By welcoming a new vocalist to their funhouse, a new chapter unfolded at Shinjuku Blaze for Mix Speaker’s Inc.  The lights dimmed as spooky music filled the venue, the audience bore witness to the band’s new chapter “Ghost House.”


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The sound of the wind prevailed as the lights dropped for the start of amber gris’s 5th anniversary show at Shibuya WWW on October 18. The title was Zekkai no Heterochromia. Guitarist wayne appeared first onstage as he strummed the intro phrase for their latest song, “from mouth”.


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Mix Speaker’s, Inc. have been traveling across the country with two guest vocalists, ANGEL-TAKA of UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ and Baku (ex-Hana Shounen Buddies) since YUKI’s departure from the band.


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THE MICRO HEAD 4N’S marked their 3rd anniversary with the start of their summer tour at Takadanobaba AREA on ZERO’s birthday, July 31. There, the band showed a new aspect of themselves, including in the set not only their popular songs but also new songs, as well as a rare ballad.


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SRASH NOTES GARDEN held their second oneman on June 14 at Ikebukuro EDGE, revealing two different costumes from their two-month consecutive releases ACHRO and CHROM.


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Will there ever be a real demand for foreign visual kei artists to make their mark in Japan? Only time will tell. In the meantime, here are some non-Japanese visual kei artists we think you need to know about.


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Ayano Nishimura interviews R-Shitei regarding their motto “I am Menhera,” their desire to get even with those who criticize them, the deepening of their bonds, and their fighting stance and Summer mentality…


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The 4th anniversary live of defspiral was held at Shibuya WWW on May 23. Over four years, defspiral have released a suitable variety of songs and their choice for the occasion was to play all of those songs in the one night, taking the challenge with a three-hour show spanning three sections.


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Marking the 16th year since hide had passed away, the legend lives on in the hearts of his followers. The film live, hide FILM ALIVE!!, which was held in Club Citta’ on May 3 was not just any other day for hide fans but a day to celebrate the legend’s existence which-no doubt-is strongly embedded in the hearts of the fans.


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Monday, June 9th, 2014; ROKKYUU Day, 2014! Every so often, events seem to line up with our little motif. 6/9 (as the date is written in Japanese) happens every year. As such, we have an annual tradition of re-capping some of the articles over the past year that tickled the personal or professional interests of our staff. | 今年もやってまいりました6月9日！「 ( Read more... )