This is our last release although I'm not sure if that sounds convincing. We included those for hardcore fans who want to listen to all our songs. In an interview with Shoxx magazine, Kisaki stated 'Although we created the songs a while back, we never released them. The EP, entitled 'Seeds of Brain,' contained four new songs, where as the new single, 'Diamond Dust,' contained the title track and an instrumental version. Along with their revival, the band released a mini-album and a single which contained songs the band had written while they were active but never released. On May 3rd 2008 Phantasmagoria performed live at Hide Memorial Summit.ĭuring the 2010 UNDER CODE PRODUCTION New Year's live, Phantasmagoria was revived to perform. KISAKI claimed to become 'officially retired' from the active visual kei scene on Augbut continued to run his label and produce music. On April 5th, KISAKI announced that he was retiring and Iori and Matoi had returned to the band, but the band would be 'sealing.' He followed up on the announcement on a live radio show on April 8th, where the band's first and last fan trip was revealed, as well as the final event tour and final oneman tour.

The reason given for Iori's departure was that he did not feel comfortable being in a major band Matoi stated in Japanese interviews that he left due to a foot injury, but in English interviews, KISAKI stated that he also did not feel comfortable being in a major band. On February 23rd, 2007, guitarist Iori and drummer Matoi left the band. On March 26th, the band played their first Japanese one-man. Phantasmagoria played their first concerts in the United States on October 21 and 22nd, 2005 at Oni-con in Houston, Texas.

The name 'Mago' is now used by fans as well. Rame (bassist of Vidoll) teasingly began referring to the band as 'Mago' (Mago means 'grandchildren' and was taken from Phantas-mago-ria). Phantasmagoria was featured on the cover of a well-known visual kei magazine, 'Cure', one month after their formation, becoming one of the fastest-rising indies bands to appear on the cover of a magazine. The following day the group released its first Maxi-single, 'Moonlight Revival'.

Phantasmagoria was formed in November 2004 by Kisaki and their first single 'Material Pain' was released in ' Shoxx magazine' on December 21 of the same year.

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