Vocals - Tohru Watanabe
Drums - Tadashi Doi
Guitar - Kai Ohno
Guitar/Vocals - Shimpei Tarumi
Japan’s MYPROOF is a prime example of a band that pushes itself to the limits with every release to fully utilize their technical abilities. Their metalcore sound from their beginning in 1999 up to their full length album “Reason for my justice” (released in 2006 by Gods Child Music) has long been gone as they totally embraced the realm of melodic death metal starting with their “Sky of Destiny” EP released in 2007 through their own label, Akashi Inc., up to their newest EP “Pupil of Astraea”. Their change in musical direction seems like a natural progress for the band out of the saturated metalcore genre.
Despite the change in musical direction, their love for Japanese ballads and anime sounds is still intact and their music is still a representation of them being Japanese. Their past releases have been praised by both hardcore and metal critics worldwide and received rave reviews from metal and hardcore related webzines/magazines from around the globe.
MYPROOF has a phenomenal ability to mix mind-lingering melodies, great song writing, unique anime sounding guitar solos, perfect blending of death metal growls, Japanese style ballad singing, and over all great musicianship.
- official band bio from AKASHI, INC.