Yousei Teikoku
Yousei Teikoku Live, Pax Vesania Tour, 2013
Yousei Teikoku Live, Pax Vesania Tour, 2013
Background information
OriginJapan
Genres
Years active1997–present
LabelsLantis
MembersYui
Nanami
Gight
XiVa
ryöga
Past membersRelu
Shiren
Tachibana
Websitewww.dasfeenreich.com

Yousei Teikoku (Japanese: 妖精帝國, Hepburn: Yōsei Teikoku, German: Das Feenreich; lit. "Fairy Empire") is a Japanese rock band formed in 1997. Their music mixes elements of gothic metal, heavy metal, electronic and classical music.[1][3] Their works include the opening tracks of several anime series, including Future Diary, Magical Pokan, Innocent Venus, Kurokami: The Animation, The Qwaser of Stigmata, Big Order, and the Tokyo ESP soundtrack. After releasing several independent albums, the band released seven major-label albums with their current label Lantis: Gothic Lolita Propaganda, Metanoia, Gothic Lolita Doctrine, Gothic Lolita Agitator, Pax Vesania, Shadow Corps(e) and The Age Of Villains.

Yousei Teikoku is led by vocalist Yui, whose official title is "Dictator for Life".[4] She bestows honorary titles on the band members as part of the Fairy Empire.[clarification needed]

Band members

Current members
Former members

Prior to 2009, Yui and Tachibana were the group's only official members. Nanami and Relu were made official members that year. Shiren and Gight joined the band in 2013 at the same time as Relu's departure. Shiren resigned from the band, and was replaced by guitarist XiVa was announced as the new guitarist in January 2019.[5] In June 2019, Tachibana announced that he would withdraw from future live performances with the band at the end of the month, but would continue to write songs for the band.[6] Guitarist ryöga was announced as his on stage replacement, joining the band at the rank of corporal.[7]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other

Tours

References

  1. ^ a b "Yousei Teikoku reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ Tokusai Koshiki Shikiten 920Putsch LIVE, Encore performance of Vampire from MinDeaD BlooD.
  3. ^ "Yousei Teikoku - discography, line-up, biography, interviews, photos". Spirit-of-metal.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "終身独裁官 ゆい (@yui_fairithm) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. ^ "New Guitarist発表！ – 妖精帝國オフィシャルウェブサイト" (in Japanese). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  6. ^ "橘大尉についてのお知らせ – 妖精帝國オフィシャルウェブサイト" (in Japanese). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  7. ^ "新メンバー加入！ – 妖精帝國オフィシャルウェブサイト" (in Japanese). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  8. ^ a b "Yousei Teikoku - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  9. ^ "LACM-4868: Kuusou Mesologie / Yousei Teikoku - VGMdb Forums". Vgmdb.net. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

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