Leetspeak Monsters

Leetspeak Monsters
Leetspeak Monsters
Origin	Japan
Genres	Rock; gothic rock; rap rock;
Years active	2009 –present
Labels	GLK Music
Members	D13; Yo’shmeer; Euskyss; DieWolf
Past members	Mattünurg
Website	leetspeak-monsters.com

Leetspeak Monsters (stylized as Leetspeak monsters) is a Japanese visual kei rock band whose songs and appearance are centered around Halloween and dark fantasy themes. The band members perform as characters from the fictional city of "Gravetown", with each adopting an archetypal "monster" persona.

History

Leetspeak Monsters released their first single "Monster's Party" with label GLK Music in 2017,^[2] following band leader D13's concept of creating a "crossover of rock and hip hop within the imagery of a haunted house."^[3] In the same year, the band released a mini-album Storyteller in the Strange Night, followed by their first full-length album Monster's Theater, which ranked in the top 100 on the Oricon album chart.^[4]

The band's subsequent releases continued to expand the mythology of Leetspeak Monsters' fictional home of "Gravetown", with lyrics in English and Japanese about normal people having scary encounters.^[3] D13 insists that the true meaning of the band's name will remain a secret, saying that he enjoys hearing different interpretations from their audience.^[5]

In 2018, Leetspeak Monsters released the mini-album Mixtured night between Life and Death and a single covering The Nightmare Before Christmas theme song "This is Halloween", resulting from D13's admiration of filmmaker Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman.^[6]

On May 26, 2018, Leetspeak Monsters began their one-man tour of Japan called "Leetspeak monsters 1st Oneman Tour Life and Death Tour - Seija to sisya no yoru". The tour went across 3 cities with the final performance at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE on June 3.^[7]

In 2019, the band released the maxi-single 13th Friday Night and their second full album Monster's Theater II. They also contributed an original song, "Gekkouin -Moonlight Shadow", to the album Bad Ass Temple Funky Sounds from seiyuu rap project Hypnosis Mic.^[8]

In 2020, Leetspeak Monsters released the maxi-single "Beltane", named after the Gaelic bonfire ritual.^[9]

Band members

Current members

D13 (skeleton cemetery guide) - vocals (2009–present)
Euskyss (vampire prince) - bass (2011–present)
Yo’shmeer (Frankenstein's monster) - guitar (2017–present)
DieWolf (werewolf) - drums (2011–present)

Former members

Mattünurg - guitar

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Oricon^[4]
2017	Monster's Theater Released: July 11, 2018 Label: GLK Music	90
2019	Monster's Theater II Released: October 9, 2019 Label: GLK Music	106

Singles and EPs

Year	Single and EP details	Oricon^[4]
2017	"Monster's Party" (maxi-single) Released: May 15, 2017 Label: GLK Music	—
2017	"Storyteller in the Strange Night" (mini-album) Released: September 20, 2017 Label: GLK Music	—
2018	"Mixtured night between Life and Death" (mini-album) Released: March 21, 2018 Label: GLK Music	112
2018	"This is Halloween" (maxi-single) Released: October 3, 2018 Label: GLK Music	53
2019	"13th Friday Night" (maxi-single) Released: April 3, 2019 Label: GLK Music	64
2020	"Beltane" (maxi-single) Released: April 15, 2020 Label: GLK Music	44

Videography

Music Videos

2017: "Monster's Party"
2017: "Black Owl"
2018: "This is Halloween"
2018: "Wonderland"
2018: "Greenman"
2019: "13th Friday night"
2019: "Gothic"
2020: "Beltane"

References

^ Zansouki (2017-08-13). "Let's search for Leetspeak monsters' "Black owl" in their newest music video". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
^ "2017 年 GLK Music より異色で斬新な新感覚バンド Leetspeak monsters 登場！ ViSULOG". ヴィジュアル系ポータルサイト ViSULOG (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^ ^a ^b "Interview: Leetspeak monsters welcome ghosts to enjoy music with them". jrocknews.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Leetspeak monsters Oricon ranking". Oricon News. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^ "Leetspeak monsters stage a scary celebration for "Beltane" (Interview)". J-Generation. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
^ "Interview with Leetspeak monsters". JaME. 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
^ "Leetspeak monsters コメント動画到着！1st Oneman Tour 大阪公演、Sold Out！". びじゅなび (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^ "Leetspeak monsters create new song for Hypnosis Mic". J-Generation. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ "Leetspeak monsters journey into the forest for new single "Beltane"". J-Generation. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

External links

Official website

[1] Zansouki (2017-08-13). "Let's search for Leetspeak monsters' "Black owl" in their newest music video". JROCK NEWS. Retrieved 2020-10-18.

[2] "2017 年 GLK Music より異色で斬新な新感覚バンド Leetspeak monsters 登場！ ViSULOG". ヴィジュアル系ポータルサイト ViSULOG (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[:0-3] "Interview: Leetspeak monsters welcome ghosts to enjoy music with them". jrocknews.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[:1-4] "Leetspeak monsters Oricon ranking". Oricon News. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[5] "Leetspeak monsters stage a scary celebration for "Beltane" (Interview)". J-Generation. 2020-04-29. Retrieved 2020-05-01.

[6] "Interview with Leetspeak monsters". JaME. 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

[7] "Leetspeak monsters コメント動画到着！1st Oneman Tour 大阪公演、Sold Out！". びじゅなび (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[8] "Leetspeak monsters create new song for Hypnosis Mic". J-Generation. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[9] "Leetspeak monsters journey into the forest for new single "Beltane"". J-Generation. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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