LUNA SEA's sound is firmly based in 80s hard rock with a versatile progressive approach to songwriting. With mixed elements of punk, metal, and some pop, they form hard, slow, or fast tunes, as well as ballads, all with a mysterious atmosphere. Their softer side, with violin playing, also proves equally as strong.
LUNA SEA, due to early use of makeup and costumes, and their widespread popularity, is considered one of the biggest influential bands in the visual kei movement. Throughout the mid 90s, they used significantly less makeup, and after a one-year break in 1998, they came back with a more progressive rock style and toned down their onstage attire. When they went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, they left a big influence on the Japanese rock scene.
LUNA SEA achieved its breakthrough success with a sold-out tour in 1991, which helped them to get a contract with MCA, and with the release of their second album IMAGE which recached #9 on the charts. After moving to Universal Music Group in 1998 the band released their best-selling album, SHINE, with an estimated 902,310 copies sold in one year in Japan alone, although this is less than their compilation album SINGLES which managed to sell over one million in Japan. Throughout their career, LUNA SEA released seven studio albums, one live album, seven VHS/DVD releases, and fourteen singles, and sold over eight million records in Japan alone.
On August 25, 2010, the day of a full moon, it was announced that they would hold an urgent press conference on August 31 in Hong Kong, where they previously announced the end of their activities in 2000. During the press conference, the band confirmed a reunion and announced their first tour in ten years, new songs, and added that there will be even more news with time. The world tour, named LUNA SEA 20th ANNIVERSARY WORLD TOUR REBOOT -to the New Moon- began on November 27 in Germany, and continued with performances in the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and ended on December 31 in Japan, the last of a two-day performance in Kobe.
In response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occured March 11, LUNA SEA announced that they would release their first new song in 10 years. "Promise" was released on April 9 exclusively on Amazon websites as a digital download, with all proceeds donated to the Japanese Red Cross to aid the victims. Their December 4, 2010 concert in Los Angeles was filmed in 3D, and it was released as a live album and video. Both titled LUNA SEA 3D IN LOS ANGELES, the album was released on June 1, while the video was shown in theaters nationwide in Japan on June 4. The band streamed a live press conference, at the movie's premier at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills, through Ustream.tv on May 29. There, they announced a charity concert titled LUNA SEA For JAPAN A Promise to The Brave at the 30,000 seat Saitama Super Arena on October 22. The concert will be broadcast life on WOWOW, and all proceeds from the event will go to the Japanese Red Cross for the victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Tickets for the show went on sale on August 14 and sold out in five minutes.
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LUNA SEA Lyrics
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Kainarashita subeteni kage wo matowaseta
Tobenai tenshi ga kureta hosoi sono yubisakide
Hitobito wa kurushimitoiu nano hai wo tenishita
Odorasareru kurokoge no hini
Mewo tojitemo kesenai hikari
Miwasureteiru toki no yukue wo
Koemo dasezu nukegara wo nokoseba...
Odorasareta kurokoge no hibi
"mewo tojite mou ima wa" kesenai kage ga
Miwasureteita toki no owari wo
Koemo dasezu nukegara wo nokoseba...
Menomaeni yadoru taiyousaemo ochitekisoude dokoka obieteita
The truth must out!
The lyrics of LUNA SEA's song SLAVE depict the struggles of a person who is unable to escape from their own darkness, despite the efforts to do so. The opening lines "Yadotta kotosae kami wa yurusenai to omoi/Kainarashita subete ni kage wo matowaseta" describes the feeling of being trapped and unable to move forward while being haunted by a shadow of one's past. The next lines "Tobenai tenshi ga kureta hosoi sono yubisaki de/ hitobito wa kurushimito iu nano hai wo tenishita" talks about the inability to heal even when given a helping hand by someone pure and good, and how people are quick to judge and criticize without understanding the pain that the person is going through.
The chorus of the song raises the question of whether the person will be able to escape the darkness that consumes them. The lines "Odorasareru kurokoge no hibi/mewo tojitemo kesenai hikari/Miwasureteiru toki no yukue wo/koemo dasezu nukegara wo nokoseba..." highlights how the person is trapped in a vicious cycle of pain, and even when trying to ignore the past, the scars still remain, and time passes them by. The person is left hopeless, wondering if they will ever be able to break free.
As the song progresses, the lyrics become even more pessimistic, with the lines "Odorasareta kurokoge no hibi/'mewo tojite mou ima wa' kesenai kage ga/ Miwasureteita toki no owari wo/koemo dasezu nukegara wo nokoseba..." emphasizing the desperation to escape a life of darkness and pain. The final lines of the song "Menomaeni yadoru taiyousaemo ochitekisoude dokoka obieteita" describe a feeling of despair where even the light of the sun appears to be vanishing and the person is paralyzed with fear.
Line by Line Meaning
Yadotta kotosae kami wa yurusenaito omoi
Even hidden sins cannot escape the judgement of God
Kainarashita subeteni kage wo matowaseta
The shadows cast upon this world have been twisted by evil
Tobenai tenshi ga kureta hosoi sono yubisakide
In the delicate fingertips of the fallen angel that cannot fly,
Hitobito wa kurushimitoiu nano hai wo tenishita
People grasp the ash of suffering
Odorasareru kurokoge no hini
On the day of being danced by the pitch-black flames,
Mewo tojitemo kesenai hikari
The light that will not disappear even if you close your eyes
Miwasureteiru toki no yukue wo
The whereabouts of the forgotten time
Koemo dasezu nukegara wo nokoseba...
If you leave behind only ruins without having accomplished anything...
Odorasareta kurokoge no hibi
On the days danced by the pitch-black flames,
"mewo tojite mou ima wa" kesenai kage ga
The shadow that cannot be erased even if you say, "close your eyes, now"
Miwasureteita toki no owari wo
The end of the time that had been forgotten
Koemo dasezu nukegara wo nokoseba...
If you leave behind only ruins without having accomplished anything...
Menomaeni yadoru taiyousaemo ochitekisoude dokoka obieteita
Even the sun that dwells before my eyes seems to be falling and somewhere appeared to be frightened.
The truth must out!
The truth cannot be hidden and must be revealed.
Writer(s): Ryuichi, J. Copyright: Victor Music Publishing Co. Inc.
Contributed by Lillian I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
mirainoivuyo
Wow this quality is amazing and matches so well to the studio version. Excellent!!
Adrian888
The results of the upscaling are amazing! Thank you for uploading this! Best era of the band!
ＪＹＵ K
美曲SLAVE
★ ＬＵＮＡＳＥＡの核のJ原曲。 『EDEN』未収録美曲。LUNA SEAのファンクラブ名・あるいはファンを指す言葉にもなっている美曲である。 インディーズ時代から存在したアップテンポナンバーで、過去の全アルバムの候補曲になりながらも見送られてきた美曲だったが、ここでようやく初音源化された。今回収録されることに関しては珍しくメンバー5人全員最初から賛成したという
Catsumaki SenpuuCAT
Nice one! Thanks ♥︎
Pati Cseh
It's wonderful to see this quality! Thank you so much, I subsribed!
桜ノ宮京橋
IN MY DREAMのカップリング曲であり
LUNA SEAファンの国歌
我輩にゃめ猫
国歌がこんな所に‼️
高橋けいすけ
my seishun time is back
真珠 大空
最近SLAVEになったばかりなので分かる人にお聞きしたいのですが拘束着きせられてる子はJ君ですか？？？
keiichi isozaki
Jさんです！