Only a few months after the release of "Art of Life" in 1993, X Japan began recording and releasing singles that would appear on their next studio album "Dahlia", which released in 1996 turned out to be their last. 1994 held few performances for the band as the members were focusing on their solo and side projects, but they did play two consecutive New Year's Eve concerts at the Tokyo Dome, titled and respectively. These concerts were released on DVDs in 2007 as "Aoi Yoru" and "Shiroi Yoru". The following year was also slow, until November 19 when the band began the tour for their next album, Dahlia Tour 1995-1996. Around this time, is when the group dropped most of its original visual kei aesthetics in favor of a more casual look.