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LAREINE was a visual rock band from Japan founded in 1994 by KAMIJO and MAYU. They were known for expressing a romantic French-inspired concept with both their music and visual style, or what they termed, “the incarnation of fluttering flowers in the modern era”.

In 1994, KAMIJO, then a roadie to the popular visual rock band MALICE MIZER, formed the band LALIENE with friend and guitarist MAYU. At the time LALIENE recorded demo tapes, the band would undergo numerous member changes, with MAYU quitting the band to eventually return as guitarist. After changing their band name to LAREINE in 1996, the members included KAMIJO (vo), MAYU (gt), AKIRA (gt), EMIRU (ba), and Machi (dr), who along with KAMIJO was a former roadie for MALICE MIZER.

LAREINE released their first live-only distributed CD in 1996 titled 再会の花 (Saikai no Hana) followed by their first album BLUE ROMANCE in 1997.At this time, AKIRA had left the band. In 1998, LAREINE embarked on their first nation-wide one-man tour titled TOUR “Fleur” 1998 ～白鳥と追想～ beginning from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. After a period of extended touring, LAREINE made their major label debut in 1999 on SME Records with the single fiançailles ～フィアンサーユ～. In 2000, LAREINE held a last live at Akasaka Blitz before the band had indefinitely paused activities. During this time, KAMIJO had begun his own label APPLAUSE RECORDS, and the following year had formed the band NEW SODMY with LAREINE guitarist MAYU.

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7	Metamorphose	23
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Macoftw wrote:
1 hour ago

Nice pic :3

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heartnest wrote:
5 hours ago

Fiançailles is the best Lareine song for me :) I'm also in love with PV and Kamijo's blue hat ♥

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ZLOE_MALINO wrote:
Monday afternoon

=♥

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Mystique_x-men wrote:
17 days ago

Je aime "je t'aime"

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ClockworkFaerie wrote:
17 days ago

I think I agree with what I think Luminor666 might have said, but it's hard to tell... Versailles bores me deeply, anyway. LAREINE♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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Luminor666 wrote:
18 days ago

yeah we can but without holywars it's not.. ghm.. no. This is human property. To insert everywhere the opinion you have.

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clytie_hizashi wrote:
18 days ago

Ugh. Can't we enjoy both?

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Luminor666 wrote:
20 days ago

Lareine > Versailles [2] x)

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Wargamer234 wrote:
20 days ago

Versailles > Lareine[2] I find Versailles to be better, but Lareine is great too!(except for their PV´s)

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Luminor666 wrote:
21 days ago

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ xD ^__^

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os_teriyaki wrote:
21 days ago

Versailles > Lareine

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Macoftw wrote:
23 days ago

Lareine > Versailles

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Setsurenka wrote:
30 days ago

There's nothing to say, only to listen... Oh God...

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Larc_en_Ciel wrote:
November 2009

which is strange because its on the top 5 or top 10 of their songs

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Le_newtype wrote:
November 2009

I know that it was on a single, but there's a piano version on the Ballad album and then a music box version on the Crystal Letos album. I don't know if the regular version was put in a full-length or not.

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Larc_en_Ciel wrote:
November 2009

is Metamorphose on any album? I've checked them all and it isn't.

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Le_newtype wrote:
November 2009

I started listening to these guys a while ago but I never really listened to all of their stuff. I'm listening through their discography now and I've developed a special appreciation for "Trailer," "Dress Code," and "Tsukiyo no Kageki"

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Eisenque wrote:
November 2009

♥♥

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Luminor666 wrote:
November 2009

♥ ♥ ♥

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ExistenceMagick wrote:
November 2009

Well, I just don't think it's their most attractive, but that's only a personal opinion. I'd prefer one with Machi

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