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

DARRELL // New digital single “LOST AGE”

雪 (Yuki) August 9, 2024 No Comments 🌸 DARRELL 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎵 密室系 (Misshitsu Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

DARRELL announced the release of their new digital single "LOST AGE" to be set for August 10. As always we have a little more information about the release as well as the 7th anniversary of the group to share with you, so we've collected all our info in this post.

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

ゼラ (Zera) // New single “MISSA”

雪 (Yuki) August 9, 2024 No Comments 🌸 ゼラ (Zera)🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metal

ゼラ (Zera) announced the release of their new single “MISSA” to be set for September 24. As always we have a little more information about the release as well as the nationwide tour that will follow it to share with you, so we’ve collected all of our info in this post.

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✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 New Release

摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announces a new live Blu-ray from their 17th anniversary live show

雪 (Yuki) August 7, 2024 No Comments 🌸 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal

摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announced the release of the Blu-ray version of their anniversary live performance in LINE CUBE SHIBUYA to be set for September 25. As always we have a little more information about the release to share with you, so we've collected all of our info in this post.

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

JILUKA announces K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024 – THE RETURN

雪 (Yuki) August 6, 2024 No Comments 🌸 JILUKA 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 gothic 🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

JILUKA already conquered Europe in June earlier this year, but the guys are coming back for more! This time with tour dates in Finland, the UK, Italy, Germany and Poland.
To make it easy for you, we've collected all information about the tour and tickets in this post.

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✨ Photography 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

JILUKA // “K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024” at Club Volta

雪 (Yuki) July 5, 2024 No Comments 🌸 JILUKA 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 gothic 🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

JILUKA came to Europe as part of their "K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024", and the third stop in Europe was Club Volta, a small venue in Cologne, Germany.
Despite the smaller venue, the turnout for the band was nothing short of impressive, existing out of fans of many different nationalities who came to see the band perform that night.

Of course we were there too, and we took some photos of their live show. These photos are hosted on our photography portfolio Arlequin Photography.
You can find the link to their page there in this post!

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✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 New Release

Deathpair // New mini-album “Despair”

雪 (Yuki) July 5, 2024 No Comments 🌸 Deathpair 🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore 🎶 rock

Deathpair initially announced their first mini-album to be released on July 10, but the date has been moved to July 24 in the meantime. Regardless of the release date changing, we have more information to share so we tried to condense all of it in this article for you!

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✨ News 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 New Release

KAMIJO // New mini-album “VIOLET DAWN”

雪 (Yuki) July 4, 2024 No Comments 🌸 KAMIJO 🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 pop 🎶 rock

KAMIJO already announced his new release in our recent interview, but we now have a little more information about "VIOLET DAWN".
To keep it simple, we've gathered all the information in this news post for you!

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

JILUKA announces some updates for their K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024

雪 (Yuki) June 19, 2024 No Comments 🌸 JILUKA 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 gothic 🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

We've already informed you about the dates for JILUKA's K4RMA WORLD TOUR 2024, but there have been some additions to the list of activities. A new date in China and an in-store date in LA. We've listed some more information about these dates in this post.

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

摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) announces new single “夜明けは雪と共に” (Yoake wa yuki to tomo ni)

雪 (Yuki) June 19, 2024 No Comments 🌸 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal

摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)'s new single "夜明けは雪と共に" (Yoake wa yuki to tomo ni) will be available from June 19, so we have listed a little bit of information about the single and the nationwide tour in July and August in this post.

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Nellfin // New single “Requiem”

雪 (Yuki) June 11, 2024 No Comments 🌸 Nellfin 🎵 コテオサ系 (Koteosa Kei)🎶 metal

Nellfin's new single "Requiem" will be available from June 15, so we have listed a little bit of information about the single in this post.

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

KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (3/3): OSCAR

雪 (Yuki) May 24, 2024 No Comments 🌸 KAMIJO 🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 pop 🎶 rock 💫 Behind the Mask

Bonjour!
As you probably know by now, KAMIJO is preparing to tour Europe this June with his "The Anthem" tour, and for that reason we're doing a little promotion of our own. With our three-part "Behind the Mask" series we aim to give you a different view of KAMIJO's solo works by diving into his story of Louis XVII.
Since this story spans various releases, we've divided it into three parts. In this third and final part we'll cover the "OSCAR" album, which was released in 2022.

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✨ Interview 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

KAMIJO // “My aesthetic is to keep it a secret and strive for it.”

雪 (Yuki) May 10, 2024 No Comments 🌸 KAMIJO 🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 pop 🎶 rock

Bonjour!
As you probably know by now, KAMIJO is preparing to tour Europe this June with his "The Anthem" tour, and for that reason we're doing a little promotion of our own with the "Behind the Mask" series, but today we have something extra for you!

We've managed to talk to KAMIJO about this tour, but also about his music as a whole and his plans for the near future.

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

蛾と蝶 (Ga to Chou) // アゲハ (Ageha): Follow the rhythm

雪 (Yuki) February 2, 2025 No Comments

“アゲハ” (Ageha) is the very first single of 蛾と蝶 (Ga to Chou), a band with a rather interesting lineup considering the members were formerly seen in projects like Ashmaze., Lycaon, R指定 (R-Shitei) and 己龍 (Kiryu). While the group only officially started their activities on December 24 of 2024, the first single is already there for us to listen to.

雪 (Yuki) did a deep dive into their very first release, and is more than happy to tell you more about this unique project.

✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

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

雪 (Yuki) January 26, 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!

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

ゼラ (Zera) // MISSA: Claw marks engraved on the vast earth

雪 (Yuki) January 5, 2025 No Comments

Following the super theatrical single “Octavius”, ゼラ (Zera)’s 11th single “MISSA” has quite some shoes to fill. This time the single is not inspired by a legend, but does have a theme that is quite relevant in this day and age.

Will “MISSA” live up to the bar that “Octavius” set before it? 雪 (Yuki) couldn’t wait to dive into this single and tell you all about it!

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

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

雪 (Yuki) December 29, 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!

News & Updates

Year in Review: 2024

Misaki Moonwing, Margaret, V and 雪 (Yuki) December 22, 2024 No Comments

2024 is coming to an end, and both to close off the year and start the new year some of the staff have some messages for you, dear readers.
There are also a few updates that we've done this year that we want to point out to you, and look back on some of the things we've experienced on our end this year. But above all, we want to thank you for supporting what we love, and we hope to see you all again next year as well! 💖