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Aside of Masquerade's demo tapes Genkaku no Hana (幻覚の華) and AIR, the following song titles were provided by Seine for Masquerade and Viṣṇu: neo-nazis (or Neo NAZIS (Neo ナチス)), Kaze no Nai Tokoro e (風の無い処へ), SABBAT, SLAVE, ICE, MANIA, END, and an unnamed ballad. It's unknown which songs belong to which band. Interestingly, ICE is mentioned in a list of Masquerade songs on warasibe.co.jp, along with AIR and two other songs, Shijima (静寂) and Masquerade.
A VHS tape titled Masquerade → 4th exists, possibly a live recording of their fourth live.
A formation/history segment in the September 1995 issue of Viːlletté states that Viṣṇu renamed to Masquerade in April 1994, after their bassist Rei (麗) seceded. While the year is obviously incorrect, the month seems to be incorrect as well, since Viṣṇu held their last live on May 24, 1995.
Viṣṇu renames to Masquerade.
On the AIR demo tape, only Kyo (京) and Seine are listed, despite MASA also being a band member from the start. He appears on an initial flyer for the July 6 and August 15 lives. Eye (目) only appears on a second flyer, where additional lives are listed.
Fanclub "Monologue" opens no later than July 1995.
In the aforementioned issue of Viːlletté, Masquerade's first live with the lineup is dated to July 1995.
A VHS tape of this live exists.
"Emergency live" is held. As Kyo moved to Osaka and formed Haijin Kurobarazoku (廃人黒薔薇族) around this time, Masquerade likely disbanded after this live.
Masquerade disbands(?)
Masquerade was a visual kei band. They were part of the kote kei subgenre. They were active in 1995 and are now disbanded.
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