Versailles

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Vocal : KAMIJO
Guitar : HIZAKI
Guitar : TERU
Bass : Jasmine You (Yuu)
Drums : YUKI

OFFICIAL LINKS
Versailles - official MySpace
Versailles - official site

PROFILE
Despite the fact that Versailles has only recently began their career, the band has received a lot of attention from various media and already have an increasing number of fans. The band formed with various well-known members from the visual kei scene, such as KAMIJO (ex. LAREINE), who has created the concept "The Absolute Youshikibi (beauty of form) sound and extremes of aestheticism".The band's trailer already gives us a glimpse of what to expect: beautiful costumes, theatrical acts, and music which is best described as melodic metal, heavy yet melodious and played with excellent skill.

BIOGRAPHY
In March 2007, Versailles was formed by KAMIJO (ex LAREINE) and HIZAKI (ex SULFURIC ACID), then Jasmine You, who was from HIZAKI's solo project, HIZAKI grace project, joined. Lastly, TERU (ex. Aikaryu) and YUKI (ex. Sugar Trip), who were strongly recommended by the Rock May Kan, which is a long established venue in Tokyo, joined the band.KAMIJO and HIZAKI already had a concept for a new band since Autumn of 2006 and took six months to find the appropriate members to express it. Their concept is "The absolute Youshikibi (beauty of form) sound and extremes of aestheticism".On March 29th, the names of the members were revealed, the name of the band being announced on March 30th. On May 2nd, they posted a trailer for Versailles's appearance on YouTube. Since then, they received a lot of proposals for tours and interviews from overseas. So far they have only had interviews with international media/press.At the end of May, a German documentary TV crew came to Japan and the band was interviewed. In June, the interviews with the German TV crews were in Sankei Newspaper (one of Japan's domestic newspapers) and Versailles was featured in the article. Because of the large amount of feedback, "Versailles Band" was in Yahoo's top five search-keyword ranking. Since then they have been featured on TV as the hottest band.Versailles made their first appearance with a showcase on June 23rd, followed by their first performance on the 24th. On these dates they also distributed their very first single and DVD single, The Revenant Choir.On October 31, 2007, Versailles released their first mini album, Lyrical Sympathy, both in Japan and Europe. Following this was the release of their Aesthetic Violence DVD, which was available in five different versions, one for each member, and included a perfume specific to the respective members.2008 started off with the band's contribution to the CROSS GATE 2008~chaotic sorrow~ compilation album, which was produced by Kisaki and KAMIJO, and was followed by the huge announcement that the band would perform at A-kon 19 in Dallas, Texas as well as in Los Angeles shortly afterwards. However, before this trip to the United States, they embarked on their first European tour alongside MATENROU OPERA.This year Versailles had the opportunity to participate in the hide memorial summit and will release their first full length album, NOBLE, on July 9th.

NOBLE

July 16, 2008

1. PRELUDE
2. Aristocrat's Symphony
3. ANTIQUE IN THE FUTURE
4. SECOND FEAR -ANOTHER DESCENDANT-
5. zombie
6. AFTER CLOUDIA
7. WINDRESS
8. The Revenant Choir
9. TO THE CHAOS INSIDE
10. SUZERAIN
11. HISTORY OF THE OTHER SIDE
12. EPISODE
DVD-01. PRELUDE
DVD-02. Aristocrat's Symphony (PV)

DVD-03. EPISODE
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A Noble Was Born In Chaos

March 19, 2008

1. Aristocrat's Symphony
2. SUZERAIN
3. zombie

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CROSS GATE 2008～chaotic sorrow～

January 31, 2008

6. SFORZANDO - Versailles

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Lyrical Sympathy

October 31, 2007

1. Intro
2. The Love from a Dead Orchestra
3. Shout & Bites
4. Beast of Desire
5. Forbidden gate
6. The Red Carpet Day
7. Sympathia

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Revenant Choir

June 23, 2007

1. The Revenant Choir

2. The Revenant Choir -Vocal Lesson-

3. The Revenant Choir -Bass Lesson-

4. The Revenant Choir -Drum Lesson-

5. The Revenant Choir -Guitar Lesson-

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