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title: "hide"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/hide"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Japan"
formed: 1964
disbanded: 1998
---

# hide

**hide** is a progressive metal band, from Japan, active 1964 to 1998.

Hideto Matsumoto , known professionally as Hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band X Japan from 1987 to 1997 and rose to prominence in Asia as a solo artist from 1993 to 1998, until his death. He also formed the United States–based rock supergroup Zilch in 1996.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_(musician)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | hide |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Yokosuka, Japan |
| Formed | 1964 |
| Disbanded | 1998 |
| Releases in catalog | 3 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1989 | [Unknown Guitar Demo](https://themetalnet.com/album/743d97f1-cae0-355e-9b7a-25dfb684865f) | Album |
| 1994 | [Hide Your Face](https://themetalnet.com/album/59c44e3c-1114-39ff-981f-2f60cb8e97bf) | Album |
| 1996 | [PSYENCE](https://themetalnet.com/album/bd117a55-f33e-3f0f-b8ef-831b66fef935) | Album |

## Related bands

- [DIR EN GREY](https://themetalnet.com/band/dir-en-grey) (listened together)
- [X JAPAN](https://themetalnet.com/band/x-japan) (listened together)
- [Moi dix Mois](https://themetalnet.com/band/moi-dix-mois) (listened together)
- [Versailles](https://themetalnet.com/band/versailles) (listened together)
- [the GazettE](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-gazette) (listened together)
- [lynch.](https://themetalnet.com/band/lynch) (listened together)
- [Evanescence](https://themetalnet.com/band/evanescence) (listened together)
- [Linkin Park](https://themetalnet.com/band/linkin-park) (listened together)
- [exist†trace](https://themetalnet.com/band/exist-trace) (listened together)
- [NIGHTMARE](https://themetalnet.com/band/nightmare) (listened together)
- [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together)
- [摩天楼オペラ](https://themetalnet.com/band/band-bc6c0149) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialhide

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/hide](https://themetalnet.com/band/hide). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt