Band's History :
Seventh Heaven was formed in Osaka, Japan, in 2001. The original members were Yoshie, lead singer, Seiji, the guitarist who also contributes as the keyboard player, Yoshihisa, the bassist, Tetsuji, the drummer, who would be replaced by the new drummer Bin.
Seventh Heaven's first live performance was on August 24, 2001, in Osaka. They have been playing mainly in Osaka and Tokyo ever since. Besides the club circuits, the band released three recording works. The latest and representative one is The Gate of Seventh Heaven, their first full length album released in February 2005.
In July 2005,Takkah, the new keyboard player, joined the band.Then the line-up was Seiji (guitar), Yosihe (vocal), Yoshihisa (bass), Takkah (keyboards), Bin in March 2006. Later, Takkah quit the position, so Seiji, also the guitarist, took over him .
In 2007, The band got a really experienced well-known drummer, named Nobuo Horie. And also on keyboard, Yoshinori Kataoka who is also known for his skills joined the band as a guest player.
The current line up at the moment is -- Yoshie (vocal), Seiji (guitar), Yoshihisa (bass), Horie (Drums) and the guest player Kataoka (keyboards).
The Music :
They gathered under the concept of creating "classic style heavy metal/ hard rock that can get universality"-which means authentic metal combined with easy to ear accessibility.
Through the piling sessions, they reached their today's style - classy symphonic hard rock/ metal, with elaborated progressive arrangements and big anthem feel vocal harmony. But they put the biggest emphasis on memorable strong melodies with a lot of hooks. On top of that, their music contains unique wet heart warming feel, which may come from Japanese traditional sensibility all the members have.
The Works :
As it is mentioned in Band's History section, they have released three works as official recordings.
The first one is the demo titled Still Alive/ Mary, out in 2002. It includes two tracks, "Still Alive", a speed neo classical rocker and "Mary", a mid- tempo with progressive flavor.
The second one, released in 2003, is maxi single So Cruel. This one includes three tracks. The title track "So Cruel" has symphonic classy mood and heavy big arrangement while "Nothing Lasts Forever", the track 2, features catchy melodies. Remade "Still Alive" is played in totally deferent way with massive keyboards.
The latest work they have released is their 1st full length album The Gate of Seventh Heaven, out in February, 2005. This album has 10 songs containing variety of hard/ metal songs such as melodic speed metal, symphonic heavy slower tempo, power ballads, AOR, and so on. There is a theatrical progressive feeling with warm gentle melody lines, and also the band is making efforts to give songs strong power that is enough as heavy/ hard music.
Those Seventh Heaven's works were reviewed favorably by the magazines such as BURRN!, one of the most influential heavy/ hard magazines, and Player, major music magazine in Japan.
Along with those records of their own, they participated two compilations. First one is "Samurai Metal" from the label in Tokyo, Japan. The latest one is "Kingdom of Glory" of Enclave Records which is a label from Portugal.
