Lovebites - Biography
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Meet one the most promising rising stars of Japan's female metal scene, Lovebites. The band consist of Asami (lead singer), Miho (the band leader and the bassist), Haruna (drummer), Midori (guitarist) and Mi-Ya (guitar and keyboards). The Lovebites sound owes a debt to the many great overseas heavy metal bands that have directly influenced their writing. Coupled with their own unique take on music, with each members eclectic background and experiences, everything has culminated into forging a truly formidable group.
It all started with a break-up of a girl's metal band. Miho, who played as a live member in several bands after the break up, decided to form a new band. She called up her old band mate and the ex-drummer of Destrose, Haruna, to put together a new metal band in 2015. Miho and Haruna already had a huge following within the girls' metal scene do this news spread quickly and created great excitement among many fans.
Miho and Haruna started their search for band members and fate led them to meet Asami, the lead singer of Lovebites. She was already an experienced singer, having been on the road with Japan's top stars such as Vamps and Uverworld as their back-up vocalist. Also her wide vocal range and tremendous control, helped to determine the specific Lovebites sound - a deep heavy metal sonic structure with dynamic crystal clear vocals.
In 2016, Midori, the former guitarist of Gekijo★METALicche, joined the band as a full member, as well as Mi-Ya, (ex-a Drop Of Joker and the guitarist of 21g) as a supporting member. Having the powerful twin guitars of these two distinguished and outstanding guitarists was the cherry on top, and so Lovebites was born.
On November 18, 2016, Lovebites made their official live debut at "Women's Power presents Girls Band Next Generation" at Tsutaya O-West in Shibuya, Tokyo, sharing the stage with Disqualia and Mai Yashima.
Lovebites started working on their first EP at the end of 2016, joined by amazing an engineering team of Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila from Finland who are known for their work with Nightwish, Children Of Bodom and Amorphis to name a few. The Lovebite EP was the culmination of those sessions, released in mid-2017. In August, Mi-ya became a full member of Lovebites and, as a full 5 member group, they released their first full album, Awakening From Abyss, in October 2017. The album landed at postition No.18 in Japanese national chart. After that, they did a sold-out tour following the album in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, and their first-ever overseas performances in London, UK. in November/December 2017. In February 2019, their own show at Duo Music Exchange has been sold-out, too.
In April, they appeared at "Vans Warped Tour Japan 2018 Presented by XFLAG", it was their first-ever performance at festival. And they kick off a tour following their new EP named Battle Against Damnation from June 28 in Tokyo. They are also planning to tour with Anthem, Sabbrabells and The Man for "Headstrong Fes.18" in Kawasaki, Nagoya and Osaka, then to play at Wacken Open Air, Germany and Bloodstock Open Air, UK in August.
2019 would see the band promoting the Clockwork Immortality album with extensive touring both in Asia and Europe, including an appearance at Download UK and Download Madrid, a long UK tour opening for Dragonforce, a short tour with Arch-Enemy in China and an appearence together with Halestorm in Tokyo.
In 2020, the band released their third studio album, Electric Pentagram, which continued to consolidate their reputation in the heavy metal genre both domestically and abroad, charting at No. 9 on Oricon and achieving placement on the Billboard Japan charts. The pandemic situation and the launch of their Live Blu-ray "Five of a Kind" that summer, would make them really popular in online video platforms.
In 2021, they followed up with the EP Glory, Glory, to the World, which was lauded for its emotional intensity and positive tone in the midst of global uncertainty. Shortly after, founding bassist miho would amicably leave the band due to personal motivation issues that prevented her from continuing to contribute to the project. At the same time the band announced a hiatus and a coming set of auditions to find a new bassist for the band.
The hiatus would last until october of 2022, where they announced the internet bass sensation Fami had been selected to fill the role, she was still only 20 years old. The band would come back to action with their new bass player shortly after with their single Judgment Day in December, and in February the album also titled Judgment Day would be released; they would return to play live in Tokyo a month later in a series of two concerts called We are the Resurrection. Judgment Day would hit the highest charting for the band both in the Oricon and Billboard charts, hitting the 5th spot on release. Following the album release, they would tour around Japan for their Judgment Day Tour 2023.
2024 would mark the band's return to international touring, following their last tours in Europe and Asia in 2019. They would visit various countries in Europe in June and the United States in September, performing for the first time in America. Between the two tours, Lovebites would release their EP “The Lovebites EP II” and hold their biggest concert to date, playing to 8,000 people at the Tokyo Garden Theater in the Japanese capital.
2025 began with a new tour around Japan, where they played some of the songs from their latest EP and some deep cuts that had never been played live before. At the end of the tour, it was announced that the band's biggest concert to date would be held at the legendary Budokan in Tokyo the following year. Later that year, the band would close with a new American tour.
LOVEBITES has maintained its musical style rooted in power metal, with strong influences from the new wave of British heavy metal and thrash metal, combining technical proficiency, fast tempos, and melodic guitar work. Their lyrics are primarily in English, despite the members’ native Japanese. The band also consistently embraced a striking visual identity (including white clothing) to contrast with conventional heavy metal aesthetics.
It all started with a break-up of a girl's metal band. Miho, who played as a live member in several bands after the break up, decided to form a new band. She called up her old band mate and the ex-drummer of Destrose, Haruna, to put together a new metal band in 2015. Miho and Haruna already had a huge following within the girls' metal scene do this news spread quickly and created great excitement among many fans.
Miho and Haruna started their search for band members and fate led them to meet Asami, the lead singer of Lovebites. She was already an experienced singer, having been on the road with Japan's top stars such as Vamps and Uverworld as their back-up vocalist. Also her wide vocal range and tremendous control, helped to determine the specific Lovebites sound - a deep heavy metal sonic structure with dynamic crystal clear vocals.
In 2016, Midori, the former guitarist of Gekijo★METALicche, joined the band as a full member, as well as Mi-Ya, (ex-a Drop Of Joker and the guitarist of 21g) as a supporting member. Having the powerful twin guitars of these two distinguished and outstanding guitarists was the cherry on top, and so Lovebites was born.
On November 18, 2016, Lovebites made their official live debut at "Women's Power presents Girls Band Next Generation" at Tsutaya O-West in Shibuya, Tokyo, sharing the stage with Disqualia and Mai Yashima.
Lovebites started working on their first EP at the end of 2016, joined by amazing an engineering team of Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila from Finland who are known for their work with Nightwish, Children Of Bodom and Amorphis to name a few. The Lovebite EP was the culmination of those sessions, released in mid-2017. In August, Mi-ya became a full member of Lovebites and, as a full 5 member group, they released their first full album, Awakening From Abyss, in October 2017. The album landed at postition No.18 in Japanese national chart. After that, they did a sold-out tour following the album in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, and their first-ever overseas performances in London, UK. in November/December 2017. In February 2019, their own show at Duo Music Exchange has been sold-out, too.
In April, they appeared at "Vans Warped Tour Japan 2018 Presented by XFLAG", it was their first-ever performance at festival. And they kick off a tour following their new EP named Battle Against Damnation from June 28 in Tokyo. They are also planning to tour with Anthem, Sabbrabells and The Man for "Headstrong Fes.18" in Kawasaki, Nagoya and Osaka, then to play at Wacken Open Air, Germany and Bloodstock Open Air, UK in August.
2019 would see the band promoting the Clockwork Immortality album with extensive touring both in Asia and Europe, including an appearance at Download UK and Download Madrid, a long UK tour opening for Dragonforce, a short tour with Arch-Enemy in China and an appearence together with Halestorm in Tokyo.
In 2020, the band released their third studio album, Electric Pentagram, which continued to consolidate their reputation in the heavy metal genre both domestically and abroad, charting at No. 9 on Oricon and achieving placement on the Billboard Japan charts. The pandemic situation and the launch of their Live Blu-ray "Five of a Kind" that summer, would make them really popular in online video platforms.
In 2021, they followed up with the EP Glory, Glory, to the World, which was lauded for its emotional intensity and positive tone in the midst of global uncertainty. Shortly after, founding bassist miho would amicably leave the band due to personal motivation issues that prevented her from continuing to contribute to the project. At the same time the band announced a hiatus and a coming set of auditions to find a new bassist for the band.
The hiatus would last until october of 2022, where they announced the internet bass sensation Fami had been selected to fill the role, she was still only 20 years old. The band would come back to action with their new bass player shortly after with their single Judgment Day in December, and in February the album also titled Judgment Day would be released; they would return to play live in Tokyo a month later in a series of two concerts called We are the Resurrection. Judgment Day would hit the highest charting for the band both in the Oricon and Billboard charts, hitting the 5th spot on release. Following the album release, they would tour around Japan for their Judgment Day Tour 2023.
2024 would mark the band's return to international touring, following their last tours in Europe and Asia in 2019. They would visit various countries in Europe in June and the United States in September, performing for the first time in America. Between the two tours, Lovebites would release their EP “The Lovebites EP II” and hold their biggest concert to date, playing to 8,000 people at the Tokyo Garden Theater in the Japanese capital.
2025 began with a new tour around Japan, where they played some of the songs from their latest EP and some deep cuts that had never been played live before. At the end of the tour, it was announced that the band's biggest concert to date would be held at the legendary Budokan in Tokyo the following year. Later that year, the band would close with a new American tour.
LOVEBITES has maintained its musical style rooted in power metal, with strong influences from the new wave of British heavy metal and thrash metal, combining technical proficiency, fast tempos, and melodic guitar work. Their lyrics are primarily in English, despite the members’ native Japanese. The band also consistently embraced a striking visual identity (including white clothing) to contrast with conventional heavy metal aesthetics.