History Music / Area11

* FilkSong: The majority of their discography could be considered such, but they are thankfully not obnoxiously blatant with the [[ShoutOut references]]. The exceptions to being subtle are "Minecraft Christmas Time", and "DOTA 2 Beta Key", which name drop the games in question in the title.

* AutoTune: Present in the singles re-release of "Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill". A comment from the band on their video for it says it's a case of DoingItForTheArt, not because Sparkles* cannot sing (hear the older versions for proof of that).

Area 11 is an {{Otaku}} rock band from Bristol, England, that draws heavy influence from various {{anime}} series. They have dubbed the style of music they play "Gaijin Rock", [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a blend of J-Pop and Western shred rock]], and they are attempting to establish this as a [[TropeMaker new, standalone genre]]. The lyrics of said Gaijin Rock songs usually reference the anime they draw influence from. '''However''', unlike [[Music/LeetStreetBoys that other band]], all of the references they make are subtle enough that someone who perhaps ''doesn't'' like anime can listen to them without being scared off. In fact, even the band name is a subtle reference; "Area 11" was the name for Japan in ''Anime/CodeGeass''.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: The band blends [[JPop J-Pop]] as well as Japanese cultural references with [[HardRock Western-born shred focused "guitar worship" rock music]]. Since they are attempting to establish this as a genre in it's own right, they could also be considered the [[TropeMaker Trope Maker]] of Gaijin Rock.

Area 11 is a Gaijin rock band from Bristol, England, that draws heavy influence from various {{anime}} series. They have dubbed the style of music they play "Gaijin Rock", [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a blend of J-Pop and Western shred rock]], and they are attempting to establish this as a [[TropeMaker new, standalone genre]]. The lyrics of said Gaijin Rock songs usually reference the anime they draw influence from. '''However''', unlike [[Music/LeetStreetBoys that other band]], all of the references they make are subtle enough that someone who perhaps ''doesn't'' like anime can listen to them without being scared off. In fact, even the band name is a subtle reference; "Area 11" was the name for Japan in ''Anime/CodeGeass''.

* BadassBeard: Both Sparkles* and Parv have grown one. In the "Shi No Barado" video, many Youtubers commented that they felt that Sparkles* was emulating Obi Wan Kenobi.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** Quite a few people misheard the chorus lyrics from the ''Blackline'' edition of "Euphemia" chorus as "oh, she may die" due to poor pronunciation, while it's supposed to be "[[GratuitousJapanese mou oshimai da]]"[[labelnote:*]]"So this is the end..."[[/labelnote]]. The pronunciation was improved upon in the ''All The Lights In The Sky'' version.
** The Japanese in general can cause some of this for those who aren't fluent, though not for lack of effort from the band, and in all fairness it is getting considerably better.
** "To kill a king with a slice of ham..." instead of "with a sleight of hand".

** Not they themselves, being British anime nerds and pretty talented musicians, but they reference a sub-culture of such delinquents in the title of the last song on their debut album, "Bōsōzoku Symphonic"; a [[JapaneseDelinquents bosozoku]] as a sub-culture of Japanese biker gangs known for riding around on loud, extremely customized motorcycles and causing chaos in the streets of Japan.

** Quite a few people misheard the chorus lyrics from the ''Blackline'' edition of "Euphemia" chorus as "oh, she may die" due to poor pronunciation, while it's supposed to be "[[GratuitousJapanese mou oshimai da]]". The pronunciation was improved upon in the ''All The Lights In The Sky'' version.

*** Another by IFightDragons.

* LostForever: Blackline/Blackline 「COMPLETE」 . Well, the songs can still be easily found online, but after being taken down from BandCamp, they can no longer be obtained. By legal methods, at least. They've confirmed it's not going to be re-uploaded.

** "Panacea and the Prologue"'s climax quotes "Are You Listening" and also refers back to the earlier track "Processor".

** A few in the middle of "Processor".

* MetalScream: A brief one in the second chorus of "The Strays".

Their second album is in the works and is due for release later in 2015. Unlike ''ATLITS'', it is supposed to focus less on anime-inspired lyrics.

* ButtMonkey: Parv is one for the Yogscast in general; in terms of the actual band, Leo takes this role, although he's been getting considerably less flak thanks to "RIP Parv".
** Kogie ''explicitly'' calls Parv a ButtMonkey [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnB81yxDQhk in this video]].

* CallBack: GIGACRAFT follows on from the music video for "Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill", with Sparkles* trapped in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' for an undetermined [[TimeSkip amount of time]].

* [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]]: Their single "VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Christmas", released on the [=BlueXephos=] channel. It doesn't place an emphasis on Christmas being wonderful and magic, and is more set around it. While it starts off a little depressing (not the music. That's upbeat the whole way through), with the character being alone on Christmas eve. Things get progressively better for the character, until at the end it's as happy as any other [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]].
** And for a brief moment, it even charted, partially helped by being a charity single.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Their second full album, ''Area ii'', appears to be going this way, due to the Music/EnterShikari-style songs.

* PerformanceVideo: "Shi No Barado" and "Euphemia" are partially examples intercut with other clips, while "Go!! Fighting Action Power" is exclusively this.

* ShoutOut: Damn near every song is one lyrically (all but "Cassandra, Pt.2", at least on the album), but the most notable example might be naming their first album, ''All The Lights In The Sky'' after the second ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' movie, ''The Lights in the Sky Are Stars''.
* SiameseTwinSongs: "Vectors" and "Euphemia". This is because the ''Blackline'' version of "Euphemia" had an intro, which was since moved to the end of "Vectors" in the ''All The Lights In The Sky'' edition.
** With "System;Start" being a non-mandatory lead in to the former.

* ShoutOut: Damn near every song is one lyrically (all but "Cassandra, Pt.2", at least on the album), but the most notable example might be naming their first album, ''All The Lights In The Sky'' after the second TengenToppaGurrenLagann movie, ''The Lights in the Sky Are Stars''.

Area 11 is a Gaijin rock band from Bristol, England, that draws heavy influence from various {{anime}} series. They have dubbed the style of music they play "Gaijin Rock", [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a blend of J-Pop and Western shred rock]], and they are attempting to establish this as a [[TropeMaker new, standalone genre]]. The lyrics of said Gaijin Rock songs usually reference the anime they draw influence from. '''However''', unlike [[Music/LeetStreetBoys that other band]], all of the references they make are subtle enough that someone who perhaps ''doesn't'' like anime can listen to them without being scared off. In fact, even the band name is a subtle reference; "Area 11" was the name for Japan in [[CodeGeass Code Geass]].

* FilkSong: The majority of their discography could be considered such, but they are thankfully not obnoxiously blatant with the [[ShoutOut references]].
** The exceptions to being subtle are "Minecraft Christmas Time", and "DOTA 2 Beta Key", which name drop the games in question in the title.

** The first movement of "Bōsōzoku Symphonic", "Ryōkan" (being a Japanese poem set to music) is [[CaptainObvious entirely in Japanese]].

* LyricalDissonance: "Euphemia". On the surface of it, it is fast, soaring and epic. Lyrically, it's [[MyGreatestFailure a reflection]] of one of ''Anime/Code Geass'''s [[TearJerker/CodeGeass most tragic]] [[NightmareFuel/CodeGeass events]], [[spoiler:through the viewpoint of the man who caused it in the first place.]]

* [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]]: Their single "VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Christmas", released on the [=BlueXephos=] channel. It doesn't place an emphasis on Christmas being wonderful and magic, and is more set around it. While it starts off a little depressing (not the music. That's upbeat the whole way through), with the character being alone on Christmas eve. Things get progressively better for the character, until at the end it's as happy as any other [ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]].

* LyricalDissonance: Euphemia. On the surface of it, it is fast, soaring and epic. Lyrically, it describes one of the more [[TearJerker tragic]] moments of CodeGeass.

Area 11 is a Gaijin rock band from Bristol, England, that draws heavy influence from various {{anime}} series. They have dubbed the style of music they play "Gaijin Rock", [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a blend of J-Pop and Western shred rock]], and they are attempting to establish this as a [[TropeMaker new, standalone genre]]. The lyrics of said Gaijin Rock songs usually reference the anime they draw influence from. '''However''', unlike [[LeetStreetBoys that other band]], all of the references they make are subtle enough that someone who perhaps ''doesn't'' like anime can listen to them without being scared off. In fact, even the band name is a subtle reference; "Area 11" was the name for Japan in [[CodeGeass Code Geass]].

* CallBack: GIGACRAFT follows on from the music video for "Heaven-Piercing Giga Drill", with Sparkles* trapped in {{Minecraft}} for an undetermined [[TimeSkip amount of time]].

* [[ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]]: Their single "Minecraft Christmas", released on the [=BlueXephos=] channel. It doesn't place an emphasis on Christmas being wonderful and magic, and is more set around it. While it starts off a little depressing (not the music. That's upbeat the whole way through), with the character being alone on Christmas eve. Things get progressively better for the character, until at the end it's as happy as any other [ChristmasSongs Christmas Song]].

Their debut album, ''All The Lights in The Sky'' was released on January 31st 2013. Half the band[[note]]Specifically, Sparkles* and Parv.[[/note]] are members of the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} where they did video and sound editing (Sparkles* left his full-time post at some point in 2014), and this fact certainly hasn't hurt them getting their name out. They are also signed to a record label made by the Yogscast, Yogscast Studios, who helped them release their debut album onto iTunes. Before then, they released their work on their [=BandCamp=], but after releasing their debut album they chose to remove their EP, ''Blackline Complete'' from the site, due to each of the songs being re-recorded for ''All The Lights in The Sky''.

Area 11 released ''Underline EP'', their second EP to date, on November 1st. The band has promoted the EP by playing some of their newer songs from the EP live during ''The Ichi Tour''.

* GratuitousJapanese: Japanese is sprinkled throughout several songs, which is appropriate considering the GratuitousEnglish that infests [[JapanesePopMusic J-Pop]].

* HiddenDepths: According to Hannah from the Yogscast, Sparkles* studied biology at university.

* JapaneseDelinquents: Not they themselves, being British anime nerds and pretty talented musicians, but they reference a sub-culture of such delinquents in the title of the last song on their debut album, "Bōsōzoku Symphonic"; a [[JapaneseDelinquents bosozoku]] as a sub-culture of Japanese biker gangs known for riding around on loud, extremely customized motorcycles and causing chaos in the streets of Japan.

* LetsPlay: They are members of the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}, and upload videos of their gameplay to their Website/YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/user/area11band channel]]. Since 2014, a good chunk of the LetsPlay videos are gone, but some newer "Game Night" ones still remain.

On May 1st of 2014, Area 11 had officially released Homunculus for free download on Dropify.[[note]]Although you need a Facebook account to get it.[[/note]] The band has gone on their first tour, the aptly named ''The Ichi Tour'', and are preparing to go on their second tour, aptly called the ''The Ni Tour''.

Area 11 has recently announced the release date of the ''Underline EP'', their second EP to date, to be November 1st. The band has promoted the EP by playing some of their newer songs from the EP live during ''The Ichi Tour''.

Area 11 has recently announced the release date of the Underline EP, their second EP to date, to be November 1st. The band has promoted the EP by playing some of their newer songs from the EP live during ''The Ichi Tour''.