Biography (English)

It was a cold Saturday evening in 2009, when Nicolas and Jan met for the first time and decided to join forces to form a band they’d like to see performing in Tokyo’s live houses themselves. This is how Polarity Six was born. 

After 4 years of looking for the right companions, The group has finally been completed by Shingo, Yoshi and Yushi in 2013, after having released their 3 track demo “Far Away” with a slightly different line-up in May 2012. With an international line-up the band does not only defy cultural and regional boundaries, but also incorporates a variety of different metal genres in their sound, which gives their music a distinct flavor and sets them apart from other bands in Tokyo’s underground. Their songs and performance made Polarity Six being recognized as a unique and powerful force in Tokyo’s live houses by everyone who saw the energetic shows. If a name is needed to describe Polarity Six’s sound, it would be modern metal, as they put a lot of emphasis on groove and melody without holding back on aggression.

October 2013 saw the release of their debut album “Solarians”, which was recorded and produced by the band. The songs have been written over the course of 4 years. The title refers to an extraterrestrial race called Solarians – a highly developed race that at one point started exploring the universe beyond their galaxy. On one of these missions they discover Earth and humans. However, before making first contact they observed and studied earth from afar. Seeing the true nature of mankind, the Solarians decide to leave earth alone and isolate it from the rest of the universe, so that humans will never be a danger to another race. The songs “Trance Mission”, “Solarians” and “Three Inch Giant” tell the story of the Solarians, while the remaining songs are not directly connected to the story. you can read the back story on the Bio page.

The band continued to play ever growing shows to promote the album in the Tokyo
area and were able to land gigs with bands like “The Algorithm”, “Cyclamen” and “Mysterious Priestess”. In January 2014, the song “Whiteboard” became the official opening theme for the German web show Ninotaku TV and has been featured in a trailer for the online RPG Aura Kingdom. Polarity Six also made it to the final round of that year’s Metal Battle Japan.

During the lengthy process of writing the follow-up to Solarians, Shingo and Yoshi left the band.  Ian (guitars) and Gab (vocals) took their place and in 2018 the group finally finished work on Phoenix Down. The track “Destruction” became the new opening theme for Ninotaku TV and the band played the full EP front to end during the release show. The show unfortunately marked the band’s last show, as Ian left the band and Gab went back to Italy. Yushi also left the band in 2019, rendering Jan and Nico where they started. Sadly, later that year Nico decided to focus on other endeavours, leaving Jan as the only active member.

In 2022, the band made their debut album Solarians available on all streaming platforms and is writing new material with the return of Gab to Japan.