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

DAMNED // STAIN: A sense of emptiness brings no comfort

雪 (Yuki) 25 May 2025 No Comments 🌸 DAMNED 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore 🎶 rock

In September of 2024 DAMNED released the MV for “STAIN”, following the one for “Thanatosis” that came out in April of the same year. V already covered “Thanatosis” for you, so now it’s 雪 (Yuki)’s turn to cover “STAIN”!

Will this be another banger, or will it be a stain on the band’s reputation? (It definitely isn’t, don’t worry, but we couldn’t resist the pun!) 雪 (Yuki) did a deep dive into the song and will tell you all about it in this review!

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

DAMNED // Thanatosis: Death Instinct in Musical form

V 23 August 2024 No Comments 🌸 DAMNED 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore 🎶 rock 💫 V Reviews

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) 💿 Single 📺 MV

DAMNED // STAIN: A sense of emptiness brings no comfort

雪 (Yuki) 25 May 2025 No Comments

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

ゼラ (Zera) // Uncanny Valley: Let’s keep dreaming scary dreams

雪 (Yuki) 4 May 2025 No Comments

After the release of the “MISSA” single in September of 2024, ゼラ (Zera) are already back to add a new single to their discography. “Uncanny Valley” was released in late February of this year, and exists out of three tracks and a music video. Does this single provide an answer to the uncanny valley-hypothesis or is the name just a placeholder?

You’ve probably already noticed that we’ve been covering ゼラ (Zera)’s works more often recently, so 雪 (Yuki) couldn’t wait to dive into “Uncanny Valley” to find every little tidbit hidden within. And of course tell you all about it! Let’s put the hypothesis to the test together!

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

Azavana // 灰色の海を泳ぐ蛍 (Haiiro no Umi wo Oyogu Hotaru): Can I still hope for dreams and love?

雪 (Yuki) 27 April 2025 No Comments

The very first single of Azavana, “灰色の海を泳ぐ蛍” (Haiiro no Umi wo Oyogu Hotaru), may be their first single, but it’s definitely not their first release overall. The group already released two mini-albums in November of 2024, but this single really caught our attention with it’s poetic title, and even more poetic lyrics. In this review 雪 (Yuki) takes a deep dive into the single, and is more than happy to tell you more about it as well!

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // Nail in the coffin: Burn it down until the end

雪 (Yuki) 13 April 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) 6 April 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.

NAZARE announces disbandment

After six years of activities NAZARE have decided to cease all of their future activities and disband. While this is a real shame for fans of the group, the band has left their own messages about the situation, thanking everyone for their support. In this post we’ve translated these messages to English for you.
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クルエラ (Cruella) announces new digital single “お人形遊び” (Oningyou Asobi)

クルエラ (Cruella) will be releasing their second digital single later this month. In this post we’re telling you a little more about the single, as well as it’s release date!
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JILUKA announces 2025 World Tour “THE KVLT”

After their tour with Imminence and LANDMVRKS in North Amerca during March and April of this year, JILUKA are about to kick off their own World Tour 2025 this June! With shows in Europe and Japan, the group only has one question for you: will you be joining this KVLT? In this post we’ve listed all the tour dates for you, as well as a little extra information for the European dates. Will we see you during this tour?
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Jupiter announces new single “Ecliptic”

After a little hiatus, Jupiter are back with a new lineup (bassist CERO has joined the group recently) and the announcement of their new single “Ecliptic”! In this article we’ll tell you a little more about the single (since there’s multiple ways to preorder) as well as the nationwide tour that has been scheduled between April 29 and June 27.
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ゼラ (Zera) announces new single “Uncanny Valley”

ゼラ (Zera) have announced the release of their 12th single “Uncanny Valley” for February 26. As always we have a little more information about the single for you, as well as some instore events and a oneman live tour to share with you, so we’ve collected all of our info in this post.
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