Deluhi

Deluhi
Background information
Also known as	Grave Seed (2006-2008)
Origin	Japan
Genres	Alternative metal metalcore[1] progressive metal[1]
Years active	2006–2011
Labels	Braveman Records CLJ Records
Associated acts	Galneryus Undivide Far East Dizain
Website	www.deluhi.com
Past members	Juri Leda Aggy Sujk

Deluhi (stylized as DELUHI) was a Japanese visual kei^[2][3] metal band,^[2][3] formed in 2008, guitarist Leda recruited Juri as vocalist when the band Grave Seed they made was renamed.^[4] Leda was previously bassist for the power metal band Galneryus, going by the name Yu-To.^[5]

History

Deluhi was featured on the American TV show Bento Beatbox on the Anime Network on 15 April 2009.^[6] In May 2009, they were included on the compilation album J-Visual[ism] 2, released by the European label CLJ Records.^[7] In late 2009, Deluhi shared a national tour of Japan with Matenrou Opera.^[8]

The band announced that they would take a hiatus starting on 1 December 2010, following the completion of their concert at Shibuya O-East.^[9][10] However, on 1 April 2011 Deluhi announced that they would disband after their final tour in July 2011.^[11]

After disbandment, guitarist Leda founded Undivide^[12] as his solo project, with drummer Sujk join in and vocalist Kihiro (LOKA/ ex-Supe), also Sujk started out his solo project in 2012. Undivide disbanded in March 2013.

Aggy formed a new band called Garson as vocalist with GYZE's members in April 2012. The band broke up in October of the same year, without making any releases.^[13]

In January 2015 Leda started his new band Far East Dizain who's member include: Vocal: Keita, Guitar: Leda, Bass: Ryu, Drums: Sujk

Discography

Singles

• "Orion Once Again" (23 July 2008, 2nd press 20 May 2009)
• "Visvasrit" (29 October 2008)
• "Mahadeva" (26 November 2008)
• "Jagannath" (31 December 2008)
• "No Salvation" (8 January 2009)
• "Flash:B[l]ack" (20 May 2009)
• "Two Hurt" (8 May 2009, Fool's Mate edition 30 October 2009) Oricon Weekly Chart Position: 114^[14]
• "Recall" (4 November 2009)
• "Revolver Blast" (24 March 2010) Oricon Weekly Chart Position: 51,^[14] Oricon Indies Weekly Chart Position: 1^[15][16]
• "Frontier" (16 June 2010) Oricon Weekly Chart Position: 64^[14]
• "The Farthest" (14 July 2010) Oricon Weekly Chart Position: 47^[14]
• "Departure" (4 August 2010) Oricon Weekly Chart Position: 70^[14]

Albums and mini-albums

• Surveillance (26 March 2008)
• Yggdalive (4 November 2009) Oricon Weekly Chart Position: 91^[17]
• Vandalism (27 July 2011)
• VANDALISM［Σ］ (25 March 2015)

References

1. sputnik music
2. Visunavi.com Deluhi, Retrieved 21 October 2010
3. CD Journal Deluhi, retrieved 21 October 2010
4. Jrockrevolution.com Interview: DELUHI, Retrieved 21 October 2010
5. Neumania.net GALNERYUS, all new line-up!, Retrieved 21 October 2010
6. J-Ent, Retrieved 21 October 2010
7. Jame-World.com CLJ Announce J-Visual[ism] 2's Bands Retrieved 21 October 2010
8. "Three announcements for DELUHI!" Retrieved 22 October 2010
9. Jame-World.com Deluhi on Hiatus. Retrieved 21 October 2010
10. "Deluhi Announce Activity Stop!" Retrieved 21 October 2010
11. "DELUHI解散のお知らせ" [Notice of Deluhi disbanding] (in Japanese). Japan: Braveman Records. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
12. http://www.jpopasia.com/news/undivide-revealing-more-information-on-line-up-and-first-album::11722.html
13. http://www.jpopasia.com/news/garson-disbands::12419.html
14. Oricon Single Rankings for Deluhi, Retrieved 21 October 2010
15. Neumania.net Fun Fact: DELUHI Tops The Charts
16. J-ENT, Oricon Top 10 CD Single Daily Charts Retrieved 21 October 2010
17. Oricon Album Rankings for Deluhi Retrieved 21 October 2010

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Official MySpace
• Deluhi JaME profile