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vocalist Kyo. It is sometimes referred to as a

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as every member of the band is or has been in other well-known acts in the Japanese

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movement, although only Kyo is currently active in another band.

History

Sukekiyo was formed as a side project by Kyo along with members of other Japanese rock bands. The name derives from

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's novel ''The Inugami Clan''. The band's activities are by periods as Kyo's main project

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is still his priority. Since the band released their first album, they have had a handful of tours in Japan, and more recently, Europe. In November 2014, they announced a new mini-album called ''Vitium'', which contained 8 new tracks and released on February 4, 2015. The limited edition came with a second disc that includes collaborations with other artists such as

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vocalist Toshi and actor

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. On June 21, 2017, Sukekiyo released their second full-length studio album, ''Adoratio''. They covered "

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" for the November 22

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tribute album ''Tribute of Mucc -En-''.

Members

*: vocals, programming (

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, Wing Works) *: drums (formerly of Rentrer en Soi, Forbidden Days Rhapsody)

Discography

;Albums *''Immortalis'' (2014) *''Adoratio'' (2017) *''Infinitum'' (2019) ;EPs *''The Daemon's Cutlery'' (2013) *''Vitium'' (2015) ;Singles *"The Daemon's Cutlery" (2014) *"2014 live: 'wakare wo oshimu furi wa anata no tame'" (2014) *"Mimi Zozo" (2015) *"Anima" (2016) *"Aoguroi Hysteria" (2017) *"KISSES" (2018) *"SALUS" (2021) ;Demo Tapes *"Koumo chigau mono nanoka, yosuruni (1 Shot Analog Recording -Demo Ver. 20171121-)" (2018) *"Sesshoku" (2020) *"furesaseru" (2021) *"Valentina" (2021) *"Yumemi Doro" (2021) *"Aishita Shinzo" (2021) ;Live Albums *''Persuasio'' (2015) *''Mutans'' (2016) *''PASSIO'' (2019) *''Liquefacio'' (2020) *''Luxuria'' (2021)

Videoclip

Their first video for the song "Aftermath" was released on January 1, 2014 through iTunes. which appears on their first album ''Immortalis''. A second video for the song "In All Weathers" was released on the bonus Blu-ray Disc along with "Aftermath". List of Video Clips: *"Aftermath" (2014) *"In All Weathers" (2014) *"Ameagari no Yūshi" (2015) *"focus" (2015) *"Anima" (2016) *"Jūniji Nijuppun Konrinzai" (2016) *"En" (2017) *"Hidauta" (2017) *"Waizatsu" (2019) *"Tada, Mada, Watashi." (2019) *"Candis" (2021) *"Candis (Another Edition)" (2021)

References

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