Maschera
MASCHERA is an awesome band, however not many people know about them today. Mainly because their stuff is pretty hard to found right now, I believe almost everything is out of print and also because they disbanded 7 years ago.
They started in 1992 with MICHI (vocals), TAKUYA (guitar), HIRO (bass) and TOMO (drums) but only had their big break 5 years later with the VK boom when pretty much everyone went major. When they started they had the standard Visual Kei sound, very LUNA SEA influenced, however when they went major they added more keyboards to their sound and some samples.
PRETTY NEUROSIS
01 I miss
02 Unmei no Sharin[dimensionally textured]
03 GOD IS DEAD
04 CONDOR
05 METAMORPHOSE
06 PRETTY NEUROSIS
07 Lasting...
Tales
01 DANCE IN THE SHADOW
02 SLAY
03 BLUE MOON KISS
04 Mangekyou no Naka de
05 CASTLE OF ROSE
06 LA MASCHERA
07 PARAFFIN FETISHIST
08 DEN-NO[BRAIN SEED ver1.0]
09 Laa
10 Setsuna 1995
11 Unmei no Sharin
12 Manatsu no Megami
13 Miwaku
14 Ai Hekisui ni Tadayou
15 WAIT
iNTERFACE
01 iNTERFACE
02 Reality for Realism
03 [e'kou]
04 HYPERDELIC AGE
05 Chouzetsu no Midorigo ~beat of ignorance~
06 Faithless face
07 MESS-AGE
08 powder
09 Last Photograph
10 Still I Love You
11 Ranmu
12 Yurari
Orb
01 TRUTH THE STORMY GARDEN
02 to fly high
03 Madonna
04 float
05 Hachigatsu no Yuutsu
06 ROM TECH SPEEDER
07 Alice
08 Kagerou ~Suisen no Namida~
09 Dragonheads Snaketails
10 ABYSS
11 orbital
Maschera Best
01 Yurari
02 speed shower
03 NO RETURN
04 Still I Love You
05 HYPERDELIC AGE
06 [e'kou]
07 Last Photograph
08 Pureless Liar Girl
09 to fly high
10 Ranmu
11 Alice
12 Dragonheads Snaketails
13 orbital
14 Unmei no Sharin
15 Lasting
Omnibus Tracks#
01 Jinruikikaika Keikaku
02 TERROR
03 Flash Back
04 Unmei no Syarin [dimensionally textured]
05 Pretty Neurosis
Misc*
01 Ryuudou Hebi wo
02 Dokusatsu
03 Hai Miyako Gen'ei
04 Akutoku no Hae
05 Seimei no Shoushitsu
#Omnibus tracks includes the 3 songs from Irodori plus their Shock Wave 1996 track Jinruikikaika Keikaku and Emergency Express 1996's TERROR.
*Misc includes some tracks from their 1st indie album Akutoku no Hae and some b-sides
The band is extremely solid but the thing that sets them apart from other bands is definetely MICHI's voice, he's sings in key and has a very pleasant tone and that's quite a lot in the VK scene, You can tell he really likes Atsushi Sakurai from the way he sings and I always thought he sounded a little bit like Morrie from DEAD END too but that's just me. Definetely recommended if you like BUCK-TICK, LUNA SEA, L'Arc~en~Ciel and Gackt.
I hope you like it.
They started in 1992 with MICHI (vocals), TAKUYA (guitar), HIRO (bass) and TOMO (drums) but only had their big break 5 years later with the VK boom when pretty much everyone went major. When they started they had the standard Visual Kei sound, very LUNA SEA influenced, however when they went major they added more keyboards to their sound and some samples.
PRETTY NEUROSIS
01 I miss
02 Unmei no Sharin[dimensionally textured]
03 GOD IS DEAD
04 CONDOR
05 METAMORPHOSE
06 PRETTY NEUROSIS
07 Lasting...
Tales
01 DANCE IN THE SHADOW
02 SLAY
03 BLUE MOON KISS
04 Mangekyou no Naka de
05 CASTLE OF ROSE
06 LA MASCHERA
07 PARAFFIN FETISHIST
08 DEN-NO[BRAIN SEED ver1.0]
09 Laa
10 Setsuna 1995
11 Unmei no Sharin
12 Manatsu no Megami
13 Miwaku
14 Ai Hekisui ni Tadayou
15 WAIT
iNTERFACE
01 iNTERFACE
02 Reality for Realism
03 [e'kou]
04 HYPERDELIC AGE
05 Chouzetsu no Midorigo ~beat of ignorance~
06 Faithless face
07 MESS-AGE
08 powder
09 Last Photograph
10 Still I Love You
11 Ranmu
12 Yurari
Orb
01 TRUTH THE STORMY GARDEN
02 to fly high
03 Madonna
04 float
05 Hachigatsu no Yuutsu
06 ROM TECH SPEEDER
07 Alice
08 Kagerou ~Suisen no Namida~
09 Dragonheads Snaketails
10 ABYSS
11 orbital
Maschera Best
01 Yurari
02 speed shower
03 NO RETURN
04 Still I Love You
05 HYPERDELIC AGE
06 [e'kou]
07 Last Photograph
08 Pureless Liar Girl
09 to fly high
10 Ranmu
11 Alice
12 Dragonheads Snaketails
13 orbital
14 Unmei no Sharin
15 Lasting
Omnibus Tracks#
01 Jinruikikaika Keikaku
02 TERROR
03 Flash Back
04 Unmei no Syarin [dimensionally textured]
05 Pretty Neurosis
Misc*
01 Ryuudou Hebi wo
02 Dokusatsu
03 Hai Miyako Gen'ei
04 Akutoku no Hae
05 Seimei no Shoushitsu
#Omnibus tracks includes the 3 songs from Irodori plus their Shock Wave 1996 track Jinruikikaika Keikaku and Emergency Express 1996's TERROR.
*Misc includes some tracks from their 1st indie album Akutoku no Hae and some b-sides
The band is extremely solid but the thing that sets them apart from other bands is definetely MICHI's voice, he's sings in key and has a very pleasant tone and that's quite a lot in the VK scene, You can tell he really likes Atsushi Sakurai from the way he sings and I always thought he sounded a little bit like Morrie from DEAD END too but that's just me. Definetely recommended if you like BUCK-TICK, LUNA SEA, L'Arc~en~Ciel and Gackt.
I hope you like it.