GALNERYUS, not only in the domestic hard rock and heavy metal scene, but also in the world-wide level, has started attracting a great deal of attention nowadays.
GALNERYUS is formed by Syu, a guitarist and the band leader who gains great popularity with his outstanding techniques and emotional plays, YUHKI, a keyboardist who is claimed to be an ideal keyboardist in hard rock and heavy metal music, JUNICHI, a drummer who holds up the band with his backed by sublimated influences from various genres of music, Taka, a bassist who attracts the audience with excellent but not pushy skills, and, Masatoshi "SHO" Ono, a vocalist known of numbers of hit songs such as a million hit song "You're the only..." and also known as "a clear and high-pitched vocalist Japan may proud of".
GALNERYUS has been remaining constant activities with such an ideal line-up.
The background of GALNERYUS up to the present is as follows.
Originally formed GALNERYUS was led by Syu, and their base of activies was mainly in Kansai area of Japan.
In 2001, GALNERYUS made a fateful encounter with Mr. Hisatake who has been playing the role of a producer until now.
In the next year, the debut single, "REBEL FLAG"was released through the independent label, IRON SHOCK.
At a later time, YUHKI and JUNICHI joined the band as regular members which caused the band more stabilized and well-organized.
In 2003, the first and the major bebut album, "THE FLAG OF PUNISHMENT" was released through the record label, VAP.
The quality which GALNERYUS demonstrated in this album was way beyond what was expected from that of a newcomer.
In 2005, the second album, "ADVANCE TO THE FALL" was released, and the next year, GALNERYUS released the third album, "BEYOND THE END OF DESPAIR...", and also their first DVDs, "LIVE FOR REBIRTH". The quality of performance they showed in this DVDs is not just as reproduction of studio recorded sound, but highly energetic live performances as well.
In 2007, the fourth album, "ONE FOR ALL-ALL FOR ONE" was released, and from this album, the song called "EVERLASTING" was used as the opening theme for the music information program "Music B.B.".
This opportunity brought GALNERYUS to make steady progress and gain more popularity beyond a limit of heavy metal scene.
In March 2008, the second DVDs, "LIVE FOR ALL-LIVE FOR ONE" and the mini-album, "ALSATIA/CAUSE DISARRAY" were released.
The leading trucks from this mini-album were used as the opening and the ending themes of anime series, "Mnemosyne -Daughters of Mnemosyne-" which was the commemorating program of the tenth anniversary for ATX.
Throughout this work, GALNERYUS obtained recognition and popularity even more.
In September 2008, the fifth album which was the very sophisticated and filled up with strong spirit of inquiry in music, "REINCARNATION" was released. In 2009, GALNERYUS released two "best of" album, "BEST OF THE BRAVING DAYS" and "BEST OF THE AWAKENING DAYS". It was not too much to say those album were the complecation of GALNERYUS so far.
Although GALNERYUS had went through changing regular members several times up to this point, joining Masatoshi "SHO" Ono, a vocalist with a distinguished career, and Taka, a bassist with infinite possibilities, finally made the band to form the recent line-up.
In 2010, the sixth album as a band, and the first for this lin-up, "RESURRECTION" was released. From this album, the song called, "A FAR-OFF DISTANCE" was used as the ending theme for anime siries in NTV chain, "Rainbow -Nisha rokubo no Shichinin-".
In addition of the popularily due to this, tremendously high quality of their music renowned excellence of the new line-up.
The tours around Japan took place with great success more than ever. The final performance at SHIBUYA AX was recorded and released as the third DVDs, "LIVE IN THE MOMENT OF THE RESURRECTION".
Taking advantage of the circumstances without contenting themseleves, GALNERYUS became more energetic and released the seventh album, "PHOENIX RISING" in 2011. Catchiness of songs had gained and the album was a hit as well as the last album.
Around this time, GALNERYUS published a new song, "Kizuna" and the song was used as theme of pachinko game, "Pachinko CR Fist of the Blue Sky". The popularity and the field of activity grew more and more.
GALNERYUS accelerates its progress even more this year(2012). The mini-album, "Kizuna" and the fourth DVDs, "PHOENIX LIVING IN THE RISING SUN"was released, and as commemorating those releases, the tours, "THE CHAIN OF STRENGTH" was held.
The new song debuted at the tours, "HUNTING FOR YOUR DREAM" was used as the ending theme for anime siries in NTV chain, "HUNTER x HUNTER", and this promotion strongly encouraged the degree of attention paid to the band.
(The song was released as preceded single from upcoming album, in July.)
In such a situation, GALNERYUS is now releasing their latest album, "ANGEL OF SALVATION" on October 10, 2012.
It contains the longest song ever they wrote, "ANGEL OF SALVATION", and also includes gems of 10 songs they again impressively developed a new phase. Be aware, and just get ready for this new and excellent album!
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