Mardelas

Mardelas is a Japanese heavy metal band, active since 2014. They have released 4 studio albums, 4 live albums, 2 video albums, 1 EP and 7 singles. Mardelas was started in 2014 as a solo project of Marina Hebiishi, ex-vocalist of Destrose. She was joined by members of Screaming Symphony and Light Bringer, and the band got a record deal with King Records. The band's debut studio album, titled Mardelas I, was released on April 22, 2015. The album was ranked No. 49 on Oricon's albums chart. That same year, they released a single "Thousand Cranes". The second full-length album, Mardelas II, was released on June 15, 2016. After a live show on May 6, 2017, bassist Hibiki left the band. He was later replaced by Hisayuki Motoishi.