Angels’ Temptation announce the departure of keyboardist Shion

Shion has announced that she will be leaving her position as the keyboard player of Angels’ Temptation after the performance at 埼玉会館公 (Saitama Hall) on August 11, 2022.

Angels’ Temptation have made a special page on their website with comments from both Shion, the other members of the

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G.L.A.M.S announced as the musical guest at Otakon 2022

G.L.A.M.S is going overseas! And this time the destination is not in Europe, but instead it’s the United States!

Vocalist Mikaru and guitarist Yudai are scheduled to appear at Otakon, a convention held in Washington D.C. The 2022 edition of the event will take place from July 29 to July 31.

The

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Alpha999 announces live performance being changed to studio live instead

It’s a little bit last minute, but TAKA and SYU have announced a change to their live performance that was scheduled for May 30th:

Originally planned as a live performance like we’re all used to, circumstances forced the guys to move their stage from a live venue to the studio. Rather than

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THE SOUND BEE HD announces new best of album “DEAD MEMORIES”

Starting out as a Japanese gothic band and evolving into a more zombie-theme throughout the years, THE SOUND BEE HD have been gracing the dark side of the Japanese music industry for over 20 years now already. Quite the achievement for any band out there! To celebrate this milestone the band released

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摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announces worldwide merchandise collaboration with FAKE STAR USA

You might have seen this small notification slide by on Twitter already, but in case you haven’t…

Do you remember the interview I did with the members of 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) in late January of this year?
(If you haven’t read it, or need a quick refresher, you can find it here!)
One

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Mikaru announces second editions of radio and livestream performance with Yudai

You might have seen my previous posts about Mikaru’s radio show and online live performance with Yudai (G.L.A.M.S, guitar), but in case you haven’t, here’s a quick overview:
On March 27 Mikaru held his very first solo radio performance on YouTube in which he answered questions

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Alpha999 announces live performance “Birth EraS 2021” for TAKA’s birthday

To celebrate his birthday TAKA originally planned a live performance for February 24, 2021. Unfortunately this performance had to be rescheduled to another date due to Japan declaring the state of emergency once again.
After a lot of planning a new date for the live has been decided: April 7.

The performance

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Mikaru announces collaboration with Yudai for online live performance

Last Saturday Mikaru did his very first radio broadcast through the G.L.A.M.S YouTube channel, of which the archive is only available to members of the channel by now. (Originally the archive was available to everyone, but this was only for 24 hours.)
We’ll get to channel memberships in a moment,

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David announces new concept mini-album “Gothculture”

Like I said in the previous article about SUI’s plans for January of 2021, he planned a large event spanning two days to celebrate not only his own birthday, but also the 4th anniversary of David as his solo project. Unfortunately the state of emergency was issued in Japan, preventing SUI from holding

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David announces live performances “Fragment & Reminiscence” for SUI’s birthday

For his birthday SUI has announced that he will be playing not one, but two live shows named “Fragment & Reminiscence” in 浦和Narciss (Urawa Narciss) on the 23rd and 24th of January.

Originally it was intended as a full live show which would also be broadcasted through TwitCasting,

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Alpha999 announces opening of official webshop

When I introduced Alpha999 last year there was something that I noticed almost immediately.
The one who introduced me to TAKA’s music lives in Japan. They have the option to go to Alpha999’s live shows and get their hands on CDs or merchandise. But since I live overseas, I cannot do any of

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The Betrayed announces first EP “Crying with One Eye”

Maybe you’ve heard of Ryo Fujimura through the band he started in 1999, called “AciD FLavoR”. In 2006 he debuted as the 7-strings guitarist and leader of the band from EMI in Japan, and he remained at this position until the band eventually disbanded in 2010. From that moment he has been focusing

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