a sublabel of Spinning and the band released their debut album Deep Exceed on October 13, 2010. It reached number 15 on the Oricon Albums Chart and sold over 30,000 copies. Determination, the band's second album, was released on October 12, 2011, and reached number 13. The song "Spirit Black" was used as the ending theme song of the Fuji TV show Shimura Ken. The album's single, "Mermaid", was previously released on April 6 and earned the number 20 position. On June 29, 2012, it was announced that vocalist and co-founder Rami was leaving Aldious due to health concerns. She had informed the other members of her condition the previous year, but finally offered to leave as she felt she was hindering the band's activities. A month later, Re:NO (formerly of the pop duo Suitei Shoujo) was announced as Aldious's new singer on August 3. This line-up's first release was the single "White Crow" on November 14, which reached number 19 and was co-produced by Akihito Kinoshita, guitarist and leader of the veteran heavy metal band Saber Tiger. Re:No's first tour with Aldious was supporting Canadian metal band The Agonist at three Japanese shows in November 2012. On May 15, 2013, Aldious released their third album District Zero, which became their first release to break the top ten. Its song "Scrash" became the ending theme song for the TBS TV show Ranking Kingdom from June to July. It was reported that for the album the band intentionally toned down their appearance and aimed for a "pure metal sound", so as to be recognized for their musicianship rather than being an all-female band. Record label and member changes (2013–present) Their fourth single and first double A-side, "Dominator / I Don't Like Me", was released on October 9, 2013, and is the group's highest charting, having reached number 12. Their next single, "Other World", peaked at number 22 and their fourth album, Dazed and Delight, released on June 18, 2014, was their lowest charting CD, only reaching the 20 position. In September 2014, Aruto announced she was leaving Aldious and music entirely due to her upcoming marriage. She stayed with the group until the end of November 2014. Aldious announced their new drummer Marina, step-daughter of American drummer Terry Bozzio, on April 19, 2015. They also left their parent record label Spinning at their own request. Aldious released the triple A-side single