Fact (band)
| FACT | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan |
| Genres | Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, melodic metalcore, mathcore |
| Years active | 1999 - 2015 |
| Labels |
Maximum10 (Japan) Bullion Records (a sublabel of Wave Master) Hassle Records (United Kingdom) Vagrant Records (United States; Fact album only) |
| Website | factjapan |
| Members | Hiro Onose Kazuki Sakurai Takahiro Onose Adam Graham Tomohiro Takayasu Eiji Matsumoto |
| Past members | Takahiro Nakinashi |
FACT is a Japanese rock band, formed in December 1999 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Clean and screamed singing styles are both used, and gang vocals are present in many choruses. Even though a Japanese band, the lyrics to most of the band's songs are written in English.
The members have hidden their faces during every video since 2009 wearing traditional Japanese Noh masks during the time they supported their second album, Fact (2009), but abandoned the imagery in videos the next year in favor of either partially or fully concealing their faces.
They are signed to Maximum10, an indie-rock imprint of the Avex Group.
The band was formed from members of other bands in the Tokyo area. They then began to tour the local music scene in and around Chiba, Mito and Tokyo. Originally, Tomohiro played bass and sang with support from Kazuki and Takahiro but, in 2002, main vocal duties as well as a third guitar were added when Hironobu joined. Hironobu had been a member of the band Second Base along with Kazuki before either of them joined Fact.
Continuing onward as a group, the band traveled to the United States, specifically California for a short tour in 2003.
In 2006, they released their first full-length album Never Turn Out the Light to Keep Myself on Japan's Bullion Records (a sublabel of Wave Master).
The band later signed a record deal sometime between 2008 and 2009 with Vagrant Records to release Fact, their worldwide début album. A single from the album, "A Fact of Life", was released with an accompanying video in early 2009. In support of the album, the band toured the U.S. accompanying American bands, including post-hardcore A Skylit Drive, metalcore Greeley Estates, metal Iwrestledabearonce, metal Memphis May Fire and post-hardcore Senses Fail. Their tour was abruptly cut short after a car collision early on, injuring drummer Eiji, but another U.S. tour was rescheduled soon after.
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