Serpent

Melodic Death Metal

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Biography: Serpent is a Japanese Melodic Death Metal band with a very significant, overall Neo-Classical sound signature. They also got traces of the 80s HR/HM (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal), Japanese Pop from that same era and black metal. This all makes up for the unique sound that the band holds. They began as a Heavy Metal band under the name Awaken in 1993 (in the veins of X Japan and Aion during the same period) but the members decided to re-name the band as Serpent after that their drummer (who also formed the band) Keija heard an In Flames album in 1994. They then wrote music in that same vein. Their first, debut, full-length album Cradle of Insanity was released in 2005. Their latest album xGODx got released on the 20th of February, 2008. They're split-up from 2000 to 2002, but they reformed in 2002 when Keija asked the Guitarist Aki to re-start the band. Hiroki did feature on the March 2008's issue on YOUNG GUITAR. There he had an demonstration of the song Cradle of Insanity on the DVD and he also had an interview featured in the magazine. The band's status is still unknown, but later their drummer Keija (in late 2010) announced a new musical project named Veiled in Scarlet (with Hiroki as well; shortly after their leave from Serpent) with similar sound as Serpent (but with new members). But in the same time he didn't announced the disbandment of Serpent (as the members Hiro and Ken are still member of it). This was bec...