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Despite the fact that Versailles has only recently began their career, the band has already received a lot of attention from various media and an ever-growing number of fans not only in Japan, but overseas as well.
The band's ensemble is made up of well-known figures in the visual kei scene, such as KAMIJO (ex-LAREINE), who created the band's concept of "The absolute youshikibi (beauty of form) sound and extremes of aestheticism." This concept is represented by beautiful costumes, theatrical acts, and music which is best described as melodic metal, heavy but melodic music that is performed by the members of Versailles with excellent skill.
Biography
In autumn 2006, Vocalist KAMIJO (ex-LAREINE) and guitarist HIZAKI (HIZAKI grace project, ex-SULFURIC ACID) developed the concept for Versailles and spent six months finding the appropriate members to express it.
On March 29th 2007, the names of the band members were revealed. In addition to the aforementioned two musicians, the band consisted of three more instrumentalists. First was bassist Jasmine You, who had also been part of HIZAKI grace project. The band was completed by guitarist TERU (ex-Aikaryu) and drummer YUKI (ex-Sugar Trip), who were strongly recommended by the long established live venue Rockmaykan.
On the following day, the name of the band was announced, and later in the spring in May the band was presented their introduction in a unique way by posting a trailer for Versailles on YouTube. They quickly garnered a lot of attention, and even proposals for tours and interviews from overseas. Around this time, they only had interviews with international media.
At the end of May, a German documentary TV crew came to Japan to interview the band. By 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 exposure, "Versailles Band" became part of Yahoo's top five search-keyword ranking. In magazines and on TV, the band was promoted as one of the hottest bands to keep an eye on.
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, hardly half a year after their start, Versailles released their first mini-album, Lyrical Sympathy, both in Japan and Europe. Following was the release of their Aesthetic Violence DVD, which was available in five different versions, one for each member. As a bonus, it also included a perfume specific to the respective members.
In 2008, the band answered the calls from overseas. Immediately after the release of their second single A Noble was Born in Chaos, they embarked on a European tour alongside visual kei indie band MATENROU OPERA. After these six concerts that took place in March and April, the band returned to Japan for two exciting shows in May. The first one was the unique opportunity to perform at the hide memorial summit, and the second big happening for Versailles was their first one-man concert on May 6th.
Versailles never forgot about their US fans, appearing at the anime convention A-kon in Texas at the end of May, and performed in California a few days later. As if they weren’t busy enough, in July they released their first full length album, NOBLE. The album was also released in both Europe and the USA.
Shortly after, the band announced on their homepage that they had to undergo a name change due to trademark issues with an artist in the USA that used the same name. Fans had the opportunity to send in their suggestions, and the name Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet- was chosen to be used for their US activities in order to prevent legal trouble.
In October, the band returned to the USA, this time for a performance on the anime convention Anime USA in Virginia. Unfortunately during this, Versailles met with many problems which left the fans, convention, and band disappointed.
PRINCE & PRINCESS, their third single, was released in December. Again, the single was available in several versions, this time a regular edition and five individual band member versions.
After so much hard work and many big achievements in such a short time, it was inevitable that a major label would express an interest in Versailles. So, it didn’t really come as a big surprise when it was announced in December, that Versailles would be going major.
So far, the year 2009 brought the band many new performances, such as their last indies tour that started in March, and will end in June. In May, the band has planned the release of two DVDs on their own label Sherow Artist Society, and their upcoming single ASCENDEAD MASTER will be their first release on the major Warner Music Japan label this June.
As for the future, we're looking forward as to what this dramatic quintet will come up with next. With their unique ways, we can be sure that they have many pleasant surprises in store for us!
Kamijo /вокал/
Teru /китара/
Hizaki /китара/
Jasmine /бас/
Yuki /барабани/