Category: ✨ Interview

✨ Interview 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

ice // “I was attracted to the Visual Kei genre because of the visual expression and ROCK.”

雪 (Yuki) December 31, 2019 No Comments

You might recognize ice from “Black Gene For the Next Scene”, a rather well known ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) band lead by the former bassist of ヴィドール (Vidoll), Rame. Black Gene For the Next Scene, often shortened to “BFN” due to the length of the project’s name, combined electronica with pop, rock and a twist

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TAKA // The creation of an Alphamily through Alpha999

雪 (Yuki) November 4, 2019 No Comments

Alpha999 (pronounced as Alpha-three-nine) is the solo project of vocalist TAKA, the former singer of LEG’end PRIMe. Aside from being a vocalist TAKA also works as a model, and he has been the DJ of the popular radio show “DOUBLE BILLION” for a while as well. All of this adds up to quite an impressive portfolio

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Remy & Tone // “We want to warn you for a dystopian future with High Tech Low Life.”

雪 (Yuki) September 13, 2019 No Comments

High Tech Low Life is an international unit that formed in Okinawa, Japan. The lineup exists out of a mixture of American, Canadian and Japanese members, and together they have some unique features. For example, they have not one main vocalist, but three of them. Of which one happens to be the producer

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✨ Interview 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei)

David // The embodiment of SUI’s ideals

雪 (Yuki) September 6, 2019 1 Comment

I first found out about David at a show of Versailles, of all places. At the entrance of the venue people were given a very small business-card sized flyer advertising SUI’s new project, and this seems like a rather strange place to promote a project that’s not even on stage that night, right? Well yes,

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VII ARC // A theatrical metal band inspired by Visual Kei

雪 (Yuki) May 5, 2019 No Comments

VII ARC is a metal band from Germany, but with a unique influence: pretty much all members enjoy ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) and have been adding the inspiration they’ve gotten from the Japanese artists to their work. Perhaps you caught their performance in Amstelveen in 2017, where they supported MORRIGAN

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Kyuho Lee // Inspired by Japan, executed in South Korean style as Madmans Esprit

雪 (Yuki) May 5, 2019 No Comments

You might have heard about 叫號 (Kyuho) and his work as Madmans Esprit, but in case you haven’t… Madmans Esprit is 叫號 (Kyuho)’s solo project which was inspired by the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) scene from Japan, as you could probably guess a little from the vibe that is visible from the band’s appearance alone.

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Jupiter // Translating the universe and myths into music

雪 (Yuki) April 20, 2019 No Comments

Jupiter has been pretty active in the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) genre for a few years now, creating quite a name for themselves. Unsurprisingly, given that the original lineup of the band existed out of both guitarists, the bassist and the drummer of Versailles. Throughout the years there have been some

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Mikaru // A different side of Mikaru: Paintings & Jewelry

雪 (Yuki) April 8, 2019 1 Comment

Ever since G.L.A.M.S formed under the title of “Mikaru’s solo project” he has spoken about his works that don’t directly have to do with music. The love for art and jewelry has always been there, but it has always been in the shadow of his music when he visited The Netherlands.
During our last

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GOOD THRU DATE // How fans and a credit card helped create a name for the band

雪 (Yuki) March 7, 2019 1 Comment

GOOD THRU DATE is a brand new band, existing out of haru (from universe) on vocals, れん (Ren) (from Megimimi Sleep Tight/Nextrade) also on vocals, and Tetsuri (from Dr. Undy) on guitar. The act is so new that they haven’t even played their first official live in Japan, yet they’re on a small European tour

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龍 (RYU) // Creating a worldwide online stage through the internet

雪 (Yuki) December 6, 2018 2 Comments

The last time I got to speak to 龍 (RYU) was a little over two years ago already, in 2016 when he was at the OshareCon convention in Nieuwegein (The Netherlands). But 龍 (RYU) certainly hasn’t gone silent since that show. Instead he has started a new project, but instead of only making it available to Japan,

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G.L.A.M.S // Putting “EVER-CHANGING” to the ultimate test through behind the scenes improvisation

雪 (Yuki) November 27, 2018 No Comments

I think that by now Mikaru and the other guys from G.L.A.M.S need no introduction, since they’ve popped up on the magazine and portfolio quite often in the recent years. But this time it’s a little different.

This is only the second interview I’ve ever done with G.L.A.M.S, and instead of only speaking

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miho // The power of women in the metal genre, as shown by Lovebites

雪 (Yuki) November 16, 2018 1 Comment

Lovebites is a fairly young all-female metal band who have taken the world by storm with their works. While their origin lies in Japan and all five ladies are Japanese, they achieved worldwide fame when they won the “Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award” for the “Best New Band” category, and of course through

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