Malice Mizer is a visual kei rock band from Japan. They were active from January 1992 to December 2001. Formed by Mana and
Kรถzi, theband's name stands for "malice and misery", extracted from "nothing but a being of malice and misery" โ their reply to
the question "what ishuman?". Their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical
influences, later moving away from deliberateFrench romanticism and incorporating Gothic-Victorian aspects after several
tragedies befell the band. Despite the stated archetypes, MaliceMizer is best recognized as a thorou ...read more
Malice Mizer is a visual kei rock band from Japan. They were active from January 1992 to December 2001. Formed by Mana and
Kรถzi, theband's name stands for "malice and misery", extracted from "nothing but a being of malice and misery" โ their reply to
the question "what ishuman?". Their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical
influences, later moving away from deliberateFrench romanticism and incorporating Gothic-Victorian aspects after several
tragedies befell the band. Despite the stated archetypes, MaliceMizer is best recognized as a thoroughly original entity.
Malice Mizer is as famous for their music as for their live shows, featuring lavish historical costumes and stage sets, short silent
theatre piecespreluding various songs, whimsical dance routines, and even a particularly notable instance of the vocalist
descending to Earth (the stage) as afallen angel, only to ascend again at the end of the concert. Throughout their history, the
band has gone through several different lineups andthree drastic image changes. « hide
