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'''Blood Stain Child''' is a Japanese five-piece VisualKei heavy metal band formed in Osaka in the year 2000. Originally a MelodicDeathMetal band with heavy SymphonicMetal stylings and SynthPop influences, they have since opted for a musical style that combines MelodicDeathMetal, IndustrialMetal and various styles of ElectronicMusic including trance, techno and JapanesePopMusic. On 2016, they formed a new indie label called Earth Nation Records, after they were signed to Pony Canyon (until 2011) and Lantis (until 2014) in Japan. While they haven't found any mainstream success, the band has had continued success in Japan and has performed in many events and conventions all over the world.

** Gami is a fan of ''Manga/KOn'' and ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''.

* IconicLogo: The logo from ''Idolator'', which has appeared in all their subsequent releases.

* VocalEvolution: In the band's early days, Ryo was nothing short of a DreadfulMusician, but by the time ''Epsilon'' was released, he had developed a screaming capacity rivaling Kiyoharu of Music/{{Kuroyume}}, Kyo of Music/DirEnGrey or ''even'' MariaCross or [[Music/AnaalNathrakh Dave "V.I.T.R.I.O.L." Hunt]] in terms of harshness.

* {{Bishonen}}/{{Biseinen}}: The male members of the band with the exception of vocalist Sadew. Ryu, Gami and DJ Makoto, in particular, stand out more than the rest. Also, despite his "bad boy" image, Ryo tends to be this to a lesser extent.

It is arguable that they are fully involved with the VisualKei movement as they have not explicitly referred to themselves as such, but they have used visuals and costuming similar to many established Visual bands, with the remaining members of the original lineup being the most Visual members of the band. All the band's members are established Visual musicians who have worked with indies bands.

** Some of the band members are involved in rather...interesting activities other than music.

* {{Expy}}: Frontman Sadew used to be one of Music/InFlames' Anders Friden; both in terms of appearance and vocal timbre. He even grew long, thick dreadlocks and a beard during one of the band's most Visual phases.

* GenreShift: To [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly "Hybrid Metal Trance"]] from ''Idolator'' onward.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: They describe themselves as playing "hybrid metal trance". They also draw inspiration from IndustrialMetal and the harder, more abrasive end of MelodicDeathMetal. They even went as far as having Ettore Rigotti of Disarmonia Mundi (an Italian melodeath/industrial metal band) produce ''Epsilon'', just because they were aiming for a very specific sound.

* BaldOfAwesome: Sadew as of the ''AMATERAS'' era.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They come in at a solid 9 all throughout their discography. Occasionally, they can dip down to as low as 2 and even go up to 10. Hell, even their purely ElectronicMusic compositions are as hard and abrasive as their standard metal fare.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Around 8 or 9 for their early releases, but they have since gravitated towards the 2-4 range since ''Idolator''

* {{Expy}}: Frontman Sadew used to be one of Music/InFlames' Anders Friden; both in terms of appearance and vocal timbre. He even grew long, thick dreadlocks and a BadassBeard during one of the band's most Visual phases.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Neo-Gothic-Romance" compared to the rest of Mozaiq, it's slower than the rest of the songs on the album and features much more of Sadew's clean singing, giving it a relative ballad feel. "Sai-Ka-No" is this to possibly their entire discography, as it's more of a JapanesePopMusic style ballad, has none of Ryo's screaming, and is not metal in the slightest.

* TokenWhite: Sophia is actually Greek.

** Seems to no longer be the case as the band has released The Legend, an album with several re-recordings of songs in their discography, including songs from the first two albums.

* GenreShift: To [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly "Hybrid Metal Trance"]] from ''Idolator'' onwards
* GratuitousEnglish: Early releases suffered from this and WordSaladLyrics. Their English has gotten noticeably better from ''Idolator'' onwards.

'''Blood Stain Child''' is a Japanese five-piece VisualKei heavy metal band formed in Osaka in the year 2000. Originally a MelodicDeathMetal band with heavy SymphonicMetal stylings and Synth-Pop influences, they have since opted for a musical style that combines MelodicDeathMetal, IndustrialMetal and various styles of ElectronicMusic including trance, techno and JapanesePopMusic. On 2016, they formed a new indie label called Earth Nation Records, after they were signed to Pony Canyon (until 2011) and Lantis (until 2014) in Japan. While they haven't found any mainstream success, the band has had continued success in Japan and has performed in many events and conventions all over the world.

'''Blood Stain Child''' is a Japanese five-piece VisualKei heavy metal band formed in Osaka in the year 2000. Originally a MelodicDeathMetal band with heavy SymphonicMetal stylings and synth-pop influences, they have since opted for a musical style that combines MelodicDeathMetal, IndustrialMetal and various styles of ElectronicMusic including trance, techno and JapanesePopMusic. On 2016, they formed a new indie label called Earth Nation Records, after they were signed to Pony Canyon (until 2011) and Lantis (until 2014) in Japan. While they haven't found any mainstream success, the band has had continued success in Japan and has performed in many events and conventions all over the world.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Idolator'', with its trance and J-pop elements. ''Epsilon'' reintroduced the MelodicDeathMetal stylings of the older albums but also included IndustrialMetal influences a la Music/TheGazette and elements of ThrashMetal courtesy of Gami from the now-defunct VisualKei DeathMetal band Youthquake. ''AMATERAS'' re-adds the symphonic influences that the band eschewed on "Idolator" to their modern style.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Idolator'', with its trance and J-pop elements. ''Epsilon'' reintroduced the MelodicDeathMetal stylings of the older albums but also included IndustrialMetal influences a la Music/TheGazette and elements of ThrashMetal courtesy of Gami from the now-defunct VisualKei DeathMetal band Youthquake. "AMATERAS" re-adds the symphonic influences that the band eschewed on "Idolator" to their modern style.

'''Blood Stain Child''' is a Japanese five-piece VisualKei heavy metal band formed in Osaka in the year 2000. Originally a DeathMetal band with SynthPop influences, they have since opted for a musical style that combines MelodicDeathMetal, IndustrialMetal and various styles of ElectronicMusic including trance, techno and JapanesePopMusic. On 2016, they formed a new indie label called Earth Nation Records, after they were signed to Pony Canyon (until 2011) and Lantis (until 2014) in Japan. While they haven't found any mainstream success, the band has had continued success in Japan and has performed in many events and conventions all over the world.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Idolator'', with its trance and J-pop elements. ''Epsilon'' reintroduced the MelodicDeathMetal stylings of the older albums but also included IndustrialMetal influences a la Music/TheGazette and elements of ThrashMetal courtesy of Gami from the now-defunct VisualKei DeathMetal band Youthquake.

* {{Bishonen}}/{{Biseinen}}: The male members of the band with the exception of ex-vocalist Sadew. Ryu, Gami and DJ Makoto, in particular, stand out more than the rest. Also, despite his "bad boy" image, Ryo tends to be this to a lesser extent.

* {{Expy}}: Ex-vocalist Sadew was one of Music/InFlames' Anders Friden; both in terms of appearance and vocal timbre. He even grew long, thick dreadlocks and a BadassBeard during one of the band's most Visual phases.

* SignatureStyle: Melodic power riffing typical of MelodicDeathMetal combined with the poppy synths of J-pop and trance-inspired buildups, together with a stew of elements from different styles of [[ElectronicMusic electronic dance music]].
* SopranoAndGravel: During the Sadew era, the band used samples of female voice tracks for cleans while Sadew does the screams. The Sophia era has Ryo providing screams. On ''Last Stardust'' it was Kiki on cleans and Ryo performing the screams. Saika during his time in BSC could handle both.

Blood Stain Child is a Japanese five-piece VisualKei heavy metal band formed in Osaka in the year 2000. Originally a DeathMetal band with SynthPop influences, they have since opted for a musical style that combines MelodicDeathMetal, IndustrialMetal and various styles of ElectronicMusic including trance, techno and JapanesePopMusic. On 2016, they formed a new indie label called Earth Nation Records, after they were signed to Pony Canyon (until 2011) and Lantis (until 2014) in Japan. While they haven't found any mainstream success, the band has had continued success in Japan and has performed in many events and conventions all over the world.

* Sophia – vocals (2010–2012)

* StartMyOwn: Sophia announced a new music project, called Season of Ghost.

* FollowTheLeader: They formed in 2000, which was the time when Visual Kei bands were enjoying renewed success, and were only starting to gain attention in 2002, when In Flames released ''Reroute to Remain''. They have cited In Flames, HIM, Music/XJapan and Music/LunaSea as major influences.

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* Saika - Lead vocals (2016-present)
* Ryu – Lead guitar, synth guitar (1999, 2000–present)
* G.S.R – Rhythm guitar, synth guitar (2007–present)
* Yakky - Bass (2016-present)
* Gami - Drums (2010–present)

* Daiki – rhythm guitar, synth guitar (2000–2005)

* Sadew – vocals (2007–2010)
* Violator – drums, percussion (1999, 2000–2010)

* Makoto - DJ/VJ (2013–2014)
* Ryo – Bass Guitar, screamed vocals (1999, 2000–2016)

* Aki – Keyboards, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals (2000–2016)

* SopranoAndGravel: During the Sadew era, the band used samples of female voice tracks for cleans while Sadew does the screams. The Sophia era has Ryo providing screams. Now its Kiki on cleans and Ryo on screams.

* VocalTagTeam: Sadew and Ryo, then Ryo and Sophia and Ryo and Kiki until 2016.

* {{Otaku}}: Some of the band members are involved in rather...interesting activities other than music.

* LolitaFashion: Lead guitarist Ryu is an ElegantGothicLolita while ex-vocalist Sophia is a Shiro/Sweet Lolita. Both are well-known in the Lolita fashion scene as dress models.

** Ryu loves LolitaFashion, anime (especially ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' and ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}})'' and cosplay. His brother Ryo supports his hobbies.

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Blood Stain Child is a Japanese seven-piece VisualKei heavy metal band formed in Osaka in the year 2000. Originally a DeathMetal band with SynthPop influences, they have since opted for a musical style that combines MelodicDeathMetal, IndustrialMetal and various styles of ElectronicMusic including trance, techno and JapanesePopMusic. They were originally an indies band, but are now signed to Pony Canyon as of 2010. While they haven't found any mainstream success, the band has had continued success in Japan and has performed in many events and conventions all over the world.

Despite their success, the band has had several lineup changes over the course of their musical career, with only three of the band's original lineup still active.

* Saika - Vocals (2016-present)

* VocalTagTeam: Sadew and Ryo, then Ryo and Sophia and currently, Ryo and Kiki.