website associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
-lsb- http://www.shazna.jp/ shazna.jp -rsb- baiser , anti feminism 1993 -- 2000 , 2006 -- 2009 bmg chipper -rsb- japan , toshiba emi , -lsb- http://www.rockchipper.co.jp/ rock shazna
 izam aoi niy katsura group_or_band pop alternative rock -lrb- early -rrb- rock , soft rock , new wave , japan shazna
shazna

shazna -lrb- stylized as shazna -rrb- was a japanese visual kei rock band originally active from 1993 to 2000 .
the band started on the relatively harder side of alternative rock , but upon signing to a major label switched to a softer pop sound mixed with new wave .
they became one of the most popular visual kei bands of the 1990s , together with malice mizer , la ` cryma christi and fanatic crisis .
their 1998 major label debut album `` gold sun and silver moon '' reached the number two position on the oricon chart , sold over a million copies and was named `` rock album of the year '' at the japan gold disc awards .
in 2006 , shazna reunited , though after releasing an album and a single they disbanded once again in 2009 .
