Malice Mizer & Moi dix Mois

Recently,i bumped into this band,cannot remember which site but this band gave me a new definition of cool -MALICE MIZER


TETSU ERA (1992-1994)


i'm no quite recognize the band's members in this pic, i juz know that at the center is Tetsu(vocalist) & at the right side is MANA(guitars/synthesizers).....btw,Mana is a man not a woman.......He is quite cute in a woman outfit,right?...Unfortunately,Tetsu left the band because of unknown reason.....Some rumours said because there is a "creative differences' & he doesn't like to wear female clothes....what a waste......i think he had quite unique vocal....




GACKT ERA (1995-199)

Up-(from left : Mana,Közi)
Down-(from left : Yu~ki,Gackt,Kami)

After Gackt is recruited,the band became a very succesful & popular band(thanks to Gackt)...Gackt suddenly leave the band at the height of Malice Mizer's success....In his autobiography, Jihaku, Gackt says something about it but doesn't explain it clearly but according to Wikipedia,Gackt had wanted to write the music for the band along with the lyrics, and Mana asked him to leave the group. A few months after Gackt's departure,Kami, the drummer of the band, died, because of a stroke (brain haemorrhage). Malice Mizer decided to take a break after that.



KLAHA ERA (2000-2001)

From left : Yu~ki,Mana,Klaha,Közi

Miasaki Haruna,or Klaha a vocalist of visual kei/darkwave band Pride Of Mind is recruited & after that,the band's music became mixture of classical music, gothic/goth and heavy metal music, and adopted an elaborate funeral Goth look.On 11 December 2001, it was announced that Malice Mizer would go on an indefinite hiatus.


My opinion:
Malice Mizer's songs are very great. Even though the music brought by the band is always changing along with the band's vocalist,but their songs are very catchy,creative,addictive & unique to me.....U should check out this band .




Moi dix Mois

From left : Seth,Hayato,Mana,Sugiya,K

3 months after Malice Mizer announced their indefinite hiatus, Mana announced the formation of his solo project, Moi dix Mois.Though i didn't gave this band too much expectation at the first place,however this band shockingly,turn out to be very good because this band seems somewhat have something quite new & fresh to me........