Phantasmagoria is a Japanese visual kei band. They formed in November of 2004 and their first single "Material Pain" was released in Shoxx Magazine on December 21,2004. The following day they also released their first Maxi-single, "Moonlight Revival".
Phantasmagoria claimed the cover of a well-known visual kei magazine, Cure, only one month after officially forming( February issue; released December 18,2004), becoming one of the fastest indies bands to appear on the cover of a magazine.
Their first ever one-man (according to Kisaki) and first American concerts were on October 21 and 22nd, 2005 at Oni-con in Houston, Texas. Months later, on March 26th, the band played their first Japanese one-man.
Kisaki, bassist and leader of Phantasmagoria, is also the Executive of Under Code Production, a Visual Kei indies label located in Osaka, Japan. Previously, he was the Executive of the indies label Matina.
Rame (bassist of Vidoll) teasingly began referring to the band as "Mago-Mago". (Mago means "grandchildren".) The name is now used by fans as well.
On February 23rd, 2007, guitarist Iori and drummer Matoi left the band.
On April 5th, KISAKI announced that he will be retiring, and that Iori and Matoi have returned to the band, but the band will be "sealing." He followed up on the announcement on a live radio show on April 10th, where the band's first and last fan trip was revealed, as well as the final event tour and final oneman tour. KISAKI will officially retire from the active visual kei scene on August 27, 2007.
It is currently unknown if "sealing" means disbanding. At a recent live, Riku was asked if the day would come that the "seal" would be broken, but his answer to the question was vague.
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Singles
Material pain (December 21st, 2004)
Material pain
MOONLIGHT REVIVAL (December 22nd, 2004)
Moonlight Revival~into the Phantasmagoria~
Pixy false
Fairy times memory
NEVER REBELLION (June 1st, 2005)
NEVER REBELLION
Hikari ni furu ame (光に降る雨)
NEVER REBELLION - FOOL'S MATE EDITION (July 1st, 2005)
NEVER REBELLION
Hikari ni furu ame (光に降る雨)
Fairy times memory ~another tale~
Mikansei to GUILT (未完成とギルト) (October 19th, 2005)
Mikansei to GUILT (未完成とギルト)
Actuate Eden
Kousoukyoku~Variant Jihad~(神創曲～Variant Jihad～) (January 25th, 2006)
Kousoukyoku~Variant Jihad~
Kousoukyoku~Variant Jihad~ (instrumental)
Kyousoukyoku~Cruel Crucible~(狂想曲～Cruel Crucible～) (February 22nd, 2006)
Kyousoukyoku~Cruel Crucible~
Kyousoukyoku~Cruel Crucible~ (instrumental)
Gensoukyoku~Eternal Silence~(幻想曲～Eternal Silence～) (March 26th, 2006)
Gensoukyoku~Eternal Silence~
Gensoukyoku~Eternal Silence~ (instrumental)
under the veil (December 13th, 2006)
Unknow Zero Distance
...Lost in thought
Vain (February 14, 2007)
at the ends of the rest period
at the ends of the rest period (Instrumental)
kami uta (神歌) (July 18, 2007)
kami uta (神歌) (New Recording)
kami uta (神歌) (Instrumental)
[edit] Albums
Splendor of Sanctuary (US Release: October 21st, 2005)
Mikansei to GUILT (未完成とギルト)
Pixy False
Hikari ni furu ame (光に降る雨)
NEVER REBELLION
NEO ARK
Kami uta (神歌)
Fairy times memory
Material pain
Signs of Fragment (December 20th, 2006)
Camouflage (Re-Mastering)
Suicide Gemini (New Recording)
NIL FRONTIER (New Recording)
NEO ARK (Re-Mastering)
Subjective or Ideal (December 20th, 2006)
Pixy false (New Recording)
Fairy times memory (New Recording)
NEVER REBELLION (Re-Mastered)
Hikari ni furu ame (光に降る雨) (Re-Mastered)
Mikansei to GUILT (未完成とギルト) (Re-Mastered)
Actuate Eden (Re-Mastered)
[edit] DVDs
KINDLING VOL.1 (March 01st, 2005)
Kansai Seiatsu 2004~2005(関西制圧2004～2005) (April 6th, 2005)
Geneizou I ~after the Moonlight Revival~(幻影像Ⅰ～after the moonlight Revival～) (April 6th, 2005)
Yojigen yuukoujouyaku(四次元友好条約) (July 1st, 2005)
Geneizou II ~SIN SCREEN FILM~(幻影像2～SIN SCREEN FILM～) (August 10th, 2005)
Geneizou III ~for degradation crowd~(幻影像3～for degradation crowd～) (December 14th, 2005)
LINKS----
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http://www.melmo.neostrada.pl/kisaki/KISAKI FANSITE
http://www.moonlight-revival.com/PHANTASMAGORIA FANSITE
http://visual-ongaku.org/Phantasmagoria information, lyrics, and gallery
http://mago.occult-proposal.net/ANOTHER PHANTA FANSITE
http://fairy-memory.org/inner_fire/main.htmlGREAT JUN FANSITE
