SHOKI

LOL, HIZAKI sure is bored af during her quarentine. Posting a lot of videos on Youtube and reviving all of her projects. Chill.

A couple of years after their comeback album release, Versailles has announced a new single, "Emperor" slated for summer 2020!
 
 
 

came for news about one band, got news about three. good announcement. looking forward to EMPEROR.

HGP, Kamijo, Versailles... Just like IRL, from the plague comes the Renaissance!!! 

Great great great notice man

KAMIJO will release his new album "PERSONA" on 2020/7/15 !
 

Gothculture is on Spotify:
 
https://open.spotify.com/track/1H9jrAGObrrAV1UWnDYYF1?si=_1y2ZLEhTwyWpxB5h_Puww

probably

What a set list. And I can’t wait to see what the releases are. Ideally one will be some sort of collection album. I gotta get my hands in the Gothculture single. And like. Any and all of his lyrics. 

The other illustrations were beautiful too, but this one is my favorite hands-down. Curious to hear the songs too.

Persona Grata Artwork

I concur, I love it. It reminds me very much of Lareine songs around "Never Cage" era.

My impression is that it's a lot better than the last single. Crimson Family might be the most beautiful solo song of his I heard so far. 

Time to go on Spotify and give the queen some cents in AD revenue before I buy the single.
 
EDIT: first impression is 👍
 
His engRish is as better as it gonna get. 💕The trick is NOT being english mothertongue, so you usually barely diifferentiate it from japanese and when it happens it's a cute jibberish.

they kick ass live so it is worth the price jump for that tbh.

Scarlet Valse new look!
 
 
Vocal : Kakeru
 
Guitar : You 
 
Guitar : Rin 
 
Bass : Shian
 
 
Drums : Yo-hey
 
 
 

Gt.Renée has commented that a new release is coming.
 
My sources tell me that it could be an album, although we have to wait for official confirmation

Ever listen to a song and think to yourself that you've heard that melody somewhere before, but you can never place it? Alternatively, have you ever gotten into or read an argument with someone who says "x band copied y melody from z band"? I'm sure all of us have been there at one point and this is a topic that personally interests me. I like knowing where my artists source their inspiration from, and where their inspirations got their inspiration from, etc., because I believe that no idea is original but the interpretation can be. The subjectivity in how different artists hear and play back certain melodies is what makes music beautiful!
 
...and then there are times when bands just steal melodies and put no effort into it.
 
Today we take a look at six songs that can go either way. I provide examples,  where I think their origins stem from, and my final judgement. Sometimes it's hero worship. Sometimes it's laziness. Sometimes I just don't know. A lot of this was sourced from the "Inspirations..." thread I started a few years ago, but I also did a bit of legwork the last few months to cobble together my own examples. If you see a track here you pointed out somewhere before, odds are you helped me make this list!

Remember, these are only my opinions and based off what I can hear between two songs. I am not classically trained in music theory and I'm going purely by ear. You won't see me drop music theory knowledge anywhere in this post.
 
"Diabolic edict" by Ha;qch
stems from "Black Valor" by The Black Dahlia Murder
"When The Last Grave Has Emptied" by The Black Dahlia Murder
"Elder Misanthropy" by The Black Dahlia Murder
Homage or Copy: Frankenstein lives!
 
 
 
 
 
"セラフ。" by KILLANETH
stems from "DECADANCE - Counting Goats ... if I can't be yours -" by MEJIBRAY
"go ahead" by girugämesh
Homage or Copy: c-c-c-COPY...but every band has to start somewhere
 
 
 
 
 
"The Summer Funeral" by SIGH
stems from "Opening Theme ~ Bombing Mission" by Nobuo Uematsu
Homage or Copy: Definitely a nod towards the veteran composer himself.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"道化ノ華" by アルルカン (ARLEQUIN)
stems from "zombie" by Versailles
Homage or Copy: Smells like a copy to me but can go either way
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Black Butterfly" by A
stems from "Enter the Sandman" by Metallica
Homage or Copy: Sounds like a copy to me.
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Amentia" by E'm～grief～
stems from "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" by Dimmu Borgir
"The Promise of Fever" by Cradle of Filth
"Shat Out of Hell" by Cradle of Filth
"Honey and Sulphur" by Cradle of Filth
Homage or Copy: A shameless mix of three black metal riffs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) new live DVD/Blu-Ray (title not yet finalized) will be released at 2020/03/11 (Blu-Ray: 6800yen / DVD: 5800yen)
it will contain scenes of their oneman live "TOUR’19 Human Dignity TOUR -9038270-" at 2019/12/06 at TSUTAYA O-EAST
 
[tracklist]
OPENING SE
01.The WORLD
02.Sacrifice
03.MONSTER
04.箱の底のMUSIC
05.Psychic Paradise
06.RANBOW
07.Dead By Daybreak
08.落とした穴の底はこんな世界
09.21mg
10.もう1人の花嫁
11.Helios
12.actor
13.SNOW
14.Invisible Chaos
15.GLORIA
16.Innovarional Symphonia
17.喝采と激情のグロリア
18.Human Dignity
19.見知らぬ背中
20.Cee
21.honey drop
22.ANOMIE
23.PHOENIX
24.The WORLD
 

 

 

KAMIJO new single, "SYMBOL OF THE DRAGON" will be released on 2/26 in two types (limited ed (3500 yen), regular ed (1500 yen)). The limited edition will come with a book and a mini-poster, along with a hardcover book type jacket.
 
[CD tracklist]
1.Symbol of The Dragon
2.CRIMSON FAMILY
3.闇夜のライオン (Yamiyo no Lion)
4.Symbol of The Dragon [Instrumental] (limited edition only)
5.CRIMSON FAMILY [Instrumental] (limited edition only)
6.闇夜のライオン (Yamiyo no Lion) [Instrumental] (limited edition only)
 
He also has a special page dedicated to his 25th anniversary special project "PERSONA" (which is what these two recent singles are part of) and his upcoming tour schedules in 2020.