TRiDENT

TRiDENT is a Japanese three-piece women’s rock band featuring ASAKA on vocals and guitar, SERINA on bass and chorus, and NAGISA on drums. The group developed from the Osaka-based Girls Rock Band Kakumei and restarted under the TRiDENT name on May 1, 2020. Its sound condenses sharp guitar riffs, melodic bass movement, highly mobile drumming and a powerful clear vocal into the density of three players, crossing hard rock, alternative metal, loud rock and an accessible pop instinct. The first full album under the new name, ADVANCE GENERATION, arrived in March 2021. During the same year, the trio released Saikousou, which rebuilt songs from its earlier history, and the paired UNDER GROUND and OVER GROUND EPs, quickly establishing a distinct identity. Saikousou II and D-X followed in 2022, balancing historical continuity through re-recording with forward motion through new material. Songs such as “CRY OUT” and “Signal” became central examples of the band’s ability to connect heavy physical playing with large melodic hooks. Dream Up in 2023 framed ambition as practical action through “KICKASS,” “Repaint” and “NEO FUTURE.” The 2024 EP spice “X” expanded the palette with nocturnal and intimate shades, and the second full album DUX reorganized the recent catalog into a twelve-track statement. TRiDENT’s arrangements allow every part to remain clearly audible while the choruses create the scale of a much larger ensemble, an approach that has become especially effective in live performance in Japan and overseas. TRiDENT made its major-label debut through King Records in 2025 and released BLUE DAWN. Tracks including “Reimei no Uta” and “NEW ERA” retain the attack of the independent period while opening the melody toward a broader audience. The band’s defining strength is not simply that it is an all-female act, but that it turns the apparent limitation of a three-piece lineup into clarity, momentum and identity. By continually rebuilding its history while opening a path toward a new era, TRiDENT occupies a distinctive position in contemporary Japanese hard rock and loud rock.