MANIPULATED SLAVES - JAPAN

Burst Into Blue Flame - 2000 - Worldchaos
The Legendary Blackjade - 2001 - Worldchaos
Over The Black Ocean - 2004 - Lights Out
Oath in Black Tears - 2006 - Lights Out
Back From The Damnation - 2009 - Lights Out
Love & Death – 2012 - Lights Out

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Members
Vocals
Yutaka Kageyama - Aion, Harkenkreuz, Rosenfeld, Thread Worm>>Hisayoshi Hiraga>>Rosenfeld, Mein Kampf - Nob Terashima – Sonic Agitation, God Valley>>JOE [EIJI YABUKI]>>God Valley

Guitar
Sleazy Wizard>>Nomura Kazushi>>Eleanor - Dasreich>>KAGEYAMA YUTAKA - Spellbound, Dirty Thirty, Sabbat, Metalucifer>>HAGI TOMOHIRO>>Dirty Thirty, Sabbat, Metalucifer

Bass
Matsuno Shiro - TOGANO AKIRA

Drum
Ohura-Mazdo, Cataplexy, Shadow, Sex Messiah, モノノフ>>Enomoto Mitsuhiro>>Cataplexy, Sex Messiah, モノノフ - Dazzle>>Saita Takayoshi - ABE HIROSHI




History & Biography
Osaka band Manipulated Slaves had its thrashing start in 1994 and issued three demos in the next four years. The band’s debut arrived in 2000 and had Yutaka Kageyama on vocals, Shiro Matsuno on bass (who joined in 1996) and Mitsuhiro Enomoto on drums. From that line-up, only Yutaka Kageyama is still around. Hisayoshi took over the vocals in 2001. The new singer was the frontman for some of the most 'hair metal' bands in the world. The band conducted a Back From The Damnation Tour in 2009. The band was slated to open for Holy Moses in Japan in the autumn of that year. The 2011 Legend Remain singles volume one to four were exclusive to the band’s shows and website. The same of course applied to the 2012 demo, Spin-Off Vol.1. No further volumes were forthcoming. Slumber Records issued The River Without End And Hidden In The Sandstorm -Live at Club Chaos - EPs in 2014. The band was on hiatus until Past In The Black Flame was issued through Slumber Records in 2020. It was the band’s debut re-recorded with demo tracks as a bonus.

Japan-based Manipulated Slaves had a single called The Bloody Cross in 2022. It featured the song Suicide Into Nightmare and a re-recording of No Name Grave Post. The song My Grave Post was a self-cover version that had appeared on Oath In Black Tears from 2006. There were several concerts in 2023, including one opening for Shellshock and an appearance at Fujiyama Rock Festival, but 2024 was quiet.


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