✨ Review 🎵 Metal 💿 Single

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // Nail in the coffin: Burn it down until the end

雪 (Yuki) April 13, 2025 No Comments
A year and a half after the release of the single “Kingdom”, NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST return with the release of the digital single “Nail in the coffin” on April 4th 2025. But, is the new song really a nail in the coffin for the group, or is the name just a great target for this joke?

To find a definitive answer to that question, 雪 (Yuki) took a deep dive into the song and after some thorough research she came up with the answer for you in this review!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

TRNTY D:CODE // [HELL]hound.: Tame him before daylight

雪 (Yuki) April 6, 2025 No Comments
Despite coming out in November of 2018, TRNTY D:CODE’s second single “[HELL]hound.” contained an interesting mix of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) and metalcore, ticking boxes for both genres left and right for the currently inactive group.

With this review 雪 (Yuki) hopes to bring an older release back to the surface, while looking at the interesting mix of both genres at the same time.

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

リリカ (Lyrica) // ストロベリィマァマレィド (Strawberry Marmalade): Unspeakable secrets melted my throat

雪 (Yuki) March 30, 2025 No Comments
“ストロベリィマァマレィド” (Strawberry Marmalade) is the fourth single in リリカ (Lyrica)’s discography, and also the second MV for the group. Much like their first single and MV “Strange Rabbit” there is a lot more than what meets the eye at first glance with this release too. And since you all enjoyed our deep dive into their first single and MV so much, we’re now coming back with the follow-up we promised back then.

In today’s review, 雪 (Yuki) discusses the story of the single and MV in more detail, but much like the previous installment in our Strange Rabbit series, please keep in mind that リリカ (Lyrica)’s work might be a bit shocking for some audiences!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

Z CLEAR // 広島 (Hiroshima): I’ll just be myself

雪 (Yuki) March 2, 2025 No Comments
“広島” (Hiroshima) is already the 11th single for Z CLEAR, but why are we jumping into their work with this single in particular? This single not only contains a wonderful message, it also looks like a unique moment in time for the band themselves.

Originating from 広島 (Hiroshima), the tile of the single alone is a bit of a hint of what’s to come already. 雪 (Yuki) did a deep dive into the single and is more than happy to tell you all about it!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

クルエラ (Cruella) // レミゼラブル (Remizeraburu): Collecting the scattered fragments of memories

雪 (Yuki) February 23, 2025 No Comments
“レミゼラブル” (Remizeraburu) is the very first single of クルエラ (Cruella), a band that’s emerged out of the temporary project 悪役〈C〉 (Akuyaku C) in September of 2024. The group released this first single about two months later, in which they combine the madness of the メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei) style lyrics with a circus to create the three tracks we hear on this single.
雪 (Yuki) took a deep dive into the single to find out more about it, and she’s more than happy to share the results with you today!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

蛾と蝶 (Ga to Chou) // アゲハ (Ageha): Follow the rhythm

雪 (Yuki) February 2, 2025 No Comments
“アゲハ” (Ageha) is the very first single of 蛾と蝶 (Ga to Chou), a band with a rather interesting lineup considering the members were formerly seen in projects like Ashmaze., Lycaon, R指定 (R-Shitei) and 己龍 (Kiryu). While the group only officially started their activities on December 24 of 2024, the first single is already there for us to listen to.

雪 (Yuki) did a deep dive into their very first release, and is more than happy to tell you more about this unique project.

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

リリカ (Lyrica) // Strange Rabbit: The world is poisoned

雪 (Yuki) January 26, 2025 No Comments
“Strange Rabbit” is the first single in リリカ (Lyrica)’s discography, and also a very strong start for the band, if we may say so ourselves. Being a band in the メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei) genre does mean that there is more to their story for this single that meets the eye. And trust us when we say we were a little hesitant to share this review with you here in English because of the emotional topic this song discusses.

But, we also didn’t want to keep it from you, so in today’s review 雪 (Yuki) discusses the band’s first single in more detail!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

ゼラ (Zera) // MISSA: Claw marks engraved on the vast earth

雪 (Yuki) January 5, 2025 No Comments
Following the super theatrical single “Octavius”, ゼラ (Zera)’s 11th single “MISSA” has quite some shoes to fill. This time the single is not inspired by a legend, but does have a theme that is quite relevant in this day and age.

Will “MISSA” live up to the bar that “Octavius” set before it? 雪 (Yuki) couldn’t wait to dive into this single and tell you all about it!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

RAZOR // エアレンデル (Earendel): See you here again

雪 (Yuki) December 29, 2024 No Comments
“エアレンデル” (Earendel) is the 13th single in RAZOR’s ever-growing discography, released in October of 2023 and following the “SAMURAIソードMAN” single. At the end of our previous review in this series we already mentioned that the single that followed had a completely different style than the release we were discussing.

More than enough reason for 雪 (Yuki) to dive into “エアレンデル”(Earendel) as well, isn’t it? Because what exactly is different compared to “SAMURAIソードMAN”? Grab your beverage of choice, and let’s jump right into this release!

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Year in Review: 2024

Misaki Moonwing, Margaret, V and 雪 (Yuki) December 22, 2024 No Comments
2024 is coming to an end, and both to close off the year and start the new year some of the staff have some messages for you, dear readers.
There are also a few updates that we've done this year that we want to point out to you, and look back on some of the things we've experienced on our end this year. But above all, we want to thank you for supporting what we love, and we hope to see you all again next year as well! 💖

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✨ Photography 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

JILUKA // K4RMA -THE RETURN- at Zeche (Bochum, DE)

雪 (Yuki) December 1, 2024 No Comments
Earlier this year JILUKA already visited Europe and the US with their “K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024”, but shortly after they already announced -THE RETURN-, and we'd be lying if we said we didn't enjoy their first time so much that we couldn't wait to see them a second time.

During this second time we of course took some photos from their live show. The link to their page on our portfolio can be found in this post!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Mini-Album

KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (4/3): VIOLET DAWN

雪 (Yuki) November 24, 2024 No Comments
Bonjour!
While our “Behind the Mask”-series was only intended to have three parts, we quickly learned from our most recent interview with KAMIJO that there would be a fourth part in this series. With that said, we really want to thank you, dear readers, for the amazing reception of this series! We didn’t expect anything near the response we received! Thank you so much!

In this fourth part, 雪 (Yuki) dives into the mini-album “VIOLET DAWN”, which was released on July 31st 2024. Are you ready for KAMIJO’s epic intense album?

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