DéspairsRay

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j-rock, visual kei, japanese, jrock, metal… see all

(1999 – present)

D’espairsRay is an industrial metal band hailing from Japan. They have gained very notable success in Europe and North America. They boast a fairly electric sound though seem to gravitate often to a syncopated drum-and-guitar assault.

D’espairsRay’s sound is dark, sinister and schizophrenic. The vocalist, HIZUMI, usually goes from sounding like a totally deranged demon creature to letting loose with a smooth, soulful cry on most songs.

The other band members are Karyu (guitar), Zero (bass) and Tsukasa (drums)

D’espairsRay released their first full album, [Coll:set] in June 2005. The single 凍える夜に咲いた花 (Kogoeru Yoru Ni Saita Hana) topped the Japanese indie charts. The single featured three all new tracks, 凍える夜に咲いた花 (Kogoeru Yoru Ni Saita Hana), MAZE, and PIG.

The year of 2006 saw the release of LIQUIDIZE, D’espairsRay 2005 tour photobook, accompanied by a brand new song Closer to Ideal. This song was only available as a single along with the photobook.

In late 2006, the band once again ventured to Europe on their LIQUIDIZE tour (named after the photobook), and played at a range of countries including Denmark, Germany, Italy and England.

One note of interest is that few J-rock bands have ever played England, making D’espairsRay one of the first widely known Japanese rock bands seen live in the country - however according to the German “Orkus Magazine”, they [D’espairsRay] sold every last ticket, packing the Islington acadamy right up to it’s 800 person capacity.

1	Squall	219
2	SCREEN	193
3	Angeldust	179
4	MIRROR	173
5	Garnet	172
6	DAMNED	171
7	Hollow	168
8	Closer to ideal	164
9	Kaleidoscope	157
10	Lost Scene	149
11	in vain	132
12	Grudge	131
13	Kogoeru Yoru ni Saita Hana	124
13	BORN	124
15	Infection	123

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--Wuggs-- wrote:
3 hours ago

hizumi is a really attractive man

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Heart-Of-Japan wrote:
10 hours ago

Обожаю их)

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mulkeroapina wrote:
Thursday evening

I like it :]

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Kevmaster wrote:
Tuesday evening

I thank God for the industrial metal tagg.

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rast-kun wrote:
Sunday morning

Listening to music without caring about the others is something just TOO fucking hard for you guys, huh?

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SdCloud69 wrote:
7 days ago

Who cares, just listen to the music you homos.

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lMixa wrote:
7 days ago

+D'és[pair]s_R'AY+ is awesome, they should change.

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Lady_Yu wrote:
8 days ago

Are you aware of the fact that they DID use é? That's why your explanation isn't logic. As far as I understand you, you say they use 'e because in Japan, there's no é, but still they have used é. Or did they only realize in 2006 or something that as Japanese, they should be using 'e instead? ;)

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SatouKun wrote:
8 days ago

Because the fucking é doesn't exist in Japan. And yes they would. kthnxbye

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Fiona816 wrote:
8 days ago

歌挺好听的 P.S.为什么没有人用中文？

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dJaunb wrote:
8 days ago

KAMIKAZE is "=/"

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Lady_Yu wrote:
9 days ago

What does this have to do with being from Japan? Please explain. If it had to do with it, they wouldn't exactly have used " é "at all.

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SatouKun wrote:
9 days ago

Goddamnit, THIS IS NOT A WRONG TAG. They have used both taggings. I guess it would have been DéspairsRay if they were not from Japan, since the é > 'e.

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llama- wrote:
11 days ago

I'm gonna keep this tag, even if it isn't the right one. I already have more than 5,000 scrobbles.

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Yomikun wrote:
11 days ago

New single KAMIKAZE is boring. And I don't want to lost my previous scrobbles, so I keep the wrong tag "DéspairsRay"...

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CYT_Fishy wrote:
13 days ago

i like the song dammed :D nice sound :)

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phi-san wrote:
14 days ago

Since this isn't the default anymore, please tag D'espairsRay. :D Most people have it that way anyway... :/ Wish they could merge this profile with D'espairsRay. D;

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kazuma2387 wrote:
16 days ago

they've been spelling it D'espairsRay since '06 so thats the correct tag now

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DrakkDark wrote:
16 days ago

what is the correct tag @_@ DéspairsRay or D'espairsRay?

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llama- wrote:
17 days ago

KAMIKAZE is better than BRILLIANT imo.

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kyz2 tagged DéspairsRay with ‘industrial metal’. Thursday afternoon
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