Kiyoharu is God

Loving the promotional visuals for this album

Loving the promotional visuals for this album

I've actually been quite a fan of his covers over the years and discovered some jpop gems I would have otherwise never have known about. This album could be interesting if he goes for older classics rather than something recent.

His cover of Inoue Yosui's Senaka made 45fun on the Emily EP is syrupy goodness that was a complete 180° turn to hear compared to what he was just doing months earlier when SADS paused the first time around.
 

Announced earlier in the week. Title and release date will be announced later.  The plan is for a summer release.  Apparently, more details will be revealed  on 2/9 as he's planning to open a memorial site to celebrate his 25th anniversary on that day. There will be a cover of BOUKYAKU NO SORA inlcuded, but it sounds like that's the only track he's covering from his own (solo/kuroyume/sads) catalogue. He's moved from TRIAD to PONY CANYON. He's also planning to release an autobiography.
 
https://kiyoharu.tokyo/info/今夏カヴァー・アルバムリリース決定！/?lang=en

Announced earlier in the week. Title and release date will be announced later.  The plan is for a summer release.  Apparently, more details will be revealed  on 2/9 as he's planning to open a memorial site to celebrate his 25th anniversary on that day. There will be a cover of BOUKYAKU NO SORA inlcuded, but it sounds like that's the only track he's covering from his own (solo/kuroyume/sads) catalogue. He's moved from TRIAD to PONY CANYON. He's also planning to release an autobiography.
 
https://kiyoharu.tokyo/info/今夏カヴァー・アルバムリリース決定！/?lang=en

Announced earlier in the week. Title and release date will be announced later.  The plan is for a summer release.  Apparently, more details will be revealed  on 2/9 as he's planning to open a memorial site to celebrate his 25th anniversary on that day. There will be a cover of BOUKYAKU NO SORA inlcuded, but it sounds like that's the only track he's covering from his own (solo/kuroyume/sads) catalogue. He's moved from TRIAD to PONY CANYON. He's also planning to release an autobiography.
 
https://kiyoharu.tokyo/info/今夏カヴァー・アルバムリリース決定！/?lang=en

Special website has been opened for the upcoming album "光る曠野" (Hikaru kouya): http://morrie.jp/shiningwilderness/
 
It will be first available on 4th March at the tour final, and general sale will start on 2019/04/19. The exact tracklist is unknown at this point, but the album will contain 11 tracks, including the following titles: 神髄 (Shinzui), Melancholia Ⅲ, Danger Game, Angelic Night, Crusader
 
On the website they mention a 2CD version (album + instrumental) but I'm not sure whether this means that all editions will come this way, or if there will be two versions (regular and double-disc).
 
edit: @Kiyoharu is God I think it'd be worth re-writing the thread title now that we know the official title.  

Looks like it's releasing on 3/4.

Although it hasn't been confirmed the album title seems to have changed to the name of his upcoming 2019 tour.
光る曠野 - Hikaru kōya - Shining Wilderness

Most likely that the album would be released for sale during that tour.
http://morrie.jp/

New album out in may. Feels like a really early announcement, but nice to know it's coming.

New album out in may. Feels like a really early announcement, but nice to know it's coming.

After 8 years of dormancy, Gastunk had a comeback one-man live on March 24th 2018 performing classics from all of their albums and singles and in particular the track 'Shout' from their self-titled EP which hasn't been performed since the mid 80s.


This concert in its entirety will be released on DVD on February 6, 2019.
Included with the DVDs is a CD of 15 select tracks from the gig.
 
https://gastunk.com/view/56
 
GASTUNK
2DVD+1CD BOX set
MAD INDIAN RECORDINGS
DQB-9005 / ¥7,000 + 税
2019.2.6 on sale!!
Distributed by SPACE SHOWER NETWORK INC.
 
【収録内容】
DISC-1 （DVD）
DOCUMENT
REAL TALK BY GASTUNK
※各メンバー・インタビュー収録。
※2017.7.2に新木場STUDIO COASTで行われた「FUÜDOBRAIN MUST DIE」のGASTUNKのライブをダイジェストで収録。
 
DISC-2 （DVD）
THE RUNNING MAD BLOOD IN A DEAD INDIAN'S DREAM ! @LIQUIDROOM
黙示録
Night Sight Light
The Eyes
Fastest Dream
Mr.Gazime
In The Fire
Deadman’ s Face
No More Trouble
Running To The Sun
Breeze Calls
The Vanishing Signs
Fighting Mad
Waiting In The Sky
Moon Child
Blue Peter
Revelation
Devil
Sex
Shout
Leather Ship
Smash The Wall
Dead Song
Husk
Red Indian’ s Rock
Geronimo
The Birth Of Stars
Warbird
（全27曲 / 収録時間 : 未定）
 
DISC-3 （CD）
LIVE AT LIQUIDROOM BEST SELECTION
The Eyes
In The Fire
Deadman's Face
Running To The Sun
Breeze Calls
Waiting In The Sky
Devil
Sex
Shout
Leather Ship
Smash The Wall
Dead Song
Red Indian’s Rock
Geronimo
The Birth Of Stars
（全15曲 / 収録時間 : 未定）
 

With the release of this album they'll have more best of album releases than actual original studio albums.

With the release of this album they'll have more best of album releases than actual original studio albums.

Time for a new album. Save us from HYDE solo

http://dueljewel.jp/pc/zepp.html
 
Duel Jewel announced their return live on March 1st, 2019, at Zepp Tokyo.
Hayato has apparently made a full recovery from the variety of conditions (functional dysphonia, vocal dystonia, vocal yips) that caused them to disband.

The only track is strongly hate is UTAFUMI, which is surprising because it's like my second favorite single of theirs... Of their entire discography.  That's how much I love that single. I appreciate the raw-er vocals, but why does it sound like a live demo recorded on a phone, then someone broadcasted it on radio, and what was put on CD was a phone recording uploaded to youtube of the radio broadcast. It sounds really fucking weird compared to everything on the album.

I like it too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I really like the song ::shrug:: Nice Sugizo solo too

Time for a new album. Save us from HYDE solo

I don't think I can love a song more than I love AN ETERNITY. What a chorus, what a guitar line. Kei was fuckin inspired.
 
Granted, the youtube version doesn't it do justice. DL section is the way, guys!

Time for a new album. Save us from HYDE solo

touché, this was definitely more on-topic.
 
But seriously, I've been a long time fan since Blurry Eyes appeared in front of DNA and I didn't realize I had to speak only positively about them! Okay, here goes, Tierra is a desert island disc for me - I hope they play White Feathers at the concert!
What I do find fascinating and sorely lacking on forums is really in-depth conversation that goes beyond one-liner comments. The motivations of the band and the individual members are more interesting (whether good or bad) to me now and a simple "L'arc is back!" thread would leave some casual or uninformed fans the impression they are returning. I believed that at first until I read it was just concerts. I simple explained how they might not be back in the way L'arc fans really are hoping for.