Galneryus

Galneryus was formed in early 2001 by guitar virtuoso Syu of Valkyr, Animetal, Aushvitz, and Masaki Project fame along with vocalist Yama-B, frontman of AxBites, Rekion, River End and solo artist of Gunbridge. Both veterans of the Japanese metal scene they put together a formula and a plan to create a band to express both of their musical tastes/ideas and soon set out to assemble a full band. Recruiting A on Keyboards, Syu's bandmate from Valkyr, Shôgo Himuro on Bass, and Toshihiro Yui (formerly of Cemetery, Honey Quest) on Drums as support musicians, Galneryus was born to the Power Metal scene.

With a full band together Galneryus set to work on recording their first 2 track Demo/EP titled 'United Flag' which was professionally self produced and self released in October of 2001 as a CDR with high quality art and obi. The self released EP was highly praised and gained Galneryus a loyal following as well as peaking the interest of several indie Japanese record labels.

Up until their second album Galneryus dawned a dress style that bordered that of Visual Kei with a Sci-Fi flare to it but have adopted a more modern dress with the release of their third full length album. Galneryus writes all of their lyrics in English, which is fairly common fare for a lot of Japanese Heavy Metal bands.

Members:
* Syu - Lead/Rhythm Guitars/Backing Vocals
* Yama-B - Vocals
* Tsui - Bass/Backing Vocals
* Yuhki - Keyboards/Backing Vocals
* Junichi Satoh - Drums

Official Website: http://www.syu-net.jp/galneryus/top.html