Elfensjón
History. The music circle Elfensjón was formed in the end of 2018 by Keisuke Kurose who was member in Japanese music groups Asriel and Uroboros prior the formation of the group and manga artist Kachiru Ishizue who has worked on several manga projects including Ilegenes - Kokuyō no Kiseki and Rosen Blood. The duo is supported by various doujin musicians like vocalist okogeeechann of Adust Rain, guitarist Myu of Imy and violinist Yū. The first EP, entitled "Einherjar" was released on December 26, 2018. In August of 2019 the group released mini album "Ash of Rouge" on two CDs which  was sold during the Comiket the same year. In the beginning of 2020 Elfensjón were part of a four-split release entitled "Veiled" including other musicians and doujin circles like Imy, Powerless and ViViX. In September of 2020 Elfensjón announced the release of their first full-length album called "STYX" which was released on November 11, 2020. On October 11, 2021 the project announced on YouTube the release of their fourth work entitled "Ephemera" for a winter 2021 release. A month later the circle released the first single for the upcoming album called "Toge". Along with the release of the  second single "Majo no Naraku" on November 23, 2021 it was announced that "Ephemera" would be released on December 24 the same year with pre-orders starting two weeks prior to the albums release. Musical style. The songs of the music circle which are all written in Japanese handling fantastical themes telling a story of the characters Elisia. Astral, Lilith, Seth and Alstroemeria which are relation more or less. Astral and Elisia are siblings hailing from a demon clan who are on a journey searching for the white witch in hopes getting their deepest wish granted. One day, Elisia driven  by jealousy kills her brother which was brought to the underworld where he meets with Seth whose duty is to guide the souls of the deceased. Seth himself searches for the soul of Alstroemeria to bring her back to her body ignoring that this is against his task. Astral will later be revived as an immortal by the wish of his sister Elisia granted by the white witch. The music of the doujin circle mixes Rock, Metal and djent. Due to the usage of anime influences in their music videos and illustrations the circle created the term ′Animecore′ to describe  their music. Other. All songs are playable in the rhythm game Osu!.