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砂月-SATSUKI- – “I like being here at OshareCon because Oshare expresses happiness in Japan.”

Arlequin May 21, 2016 No Comments 砂月-satsuki-

The last time we spoke to 砂月-SATSUKI- was at the end of 2014, when he was on tour to promote his new album “Squall of Emotions”. In that interview he already said that he gained a lot of inspiration from this tour, and that clearly wasn’t a statement to keep people happy. 砂月-SATSUKI- is currently back in E

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砂月-SATSUKI- – “I want you to feel more emotions after listening to my songs.”

Arlequin December 6, 2014 No Comments 砂月-satsuki-

You might know 砂月-SATSUKI- as the vocalist of the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) band “Rentrer en Soi”, which was active between 2001 and 2008, but 砂月-SATSUKI- decided to launch his solo career in 2009 to “pierce his own musical aesthetics and create a new world of music”.

Since the start of his solo works he has

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

Arlequin 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 202

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

Arlequin 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 ban

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縁 (Enishi) – Connecting the past with the future

Arlequin 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 Megaroman

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

Arlequin 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 a

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Nellfin – Showcasing the world like you’ve Never Seen

Arlequin December 10, 2021 No Comments

Nellfin are a ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) band from the 名古屋 (Nagoya) Prefecture, but we’re pretty sure that you haven’t heard much about them just yet. And if you have, well, then we hope to be able to tell you a little more about this duo and their music.
Which is why we’ve asked vocalist JU