SURVIVE

-SURVIVE BIOGRAPHY-



1998



●NEMO (ex-DEATH FILE) formed SURVIVE

●1st DEMO released (produced by SINGO from UNITED)

with a lot of response

●Toured with UNITED and held their first live event, "DRINK 'EM ALL"



1999



●Performed at "BORNDED BY BLOOD" with positive feedback

●contributed 'IMPROVE' to the compilation " A BRIGHT SIDE OF THE DARKNESS"

●NEMO went through many member changes

Established own label DAMAGE Inc. & prepare for 1st album



2000



●1st album "AGAINST NEXT" was released with a successful tour

●NEMO started a side project PLAY DYNAMIC with MUKAI (ex-NUNCHAKU/Vo)



2001



●Single "REALIZE" was released.

●2nd domestic tour ended successfully

●Provided 'MIRONO MOSH' to the S.O.D. tribute album

"SPEAK JAPANESE OR DIE"

●Performed in an all night event between the 1st day and 2nd day of

a huge loud music festival, "BEAST FEAST 2001"



2002



●Transferred to HOWING BULL RECORDS

●KEITA (G.) joined

●Performed at "Enter The BEAST FEAST 2002"

●Toured with UNITED and received great response

●2nd album "CHAOS CONFUSION" was released on August

●CHAOS CONFUSION TOUR was a tremendous success

●Performed at the pre-show for BEAST FEAST 2002

with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE etc.



2003



●SINJILOW (B.) joined

●Performed at "NEXT TRIBE"

●Introduced Hiroki (Perc.) to the band

●Performed at "A Tribute To LOUDNESS"

●3rd album "REBEL-LION" was released



2004



●REBEL-LION TOUR was an awesome success everywhere with a magnificent finale at CLUB QUATTRO in TOKYO

●Performed at an extreme motorbike event "MULTIPLEX" with about 40,000 in attendance. SURVIVE got a lot of praise from the international staff.

●KOUSUKE (Dr.) parted and HIROKI switched to Drums with the REBEL-SUMMER TOUR only 2 weeks later.

The 90-minute finale concluded and outstanding tour!

●Played in various live events with various bands



2005



●Performed at "INDEPENDENCE-D" which is an independent label festival with notable domestic and international praise

●Had a minor setback when the tour van was stolen with all the equipment. Shortly there after everything was replaced.

●Performed at "SHOCK ROCK HELLOWEEN" with DOPE (U.S.A.)

& MUCC (JAPAN) with an audience of thousands

●Toured with PULLING TEETH successfully

●First Korean Tour, invited by OATHEAN



2006



●Took 3 months off to work on a new album which was recorded in July

●In NIGATA, JAPAN SURVIVE delivered a 120-minute performance

●In October the 4th album, self-titled “SURVIVE”, was released

●'Uprising Against The King Tour' was a great success throughout Japan and Korea including 2 huge

festivals, LOUD PARK (Japan) and KOREAN LIVE ROCK (Korea). The tour ended with a spectacular finale

(see photos).



2007



●KEITA(G.) left band.

●Performed at "INDEPENDENCE-D" with RYO-SUKE(G. of CRACK HOUSE ex.DEATH FILE/BAT CAVE/NINE STUD) as support guiterist. SURVIVE got a lot of praise.

●2nd domestic tour of self-titled album “SURVIVE” , named "King Rising Against tour" was an awesome success everywhere again with support guitarists.

●RYO-SUKE(G.) joined officialy.

●In July, performed at the biggest music festival in Taiwan, "FORMOZ FESTIVAL". Headliner was TESTAMENT. Got good reaction and MTV Taiwan interview held, successful first visit.



2008



●3rd time visit to Korea. Invited by OATHEAN, "ASIA METAL FESTIVAL" with OUTRAGE in March.

●Back to Japan,sooner recorded new album in early April.

●In July, toured Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo for promotion of new album. It finished in full of expectation for the new album.

●Appeared at one of the biggest music festival in Korea, "DONGDUCHEON ROCK FESTIVAL" with OUTRAGE again . Shared the stage with ANTHRAX again since LOUD PARK '06. When SURVIVE on stage, audience crowed and got peak.

●August 22th, 5th album “NOTHING LEFT ON MY PATH”, " released from new label BxTxH.

●From September, over 25 places release tour "NOTHING LEFT ON MY PATH tour" was started. The final, December 10th at Shibuya O-West Tokyo, was shot by 6 cameras for first DVD. The tour final held as tour final and 10th anniversary live. So many audience exicited the over 2 hours long show. Needless to say, the show and tour ended successfuly.



2009

●Prepare for live DVD "DECADE OF STEEL".



PV -NOTHING LEFT ON MY PATH-



SURVIVE 5th Album -Nothint left on my path-



PV "CORRUPTION"