Denkishiki Karen Ongaku Shuudan

A rare picture of DenKare

Denkishiki Karen Ongaku Shuudan (電気式華憐音楽集団), more commonly known as DenKare (電華), is a female-fronted japanese gothic metal band formed in 2001, in Tokyo, Japan. They are relatively unknown because most of their songs are produced for hentai games, most often for guro-themed ones by the company Black Cyc. Recently they produced their first independent songs not related to games.

Denkishiki Karen Ongaku Shuudan means Electric-type Karen Music Group, where Karen refers to the female vocalist. Karen is suspected to be another stage name of Itsuki Yui, who is the vocalist and frontwoman of the gothic metal/electronic band Yousei Teikoku under the stage name Yousei Yui (literally Fairy Yui). Both Yousei Teikoku and DenKare belongs to the Team Fairithm musical project.

Members

Karen

• Stage name: Karen (華憐), real name: Itsuki Yui?
• Role: vocalist, lyricist
• Birthday: October 25, 198? (198?-10-25)
• Birthplace: Japan
• Blood Type: unknown

Shiki

• Stage name: Shiki (式), real name: unknown
• Role: guitarist
• Birthday: unknown
• Birthplace: Japan
• Blood Type: unknown

Denki

• Stage name: Denki (電気), real name: unknown
• Role: composer, lyricist
• Birthday: unknown
• Birthplace: Japan
• Blood Type: unknown

Dang

• Stage name: Dang, real name: unknown
• Role: chorus singer
• Birthday: unknown
• Birthplace: Japan
• Blood Type: unknown

Musical style and image

DenKare's musical style is primarily fast-paced metal with a gothic style, but their work contains undertones of electronic and classical music. Lyrical themes often include negative emotions and suffering in line with the guro-themed games they are used in.

Their album covers are usually anime-styled drawings, often featuring characters from the respective games.

Discography

OST albums

• [20xx.xx.xx] Song of Yste (Cthulhu ~Great Hunting~ OST)
• [20xx.xx.xx] Call of Elder Things (Cthulhu ~Otome no Fureru, Tenshi no Yubisaki~ OST)
• [20xx.xx.xx] Gokuin no Sentou OST
• [20xx.xx.xx] Harumade Kururu OST
• [20xx.xx.xx] Metallic Vampire OST
• [20xx.xx.xx] Mizu no Miyako no Patisserie OST
• [20xx.xx.xx] Mugen Kairou 1.5 ~Rensa~ OST
• [20xx.xx.xx] Mugen Kairou 2 ~Rasen~ OST
• [20xx.xx.xx] Princess X ~Boku no Iinazuke wa Monsterkko!?~ OST
• [2006.xx.xx] Gore Screaming Show ~Complete Sound Archives~
• [2007.xx.xx] GUN-KATANA Song Archives
• [2010.xx.xx] MinDeaD BlooD ~Shihai Mono Tame no Kyou Shikyoku~ OST

Singles

[2013.04.29] IGNITION

Best of albums

• [2010.xx.xx] Black Box
  • disc 1: Denkishiki Ongaku Shuu (Aka Ban)
  • disc 2: Hanarenteki Ongaku Shuu (Ao Ban)
  • disc 3: Special Disc for Headbangers
• [2011.xx.xx] White Box
  • disc 1: Denkishiki Ongaku Shuu II
  • disc 2: Re:charge

Live albums

• [2011.xx.xx] Gig Grimoire

Other releases featuring DenKare

• [20xx.xx.xx] CIRCUS 10th Collect
• [20xx.xx.xx] Circus Land I Vocal Album Collection
• [20xx.xx.xx] GWAVE SuperFeature's vol. 10 "Golden Paro Special" May-Be SOFT Hyper Audio Fan Disc
• [20xx.xx.xx] Princess Party Vocal Album
• [20xx.xx.xx] Sora wo Tobu, Mittsu no Houhou. Vocal Album
• [20xx.xx.xx] Full Metal Box

See also

• Yousei Teikoku
• Itsuki Yui
• Team Fairithm

External links

• denkare.net - official DenKare website
• youtube.com/user/denkaredang - official DenKare channel on YouTube
• soundcloud.com/dang_denkare - official DenKare profile on SoundCloud (inactive)
• twitter.com/dang_denkare - official DenKare profile on Twitter
• last.fm/music/電気式華憐音楽集団 - DenKare's artist page on Last.fm
• facebook.com/denkare - unofficial DenKare fanpage on Facebook