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✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

TRNTY D:CODE announced as the musical guest at KeiMania

雪 (Yuki) February 6, 2020 No Comments 🌸 TRNTY D:CODE 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

KeiMania is a brand new event in Hamburg (Germany), and the first edition will take place on October 31st and November 1st of 2020. An event with a Japanese theme and a focus on music, fashion and party of course warrants a musical guest, right? And since they have a ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) artist, this is right up our alley as well. In this news item we gladly inform you about everything known so far!

Update: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event unfortunately had to make the hard decision to postpone their festivities. When we hear more, we’ll of course let you know too!

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✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

David announces pre-order tickets for the show in Paris

雪 (Yuki) January 5, 2020 No Comments 🌸 David 🎵 コテ系 (Kote Kei)🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 gothic 🎶 metal

As from today (January 5) until January 31st you can pre-order tickets for SUI’s 3rd anniversary show on April 11 in Paris!

While the venue in Paris has not been announced yet, tickets are already available for €15,- (regular entry). For an additional meet and greet a ticket upgrade is available

✨ News 🎵 Metal 🎵 Rock 💿 New Release

Madmans Esprit asks for help to be able to release a Blu-ray

雪 (Yuki) December 23, 2019 No Comments 🌸🌍 Madmans Esprit 🎶 experimental 🎶 gothic 🎶 metalcore 🗺️ South Korea

After the release of their latest single “Seoul” Madmans Esprit set out on a short tour to promote the single, finishing with a oneman live show on November 24, 2019 in Seoul, Korea.

This concert was filmed with a total of 6 camera’s, and the band would absolutely love to release it

✨ News 🎵 Metal 🎵 Rock 💿 New Release

Madmans Esprit announces new single “Seoul”

雪 (Yuki) October 14, 2019 1 Comment 🌸🌍 Madmans Esprit 🎶 experimental 🎶 gothic 🎶 metalcore 🗺️ South Korea

Madmans Esprit are about to release their new single, titled “Seoul”, on October 17, 2019!

After the European tour to promote the EP “glorifying suicide” a few changes have been made to the lineup backing up the mastermind behind Madmans Esprit: 叫號 (KYUHO). Instead of a mixture

✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

SANA announced as special guest at the show of ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) in Liege

雪 (Yuki) October 9, 2019 3 Comments 🌸 SANA 🌸 ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino)🌸 龍-RYU-🎵 和風系 (Wafuu Kei)🎶 pop 🎶 rock 🎶 solo project

Recently I already shared the news about the small European tour ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) would be doing this October, but Uknight just shared a little update for the show on October 13th, in Liège (Belgium)!

SANA, formally the guitarist of the visual kei band MASK, is now a solo musician with an amazing

✨ News 🎵 Rock 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) announced as special guest at the show of ZEROSHIKI in The Hague

雪 (Yuki) September 11, 2019 1 Comment 🌸 ZEROSHIKI 🌸 ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino)🌸 龍-RYU-🎵 和風系 (Wafuu Kei)🎶 solo project

AVO Magazine recently announced a show with ZEROSHIKI and DEFINE ME in the Musicon venue in Den Haag already (I’m just really late with sharing this news), but today there was a small edit to the lineup. Next to the Japanese alternative rock band ZEROSHIKI and the Czech rock band DEFINE ME another

✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

DEVILOOF announce European tour

雪 (Yuki) September 4, 2019 No Comments 🌸 DEVILOOF 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

DEVILOOF have used their Facebook page that they’ve finally been able to do something that they have been talking about for several years: they will be coming to Europe for a tour in 2020!

At the moment no tourdates have been published yet, but you can leave a comment on their Facebook post to let

✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

David announces crowdfunding project for a 3rd anniversary live show in Paris

雪 (Yuki) August 28, 2019 No Comments 🌸 David 🎵 コテ系 (Kote Kei)🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 gothic 🎶 metal

You might have noticed this news floating around over the web already, but in case you didn’t just yet…
SUI, the vocalist of Metis Gretel and Megaromania, started his solo project David in January 2017. Which means the 3rd anniversary for his project is coming up in January 2020.

To celebrate

✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

砂月-SATSUKI- announces European tour “BE YOURSELF Tour 2019”

雪 (Yuki) June 8, 2019 No Comments 🌸 砂月-SATSUKI-🎵 アート系 (Art Kei)🎵 ソフトビジュアル (Soft Visual)🎵 白系 (Shiro Kei)🎶 pop 🎶 rock 🎶 solo project

砂月-SATSUKI- will be returning to Europe with the help of tour organizer HIGHFeeL in mid-June, for a total of 8 shows in 5 different countries between June 14 and June 30.

After the release of his digital single “BE YOURSELF” last May, 砂月-SATSUKI- demonstrated once again how diverse his

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HITT announces European tour “Back to Europe tour”

雪 (Yuki) August 14, 2018 No Comments 🌸 HITT 🎵 ピコピコ系 (Piko-Piko Kei)🎶 digital

HITT will be returning to Europe for a short tour in late August. The tour is being organized by HIGHFeeL, and will be visiting 5 countries for a total of 6 shows between August 24 and September 2.

It has been quite a few years since we’ve last seen HITT in The Netherlands, the last time being in 2014

✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

Esprit D’Air and REMNANT announced as the musical guests for AVO J-Music Festival

雪 (Yuki) July 30, 2018 No Comments 🌸 REMNANT 🌸🌍 Esprit D'Air 🎶 gothic 🗺️ United Kingdom

AVO Magazine has been sharing information and promoting Japanese culture and music since 2003, which means that this year AVO is celebrating their 15th birthday.

And what better way to celebrate is there than celebrating this milestone together?
In 2013 AVO already celebrated their 10th birthday

✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 🎸 Show / Tour

KAMIJO announces European tour “Sang Project Act III”

雪 (Yuki) July 29, 2018 No Comments 🌸 KAMIJO 🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 pop 🎶 rock

KAMIJO will be returning to Europe this September for a short tour in order to promote his newest album “Sang”.

After the release of the album KAMIJO already went on a tour throughout Japan, ending with a special concert titled “TOKYO BASTILLE”.
Now KAMIJO will return to Europe

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✨ 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!

✨ 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.

✨ 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!

✨ 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!

✨ 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!