Nightmare began in january 2000 by Sakito and Hitsugi while most of the members were still in high school. Soon,Yomi was invited by Sakito, Ni~ya by Hitsugi, and Zannin joined after they heard their classmates were forming a band. They were all influenced by either X/X Japan or LUNA SEA in some form.
Just as the band began getting much recognition at live houses and small concerts in the Sendai region, Zannin left the band for unknow reasons. Eventually, Ruka (formerly Luinspear) joined the band as a support member at first, but became the permanent drummer after a short time. Their line-up hasn't changed since.
They debuted in 2003 with their single "Believe". Three months after their debut, they released a three A-side single, Akane/HATE/OVER, a first time for any band to release and single with threee A-side tracks. In December 2003, they had Their first tour along with their first album release " Ultimate Circus." Following their release was a tour named after the album, performing songs from "Ultimate Circus" as well as songs from their indies era.
In 2004, it was Nightmare's busiest year, Releasing three singles and another full album (Libido), the band once more toured around Japan. It was called Tour cpu 2004. Their most well known live "Tenka Daiboso" At Hibiya Yaon Showed the best of Nightmare's charismatic performance to fans everywhere. From 2005-06, Nightmare continued working hard, releasing more singles and their third full length album in 2006, anima. It was well recived by fans and is still the most well known album by Night to date. Their tour, [anima]lism, completely sold out.
With three albums and several tours under their belt nightmare released a best of album.
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