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DAMNED // Thanatosis: Death Instinct in Musical form

V August 23, 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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Rides In ReVellion // “Allergy”: Adrenaline is mine

雪 (Yuki) August 11, 2024 No Comments 🌸 Rides In ReVellion 🎵 コテオサ系 (Koteosa Kei)🎶 rock 💫 V Reviews

Rides In ReVellion released a live MV for their song “GREED” recently, captivating V with their performance of the song in that format. But did you know there's another, similar, live MV that was released earlier already?

In this installment of V Reviews it's not V, but 雪 (Yuki) who takes you on an exploration of the live MV for “Allergy”!

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Rides In ReVellion // “GREED”: Give Us More!

V June 9, 2024 No Comments 🌸 Rides In ReVellion 🎵 コテオサ系 (Koteosa Kei)🎶 rock 💫 V Reviews

Even though the live MV for “GREED” was already uploaded to the Rides In ReVellion YouTube channel in late December of last year, it has caught V’s attention from the second it was uploaded.

So in this first installment of the 2024 season of V Reviews, V will be taking us on a deep dive into the live MV for “GREED”!

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JILUKA // VENΦM: You’ll see a new hell

V December 1, 2023 No Comments 🌸 JILUKA 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 gothic 🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore 💫 V Reviews

Welcome to V Reviews. My name is V.
And in this latest installment music video review, I will be covering JILUKA’s latest incredible track “VENΦM”.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the band, here’s a short primer on them: they are a ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) one with one of

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DEXCORE // Savior: Where Jekyll meets Hyde

V September 29, 2023 No Comments 🌸 DEXCORE 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metalcore 💫 V Reviews

Welcome to V Reviews. My name is V.
And in this inaugural first music video review we will be covering the band DEXCORE’s awesome “Savior” track.

For those of you who do not know who they are, here’s a little background information to get you started. They are a ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei),

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

雪 (Yuki) December 1, 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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KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (4/3): VIOLET DAWN

雪 (Yuki) November 24, 2024 No Comments

Bonjour!
While our “Behind the Mask”-series was only intended to have three parts, we quickly learned from our most recent interview with KAMIJO that there would be a fourth part in this series. With that said, we really want to thank you, dear readers, for the amazing reception of this series! We didn’t expect anything near the response we received! Thank you so much!

In this fourth part, 雪 (Yuki) dives into the mini-album “VIOLET DAWN”, which was released on July 31st 2024. Are you ready for KAMIJO’s epic intense album?

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ゼラ (Zera) // Marionette Parade: Octavius

雪 (Yuki) November 3, 2024 No Comments

"Octavius" is the 10th single in ゼラ (Zera)’s discography so far. Released in February of 2024, the three songs on the single are inspired by the legend of the ship of ice, mixing horror and ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) in a unique way with this concept.

In this review 雪 (Yuki) tells you all about the single as well as the legend that inspired it, so get your beverage of choice and let's dive right in!

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Leetspeak monsters // Room 666: Do you have a reservation with us?

V October 31, 2024 No Comments

“Room 666” is the 8th single in the ever growing discography of Leetspeak monsters. And with the single being released in early October, it’s more than on time (and on brand) for the spooky Halloween season.

In this installment of V Reviews, V takes us to GraveTown for a deep dive into the music video of “Room 666”! Happy Halloween everyone!

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RAZOR // Broken Society: SAMURAIソードMAN

雪 (Yuki) October 6, 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!