Tag: 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)

Nu Metal has been increasing in popularity worldwide, including in Japan. While お洒落系 (Osare Kei) and コテオサ系 (Koteosa Kei) still hold the title of having the most artists active in their respective genres, there has been a significant increase in artists and bands who desire a more Metal-type of sound in their works.
If you can categorize an artist or band under the Heavy Metal category, but with the androgynous and flamboyant visual aspect of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei), you have the main ingredients required for a ラウド系 (Loud Kei) band!

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

雪 (Yuki) 25 May 2025 No Comments
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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NAZARE announces disbandment

雪 (Yuki) 22 May 2025 No Comments
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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JILUKA announces 2025 World Tour “THE KVLT”

雪 (Yuki) 3 May 2025 No Comments
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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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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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.

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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) 30 March 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!

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リリカ (Lyrica) // Strange Rabbit: The world is poisoned

雪 (Yuki) 26 January 2025 No Comments
“Strange Rabbit” is the first single in リリカ (Lyrica)’s discography, and also a very strong start for the band, if we may say so ourselves. Being a band in the メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei) genre does mean that there is more to their story for this single that meets the eye. And trust us when we say we were a little hesitant to share this review with you here in English because of the emotional topic this song discusses.

But, we also didn’t want to keep it from you, so in today’s review 雪 (Yuki) discusses the band’s first single in more detail!

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RAZOR // エアレンデル (Earendel): See you here again

雪 (Yuki) 29 December 2024 No Comments
“エアレンデル” (Earendel) is the 13th single in RAZOR’s ever-growing discography, released in October of 2023 and following the “SAMURAIソードMAN” single. At the end of our previous review in this series we already mentioned that the single that followed had a completely different style than the release we were discussing.

More than enough reason for 雪 (Yuki) to dive into “エアレンデル”(Earendel) as well, isn’t it? Because what exactly is different compared to “SAMURAIソードMAN”? Grab your beverage of choice, and let’s jump right into this release!

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JILUKA // K4RMA -THE RETURN- at Zeche (Bochum, DE)

雪 (Yuki) 1 December 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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摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announces 10th album “六花” (Mutsu no Hana)

雪 (Yuki) 7 November 2024 No Comments
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) have announced the release of their 10th album “六花” (Mutsu no Hana), and pre-orders have already started on their official website since the 5th of November. We have collected a little more information for you within this post, since not a lot is known about the new album just yet.

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

RAZOR // Broken Society: SAMURAIソードMAN

雪 (Yuki) 6 October 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!

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DAMNED // Thanatosis: Death Instinct in Musical form

V 23 August 2024 No Comments
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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