Blood Stain Child
| Blood Stain Child | |
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| Also known as | Visionquest |
| Origin | Osaka, Japan |
| Genres | Melodic death metal, avant-garde metal, euro-trance, industrial metal |
| Years active | 1999-2000 (as Visionquest) 2000-present (as Blood Stain Child) |
| Labels | Pony Canyon (Japan) Coroner Records (Europe) Dope Entertainment (South Korea) |
| Website | www.bloodstainchild.com |
| Members | |
| Sophia Ryo Ryu G.S.R Gami Aki |
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| Past members | |
| Daiki Shiromasa Sadew Violator |
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Blood Stain Child (Sometimes incorrectly written as Blood Stained Child) is a Japanese metal band from the city of Osaka. The band's musical style combines modern melodic death metal and avant-garde metal with electro-industrial and euro-trance or as they call it 'hybrid metal trance'.[1] The band formed under the name "Visionquest" in 1999, but reformed under the name Blood Stain Child in 2000.[1]
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[edit] Background
Blood Stain Child was formed in 2000 by Ryo (vocals, bass), Ryu (guitar), Daiki (guitar), Aki (keyboards) and Violator (drums).[2] In August 2000, Blood Stain Child recorded their first demo, which consisted of the songs "Silence of Northern Hell", "Requiem", and "Legend of Dark". The band sent that demo to a radio station and the DJ enjoyed the music so much that he recommended the band to the record label, M&I Company, who eventually signed Blood Stain Child.[2]
In 2001, Blood Stain Child recorded two songs, "The World" and "Steel Flame". The first song was used as the theme song for professional wrestler, Kensuke Sasaki and the second song was used as the theme song for the 30th anniversary of NJPW, a professional wrestling group.[1] In July 2002, Blood Stain released their debut studio album, Silence of Northern Hell. In October 2002, Blood Stain Child was the supporting act for Dream Evil during their tour in Japan. In June 2003, Blood Stain Child released their second studio album, Mystic Your Heart, which was co-produced by Anssi Kippo, a popular producer from Finland.
In March 2005, Daiki left the band and was replaced by Shiromasa in April. That same year, Blood Stain Child released their third studio album, Idolator, which was co-produced by Tue Madsen, a popular producer from Denmark. In 2006, Blood Stain Child signed with Dockyard 1 and released Idolator in Europe on November 27, 2006. Idolator was later released in the United States through Locomotive Records on July 17, 2007.
In April 2007, Blood Stain Child announced the addition of a new vocalist, Sadew, and a new guitarist, G.S.R. On July 18, 2007, Blood Stain Child released their fourth studio album, Mozaiq in Japan, which was also co-produced by Tue Madsen. It was then released in Europe on July 20, 2007 with an exclusive bonus track "Cosmic Highway".
Since the release of Mozaiq, the band has been performing live shows in Japan, Europe, and the U.S and has since released their newest album εpsilon, which was released on June 15, 2011. The track "Eternal ProtoType-D" was released as a demo on June 13, 2009.
On June 12, 2010, Ryu announced on his official blog that Sadew withdrew from the band due to personal reasons. Drummer Violator left the band as well, in order to take care of family business. In September the band announced new members Sophia (from Greece) on vocals and Gami (ex.Youthquake) on drums.
In June 2011, the band will be performing at A-Kon, opening for the band D.[3] Furthermore, the band will start a Japan tour from August 19 to September 24.[4]
[edit] Musical style
A notable feature of Blood Stain Child is their tendency to incorporate both dance and trance related themes and elements into their music. The band's sound includes death vocals complemented at times by clean vocals and their overall musical style is best classified as a mix between In Flames, Children of Bodom, and Soilwork.[1][5] The band cites influences such as In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, HIM, X Japan, and Luna Sea.
[edit] Members
[edit] Current members
- Sophia – clean vocals (2010–present)
- Ryo – bass, unclean vocals (2000–present), clean vocals (2000-2007)
- Ryu – lead guitar, synth guitar (2000–present)
- G.S.R – rhythm guitar, synth guitar (2007–present)
- Aki – keyboards, programming (2000–present)
- Gami – drums, percussion (2010–present)
[edit] Former members
- Sadew – clean vocals (2007–2010)
- Violator – drums, percussion (2000–2010)
- Daiki – rhythm guitar, synth guitar (2000–2005)
- Shiromasa – rhythm guitar, synth guitar (2005–2007)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos and EPs
- Demo 2000 (2000) – Demo
- The World (2001) – Demo
[edit] Albums
- Silence of Northern Hell (2002) – CD
- Mystic Your Heart (2003) – CD
- Idolator (2005) – CD
- Mozaiq (2007) – CD
- εpsilon (2011) – CD
[edit] Music videos
- "Silence of Northern Hell" from Silence of Northern Hell
- "Truth" from Idolator
- "Freedom" from Mozaiq
[edit] Cover songs
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d http://www.myspace.com/bloodstainchildmusic
- ^ a b Parnis, Eric (2006). "Blood Stain Child Q&A". PBS 106.7 FM. Archived from the original on 2007-08-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20070831031313/http://pbsfm.org.au/Documents.asp?ID=4534&Title=Blood+Stain+Child+Q%26A. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ http://www.a-kon.com/bm/at-the-kon/guests/blood-stain-child.shtml
- ^ レコ発ツアーが発表されました！！｜ＲＹＯのブログ:
- ^ Begai, Carl. "Blood Stain Child". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares/1000958. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
