The group has been active since 1996 and has done its rounds around the doujinshi/indies music circuit. Its earliest releases are very hard to find. It did however, gain exposure from 2005 onwards with the release of its album Stigma and has since gained popularity through the use of its music in various media.
Yousei Teikoku's sound is very German, gothic and industrial. Yousei Teikoku merges heavy guitars and fantastical story telling. Yui's voice is not the typical growling associated with metal/hard rock, she carries an ethereal and siren-like quality as she flits gracefully through Tachibana's compositions. Their music combines elements of electronic, ambient, heavy rock, neoclassical, gothic, industrial and anison.
When she's not being Fairy Yui and claiming to be 4325 years old, Yousei Yui (Yui Itsuki in the real world) is a voice actor and a massive nerd. She has three computers - one of which she built, coded her personal website and Yousei Teikoku's website and voraciously on top of technology and massive video game player.
The other members of Yousei Teikoku have nominated Yui to be the frontwoman of the band so that they can get on with their job of composing music. Plus even from the group's early days, Takaha Tachibana was always secretive that during lives, he would intentionally play from the back of the stage rather than stand beside Yui. Team Fairithm, the production group behind Yousei Teikoku have always been veiled in secrecy - however there is no doubt that Takaha and Yui are part of the team and take a hands on role with their music.
They released several independent albums before signing with their current publisher Lantis circa 2006. With Lantis they have released 5 full albums and 15 singles, as well as several anime/video game theme songs and soundtracks.
Members:
Vocal: Yui (ゆい)
Keyboard/Guitar: Takaha Tachibana (橘尭葉)
Lead Guitar: Shiren (紫煉) - Joined Jan 12, 2013
Bass: Nanami - Joined 2010
Drums: Gight - Joined Jan 12, 2013
Former Members:
Drums: Relu (2010 - Jan 12, 2013)
Schwarzer Sarg
妖精帝國 Lyrics
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深紅の瞳と漆黒の髪
罪を纏う双の手首に
喰い込んだ棘の痕
誰もが皆贄を嘆き
彼女の死を悼むけれど
その空虚な瞳の奥
浅ましく (痛ましく) この世に生を受けしもの
涙が溢れるのは
私の為じゃなくて
怖くて怯えてるの
召される原初の声に
何故独りで虚無に還り逝く
刻む言葉も無いまま
生まれ落ちたその引き金から
ヒトは終焉りをめざして逝く
ホントウニ生キテイタイノ
ホントウハ死ンデミタイノ
生キナガラニ死をノゾムノ
死ニムカッテ生キルノ
何を望み何を求め
浅薄な意味を見出して
小賢しいその執着が
死への恐怖を誘う
狂おしく (忌まわしく) この世に生を受けしモノ
憐れみこそ偽善で
綺麗に騙すけれど
ホントは気づいてるの
燻る原初の闇に
何故その瞳に映る事の無い
寂滅を恐れるのか
生きるモノに終焉りなんて無く
尽きたモノに死など無いのに
浅ましく イエ痛ましく
狂おしく イエ忌まわしく
躰を研ぎ澄まして
記憶を呼び覚まして
私を連れて逝くの
未だ見ぬ輪廻の刻に
生きてるのか生き残りなのか
其れさえも意味を持たず
目覚め視る先に世界は無く
暗闇と静寂があるだけ
The lyrics of Schwarzer Sarg by 妖精帝國 tell the story of a sacrificial girl who is laid to rest in a coffin with her deep red eyes and black hair. Her hands are adorned with thorns, a symbol of the sins she carries. Although everyone mourns her death, her vacuous gaze reveals that the girl had already accepted her fate. She was never afraid of death or tears for she had no place in this world. The chorus expresses the notion that human beings are born to die, we all have a beginning, middle and end.
The lyrics also touch on how shallow and superficial human desires can lead to a fear of death, and how pity is a form of hypocrisy that masks deeper, darker emotions. The song asks why humans are so afraid of emptiness and the unknown, when in reality, there is no end for those who have already ceased, and no death for those who have already died.
Overall, Schwarzer Sarg by 妖精帝國 tells a powerful story of acceptance and the universality of death, but also acknowledges the way in which humans often struggle with this concept.
Line by Line Meaning
筺に睡る贄の少女
A girl sleeps in a casket
深紅の瞳と漆黒の髪
She has deep crimson eyes and jet-black hair
罪を纏う双の手首に
Her wrists are adorned with the marks of thorns
喰い込んだ棘の痕
The thorny marks have dug into her skin
誰もが皆贄を嘆き
Everyone laments the sacrifice
彼女の死を悼むけれど
Yet they mourn her death
その空虚な瞳の奥
But behind her vacant eyes
少女はただ視ていた
The girl only stared
浅ましく (痛ましく) この世に生を受けしもの
What a wretched (painful) life to be born into this world
涙が溢れるのは
Tears flow
私の為じゃなくて
Not for me
怖くて怯えてるの
I am scared and frightened
召される原初の声に
By the primordial voice of fate
何故独りで虚無に還り逝く
Why does she return alone to nothingness
刻む言葉も無いまま
Without being able to leave any words
生まれ落ちたその引き金から
From the moment she was born
ヒトは終焉りをめざして逝く
Humans head towards their own demise
ホントウニ生キテイタイノ
I truly want to live
ホントウハ死ンデミタイノ
But I truly want to die
生キナガラニ死をノゾムノ
While alive, I longed for death
死ニムカッテ生キルノ
And yet, there is life in death
何を望み何を求め
What do I wish for and what do I desire
浅薄な意味を見出して
Finding only shallow meanings
小賢しいその執着が
This petty obsession
死への恐怖を誘う
Induces the fear of death
狂おしく (忌まわしく) この世に生を受けしモノ
How insane (disgusting) to be born in this world
憐れみこそ偽善で
Pity is nothing but hypocrisy
綺麗に騙すけれど
Prettily deceiving people
ホントは気づいてるの
But we know the truth
燻る原初の闇に
In the smoldering primordial darkness
何故その瞳に映る事の無い
Why do they not reflect anything in her eyes
寂滅を恐れるのか
Is it because she fears emptiness
生きるモノに終焉りなんて無く
Things that are alive do not have an end
尽きたモノに死など無いのに
While things that have ended do not die
浅ましく イエ痛ましく
How wretched (painful)
狂おしく イエ忌まわしく
How insane (disgusting)
躰を研ぎ澄まして
Polishing my senses
記憶を呼び覚まして
Waking up memories
私を連れて逝くの
Take me with you
未だ見ぬ輪廻の刻に
To the moment of the unseen cycle of rebirth
生きてるのか生き残りなのか
Am I alive or just surviving
其れさえも意味を持たず
Without any meaning at all
目覚め視る先に世界は無く
There is no world when I open my eyes
暗闇と静寂があるだけ
Only darkness and silence exist
Writer(s): Takayuki Oonishi (pka Takaha Tachibana), Aki Shirai (pka Yui)
Contributed by Hailey P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@NCL815
English lyrics:
The girl sleeps in the case
Deep scarlet eyes and jet black hair
A pair of wrists clad in sins
Worm eaten, intricate as the marks of thorny briars
Who but anyone would sacrifice in grief
Though the girl’s death is lamented
That emptiness at the back of one’s eyes
The girl can only watch
The lives in this world are looked upon as shameful (pitiful)
The tears shed
Are not for my sake
Fearful memories
The original voice ascended
Why are you returning alone with nothingness
Without any engraved words
the birth is triggered
People are aiming towards the end
Are you sure you wanted to live?
Are you sure you wished to die?
Living with desire of death
Death faces the living
What do you desire? What do you demand?
The superficial significance lay at the header
The cunning tenacity
luring the dread of death
The world favors the maddening (the abomination)
Compassion is surely given by a hypocrisy
Pureness is deceiving, though
It is surely worrisome
To smolder the original source to darkness
Why did that eye project nothingness?
Does it fear Nirvana?
No demise for lives
No endings, no death
Shameful, no, pitiful
Maddening, no, abomination
The body polished to prim
The memory recalled awakening
I am accompanied to death
Yet the circle of life is endless and death is carving...
Is ‘living’ the leftovers of life?
One’s meaning is raised
Waking's visual is not of the world
Nothing but the darkness and the silence
@cjsanandreas1000
筺に睡る贄の少女
深紅の瞳と漆黒の髪
罪を纏う双の手首に
喰い込んだ棘の痕
誰もが皆贄を嘆き
彼女の死を悼むけれど
その空虚な瞳の奥
少女はただ視ていた
浅ましく(痛ましく)この世に生を受けしもの
涙が溢れるのは
私の為じゃなくて
怖くて怯えてるの
召される原初の声に
何故独りで虚無に還り逝く
刻む言葉も無いまま
生まれ落ちたその引き金から
ヒトは終焉りをめざして逝く
ホントウニ生キテイタイノ
ホントウハ死ンデミタイノ
生キナガラニ死をノゾムノ
死ニムカッテ生キルノ
何を望み何を求め
浅薄な意味を見出して
小賢しいその執着が
死への恐怖を誘う
狂おしく(忌まわしく)この世に生を受けしモノ
憐れみこそ偽善で
綺麗に騙すけれど
ホントは気づいてるの
燻る原初の闇に
何故その瞳に映る事の無い
寂滅を恐れるのか
生きるモノに終焉りなんて無く
尽きたモノに死など無いのに
浅ましく イエ痛ましく
狂おしく イエ忌まわしく
躰を研ぎ澄まして
記憶を呼び覚まして
私を連れて逝くの
未だ見ぬ輪廻の刻に
生きてるのか生き残りなのか
其れさえも意味を持たず
目覚め視る先に世界は無く
暗闇と静寂があるだけ
@mtgxerxes
This sounds like RPG boss music.
@wilykat
mtgxerxes Most Definitely. It motivates you to win too.
@antoniodejesusvazquezgarci9008
or any action and racing game
@miniandrewmini1
Something ps1 or ps2 era
@pablopalacio9388
Confirm
@Aero1492
not quite. but kinda
@NCL815
English lyrics:
The girl sleeps in the case
Deep scarlet eyes and jet black hair
A pair of wrists clad in sins
Worm eaten, intricate as the marks of thorny briars
Who but anyone would sacrifice in grief
Though the girl’s death is lamented
That emptiness at the back of one’s eyes
The girl can only watch
The lives in this world are looked upon as shameful (pitiful)
The tears shed
Are not for my sake
Fearful memories
The original voice ascended
Why are you returning alone with nothingness
Without any engraved words
the birth is triggered
People are aiming towards the end
Are you sure you wanted to live?
Are you sure you wished to die?
Living with desire of death
Death faces the living
What do you desire? What do you demand?
The superficial significance lay at the header
The cunning tenacity
luring the dread of death
The world favors the maddening (the abomination)
Compassion is surely given by a hypocrisy
Pureness is deceiving, though
It is surely worrisome
To smolder the original source to darkness
Why did that eye project nothingness?
Does it fear Nirvana?
No demise for lives
No endings, no death
Shameful, no, pitiful
Maddening, no, abomination
The body polished to prim
The memory recalled awakening
I am accompanied to death
Yet the circle of life is endless and death is carving...
Is ‘living’ the leftovers of life?
One’s meaning is raised
Waking's visual is not of the world
Nothing but the darkness and the silence
@therealhardscoper1628
that's metal as hell
@catadies
aaaaaaaaaaaa la amoooo
@vhmgl7330
yui is really a gothic doll