Unlucky Morpheus, often abbreviated as Ankimo (あんきも), is a Japanese

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band formed in 2008. It consists of vocalists

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and Kasumi, guitarists Shiren and Jinya, bassist Ogawa Hiroyuki, drummer Fumiya Morishita, and violinist Jill. Their latest album, "Evolution", was released in 2022.

History

Unlucky Morpheus was formed in 2008 by Fuki (vocals) and Shiren (guitar) after having met the year prior. On October 3, 2008, the band released their first mini-album, ''Hypothetical Box'', an arrangement album of compositions from the

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series, at the dōjin event "M3" on a home made

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. The band released their first professionally pressed CD, ''REBIRTH'', at the

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event "Hakurei Jinja Reitaisai" on March 8, 2009. Later that year on October 12 they played their first live show at Tamachi CUBE (CUBE). On January 6, 2011, they performed their final show of the "Fuyu no Mikaku no Tabearuki 2010→2011" tour at Shibuya O-EAST. This show was recorded and released as their first live album ''Fuyumika Tabearuki Final ~Lunatic East~ LIVE'' ( ～Lunatic East～ LIVE) on both CD and DVD on 2011-05-08. On August 16, 2014, the band released the album ''affected'', their first to consist entirely of original compositions. The band released their first music video, "Black Pentagram", on April 9, 2017, on YouTube to promote their EP of the same name released on December 29, 2016. On September 19, 2018, the band released the album ''CHANGE OF GENERATION'', their first release to chart, peaking at 26 on the

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charts. The sub-unit, "QUADRATUM From Unlucky Morpheus" (composed of Jinya, Jill, Hiroyuki Ogawa and FUMIYA), released their first album, ''Loud Playing Workshop'' on January 27, 2021. It featured covers of popular heavy metal songs, including a violin cover of

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Band members

* Shiren () – composer, arranger, guitar,

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, backing vocals *

– vocals, backing vocals, lyricist,

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* Jinya () – guitar * Jill – violin * Hiroyuki Ogawa – bass guitar * FUMIYA – drums * Kasumi () – manager, support vocals

Discography

Major studio albums

Major live albums

Major extended plays

Major singles

Major live videos

Dōjin studio albums

Dōjin live albums

Dōjin compilation albums

Dōjin live videos

As QUADRATUM From Unlucky Morpheus

Studio albums

As Unholy Orpheus

Studio albums

References

* * {{Authority control 2008 establishments in Japan Female-fronted musical groups Mixed-gender bands Japanese heavy metal musical groups Japanese power metal musical groups Japanese symphonic metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2008 Musical septets