Unlucky Morpheus, often abbreviated as Ankimo (あんきも), is a Japanese power metal band formed in 2008. It consists of vocalist Fuki, guitarists Shiren and Jinya, bassist Ogawa Hiroyuki, drummer Fumiya Morishita, and violinist Jill. Vocalist Kasumi is not a regular member of the band, but has participated in some of the band's recordings and live performances. Their latest album, "Gate of Hell", was released in 2026.
Top Tracks
Releases in the Catalogue
- Unlucky Morpheus - XIII Live at Toyosu PIT -
ANKM-0038(2022)
Members
Current
- Fuki - Band [Unlucky Morpheus], Vocal, Vocals
- Fumiya Morishita - Band [Unlucky Morpheus], Drums
- Hiroyuki Ogawa - Band [Unlucky Morpheus], Bass
- Jill - Band [Unlucky Morpheus], Violin
- 仁耶 - Band [Unlucky Morpheus], Guitar
- 紫煉 - Band [Unlucky Morpheus], Concert Producer, General Manager, Guitar, Scream, Stage Director
- 新城歌澄
History
From the en.wikipedia article Unlucky Morpheus (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 1375356626.
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 Touhou Project series, at the dōjin event "M3" on a home made CD-R. The band released their first professionally pressed CD, REBIRTH, at the dōjin event "Hakurei Jinja Reitaisai" on March 8, 2009. Later that year on October 12 they played their first live show at Tamachi CUBE (田町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 (ふゆみか食べ歩きファイナル ～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 Oricon 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 Van Halen's "Eruption".
Unholy Orpheus
Unholy Orpheus is a melodic death metal project by the five members of Unlucky Morpheus, excluding Fuki. In a column for Geki-Rock, Shiren stated that he always wanted to create his own melodic death metal album, having been strongly influenced by a Children of Bodom concert he saw while in high school. Unholy Orpheus's debut album what is DEATH? was released on May 29, 2024. The album primarily features Shiren's harsh vocals, while Fuki appears as a guest vocalist on "TRAUMATA".
Band Members
Shiren (紫煉) – composer, arranger, guitar, harsh vocals, programming, backing vocals Fuki – vocals, backing vocals, lyricist, web development Jinya (仁耶) – guitar Jill – violin Hiroyuki Ogawa – bass guitar FUMIYA – drums Kasumi (歌澄) – manager, support vocals
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q105890388.
- en.wikipedia, Unlucky Morpheus (revision 1375356626), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- ja.wikipedia, Unlucky Morpheus (revision 110818667), CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photograph: Unlucky Morpheus.jpg - Press shot via Deezer (artist 14633177).