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LOVEBITES

LOVEBITES promoting JUDGEMENT DAY (2023)

LOVEBITES is a Japanese metal all-female band under Victor Entertainment in Japan and JPU Records overseas. The band formed in 2016 and their name is derived from the song "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Halestorm.

Members

Former

  • miho (Bass, Leader) (2016–2021)

Information

LOVEBITES promoting THE LOVEBITES EP (2017)

LOVEBITES consists of asami (lead singer), miho (the band leader and the bassist), haruna (drummer), midori (guitarist) and miyako (guitar and keyboards). Their 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, so 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. 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 miyako (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 Yashima Mai.

LOVEBITES promoting BATTLE AGAINST DAMNATION (2018)

LOVEBITES started working on their first EP at the end of 2016, joined by an amazing 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 LOVEBITES EP was the culmination of those sessions, released in mid-2017. In August, miyako 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 in Japan and August 2018 internationally from JPU Records. The album landed at #18 on the Oricon weekly albums chart. After that, they did a sold-out tour in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, and their first-ever overseas performances in London, UK, in November and December 2017. Their upcoming show in February 2019 at Duo Music Exchange is also sold-out.

In April, they appeared at "Vans Warped Tour Japan 2018 Presented by XFLAG", it was their first-ever performance at the festival. They kicked off a tour following their new mini-album BATTLE AGAINST DAMNATION from June 28 in Tokyo. They also toured with Anthem, Sabbrabells and The Man for "Headstrong Fes.18" in Kawasaki, Nagoya, Osaka, and played at Wacken Open Air, Germany and Bloodstock Open Air, UK in August.

On August 17, 2021, LOVEBITES announced the withdrawal of bassist and leader miho, and the accompanying temporary suspension of band activities.

Discography

LOVEBITES promoting ELECTRIC PENTAGRAM (2020)
LOVEBITES promoting "GLORY, GLORY, TO THE WORLD" (2021)

Studio Albums

Best Albums

Live Albums

Mini-Albums

Singles

Videos

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