Question: Which is an alternative rock band, The Sisters of Mercy or Asian Kung-Fu Generation?

Context articles: Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Kensuke Kita
Takahiro Yamada (musician)
Masafumi Gotoh
Blood Circulator
The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio
The Sisters of Mercy
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2011
Nano-Mugen Compilation 2012
Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション , Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon , stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996.
 For nearly its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotō, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi.
 Starting out as a college band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation released a series of independent EPs featuring lyrics mostly sung in English.
 In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut "Hōkai Amplifier", from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese.
 The band's musical style is influenced by seminal Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie-rock and punk scene.
 Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove and emotional lyrics.
 Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial success in addition to critical acclaim.
 Asian Kung-Fu Generation has been cited as one of the best, most balanced modern rock bands to emerge from Japan in the 2000s.
Kensuke Kita (喜多 建介 , Kita Kensuke ) (January 24, 1977) is the lead guitarist and backing singer of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation.
 Kensuke met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University.
 The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after.
Takahiro Yamada (山田 貴洋 , Yamada Takahiro ) (August 19, 1977) is the bass player and backing singer of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation.
 Yamada met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō and Kensuke Kita while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University.
 The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after.
Masafumi Gotō (後藤 正文 , Gotō Masafumi ) (December 2, 1976) is the lead vocalist, main songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation.
 Masafumi met fellow band members Kensuke Kita and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University.
 The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after.
 As the main songwriter of the band, Gotō is accredited for engendering a majority of their lyrics, but has a strong tendency to share songwriting duties equally among his bandmates.
 His vocal style most often alternates between soft, melodic singing, and harder, harsher, yelling.
 Masafumi has a degree in economics and his favourite artists include Weezer, Number Girl, Oasis, Teenage Fanclub, and Beck.
 He launched his own music label, Only in Dreams and produces records for other artists such as Chatmonchy, Dr. Downer and The Chef Cooks Me.
 He was also one of the founding members of the band Skeletons (スケルトンズ ) .
"Blood Circulator" (ブラッドサーキュレーター , Buraddo Sākyurētā ) is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation.
 It was released on July 13, 2016 and reached number 13 on the Oricon.
 It was used as the opening for the anime "Naruto" and the third song by Asian Kung-Fu Generation in the "Naruto" media, after "Haruka Kanata" and "Sore dewa, Mata Ashita".
 Masafumi Gotō said, "The offer came to places where there was no song, no idea, no time, but I could not find a reason to refuse, I thought that I had to write down even while I was sleeping."
 Single's B-side, Hakkei, sung by band's guitarist, Kensuke Kita.
 This is the fourth time since 's B-side, "Time Traveller" in 2016.
The Recording at NHK CR-509 Studio (ザ・レコーディング at NHK CR-509 Studio , Za rekōdingu at NHK CR – 509 Studio ) is the first live album by Japanese rock band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation and was released on September 11, 2013.
 They recorded it when they performed in NHK BS's special program, "The Recording Asian Kung-Fu Generation" on April 27, 2013 and Masafumi Gotō announced it as live album on twitter.
 This is the first time the band didn't use Yusuke Nakamura's artwork on their work, instead they just used a picture of the recording.
The Sisters of Mercy are an English gothic rock band, formed in 1980 in Leeds, United Kingdom (UK).
 After achieving early underground fame there, the band had their commercial breakthrough in mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company Time Warner.
 Currently, the band is a touring outfit only.
Asian Kung-Fu Generation Presents: Nano–Mugen Compilation 2011 is a compilation album released by Asian Kung-Fu Generation on June 29, 2011 to advertise their ninth annual Nano-Mugen Festival, held at the Yokohama Arena from July 16 to July 17 of the same year.
 It features songs from Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Weezer, The Rentals, and other bands that performed for the 2011 Nano-Mugen Festival.
Asian Kung-Fu Generation Presents: Nano–Mugen Compilation 2012 is a compilation album released by Asian Kung-Fu Generation on June 27, 2012 to advertise their tenth annual Nano-Mugen Festival, to be held at the Yokohama Arena on July 15 and 16.
 It features songs from Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Motion City Soundtrack, Straightener, and other bands that will perform for the 2012 Nano-Mugen Festival and have performed on Nano-Mugen Circuit from June 4 to June 8 of the same year.
Caramelman and Asian Kung-Fu Generation is an early EP by Japanese rock band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, released during their indie days.
 The mini-album was a joint-work with and composed almost entirely in English lyrics.
 The fourth track, "Aono Uta," was later re-recorded and included within the band's major-label debut EP, "Hōkai Amplifier".