SiM (Silence iz Mine) are a Japanese alternative metal band from the Kanagawa Prefecture formed in 2004.[6][7] The band currently consists of MAH (vocals), SHOW-HATE (guitar), SiN (bass), and GODRi (drums). Their musical style mixes heavy metal, alternative, hip hop, ska, reggae, dub and punk with rebellious lyrics and songs with attitude.[8][9]
SiM (Silence iz Mine) | |
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Origin | Shonan, Kanagawa, Japan |
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Years active | 2004–present |
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Members | MAH (Vocals) SHOW-HATE (Guitar) SiN (Bass) GODRi (Drums) |
Past members | KAH (Bass) BUN (Bass) WAY (Drums) |
Website | www |
The band signed with Pony Canyon in 2022 and released their single "The Rumbling", used as the opening theme for the anime Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2. The single managed to enter US Billboard charts.[10] It charted at No. 1 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs,[11] No. 5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles,[12] No. 2 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales,[13] and No. 13 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.[14]
SiM was founded by MAH in November 2004 in Shonan, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.[4][7] The band consisted of MAH on vocals and guitar, KAH on bass guitar, and WAY on drums. At the beginning of the formation, they called the three piece band "Silence iz Mine" (the current band's name is an abbreviation of it).
In 2006, SHOW-HATE joined and picked up guitar. KAH left the band, then BUN joined on bass until 2008.
In 2008, the band released their first full album entitled Silence iz Mine. In the same year, they performed for the first time in Kyoto.
In 2009, WAY left the band then SiN and GODRi joined the band. SiN played bass, while GODRi took WAY's place on drums.
In 2010, the band released their single "Anthem" under Tower Records label and did their tour. During the tour, SHOW-HATE collapsed with cerebral infarction that caused the sudden tour cancellation. While waiting for recovery, ONO-SHiT followed as a support member on guitar. On October 6, 2010, the band's first mini album LIVING IN PAiN released.
In 2011, their second full album Seeds of Hope was released.
On May 2, 2012, the band released their second mini album LiFE and DEATH. In this year, they performed for the first time at Summer Sonic Festival 2012.
In 2013, they joined Monster Energy Outburn Tour 2013 with Coldrain. The band moved to Universal Music Japan and made a major debut with single "Evils" on April 3, 2013. On October 23, they released the first album Pandora since their major debut, and peaked at fifth in the Oricon weekly chart.
In 2014, the band held a one-man performance at Shinkiba Studio Coast. Their third mini album i Against i was released.
On October 6, 2014, their single "Existence" was used as the opening theme for the anime Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, and peaked at No. 20 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 while "Crows" reached No. 18 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 and stayed for 2 weeks.[15]
On November 4, 2015, SiM performed at Nippon Budokan which was their THE TOUR 2015 FiNAL -ONE MAN SHOW at BUDOKAN. Tickets were sold out.[16]
On April 6, 2016, the band's fourth album The Beautiful People was released. On May 6, 2016, they appeared on Fuji TV series HEY! HEY! NEO! with "MAKE ME DEAD!".[17] On May 11, 2016, SiM released the live DVD WHO SAYS WE CAN NOT of their performance at "The Tour 2015 FiNAL -One Man Show at Budokan, ranking fourth on the Oricon weekly DVD chart[18] and fifth on the Blu-ray chart.[19]
On September 25, SiM performed for the first time in the USA as a part of Ozzfest meets Knotfest.[20][21] On October 16, the final performance of the tour "SiM THE BEAUTiFUL PEOPLE Tour 2016 Grand FiNAL Dead Man Walking" was held at the Yokohama Arena.[22]
On February 22, 2017, SiM performed as the opening act on "2017 One Ok Rock Ambitions Japan Tour" at Wakayama Big Whale.[23] On April 7, 2017, the song "Let It End" was used as the opening theme for the anime Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul. On December 6, 2017, SiM released their seventh single "A / The Sound Of Breath", which was used as in the soundtrack for the video game Yakuza Kiwami 2.[24]
On November 20, 2018, the band released the single "Diamond". On December 12, 2018, the band released the single "Lion's Dens", which was used as the opening song for Japan's Wrestle Kingdom 13.
On November 3, 2019, the band released the single "SAND CASTLE" with AKKOGORILLA.
On January 30, 2020, the band announced their new album Thank God, There Are Hundreds Of Ways To Kill Enemies would be released on April 15, 2020.[25] On February 11, 2020, the band released the single "BULLY". On March 17, the band released the single "Devil in Your Heart". On March 31, the single "BASEBALL BAT" was released. In April 2020, the band announced that the album's release date had been postponed to June 17, 2020. On May 11, the band released the single "CAPTAiN HOOK".
On January 10, 2022, the song "The Rumbling" was used as the opening theme for the anime Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2. The band also announced that they had moved to the Pony Canyon record label.[26] On January 24, 2022, it was announced that the full version of "The Rumbling" was released on February 7, 2022.[27] SiM performed in the US at Crunchyroll Expo on August 6 and their sold-out headlining show on August 9, 2022.[28] The band announced a new EP Beware, set to be released on September 21, 2022, containing four tracks including "The Rumbling".[29]
Title | Album details | Peak position |
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JPN [30] | ||
Silence iz Mine |
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Seeds of Hope |
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55 |
Pandora |
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5 |
The Beautiful People |
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6 |
Thank God, There Are Hundreds Of Ways To Kill Enemies |
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2 |
Title | Album details | Peak position |
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JPN [30] | ||
Living in Pain |
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221 |
Life and Death |
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9 |
I Against I |
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7 |
Title | EP details | Peak position |
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JPN [30] | ||
Beware |
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20 |
Title | Year | Peak position | Album | |
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JPN Oricon [38] |
JPN Billboard [15] | |||
"Paint Sky Blue" | 2007 | — | — | Silence iz Mine |
"Murderer" | 2009 | — | — | Non-album singles |
"Anthem" | 2010 | — | — | |
"Evils" | 2013 | 9 | 32[39] | |
"Existence" | 2014 | — | 20 | The Beautiful People |
"Angels and Devils" | 2015 | 9 | — | Non-album single |
"Crows" | 12 | 18[40] | The Beautiful People | |
"Let it End" | 2017 | — | — | Thank God, There Are Hundreds Of Ways To Kill Enemies |
"A / The Sound of Breath" | 12 | 50[41] | Non-album single | |
"Diamond" | 2018 | — | — | Thank God, There Are Hundreds Of Ways To Kill Enemies |
"Sand Castle" (featuring AkkoGorilla) |
2019 | — | — | |
"Bully" | 2020 | — | — | |
"Devil in Your Heart" | — | — | ||
"Baseball Bat" | — | — | ||
"Captain Hook" | — | — | ||
"The Rumbling" | 2022 | 28 | 67[42] | Beware |
Title | Details | Peak position |
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JPN [43] | ||
Dusk and Dawn |
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3 |
10 Years |
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4 |
Who Says We Can't |
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4 |
Dead Man Walking -Live at Yokohama Arena- |
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14 |
Kyoto Strategy 2007–2017 10th Anniversary! (京都大作戦2007–2017 10th ANNIVERSARY ! ~心ゆくまでご覧な祭~) |
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2 |
Kyoto Strategy 2017 Live-A festival you can see to the fullest- (京都大作戦2017 LIVE ~心ゆくまでご覧な祭~) |
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38 |
Year | Title | Original artists | Performed by | Released on | Notes |
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2008 | "Come Together" | The Beatles | SiM | Silence iz Mine album | |
2012 | "Something In The Way" | Nirvana | SiM | Nevermind Tribute album | A tribute album by Japanese music artists (released on April 4, 2012) to celebrates 20th anniversary of Nirvana's masterpiece album Nevermind. |
Year | Song | Artist | Album | Notes |
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2011 | "The Maze" (featuring MAH) |
Coldrain | The Enemy Inside | |
2014 | "Re-Education" (featuring MAH) |
Skindred | Kill the Power (Japanese edition) | |
2017 | "Skyfall" (featuring MAH, Masato of coldrain, and Koie of Crossfaith) |
One Ok Rock | Non-album single |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Appearance | |||
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US Rock [14] |
US Hard Rock [11] |
US Digital Rock [13] |
UK Rock [45] | |||
"EXiSTENCE" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis anime theme song.[46] |
"Crows" | — | — | — | — | Crows: Burning Edge PS4/PSVita game song | |
"No Future" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | Arcade game Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs Maxi Boost ON opening |
"LET iT END" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul anime opening theme song.[47] |
"A / The Sound of Breath" | — | — | — | — | PS4 game Ryū ga Gotoku: Kiwami 2 theme song.[24][48] | |
"The Rumbling" | 2022 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 23 | Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 anime opening theme song.[26] |
Year | Title | Director(s) |
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2010 | "Anthem" | Ugichin |
"Jack.B" | ||
2011 | "Killing Me" | Maxilla |
2012 | "Amy" | |
2013 | "Blah Blah Blah" | Inni Vision |
"Same Sky" | Kei Ikeda | |
"Pandora" | Inni Vision | |
"Who's Next" | ||
"Rosso & Dry" | Kei Ikeda | |
2014 | "Gunshots" | Inni Vision |
"Fallen Idols" | ||
"Riot" | ||
2015 | "Existence" | Jiei Mogi |
"Crows" | Suzuki Daishin | |
2016 | "Make Me Dead!" | Inni Vision |
"Life is Beautiful" | Kei Ikeda | |
"Dance in the Dark" | Inni Vision | |
2017 | "A" | |
"The Sound of Breath" | Kei Ikeda | |
2018 | "Diamond" | Inni Vision |
"Lion's Dens" | ||
2019 | "Sand Castle" (featuring AkkoGorilla) | |
2020 | "Bully" | Yoshiharu Seri |
"Devil in Your Heart" | Zumi | |
"Captain Hook" | Koh Yamada | |
"Baseball Bat" | Inni Vision | |
"Fathers" | Koh Yamada | |
2022 | "The Rumbling" | Taiyo Yamamoto |
Year | Award | Category | Work/Nominee | Result |
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2013 | Billboard Japan Music Awards | Independent Artist of the Year | SiM | Nominated[49] |
CD Shop Awards | Best Live Video | Dusk and Dawn | Won[50] | |
2014 | Space Shower Music Video Awards | Best Video | "Who's Next" | Nominated[51] |
2016 | Space Shower Music Awards | Best Punk / Loud Rock Artist | SiM | Nominated[52] |
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