LOVEBITES

Lovebites, the winner of “the Best New Band” presented by the British metal magazine Metal Hammer at the Golden Gods Awards in 2018, five women hailing from Japan, with Asami on lead vocal, Miho on bass, Haruna on drums, Midori on guitar, and Miyako on guitar and keyboards, is undoubtedly one of the most promising and fastest rising stars of the Japanese heavy metal scene. Do not be fooled by their looks and how they dress. Inspired by western metal masters in their songwriting and musical style, they know how to deliver masterfully crafted metal with full force.

In 2015 ex-Destrose bandmates Miho and Haruna, who desired to form a new band, started a search for band members when by fate they met Asami, an experienced backing vocalist for Vamps and Uverworld with a tremendous vocal range and control. In 2016 they recruited Midori, ex-Gekijo★METALicche guitarist, and finally Miyako, at the time playing guitar with a Drop Of Joker and 21g, initially in a part-time role and later becoming a full-time member.

Lovebites started working on their first mini-album at the end of 2016, joined by the Finnish engineering team of Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila known for their work with such bands as Nightwish and Children of Bodom. The Lovebites EP was the culmination of sessions from the period and became the band’s debut release in May of 2017.

Their first full-length album Awakening From Abyss, featuring 12 intense and melodic non-stop power metal tracks with dynamic wide-ranging vocals, hit the streets in October, 2017 landing at #18 on Japan’s official sales chart. Their first tour of Japan in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya in support of the album was sold out while the band also made an overseas club debut at The Underworld in Camden, London in November, 2017.

In April, 2018, Lovebites was invited to perform at “Vans Warped Tour Japan 2018 Presented by XFLAG” marking their first-ever festival performance. A new mini-album saw its release in June, 2018. Entitled Battle Against Damnation engineered by the same Finnish team that will go onto working with the band for future recordings, they successfully toured their home country in its support.

One of Lovebites’ career highlights happened in August, 2018 when they performed to headbanging crowds at Wacken Open Air in Germany and Bloodstock Open Air in the UK. They went back to Europe in November touring in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the UK, while also taking part in advance press and promotion for Clockwork Immortality, their sophomore full-length effort, released in December, 2018.

In early 2019, Lovebites embarked on a completely sold-out six-city tour of Japan in support of the second album and in March of the same year, they opened for Arch Enemy in Shanghai and Beijing, China. In June, they returned to Europe for the summer festival season, pleasing their existing and newly-acquired fans at Download Festival in the UK and Spain as well as at Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium. Once back in Japan, they toured the country during July and August in support of the their first live audio and video recordings, Daughters of the Dawn – Live in Tokyo 2019, released in July and ended the summer with an appearance at Summer Sonic, one of the most sought-after festivals in Japan. In November, the band was invited to tour the UK with power metal heroes DragonForce receiving raving reviews. In December, they were asked in Tokyo to open for Halestorm, for whom Lovebites has a special and the deepest respect as the Japanese band’s name is taken from one of Halestorm’s songs.

The year 2020 opened with the release of Lovebites’ third album Electric Pentagram, packed all the way with powerful metal with all ladies shining in what they do, entering Japan’s official sales chart in the Top 10.

2017 - The Lovebites EP (EP)

2017 - Awakening From Abyss

2018 - Battle Against Damnation (EP)

2018 - Clockwork Immortality

2019 - Daughters of the Dawn - Live In Tokyo 2019 (Live)

2020 - Electric Pentagram

2020 - Golden Destination (Single)

2020 - Five Of A Kind (Live)