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

ゼラ (Zera) // Marionette Parade: Octavius

雪 (Yuki) November 3, 2024 No Comments
"Octavius" is the 10th single in ゼラ (Zera)’s discography so far. Released in February of 2024, the three songs on the single are inspired by the legend of the ship of ice, mixing horror and ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) in a unique way with this concept.

In this review 雪 (Yuki) tells you all about the single as well as the legend that inspired it, so get your beverage of choice and let's dive right in!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

Leetspeak monsters // Room 666: Do you have a reservation with us?

V October 31, 2024 No Comments
“Room 666” is the 8th single in the ever growing discography of Leetspeak monsters. And with the single being released in early October, it’s more than on time (and on brand) for the spooky Halloween season.

In this installment of V Reviews, V takes us to GraveTown for a deep dive into the music video of “Room 666”! Happy Halloween everyone!

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

RAZOR // Broken Society: SAMURAIソードMAN

雪 (Yuki) October 6, 2024 No Comments
“SAMURAIソードMAN” (Samurai Sword Man) is the 12th single in RAZOR’s ever-growing discography. Despite being released in June of 2023 the single touches on an interesting concept that might have been overshadowed entirely by how upbeat and flashy the title track and its music video are.

This review was intended to be written and published much closer to the release date of the single last year, but due to circumstances it kept getting pushed back. The single never left 雪 (Yuki)’s mind (or her playlist) however, so she’s finally talking about it in this review!

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DAMNED // Thanatosis: Death Instinct in Musical form

V August 23, 2024 No Comments
As a word itself, “Thanatosis” is an interesting choice for a title. But what does it mean exactly? Since it's not a word you'll hear every day. And how does it relate to DAMNED?

In this installment of V Reviews, V takes us on a journey of DAMNED's hauntingly badass track “Thanatosis”, which is also the first MV featuring the group's new lineup.

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

Rides In ReVellion // “Allergy”: Adrenaline is mine

雪 (Yuki) August 11, 2024 No Comments
Rides In ReVellion released a live MV for their song “GREED” recently, captivating V with their performance of the song in that format. But did you know there's another, similar, live MV that was released earlier already?

In this installment of V Reviews it's not V, but 雪 (Yuki) who takes you on an exploration of the live MV for “Allergy”!

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Esprit D’Air // “Oceans” Tour 2024 at Nieuwe Nor

Misaki Moonwing and 雪 (Yuki) July 18, 2024 No Comments
Esprit D'Air already toured the UK and Ireland to promote the newest album "Oceans" in early 2024, but some extra tour dates were added to include more of Europe with The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium in late March and early April.

We managed to catch vocalist Kai and his support musicians Yusuke, Takeshi and Vincent in the Nieuwe Nor during their stop in Heerlen, The Netherlands.
And of course we took some photos of their live show. These photos are hosted on our photography portfolio Arlequin Photography.
You can find the link to their page there in this post!

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✨ Interview 🎵 Metal

Sable Hills // “For us it’s the beginning of the odyssey.”

雪 (Yuki) July 12, 2024 No Comments
Sable Hills is a five-member metalcore band based in Tokyo, which formed straight out of high school in 2015. The band released their first EP “RESURRECTION” in early 2016, following with the full album “EMBERS” in 2019 and “DUALITY” in 2022 – which also gave the group international recognition.

In this interview 雪 (Yuki) speaks with vocalist Takuya and guitarist Rict about their growth as musicians and their new found fame in Europe, but of course we can’t forget their new album "Odyssey" and their very own FRONTLINE FESTIVAL either!

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JILUKA // “K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024” at Club Volta

雪 (Yuki) July 5, 2024 No Comments
JILUKA came to Europe as part of their "K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024", and the third stop in Europe was Club Volta, a small venue in Cologne, Germany.
Despite the smaller venue, the turnout for the band was nothing short of impressive, existing out of fans of many different nationalities who came to see the band perform that night.

Of course we were there too, and we took some photos of their live show. These photos are hosted on our photography portfolio Arlequin Photography.
You can find the link to their page there in this post!

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✨ Interview 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

Y-xiz // A devil and a god on each end of the vertical axis

雪 (Yuki) June 14, 2024 No Comments
Y-xiz is a Stylish Hard Rock Band, existing out of vocalist yesk and guitarist You.. They are inspired by mythology, retro movies and theater, creating a sound that is rooted in hardrock - much like their description already suggests.

Their first single came out in February of 2023 and captivated us as soon as we saw it, but at that moment in time we chose to wait a little longer before asking them for an interview. And it's a good thing we did, because they had a lot of interesting answers to our questions! We can't wait to share their work with you today!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

Rides In ReVellion // “GREED”: Give Us More!

V June 9, 2024 No Comments
Even though the live MV for “GREED” was already uploaded to the Rides In ReVellion YouTube channel in late December of last year, it has caught V’s attention from the second it was uploaded.

So in this first installment of the 2024 season of V Reviews, V will be taking us on a deep dive into the live MV for “GREED”!

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