Dio (distraught overlord) is a rather new visual kei band, and instead of following the current trends of more happy sounding music, Dio decided for a heavier, darker sound. Their aim is to produce new music, without any stereotypes, combining ‘heavy’ and ‘melodious’ in their songs.
Their outfits seem to fit the ambience they’re creating with their music perfectly and the members sport elegant black and golden outfits.
Although the band hasn’t been around for a very long time, their popularity is increasing rapidly. Not just in Japan, but also in Europe where they have released a single.
Dio originally started as a session band named Baby Santa at the end of 2005. About half a year later, the members decided to change their name to Dio, and became a real band instead of a session band.
The band consisted of only four members back then: Mikaru on vocals, Kei and erina on guitar and Ivy on bass. In these first months a support drummer played with them, but was soon after replaced by Denka.
All of the members had been in various bands before and had gained a lot of experience already, giving them a lead compared to other new bands.
In May they gave their very first live as Dio and during the same night they distributed their first single: Garasu no Umi. More concerts followed for the young band, and in December they released their second single: Byakuya ni Moyuru Hana which was released in both Japan and Europe.
