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new band "DEGENE" will hold their first live at Ikebukuro RUIDO K3 on 2016/12/31, and their distributed single "(In)Sanity" has been released on 2016/12/24 (limited 200) "DEGENE" members: Vo.蕚(utena) Gt.雪那(yukina) Gt.きせき(kiseki) Ba.千景(chikage) Dr.煌(kou) http://degene.jp/

Jupiter digital single "The spirit within me" will be available for download worldwide from 2017/01/06. Regular edition of their single "The spirit within me" will be available for ordering through their official web-shop from 2017/01/10 and will be released on 2017/01/18 (1,080yen) [track list] 01.The spirit within me 02.Guilty as Sin

グリモア(GRIMOIRE) new maxi single "フラブジャスナハト(frabjous nacht)" will be released on 2017/03/01 (2 TYPE, 1,620yen each). [track list] 01.フラブジャスナハト(frabjous nacht) 02.せいたんデビル(seitan devil) 03.プラスチックシアター(plastic theater) (included in TYPE A) 03.クロノメイト(chronomate) (included in TYPE B )

can you spot your favorite bands?? (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

シュヴァルツカイン(SchwarzKain) new album "Complex" will be released on 2017/02/22 (3,240yen) [track list] 01.XXX 02.Moment glow 03.Limit 04.Envy 05.GrimReaper 06.Unconscious guilty 07.In Myself 08.Distress 09.At infinity 10.Hypnotic drug of sexuality

汐莉-shiori- will hold his last live "SAMURAI ROCK FOREVER" at NAGOYA HOLIDAY NEXT on 2017/03/12, at which GAGA & ISK;M will revive for one-day, and after which he will retire.

城ヶ崎菜斗華(jougasaki natsuka)(ex-I'z-->マルサ(marusa)-->Ellseed-->ベルベット(VelBet)) feat.リヒト(rihito)(ex-Spider lily-->Ellseed) new single "Missing Tears-eternal rest-" will be released on 2017/02/15 (1,620yen), which will include CD (1 song)+DVD (including "Missing Tears-eternal rest-" PV)

they hit their target of 100 people so the single has been released

there's actually a vk band called 'this is a pen' (http://this-is-a-pen.net/) although in all likelihood OP might have been referring to ensoku /shrugs. most of what i have to say about genres and how they are mostly a matter of historical interest rather than categories of contemporary relevance have already been said. even 'kirakira' and 'abare' are very blunt ways of thinking about vk in general, and its inadequacy is acknowledged by large sections of the fanbase. sdm probably has more fans wearing kira rings than smileberry but their furi is as aggressive as metalcore vk bands. what about rides in revellion--would they be kira or abare? there are numerous other examples one can give. also, flip through one of the latest free papers and you're like to find at least a handful of bands expressly rejecting these labels in their interview since they think of themselves as doing music unconstrained by generic conventions. i'm also wondering why you're troubling yourself with such extensive taxonomic legwork on genres which seems unlikely to be beneficial for a paper on lyrics--something that ordinarily relies on close reading as its primary mode of analysis. if you're going to do proper academic work on 'vk lyrics' (whatever that may mean) by cobbling together 5 bands from each subgenre that you've listed, you'll probably need to write a 3-volume treatise to say something of value that isn't reductive. my point is that lyrics are singular phenomena unique to each band, and it's very difficult to extrapolate the lyrics of one band to make a more general claim about a vk subgenre (assuming such a subgenre can even be stably conceived), much less 'vk' itself as a whole, at least for the purposes of a seminar paper.

La'veil MizeriA ‏Dr.結汝-yuna- will depart and retire from music after their live at Ikebukuro CYBER on 2017/01/21.

Sick² new full album "ENIACMANIAC" will be released on 2017/04/05 (2 TYPE). They will hold their one-man live tour "ENIACATOMIC" from 2017/04/08 at NAGOYA HOLIDAY NEXT and up to tour final "恵比寿、切断。" at LIQUIDROOM ebisu on 2017/05/05.

SHOXX will resume publication from 2017/02.

Looks like a comment not worth taking seriously and this is a good thing.

new band "ゼログミ(zerogumi)" has formed on 2016/12/26. Their distributed single "マジカルミュージック(magical music)" will be released through ZEAL LINK stores on 2016/12/30 "ゼログミ(zerogumi)" members: Vo.奈央(nao) Gt.蛍(hotaru) Gt.大和(yamato) Dr.明瑠(aru) http://zerogumi.com/

Their LIVE DVD "「Gift」 2016.12.25 Kawasaki CLUB CITTA' " will be released on 2017/04/12

session band "◯▶︎□" has changed to new formal band "NIL UNDER RAIN" after their live at Shinsaibashi FANJ on 2016/12/24, and they will hold their presents live "嘲笑う世界に、復讐を。" at Shinsaibashi FANJ on 2017/02/23. Their distributed single "Rebirth" will be released through ZEAL LINK stores and at their live on 2016/12/24. "NIL UNDER RAIN" members: Vo.叫真-kyoma- (ex-Vardinal-->RevleZ) Gt.柑奈-kanna- (ex-Xepher(朔羽/sakuha)) Gt.弐嘉-nika- (ex-Vardinal-->Xepher(艶/yoshi)) Ba.七音-nao- (ex-Shellmy) Dr.彗-kei- (ex-Free Aqua Butterfly(support)(さとし/satoshi)) [track list] 01.Rebirth 02.AGILITY 03.INSIDE OUT http://nil-under-rain.com/

omg i love them so much

ラミエル(ramiel) new single "with you" (4 songs, 1500 yen, limited 300) will be released on 2017/02/22.

The video only says that they will 'change' in 2017, which I assume to be a concept change or something. I doubt they will change their name though.

masaya's official disbandment comment: The rest are similar in essence to his, so I haven't translated them. And here's masaya's blog entry from this morning: This is such a huge loss i can't even begin to put it into words. I've followed them since they were standing along the streets outside tiny Hiroshima livehouses giving out free music to random strangers because no one cared about them, and they had to work so so so hard to get to where they are now. But if it's down to member differences (which I believe is the truth) then I guess it can't be helped. I'll be there to see them off at their last live ♡

fuck this shit

シェルミィ(Shellmy) new maxi single "優しい世界(yasashii sekai)" will be released on 2017/03/08. [track list] 01.優しい世界 02.依り糸 03.※これは病気です。 They will hold their presents live "可笑しい世界" at Shinsaibashi FANJ-twice on 2017/03/06.

サイサリス(physalis) will disband after their live on 2017/01/30 at Fukuoka graf.

new look

The 200 tickets for Rey's birthday live on 2017/02/04 sold out on 2016/12/14, so their 3rd single ロマンティック★ディスコティック★ナゴヤ will be released as planned