearance at Anime Matsuri in Houston, Texas and again in 2010. In 2009, Aural Vampire also made a musical appearance at Katsucon 15 as well as at AnimagiC in Germany. Aural Vampire toured North America in 2010, including a musical appearance at Anime Central
Anime Central
Anime Central is an anime convention that is held yearly in Rosemont, Illinois, United States. It is one of the fastest growing anime conventions in the U.S. and has ranked as the 3rd largest North American anime convention since 2010. The convention is like many other anime conventions; it runs...

.

Aural Vampire released their next EP, Kerguelen Vortex
Kerguelen Vortex
Kerguelen Vortex is the second EP by Japanese Darkwave duo, Aural Vampire. The EP was released November 18, 2011 on the Avex Trax label.-Track listing:...

on November 18, 2011.

Exo-Chika makes a guest appearance in Visual Kei band アンド-Eccentric Agent-'s promotional video for the song LIBERATE.

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