Serox

Damn, RIP AREA. What a fun place to see a VK show.
 
AREA seemed to have real cachet as a barometer for a band's rising popularity. Like "ah ok they got their first AREA oneman let's see if their next is at O-West etc."

In shocking and disheartening  news, the infamous Takadanobaba SUPER LIVE THEATER AREA is closing down in a little more than a year. On December 31, 2021, the venue that's housed countess VK lives from bands like Nightmare, The GazettE and DEZERT is closing its doors due to the demolition of the building its located inside. Quite a few live DVDs have been shot in AREA over the years, so it'll love on in the footage and in attendees' memories, but it is a loss for fans of VK from the 2000s.
 
 

He was also playing the drums for METRONOME  ever since they came back.

This is nonsense

so the top spot is already sold out? sweet
 
i wonder what they're planning to do with that pv budget, their videos have always been a notch better than whatever other current indie babsiez been filming.
I really hope they get all that coin and some, honestly i'd love to see more crowdfunding by vk acts as long as money goes into visuals, not white room voguing over clip-art sky dome projected in the back

The album named "煙痕 -Meaning deep scarz-" will be released on 2021/01/20 and will cost 7,700yen (CD+DVD+16p booklet)
 
Tracklist:
CD
01. Dracula
02. 結界
03. Demonest Lip
04. Aesthetic Elements
05. Deep haze do you accept and love me？
06. SCARZ
07. 蜃気楼を越えて
08. Clan’s Halloween
09. Cheater
10. Knight Pride
 
DVD: 
01. Dracula
02. 結界
03. Demonest Lip
04. Aesthetic Elements
05. Deep haze do you accept and love me？
06. SCARZ
07. 蜃気楼を越えて
08. Clan’s Halloween
09. Cheater
10. Knight Pride

the Raid. goes major....
the raid....
goes...
major...
 
something are wrong on this world. 

マザー (MOTHER) will disband after their last oneman live on 1/30.
 
 

アマノジャクシ (Amanojacushi) Vo.天草 潤 (Amakusa Jun) new "project band" "R.I.P." will hold their first demonstration live at 2021/1/29 (12 days after アマノジャクシ (Amanojacushi) pauses activities)
 
Vo.天草 潤 (Amakusa Jun) (ex-AnnNa-->Duke-->Venus-->Dahliagate-->Roub-->I.V.Y., アマノジャクシ (Amanojacushi))
Gu.罪-sin-
Gu.れむ (Rem)
Ba.シド (Sid)
Dr.暁士-satoshi-
 
Their new live-limited single "失楽園-Scattering greed- (Shitsu Rakuen-Scattering greed-)" will be released at 2020/3/22. (3 tracks, 1,650 yen)
 
[track list]
1.失楽園-Scattering greed- (Shitsu Rakuen-Scattering greed-
2.鬼の宴  (Oni no Utage)
3.惚花 (Bohana)
 

 
https://twitter.com/Rest_In_Peace44

According to this message on their OHP seems like they official disbanded on 01.12.2020.
 
メギドは2020年12月1日をもちまして活動終了とさせて頂きます。
突然のご報告となりますことを心よりお詫び申し上げます。

これからは各メンバーそれぞれの道に向かって歩いて行きますので
今後も応援して頂けると幸いです。

2019年10月の始動からメギドを応援して下さったファンの皆様、関係者の皆様
今まで本当にありがとうございました。
 
https://megido.jp/topics/detail/index/42616

If this tweet reach 200RT they will publish unreleased artist photos, 300RT and they will publish the photos and a new video
 
 

1st single 「カメラオブスキュラ」
Release: 2021.02.23
 
TrackList:
1.SE
2.カメラオブスキュラ　
3.pain't
 


 
"Dazzling BAD" members:
vo.iT
gt.悠汰-yuta-
gt.冴威-sai-
ba.綾葉-AYAHA-
 
 

Misui are really promising, in some songs I can hear a bit of Ryu "MoNoLiTh Style" and I love it! 
 
 

Excuse me if I correct you but Kei is not the guitarist of the Wagakki Band, he participated as a guitarist in the solo project of Asa (Bassist of Wagakki Band) after all Kei has always been a support guitarist for many bands, one that comes to mind is Wing Works.

Excuse me if I correct you but Kei is not the guitarist of the Wagakki Band, he participated as a guitarist in the solo project of Asa (Bassist of Wagakki Band) after all Kei has always been a support guitarist for many bands, one that comes to mind is Wing Works.

Didn't see this mentioned anywhere yet but Misui are set to release their second single "Kokyuu" on January 27th 2021. No artwork or samples shown as of yet but so far it seems it'll only be released in one type containing three songs.
 
01．呼吸
‪02．いないいないばあ
‪03．理想のカノジョ
I'm looking forward to this one as so far their stuff has caught my attention and seems promising. Nice mix of traditional VK with a bit of a heavier edge and plenty of good riffs.

More information is coming out
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/efb36c125f80e468cd3f27355eedcf34c1b1526a
 
Translation of above article by codomo dragon spain: https://codomodragonspain.blogspot.com/2020/11/codomo-dragon-special-translation-to.html
 
 
Some notes:
 
There is some discrepancy between the machine translation/my interpretation and the translation by codomo dragon spain.
 
I don't think Kana has contacted anyone from Codora since 2018. Rather, it was his "bandmen friends" (who are not from Codora) who suggested that he hold a live in the future.
 
(From here: バンドマンの友だちに連絡をとったら、『ちゃんとファンの前で公表したほうがいい』『ライブを一度やったほうがいいんじゃないか』と言われました。
 
and this: 仲の良かったコドモドラゴンのメンバーたちとも会えていない。 )
 
Their profit split was originally 50:50 between the band and company but the band had to take a smaller cut due to a 2017 scandal.
 
(Chamu pls)
 
Tweet from CEO of BForest/BPrecords saying he will refrain from further comments on this matter. 
 
 
Fun fact: Kana's attorney composed a song for HKT48 lol

Next Live: 2020/12/19 in KASHIWA Thumb up.
 
"RegÐ'alii-レグダリ-" members:
vo.Izumi (ex.Rutiru, Tokami, シュヴァルツカイン(SchwarzKain))
gt.Yu→ (ex.BLADE, La'veil MizeriA (support), LIV'ERT)
gt. 凪斗(Nagito) (ラヴェーゼ(Labaiser))
ba.わたる(Wataru) (ex.コントラリエ(Contrarie))
dr.Hakuya (ex.Louder, La'veil MizeriA (support), NightingeiL)
 

Link to post: https://kana-gt.com/to-everyone20201118/
 
 
 
What I got via machine translation is that he had adjustment disorder, and president of B' FOREST fired him.  Also he sued the president for unpaid remuneration of roughly 3 million yen and power harassment.
 
^Seems to mean that his former labelmates are still going unpaid?
 
Someone with actual japanese knowledge please summarize this.

Here's a summary of the post:
Kana was diagnosed with adjustment disorder in January 2018 and he told the president of B'Forest Inc., but the president didn't understand and told him he was sick and fired him.  In March he got an attorney and in June he filed a lawsuit against the president for power harassment and for money he was owed.  In the first trial it was confirmed that B'Forest Inc. owed Kana 3.2 million yen and that the president did indeed partake in power harassment.  The court ordered B'Forest Inc. to pay Kana 3.7 million yen.  However the president made an appeal, and at the appeal hearing in August 2020 they reached a settlement in Kana's favor of 3.3 million yen and an apology for the president's lack of consideration towards Kana's disorder.  Kana received the settlement in September. 

He couldn't write about it before because it was part of the trial, but he had been suffering from power harassment for years and eventually developed adjustment disorder because of it.  Apparently the president never admitted to power harassment.  Kana does not forgive the harassment and was initially adamant about the court's decision because he didn't want it to keep happening to his former label mates, but after the president appealed he just decided to accept the settlement.  He wants his former label mates to be paid properly or to stop working for the label.  He also made it a point to say that the president did apologize so no one should slander him or harass him because of this. 
 
In regards to how he's doing he says he is physically and mentally healthy.  The trial took a long time and he had to get treatment for his disorder but he's glad he worked so hard and was rewarded by the trial.  He didn't want to leave all the people that were concerned about him without answers, and he wanted to talk about his feelings over the last two and a half years, so this is why he made the post now.  He would like to return to the stage again some day and hopes everyone is doing well during these times. 

 

I live in Tokyo and literally every single band is struggling. Yet most other bands seem to try much harder than Kizu, using this time to record new singles, do online lives and "instore" events and continuing the smaller lives with the measurements. And that without complaining and blackmailing.
 
I'll be seeing DEZERT this month and they have very strict rules such as ID and address checking, no merch sales (only online) and a seat number on your ticket. This on top of the general temperature check, mask and social  distance rules that already apply everywhere.
 
All the smaller bands I follow seem to be pretty creative instead of giving up too.

Hello all,
Many bands have started selling tickets for "streaming concerts", that even we can access even from our non-Japanese homes. Of course there is the "Corona-related Livestreams / concert videos", but that is more about videos posted on Youtube, as a treat to fans until actual concerts can start again?
There is also the "Events" sub-forum, but it looks like it's been abandoned after the Coronovirus spread (as no one can attend events anymore).
 
In the end, maybe these "streaming lives" could deserve a topic or sub-forum of their own? Or should they be treated as "news" and announced in that forum?
 
I have to admit I rarely come here, and even more rarely post here, but I did expect to see these concerts listed somewhere here. I rarely come here, even more rarely post here, but I consider this forum as one of the very few still active sources of information for visual-kei and Jrock, so... it would make sense to find them listed somewhere? Unless I missed their topic or sub-forum?
 
Thanks!

From their respective accounts, the vocalist Chisei, the guitarist Reona and the bassist May announced that they are leaving Megido, leaving guitarist Miya as the only active member.
 
No reasons were released.
 
 
 
 
 
Megido official twitter : https://twitter.com/megido_666
 
 

2021.03.28 in HOLIDAY NEXT NAGOYA