Line #45 Music/Galneryus


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right, top to bottom: Takashi Ike (bass), Yuuki Nakajima (keyboards), Fumiya Morishita (drums)[[note]]Replaced by drummer Lea in 2020[[/note]], Masatoshi Ono (vocals), Shusuke "Syu" Ueda (guitars)]]
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4	A neo-classical[=/=]PowerMetal band from Osaka, Japan formed in 2001. Galneryus shares a similar style to bands such as [[Music/YngwieMalmsteen Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force]] and Music/{{Stratovarius}}. Though they began their career as a VisualKei band, they quickly dropped the look in favor of a more ordinary casual look, though they continue to almost universally use stage names (with the exception of drummer Jun-ichi Satoh). Although they have enjoyed considerable commercial success in their home country (especially after SHO joined with 2010's ''Resurrection''), [[PopCultureIsolation their following overseas is much smaller,]] [[CultClassic albeit still highly dedicated.]] They also seem to have a thing for flags with at least one song with a title referring to flags on four of their eleven albums.[[note]]"United Flag," "Rebel Flag," "Struggle for the Freedom Flag," "Braving Flag," "The Flag of Reincarnation," and "The Promised Flag."[[/note]]
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6	They have worked on three compilations with other Japanese metal bands, the first contributing a cover Stratovarius's "Black Diamond," the second contributing a cover of Music/{{Loudness}}'s "Soldier of Fortune," and the third contributing their own song "Struggle for the Freedom Flag." They also recorded the soundtrack of ''Manga/DeathNote: TheMovie''.
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8	The album art of their first three albums were drawn by legendary ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' artist Creator/YoshitakaAmano.
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10	Galneryus's future was in question after the departure of vocalist Yama-B. Yama-B quit due to creative differences and disagreeing with the direction the band was taking. He was replaced by Masatoshi Ono in 2009, while Yu-To was replaced by Taka for bass.
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12	!Members:
13	* Lead Vocals: SHO (Masatoshi Ono) (2009-present)
14	* Guitar/Backing Vocals: Syu (Syusuke Ikeda) (2001-present)
15	* Bass: Taka (Takashi Ike) (2009-present)
16	* Keyboard/Backing Vocals: Yuhki (Yuuki Nakajima) (2003-present, support in 2002)
17	* Drums: Lea (2020-present)
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19	!!Former Members:
20	* Vocals: Masahiro "Yama-B" Yamaguchi (2001-2008)[[note]]Now in Gunbridge[[/note]]
21	* Bass:
22	** Shogo Himuro (2001-2002, support)
23	** Yusuke (2002-2003, support)
24	** Ryousuke "Tsui" Matsui (2003-2006)
25	** Yu-To/Leda (2006-2009)[[note]]Also the guitarist for Deluhi (2008-2011), Undivide (2012-2013), and now Far East Dizain (2015-present)[[/note]]
26	* Keyboard:
27	** A (2001-2002, support)
28	** Yoshinori Kataoka (2002, support)
29	* Drums:
30	** Toshihiro "Tossan" Yui (2001-2002, support)
31	** Jun-ichi Satoh (2003-2016)
32	** Fumiya Morishita (2016-2020)
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34	!Discography:
35	!!Yama-B Era
36	* ''The Flag of Punishment'' (2003)
37	* ''Advance to the Fall'' (2005)
38	* ''Beyond the End of Despair'' (2006)
39	* ''One For All - All For One'' (2007)
40	* ''Reincarnation'' (2008)
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42	!!SHO Era
43	* ''Resurrection'' (2010)
44	* ''Phoenix Rising'' (2011)
45	* ''Kizuna'' (2012, mini-album)
46	* ''Angel of Salvation'' (2012)
47	* ''Vetelgyus'' (2014)
48	* ''Under the Force of Courage'' (2015)
49	* ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' (2017)
50	* ''Into the Purgatory'' (2019)
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52	!This band exhibits the following tropes
53	* AlbumTitleDrop: "The Flag of Reincarnation" in ''Reincarnation'' and the title tracks from ''Angel of Salvation'' onwards, with the possible justified exception of ''Vetelgyus'', since the song is an 8-minute instrumental piece.
54	** "Destiny" from ''Resurrection'' references the album's title in its final verses
55	---> Destiny is calling you but you don't believe it\
56	Keeper of the resurrection is standing alone
57	* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Jun-ichi and Fumiya, especially during their solo performances.
58	* AutoTune: ONO. This is actually one of the major reasons ''many'' of the Yama-B fans left and/or see Ono as a ReplacementScrappy - Yama-B was ''not'' heavily autotuned to achieve the sound he did, and Ono has AutoTune-like effects even ''in live performance.''
59	* TheBandMinusTheFace: One of two faces, but after Yama-B left due to creative differences with Syu.
60	* ConceptAlbum: Their debut album ''The Flag of Punishment'' in the Yama-B era, and ''Under the Force of Courage'' and ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' in the SHO era.
61	* DistinctDoubleAlbum: ''The Ironhearted Flag''. The first, ''Regeneration Side'', comprises of re-recordings of past songs, while the second, ''Reformation Side'' adds new lyrics to existing songs.
62	** ''Under the Force of Courage'' and ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' have also been stated to be a double-album, although they came out about 2 years apart. ''Under the Force of Courage'' tells a story, and ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' tells the "sequel" or second part of the story.
63	* CoverVersion: "[[Music/{{Stratovarius}} Black Diamond]]" and "[[Music/{{Loudness}} Soldier of Fortune]]". They also covered many other songs in their ''Voices from the Past'' cover albums and a few from Syu and Ono's solo albums.
64	* EpicRocking: Most of their material is this, but the title tracks from ''Angel of Salvation'' and ''Under the Force of Courage'' take the honor of being the longest songs in their catalogue, both clocking at over ''fourteen minutes''. The title track of ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' and "Brutal Spiral of Emotions" from the same album are a close second and third.
65	* {{Expy}}: The band itself is one of Music/{{Stratovarius}}.
66	** Masatoshi Ono/Sho, of [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] of Music/XJapan, to the point that early in his career he actively worked as a Toshi impersonator. He still sounds like mid-90s Toshi, albeit with less range and more crooning.
67	*** During the band's X Japan clone phase in 2010-11, Syu tried to look like Yoshiki. It didn't work out very well for him, and he dropped the look and affectations around early 2012.
68	* HarshVocals: Syu provides them on occasion.
69	* HeavyMeta: "Tear Off Your Chain" sounds a lot like this, but without the references to metal.
70	* HeavyMithril: Where to begin?
71	* IconicItem: Syu's signature Crying Star guitars from ESP. For Taka, it's his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kubicki_Factor_Bass Kubicki Ex-Factor bass]].
72	* {{Instrumentals}}: Almost all of their albums have at least one or two of these, and they're usually reserved for the first and last tracks. ''Reincarnation'' and ''Ultimate Sacrifice'' are the only albums that avert this.
73	* LeadBassist: All three bassists are type A, with Tsui being an additional type B and Yu-To/Leda type B and C thanks to his involvement in many other bands since leaving, the most prominent being Music/{{Babymetal}}.
74	* MeaningfulName: ''Vetelgyus'' is named after the second-brightest star in the Orion constellation, hinting at the SpaceOpera theme.
75	* ProtestSong: "Stardust" from ''Reincarnation'' is a protest of [[AtomicHate nuclear war]]. [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory The "stardust" is radioactive fallout.]]
76	* RearrangeTheSong: "Owari Naki, Kono Shi" and "Across the Rainbow" from ''Kizuna'', the latter being a lyrical rearrangement of "Whisper in the Red Sky" from ''Advance to the Fall''.
77	** For the band's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]], they released a series of rearranged song albums dubbed ''The Ironhearted Flag''.
78	* ShoutOut: The "Power! Devour!" line before the chorus in "Tear Off Your Chain" might be one to Music/{{Rainbow}}, if not unintentional.
79	** "Angel Of Salvation" can be seen as one big 14-minute ShoutOut to [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky]], since numerous parts of the song are taken straight out of Tchaikovsky's Concerto In D Minor Op.35, including the entire string-orchestra-intro. This has led some fans to joke that "Angel Of Salvation" is "basically a rearrangement of Tchaikovsky's Concerto In D Minor".
80	* SpecialGuest:
81	** Yuhki was recently featured at ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear x VideoGame/BlazBlue Music Live 2011''.
82	*** And he did a joint collaboration with Creator/DaisukeIshiwatari himself to remix and rearrange the already killer soundtrack of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' for ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma Chronophantasma]]''.
83	** Leda from Far East Dizain and Music/{{Babymetal}}'s Kami Band (formerly of Deluhi and his solo project Undivide, both of which were disbanded) was featured as a guest guitarist in one of the band's tours which was included in the ''Phoenix Rising'' album. He was the bassist Yu-To when he was still in the band.
84	** Akane Liv from Liv Moon was a guest vocalist in the title track for ''Angel of Salvation''. Prior to that, she sang a cover of "[[Music/HeartBand Alone]]" on Syu's first solo album.
85	* SpaceOpera: The ''Vetelgyus'' trailer hints at this as a theme.
86	* SpokenWordInMusic: "Meditation for the Saga" from ''The Flag of Punishment'', "Reach for the Sky" from ''Angel of Salvation'', "Premonition" from ''Under the Force of Courage'', and "Enter the New Age" from ''Ultimate Sacrifice''
87	* StageNames: Only four members in the band's history[[note]]Jun-ichi, Shogo, Yoshinori, and Fumiya[[/note]] used their real names.
88	** Ono's is SHO.
89	* TheQuietOne: Taka rarely speaks except outside of live performances.
90	* TranslationTrainWreck: The band has suffered from a few of these, due to singing/writing lyrics in English, then kicking out their best English speaker in Yama-B. Their 2014 album title, ''Vetelgyus,'' is one example - it's ''supposed to be'' "Betelgeuse."
91	* VisualKei: Double subverted: they began as a Kote Kei band but quickly discarded almost all their VK elements. Though in recent years, they have started to appear in full VK and at times do the post-Visual thing better than similar artists.

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