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Zeke Deux // “To go further, we have to grow stronger.”

雪 (Yuki) November 1, 2022 No Comments

Zeke Deux are still a relatively young group, but despite the young age of the project, the experience the members bring to the group is quite overwhelming on it’s own. Existing out of Kakeru (ex-Scarlet Valse) on vocals, Haruka (ex-the Reveude) on guitar and Maya (ex-LuLu) on bass as members, and “project

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Zeke Deux // at Aki no Matsuri 2022

Misaki Moonwing and 雪 (Yuki) November 1, 2022 No Comments

Especially for Aki no Matsuri, a yearly convention based in Winterthur, Zeke Deux came all the way from Tokyo to play a live show on the second (and main) day of the event.

We traveled all the way to Switzerland to catch their performance, and of course we took some photos while we were there.

You can find

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Alpha999 // “If I keep saying it out loud, it will eventually come true.”

雪 (Yuki) November 1, 2022 No Comments

Alpha999 is the solo project from vocalist TAKA, and in the last few years we’ve already done an introduction-style interview, as well as an interview regarding the project “Lounge Room”, which TAKA and Syu started during the pandemic to keep fans -both local and worldwide- not only entertained, but

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Alpha999 // at Aki no Matsuri 2022

Misaki Moonwing and 雪 (Yuki) November 1, 2022 No Comments

Especially for Aki no Matsuri, a yearly convention based in Winterthur, Alpha999 (existing out of solo vocalist TAKA and the 999’z member band) came all the way from Tokyo to play a live show on the first evening of the event.

We traveled all the way to Switzerland to catch their performance, and

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浅葱 (ASAGI) // Japanese folklore in a musical format through “斑 (Madara)”

雪 (Yuki) July 15, 2022 No Comments

In the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) world the name “ASAGI” probably immediately makes you think of the vocalist from the popular band “D”, and even now you wouldn’t be wrong. But today we’re not going to talk about D, but about some of ASAGI’s other activities.

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // Creating a new world with “ARGOS”

雪 (Yuki) June 17, 2022 No Comments

Following their “counterattack” in 2020 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST released a new mini-album called “The Wasteland” as well as a single called “THE ONE”, both releases including their new guitarists Valtz and Yu-taro. The addition of these two guitarists seems to have filled the band with power and determination,

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3470.mon // “I started Visual Kei because I thought Visual Kei was the opposite”

オザキケイト (Ozaki Keito) and 雪 (Yuki) March 27, 2022 No Comments

Before we get to the actual contents of this post, we have to do a little bit of an introduction first. Since we’ll be doing something a little different than usual… The following interview was not conducted by us here at Arlequin Magazine, but by オザキケイト (Ozaki Keito) in late August of 2021.

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Clownus // “Call us clowns all you want, we’ll still do our own things”

雪 (Yuki) February 25, 2022 No Comments

The name “Clownus” is probably as much of a new name for you as it was for us, despite the band being around since 2018 already. As the title implies, this group very much does their own things at their own pace.

But who exactly are Clownus? Well, let me give you a very quick introduction before I let the band

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縁 (Enishi) // Connecting the past with the future

雪 (Yuki) January 30, 2022 1 Comment

Perhaps you’ve seen word going around about this small project on Twitter, but I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if this managed to sneak by you entirely either.

縁 (Enishi) was originally intended as a one-time-only session band lead by SUI, existing out of former members of Megaromania,

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ANCIENT MYTH // A serving from Nyx with a side of Ambrosian Blood

雪 (Yuki) January 7, 2022 1 Comment

ANCIENT MYTH is a female fronted symphonic metal band based in Tokyo. However, they’re often categorized in the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) genre as well due to their visual appearance and the wide range of the genre when it comes to music.
Consisting of vocalist Michal, keyboardist Hal, guitarist Kohei and

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