Alice Nine or アリス九號. (previously known as alice nine. and A9) is a Japanese… Read Full Bio ↴Alice Nine or アリス九號. (previously known as alice nine. and A9) is a Japanese visual kei band consisting of five members: 将 (Shou) on vocals, ヒロト (Hiroto) on guitar, 虎 (Tora) on guitar and backing vocals, 沙我 (Saga) on bass and backing vocals, and Nao on drums.

Drummer Nao formed the band in 2004, recruiting vocalist Shou and guitarist Tora from the band ギブス which had just split up, and they were signed to the PS COMPANY indies label Indie-PSC. Their first single 「名前は、未だ無ひ。」 was released the same year. During their first year, they did small tours with other Japanese bands. Their first oneman tour was held in August 2005 in Japan. After a sold out gig in Tokyo the same year, Alice Nine became more popular in Japan, and went major on KING RECORDS under the management PS COMPANY. In 2007 they were signed in Europe by CLJ Records.

In May 2007, Alice Nine was performing their debut show in America, during the Jrock Revolution Festival at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. In December Alice Nine was doing their first performance ever in Europe. They were one of the five bands at J-ROCK INVASION EPISODE 1 festival in Cologne, Germany.

On June 2, 2009, a blog entry by vocalist Shou announced the changing of their name from アリス九號. and alice nine. to Alice Nine for media reasons. He explained that the Japanese transcription was beginning to lose its purpose as a means to "represent aesthetics" and that the English transcription was closest to the band's original intention.

From March 1st 2015 the band became independent from their label TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS and changed their name to A9. However, in August 2019 they informed that they will change the band's name back to Alice Nine / アリス九號.

Alice Nine have released eight full albums, 絶景色 (2005), Alpha (2007), VANDALIZE (2009), GEMINI (2011), "9" (2012), Supernova (2014), IDEAL (2017) and PLANET NINE (2018).

Their next single will be released in October 2019 and it's titled as 革命開花-Revolutionary Blooming-.

Official site: https://a9-project.com/. They also have a MySpace site for overseas fans.

Apocalypse
Alice Nine Lyrics

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Hagare ochiteku koufukuna hibi
Kuchi kara kobareru kotoba

Mimi mo kuchi mo fusaidatte
Tomanai zankyou on

Kokoro wa hakanaku

Sayonara wa itsu no hi mo tobira o akete matteiru
Sekaichuu no kanashimi o se ou youni ame ga furu

Kishimu hiza kara kizu wa taenai
Sen no itami dake ga akashi

Ikite kiete semegiatta
Kimi no shuumatsuron

Kokoro ga kareteku

Senjou wa byoudoni juudan to shi o ataeru
Kimi no te o nigitteta kankaku sae mitsukaranai n da

Nani o ushinatte nani o eta no darou?
Kurikaesu owari no naka
Koko ni itai
Tada, sore dake
Tsukamou kimi no te o

Sayonara wa itsu no hi mo tobira o akete matteiru
Itsuwari mo kanashimi mo aoku kiete

Owari to iu pe-Ji ni mo owari ga kuru ne
Kakitashita epiro-Gu ni hajimari to iu na (namae) o kizamou

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Alice Nine's song Apocalypse describe a sense of hopelessness and despair in the face of a world that seems to be falling apart. The opening lines set the tone for the song with the words "Hagare ochiteku koufukuna hibi" ("Happy days falling apart at the seams"). The words that come out of the singer's mouth only serve to remind them of the sounds of their own voice echoing in the silence. The lyrics suggest that the echoes that resonate inside the singer's head serve as a constant reminder of their own sense of isolation and loneliness.

The chorus of the song contains the lines "Kokoro wa hakanaku" ("The heart is fleeting"), which underscore the ephemeral nature of human emotion. The singer is incapable of feeling any kind of lasting happiness, because their heart is always in a state of flux, constantly shifting and changing. In the second verse, the song shifts focus from the singer's internal struggles to the external world. The words "Senjou wa byoudoni juudan to shi o ataeru" ("The battlefield bestows death and orders with impartiality") refer to the harsh realities of war and conflict, where death can come at any moment, without warning.

Line by Line Meaning

Hagare ochiteku koufukuna hibi
Happy days are crumbling away

Kuchi kara kobareru kotoba
Words slip out of my mouth

Mimi mo kuchi mo fusaidatte
Ears and mouth closed tightly

Tomanai zankyou on
A never-ending echo

Kokoro wa hakanaku
The heart is fleeting

Sayonara wa itsu no hi mo tobira o akete matteiru
Goodbye is always waiting behind an open door

Sekaichuu no kanashimi o se ou youni ame ga furu
Rain falls as if trying to wash away the world's sadness

Kishimu hiza kara kizu wa taenai
From a creaking joint, the pain won't go away

Sen no itami dake ga akashi
Only the thousand pains are proof of what we've been through

Ikite kiete semegiatta
We clashed while living and dying

Kimi no shuumatsuron
Your final conclusion