Four months after
Pierrot disbanded,
Kirito, Kohta and Takeo formed Angelo on August 14, 2006. They held "The Creature was Reborn Out of Hades" free concert at
Yoyogi Park on October 4 to an audience of 5,000. The trio produced their first single, aptly titled "Reborn", on November 8 and began the Broken World, After the Heaven tour three days later. They released their first album
Rebirth of Newborn Baby on April 18, 2007, and quickly followed it with the mini-album
The Freak Show on December 21. In 2008, they released the singles "Chaotic Bell" and "Sister" on June and October 22, respectively. Also in October, Angelo held fan-club only activities in Los Angeles, including a concert at the
Whisky a Go Go. The band released their second album
Metallic Butterfly on April 22, 2009. Angelo performed at the two-day V-Rock Festival '09 on October 24, 2009. They held their first New Year's countdown concert on December 31, 2009 at the second gymnasium at
Yoyogi National Gymnasium. Their sixth single, "Hikari no Kioku" released on February 17, 2010, was used as the ending theme song of the
Tegami Bachi anime. Likewise, the next single "El Dorado" was used as the first ending theme of the
Sengoku Basara II anime, before being replaced by its follow up "Fate". All three songs were included on the album
Design, released on October 6, 2010. Their eighth single "Calvary" went on sale on February 22, 2011. Before the release of the album
Babel on October 5, guitarists
Karyu and Giru, whose bands
D'espairsRay and
Vidoll both disbanded that same year, joined Angelo as full members in August. On August 17, 2012, Angelo hosted their first Intersection of Dogma concert ay
Shibuya-AX, where they performed alongside
Merry,
Sadie,
Girugamesh and
lynch. The album
Retina was released on November 14 in four editions, limited edition A came with a DVD of the first half of their June 30 concert at
NHK Hall, while limited edition B included the second half. 2013's Intersection of Dogma event was held at Shibuya-AX on August 16 with lynch.,
Inoran,
Mucc and
heidi. Intersection of Dogma 2014 was held on July 29 at
Zepp Diver City and featured lynch.,
Fake?,
Rize and a one night only reunion performance by D'espairsRay. In May 2015, Angelo began their eleven date Creating a Singularity tour. The fourth installment of their annual Intersection of Dogma concert was held on August 5 and included
D'erlanger,
Cali Gari,
lynch. and
Diaura. Angelo covered "
Dummy Blue" by D'erlanger for the 2017 ''D'erlanger Tribute Album ~Stairway to Heaven~
. Their twelfth studio album, Evolve
, was released on November 11, 2020. It was supported by The Forced Evolve tour, which began on November 17 and ended on January 10, 2021 at Tsutaya O-East. Angelo then began a tour titled The Countdown on April 30, which ended on July 13 following postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. They also performed a hall tour called Mephisto Decided from June 26 to August 1. They performed 15th anniversary concerts at Toyosu Pit on October 3 and 4 and released the album Circle'' on November 17. The album was supported by The End of Circle tour from November 20 to January 9, before the band performed their final concerts, titled Connected New Circles, at the second gymnasium at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on January 15 and 16, 2022. After three and a half years, the band is scheduled to end the hiatus on October 4 and 5, 2025, with two concerts at the same venue. ==Members==