Mary's Blood
Mary's Blood is a Japanese all-female power metal band from Tokyo, formed in 2009 by four former members of Destrose.
History
After the breakup of Destrose on New Year's Eve 2008, vocalist Eye, guitarist Eri, bassist Niboshi and drummer Mari later regrouped and recruited guitarist Chiba to form Mary's Blood in December 2009. Named after the "Bloody Mary" cocktail, they released their debut single "Save the Queen" on December 20. Their first EP, 0-Zero, was published on June 8, 2011. The single "Last Game" followed on November 28 and placed on Oricon's main chart despite being an independent band. In 2012, Chiba, Niboshi and Eri all left Mary's Blood in quick succession. Another Destrose alumni, Saki, was then recruited as guitarist, and the lineup of Eye, Mari, Saki and bassist Rio was finalized in September.Mary's Blood performed their first international show in Houston, Texas at Anime Matsuri 2013. Their third EP, Azure, was released on July 10 and reached number 17 on the Oricon indies chart. The band signed with major record label Nippon Columbia and released their first album Countdown to Evolution on August 20, 2014. Its song "Marionette" was the ending theme of the TV Kanagawa show Mutoma. They were the opening act for Marty Friedman on September 25.
They performed at 2015's Naon no Yaon festival, a rock festival held by Show-Ya that features only female bands. They also opened for DragonForce in Hong Kong on August 30. The band switched labels to Victor Entertainment, released their second album Bloody Palace on October 7, and began the Invasion of Queen tour on October 17.
Mary's Blood hosted the Grand Cross tour 2016, where they performed with three different acts at each concert. On April 16 they played with thrash metal band Outrage, the following day with singer Nanase Aikawa, and later Show-Ya frontwoman Keiko Terada on May 3. They released their third album Fate on October 26, 2016. It features collaborations with Seikima-II guitarist Luke Takamura, Show-Ya guitarist Miki "Sun-go" Igarashi, Kuroyume bassist Hitoki, and Babymetal producer Yuyoyuppe. The band supported it with the Change the Fate tour that began on October 28, and ended on January 22, 2017 with Sun-go and Hitoki as guests. JPU Records released Bloody Palace and Fate in Europe on August 18, 2017, while Fate and Bloody Palace were released in North America by Sliptrick Records.
After switching labels to Tokuma Japan Communications, Mary's Blood released their fourth album Revenant on April 18, 2018. Their next album Confessions was released in Japan on June 12, 2019, and became their highest charting to date. It was released in Europe on October 4. That same day, Mary's Blood played their first show in Europe as part of Metal Matsuri in London at the O2 Academy Islington. The band's Conceptual Tour was scheduled to take place in May 2020, but has been postponed until August and September due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Re>Animator, a cover album of heavy metal versions of anime theme songs, will be released on August 26, 2020. It features songs such as "Forever Love", "Magia", "Driver's High" and "Pegasus Fantasy"; the last sung as a duet with NoB.
Members
- Eye – vocals
- Mari – drums, bandleader
- Rio – bass guitar
- Saki – guitar
- Yashiro – guitar
- Chiba – guitar
- Niboshi – bass
- Eri – guitar
Discography
| Year | Album details | Oricon Albums | Billboard Japan Hot Albums |
| 2014 | Countdown to Evolution
| 26 | — |
| 2015 | Bloody Palace | 25 | 38 |
| 2016 | Fate | 23 | 33 |
| 2018 | Revenant | 21 | 34 |
| 2019 | Confessions | 19 | 29 |
| Year | EP details | Oricon Albums |
| 2011 | 0-Zero
| — |
| 2012 | Scarlet | — |
| 2013 | Azure | 195 |
| Year | Album details | Oricon Albums | Billboard Japan Hot Albums |
| 2020 | Re>Animator
| — | — |
| Year | Title | Oricon Singles |
| 2010 | "Save the Queen"
| — |
| 2011 | "Last Game" | 198 |
| Year | Title | Oricon DVDs | Oricon Blu-rays |
| 2012 | My Last Game
| — | — |
| 2013 | Scarlet ~ 2012 Live at O-West | — | — |
| 2016 | Live at Blaze ~ Invasion of Queen Tour 2015-2016 Final | 14 | — |
| 2017 | Live at Liquid Room ~Change the Fate Tour 2016-2017~ | 35 | 22 |
| 2018 | Live at Intercity Hall ~Flag of the Queendom~ | 41 | 41 |
| 2018 | Live at Blitz ~Make the New World 2018~ | 54 | 70 |
| 2020 | Mary's Blood 10th Anniversary Box | — | — |