再会の血と薔薇 (Saikai no chi to bara) – Single

MALICE MIZER is a legendary Japanese visual-kei rock band that existed from August 1992 to December 2001.
On this website, you can find a full release database of MALICE MIZER and the bands related to them.
On these specific pages, you’ll find a discography listing the main audio releases. 

General Information:

MALICE MIZER’s eighth single, and their first release after quitting major label Nippon Colombia following Gackt’s departure, leaving them independent again under Mana’s own label Midi:Nette.

It contains just on track, the title track, without B-side, as an instrumental version isn’t needed. (It’s already instrumental, apart from some soft whispers. (This is unconfirmed, but some say the whispers are Mana’s voice.))

This is the first entry in a trilogy of singles that would be included in the  “薔薇の聖堂” (Bara no seidou) album.

This track and music video are a tribute to Kami, who passed away right after Gackt left, leaving the band with only three members: Mana, Közi and Yu～ki. The band would become much darker after both of these events, and become much closer to classical music.

Two audio versions exist, a CD single, and a vinyl which was limited to 30000 copies. It’s MALICE MIZER’s only vinyl release, ever. At the same time. A month and a half later, a VHS, titled “再会の血と薔薇 ～de l’Image～” released, containing the music video of this song. Pleaes refer to the videography section of this site for more info about this VHS.

If you bought this single from the 新星堂 目黒店 (Shinseido Meguro) store, they would give you a cassette tape as a free bonus, which contains a commentary from the band about this single. Please refer to the miscellaneous releases section of the site for more info about the bonus tape.

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