To Destination

To Destination is a Japanese rock band formed in Nagano (長野) by Guitarist Kenji and Vocalist DAI. The exact date of their formation is currently unknown, but their first release was in 2000. They are well-known only for one of their songs "EDEN" the opening theme to the anime, 闇の末裔(Yami no Matsuei)(a.k.a. "Descendants of darkness" in the English dubbed version). It's unclear the exact year but according to DAI March 16th is the day To Destination was formed by Kenji and himself, and held their first live at a gymnasium when he and presumably Kenji were in junior highschool on this day. He considers this To Destination's birthday. This was in a post on his blog on 2009/3/17. https://love.ap.teacup.com/applet/destination/200903/archive

Aside from the EDEN single, To Destination released their first demo tape self titled or possibly untitled To Destination, first single -Ac・tivi・ty-, and wrote three songs for three other omnibus albums. In 2002, they went on hiatus.

On 2006/12/22 DAI made a post on his new blog titled "sorry···" "It was a band I did vocals for called TO DESTINATION with such a face … I regret that I left all the fans alone for many years after I suspended TO DESTINATION.Thinking about various things alone,Working on various things alone,This time, I saw signs of revival, so I went out to the public! For the time being, I'm talking to myself, but I'll do my best again! !! !!" DAI and Kenji restarted the band once again with new drummer AFROCK龍 in early 2007. The band's name now stylized as (TO DESTINATION).

On 2007/1/25 TO DESTINATION finished writing 乱舞 and began rehearsing it the following day. Lyrics were published on 2007/2/15. On 2007/4/5 DAI announced they had begun production on a new CD. They finished recording their new song 乱舞 on 2007/4/8 and released it on 4/10 on MagicaLMakeR.com.

On 2007/5/16 they announced their first official live TO DESTINATION ～復活～(resurrection) would be held on 2007/6/23 at GRAM HOUSE and give a free distribution CD to all visitors.TO DESTINATION held a secret live at GRAM HOUSE on 2007/5/27. Performing 4 songs. In preparation for their first official live.

On 2007/5/30 DAI revealed that TO DESTINATION revival project started because the three original members gathered. As well as new drummer AFROCK龍(dragon). Now to be stylized as (TO DESTINATION). But the original date for their revival live had to be rescheduled because bassist Akku left do to personal reasons prior to the original date. Sometime in early 2007.

On 2007/8/20 they released High up in the sky on MagicaLMakeR.com. On 2007/11/25 they released a PV for High up in the sky on their YouTube channel.

On 2008/7/4 TO DESTINATION launched their official website. On 2008/7/8 DAI released an early demo of sky of the destination on MagicaLMakeR.com.

On 2009/1/16 they announced that they had begun recording a new song sky of the destination and to expect it's release soon, TO DESTINATION began releasing new material with their new bassist, SHO, on 2009/4/14 sky of the destination released on monstar.fm. They considered it their revival song as it was their first release since 2001. On 2009/8/23 they re-released High up in the sky on monstar.fm.

They released two more songs in 2010 on the live limited omnibus albums CONNECTION OF THE BLOOD vol.1 and CONNECTION OF THE BLOOD vol.2 at ～CARI Project Presents～ †CONNECTION OF THE BLOOD† Vol.1 and Vol.2 at GRAM HOUSE on 5/16 and 8/22.They also released a live limited and digital single BLACK CAT at an event by the same name at GRAM HOUSE on 2010/11/14 their last live of the year.

On 2011/8/10 drummer AFROCK龍 released a 1:53 clip of their new song Alive on his YouTube channel, this song remained unreleased for 7 years until the release of their first album. He also posted a rehearsal video on 2010/8/11 for a song titled ハイバニ which still remains unreleased. They also have several unreleased songs on their old official myspace: EDEN New Century, desire~Re-make~, mirage, and 何度も・・・. Bloodstream~prologue~ was also an unreleased song but was later released on their first album simply as Blood Stream. It had been the intro music to live shows for years.

It's unclear but the following songs may have appeared on TO DESTINATION's ～復活～(resurrection) live distribution CD released 2007/6/23 or they may have been exclusive to MagicaLMakeR.com: 乱舞, Loving you, hyper sexy バニーchan!, piano SE, and cry for you.

They released a live limited single Sennen Sakura (千年桜) at GRAMHOUSE on 2013/08/10, and later digitally on 2013/09/21. On 2014/12/07 SHO left the band after their live at 伊那GRAMHOUSE. SHO was replaced by bassist 夜紫.

TO DESTINATION released their first album, self titled "TO DESTINATION" on 2018/11/01. It contains previously unreleased songs: Blood Stream, ～Life of one time～, dear, Eternal Blue (short Instrumental ver.), stay with me, and Alive. As well as re-recorded versions of: BLACK CAT, sky of the destination, 千年桜, 乱舞, and cry for you. Featuring new bassist yoc f.k.a. 夜紫.

"TO DESTINATION" performed with special guest "NoGoD" for "Radius
朔羅presents「UEDA ROCK PLEASURE vol.2」" on 2019/02/09.

"TO DESTINATION" performed on 2019/07/28 at 長野LIVE HOUSE J at an event titled, "SHOCK WAVE vol.3" and released a live limited demo CD titled, "Hadou (波動)".

Bassist yoc contracted COVID-19 in early 2019.
The band would continue to perform with 3 members until their lives on 9/15 伊那GRAM HOUSE and 10/26 上田Radius, where former member SHO would act as their support bassist.

During 2020 "TO DESTINATION" cancelled and postponed many live shows due to COVID-19. On 8/1 it was announced 影流 (ex. ROAR【REVELATION OF ARTIFACT】) would act as their support bassist. On 2020/12/30 yoc announced he would resign as bassist due to complications from COVID-19.

“TO DESTINATION” released an Admission privilege CD with a new song “Beloved lover”. At their Christmas live “TO DESTINATION
〜ChristmasLIVE〜” @ MATSUMOTO ALECX on 2021/12/25. 影流 (ex. ROAR【REVELATION OF ARTIFACT】) would act as their support bassist. Reservations were made via Twitter DM.

"TO DESTINATION" performed with special guest "THE DEAD P☆P STARS" for "Radius
朔羅presents「UEDA ROCK PLEASURE vol.4」" on 2022/05/03. They continue to be active in live events.

Members:
(Vo) DAI
(Gt) Kenji
(Dr) RYU a.ka. AFROCK龍(dragon)

Support Members:
(Ba) 影流 (ex. ROAR【REVELATION OF ARTIFACT】) (2020-present)
(Ba) SHO (2019)

Former Members:
(Ba) Akku
(Ba) SHO
(Ba) yoc f.k.a. 夜紫

Discography:
Demo Tape:
2000.03.08 To Destination (or possibly untitled) (cassette tape)

Singles:
2000.05.20 Ac·tivi·ty
2000.11.02 EDEN

Live Limited singles:
2007.06.23 無料配布CD (free distribution CD)
2010.11.14 BLACK CAT (CD version)
2013.08.10 Sennen Sakura (千年桜) (CD version)
2019.07.28 波動 (デモ) (demo)
2021.12.25 Beloved lover 入場特典 (Admission privilege CD)

Digital Singles:
MagicaLMakeR.com:
2007.04.10 乱舞
2007.05.26 Loving you
2007.06.02 hyper sexy バニーchan!
2007.06.12 piano SE
2007.06.18 cry for you
2007.08.20 High up in the sky
2008.07.08 sky of the destination (デモ ver.) (demo)
monstar.fm:
2009.04.14 sky of the destination
2009.08.23 High up in the sky
2010.07.25 Ranbu (乱舞)
2010.11.16 BLACK CAT
2013.09.21 Sennen Sakura (千年桜)

Album:
2018.11.01 TO DESTINATION

Omnibus:
2000.10.31 STONING: track 9.) fly again
2001.01.31 make an epoch: track 1.) BLUE BREATH
2001.04.25 EDEN / LOVE ME: tracks 1.) and 3.) EDEN and EDEN (instrumental ver.)
2001.06.27 make an epoch 2: track 6.) Terrible
2010.05.16 CONNECTION OF THE BLOOD vol.1: track 4.)乱舞
2010.08.22 CONNECTION OF THE BLOOD vol.2: track 3.) cry for you

OHP Defunct
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