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

雪 (Yuki) July 12, 2024 No Comments 🌸 Sable Hills 🎶 metalcore

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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竜神 (RYUJIN) // (2/2) “I would like to introduce Samurai Metal around the world!”

雪 (Yuki) March 1, 2024 No Comments 🌸 竜神 (RYUJIN)🎶 death metal 🎶 thrash metal

Last week we already published part one of our interview with 篠本竜司 (Shinomoto Ryuji), in which we spoke about the reason behind the change from GYZE to 竜神 (RYUJIN), as well as 竜司 (Ryuji)’s musical history and his international ambitions as a Japanese metal musician.

Since 竜司 (Ryuji) was so open about

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竜神 (RYUJIN) // (1/2) “I thought this was my fate, and became a dragon god.”

雪 (Yuki) February 23, 2024 No Comments 🌸 竜神 (RYUJIN)🎶 death metal 🎶 thrash metal

We have quite a treat for you today, one that we have been working on for quite some time. Perhaps you might have heard of 竜神 (RYUJIN) already, but in case you haven’t, here’s a (very quick) rundown:
竜神 (RYUJIN) is the newest musical incarnation of 篠本竜司 (Shinomoto Ryuji), who you might also recognize as

✨ News 🎵 Metal 💿 New Release

ANCIENT MYTH // New live Blu-ray: “Attracted to the MYTH”

雪 (Yuki) January 1, 2024 No Comments 🌸 ANCIENT MYTH 🎶 gothic

ANCIENT MYTH will release their first Blu-ray, “Attracted to the MYTH”, on January 10, 2024.

This Blu-ray contains (nearly) the entire live show held at 渋谷Star Lounge (Shibuya Star Lounge) on January 8 2023, and features songs from the album “ArcheoNyx” and mini-album “Ambrosian

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Little Lilith // Ghost Tour 2023 in Europe

雪 (Yuki) October 20, 2023 No Comments 🌸 Little Lilith 🎶 djent

Little Lilith is an all-female metal band from Japan, existing out of LILLY on vocals and violin, ERIKA on guitar, SHIORI on bass and YUKI on drums.

We’re pretty sure that most of you have no idea who these girls are, so please allow us to give you a short history lesson before we get to the tour information.

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // New single “Kingdom” announced

雪 (Yuki) October 8, 2023 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced their new digital single “Kingdom” will be released on October 15.

The single will be available digitally on streaming services like iTunes and Spotify, but there will also be a CD version containing an extra instrumental track of the title song.

“HYPERTENSION

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FATE GEAR // “European Tour 2023” at Baroeg

Misaki Moonwing and 雪 (Yuki) July 14, 2023 No Comments 🌸 FATE GEAR 🎶 all female 🎶 steampunk

FATE GEAR came to Europe for their "European Tour 2023”, tour, and during their stop in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on July 12 we managed to take 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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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // New single “Despise” announced

雪 (Yuki) July 5, 2023 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

Back in May we already speculated that NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST might release something new after their announcement of a live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” in clubasia. A name like that doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it?

And it turns out that we were right! It’s right

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // “RELEASE PARTY” at clubasia announced

雪 (Yuki) May 16, 2023 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced a new live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” at Shibuya clubasia on July 9 2023.

Not much information has been released so far, but it looks like the band is planning to release a new single* (don’t quote us on this, there is not enough information to fully

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BRIDEAR // “Decide to Survive” European Tour 2022

雪 (Yuki) August 11, 2022 No Comments 🌸 BRIDEAR 🎶 all female 🎶 power metal

Following the release of their new album “AEGIS OF ATHENA” last April, BRIDEAR will be returning to Europe this September for a short tour, playing a total of 8 shows in 5 different countries!

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BRIDEAR exist out of KIMI on vocals, AYUMI and MOE on guitar, HARU on bass and

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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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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?

✨ 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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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!

✨ 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!