Japan-Rock > Band-Maid
Band-Maid is a Japanese female rock band formed in July 2013. Singer/guitarist Miku Kobato, formerly an employee of a Japanese maid café, envisioned forming a band that juxtaposed the maid image with rock music. Kobato recruited lead guitarist Kanami Tōno after an Internet search. Tōno had performed as a singer-songwriter and suggested her occasional backing drummer Akane Hirose for the new band. Hirose in turn suggested bassist Misa, with whom she had attended music school. The band decided to recruit an additional lead singer and selected Saiki Atsumi during auditions. Their first performance as a five-piece was at the P Festival at Shibuya-AX on August 22, 2013.
Band-Maid first gained international notice in April 2015 when the English-language Facebook page of internet radio station Jrock Radio promoted the music video for “Thrill”, which led to over 1 million views in the following year. In the wake of that video’s success, the band decided to abandon the more mainstream pop-rock sound of their debut mini-album and pursue a much more hard rock direction. In March 2016 they had their first overseas performance at Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington
In April 2019, the band announced a tour of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Taiwan, and the United States in partnership with Live Nation Entertainment. They released their first standalone concert video Band-Maid World Domination Tour at Line Cube Shibuya in April 2020. Band-Maid made a cameo appearance in the 2021 Netflix film Kate, playing themselves. Their songs “Blooming” and “Choose Me” were used in the film.
Band-Maid made a cameo appearance in the 2021 Netflix film Kate, playing themselves in a concert scene. Their songs “Blooming” and “Choose Me” were used in the film. The non-album single “Sense” was released in October 2021; the song also serves as the opening theme for the Japanese anime series Platinum End. In December 2021, they announced a second US tour including Aftershock Festival, scheduled to take place in late 2022. “Choose Me” was used in the 2022 TV series Peacemaker.
Shambles · 4th Aug 2023
Shambles
Digital Release
Soon after releasing their greatest album 10th Anniversary Best, BAND-MAID announced a new song, Shambles,which has been selected as the ending song for the anime Kengan Ashura Season 2.
10th Anniversary Best Vol.1 · 4th Aug 2023
Thrill · REAL EXISTENCE · Alone · YOLO · Don’t you tell ME · Daydreaming · Choose me · DOMINATION · DICE · Start over · Glory · Bubble · Endless Story · Different · Warning!
CD Release
10th Anniversary Best Vol.2 · 4th Aug 2023
Shake That!! · the non-fiction days · FREEDOM · Puzzle · secret My lips · Play · I can’t live without you · Rock in me · Screaming · Blooming · 輪廻 (Rinne) · NO GOD · After Life · Manners · Corallium
CD Release
Memorable · 22th Feb 2023
Memorable
Digital Release
Unleash · 21th Sep 2022
Unleash · Influencer · I’ll · Balance · Hate · From now on · Sense · Corallium
Limited editions (CD + Blu-ray/DVD) include two Instrumental Music Videos (Sense · Unleash) and 2 Music Videos (Unleash · From now on)
Online Acoustic Okyu-Ji · 27th Apr 2022
Smile · At the drop of a hat · No God · H-G-K · Different · Manners · Awkward · Wonderland · Time · Sayonakidori · Forward · Catharsis · Mirage · Page
This limited edition CD was released in a special Christmas package. Sold only for members of BAND-MAID fan club.
Unseen World (Instrumental) · 31th Jan 2022
Warning! · No God · After Life · Manners · I still seek revenge · H-G-K · Sayonakidori · Why Why Why · Chemical Reaction · Giovanni · Honkai · Black Hole · Without Holding Back (All Tracks are instrumental)
This instrumental CD of Unseen World. Comes with official score for BAND-MAID’s album Unseen World comprehensively supervised by the band members. In addition to the score for the 13 tracks in the normal edition of Unseen World, the package also include interviews of the band members and the staff, new photos of the band members.
Sense · 27th Oct 2021
Sense · Hibana · Corallium
Limited Edition Bonus Bluray / DVD · Included Live Concert THE DAY OF MAID from 2021.5.10 | I still seek revenge · Youth · Why Why why · H-G-K · Chemical Reaction · Ambition
Online Okyu-Ji (Bluray · DVD) · 26th May 2021
Warning · Dice · Screaming · I can’t live without you · Black Hole · Thrill · Real Existence · Don’t let me down · alone · Freedom · Yolo · Don’t you tell ME · After Life · No God · Reincarnation · without holding back · Nightingale · About Us · Daydreaming · Mirage · Bubble · Manners · Onset · Choose me · Blooming · Different · Giovanni · Domination · Moratorium · The Non Fiction Days · Glory · Play · Smile (Acoustic)
Recorded Streaming-Live-Performance 2021-02-21 at Hareza Ikebukuro · Also Available on DVD
About Us · 4th Feb 2021
About Us
1-Track Single – Also released as Digital Download
Unseen World · 20th Jan 2021
Warning! · No God · After Life · Manners · I still seek revenge · H-G-K · Sayonakidori · Why Why Why · Chemical Reaction · Giovanni · Honkai · Black Hole
First Release single CD Version with 12 Tracks · 2CD 14 Track Version with Bonus Tracks · Manners (V2) · Youth
1CD 13 Track Version with Audio Bonus Track · Without Holding Back and Bonus DVD / Bluray with 4 Instrumental Video Tracks (Bluray with Multi Cam) · After Life · No God · Giovanni · Without Holding Back
Different · 2nd Dec 2020
Different · Don’t be long · Different (Short Version)
World Domination Tour (Bluray · DVD) · 29th Feb 2020
Reincarnation · Blooming · Screaming · Dilemma · Glory · Freedom · Choose me · Page · Mirage · Catharsis · Bubble · The Dragon Cries · I can’t live without you · Time · Wonderland · Alone · Dice · Don’t you tell Me · Play · Domination · Endless Story
Recorded Live 2020-02-20 Line Cube Shibuya Kokaido with Bonus Backstage / Docu / Audio Commentary
Conqueror · 11th Dec 2019
Page · Glory · Liberal · Endless Story · Mirage · At the Drop of a Hat · Wonderland · Azure · Dilemma · Bubble · The Dragon Cries · Flying High · Catharsis · Blooming · Rinne
Limited Edition includes bonus DVD or Bluray with 3 Tracks · Available in 5 different Cover Pics · Domination (Instrumental Video) · Dice (Instrumental Video) · Onset (Instrumental Video)
Endless Story · 3rd Oct 2019
Endless Story
Released as Digital Download
Band-Maiko · 3rd Apr 2019
Secret Maiko Lips · Tora and Tora · Yolosiosu · Ansan · Akasimahen · Screaming · Gioncho
Limited Edition includes bonus DVD with 2 Tracks · Gioncho (Music Video) · Gioncho (Making Of Music Video)
Glory · 16th Jan 2019
Glory · Hide and seek
Also released as Digital Download
Bubble · 16th Jan 2019
Bubble · Smile
Start Over · 25th Jul 2018
Start over · Screaming
Limited Edition includes bonus Bluray from April 13, 2018 at Zepp Tokyo & Bonus CD “Secret Maiko Lips”. DVD w/o Bonus CD
Domination · Play · Spirit!! · the non-fiction days · Moratorium · Alive-or-Dead · Cross · Turn me on · Don’t you tell Me · Daydreaming · One and only · Puzzle (acoustic) · Anemone (acoustic) · Dice · Secret My Lips · Clang · Fate · Onset · Carry on living · Alone · Rock in me · I can’t live without you. · You · Freedom · Real Existence · Choose me
World Domination · 14th Feb 2018
I can’t live without you · Play · One and only · Domination · Fate · Spirit! · Rock in me · Clang · Turn me on · Carry on living · Daydreaming · Anemone · Alive-or-Dead · Dice · Honey (bonus track)
Bonus DVD / Bluray · Recorded 2017.11.24 Live at Studio Coast · Choose Me · Don’t You Tell Me · Moratorium · Puzzle · Cross · Matchless Gum · Awkward · Daydreaming · Yolo · Alone · Real Existence · Take Me Higher! · Play · Secret My Lips · The Non-Fiction Days
Band Maiko – Secret Maiko Lips · 1st Jan 2018
Secret Maiko Lips
Daydreaming · Choose me · 19th Jul 2017
Daydreaming · Choose me · Play
Limited Edition includes Bonus DVD with 7 Tracks Live One Man Show January 9, 2017 at Akasaka Blitz | Real Existence · Before Yesterday · The Non-Fiction Days · Take Me Higher!! · Don’t You Tell Me · Alone · Yolo
Just Bring It · 11th Jan 2017
Don’t you Tell Me · Puzzle · Moratorium · Yolo · Cross · Ooparts · Take me higher · So What · Time · You · Awkward · Decided by Myself · Secret My Lips
Yolo (You only live once) · 16th Nov 2016
Yolo · Unfair Game · Matchless Gum · Yolo (Instrumental)
Brand New Maid · 18th May 2016
The Non Fiction Days · Look at me · Order · Brand-New Road · Yuragu · Freedom · Before Yesterday · Alone
Limited Edition includes bonus DVD with 3 Tracks · The Non Fiction Days · Order · Alone
New Beginning · 4th Nov 2015
Thrill · Freezer · Real Existence · Price of Pride · Arcadia Girl · Don’t Apply the Break · Beauty and the Beast · Don’t Let Me Down · Shake That
Ai to Jonetsu no Matador · 13th Aug 2014
Ai to Jonetsu no Matador · Thrill · Summer Drive
Maid in Japan · 8th Jan 2014
Be Ok · EverGreen · Key · Bye My Tears · Knockin’ on Your Hear · Big Dad · Yoake Mae · Forward
Reissue 2018 with 2 Bonus Tracks · Ai to Jonetsu no Matador · Summer Drive