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

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

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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Kenta // “We’re changing constantly, but it’s a rule to remain in the realm of Crossfaith.”

Crossfaith is a Japanese metalcore band from Osaka, and these five guys have been together since the band formed in 2006. Quite an impressive feat, don’t you think?
Their works are mostly known for the combination of metalcore, dubstep and other forms of electronic music that really come to life during

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SANA // “When I touched music it felt like freedom. Falling in love with it was easy.”

SANA currently is a solo musician, but we first saw him appear on the music scene in 2001 when he was in the band “Lusid bare inu”, but the band broke up two years later, and SANA joined the band “MASK” in June of that same year. Even though “MASK” was only on the scene for three years, they released 8 maxi-singles

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SVGV // “We’ve been following our dreams since the very first day we started making music.”

SVGV (pronounced as SAGA) is an Asian Electronic dance music group based in Los Angeles. They’ve started their activities in 2014 and currently exist out of three members: RAMY (lead vocals, born in South Korea), TRIRION (DJ, born in Japan) and PEACH (lead vocals, born in China).
The group is about to

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摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) // Rising like a phoenix from it’s ashes

With the upcoming European tour now is more than a good time to ask the guys of 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) some questions about not just the tour, but also their upcoming album and the mini-album before it. Because if you have followed the band you might know that this is not their first visit to Europe, and

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Versailles // Finally back in Europe after a long hiatus

I don’t think I have to introduce Versailles to any of you, right? Given their track record here in Europe and how pretty much everyone who has ever heard of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) knows their name?

Well, we all know Versailles has been on a hiatus for a few years now already while vocalist KAMIJO works on his

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龍 (RYU) // Samurai rock in a modern era

If you’re familiar with the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) scene here in Europe, 龍 (RYU) isn’t a new face for you. While known by merely his first name in Japan, here in Europe he’s always performing under the name 大蛇 (OROCHI).

But what is 大蛇 (OROCHI) exactly? Since 龍 (RYU) has a very unique stage performance that

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砂月-SATSUKI- // “I like being here at OshareCon because Oshare expresses happiness in Japan.”

The last time we spoke to 砂月-SATSUKI- was at the end of 2014, when he was on tour to promote his new album “Squall of Emotions”. In that interview he already said that he gained a lot of inspiration from this tour, and that clearly wasn’t a statement to keep people happy. 砂月-SATSUKI- is currently back in Europe

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Mikaru // “G.L.A.M.S is the embodiment of my love for painting, jewelry, music and photography.”

Maybe you have heard of G.L.A.M.S already, but in case you haven’t: G.L.A.M.S is the new project of the former vocalist of Dio ~Distraught Overlord~, Mikaru.
But aside from music, G.L.A.M.S is also very much about art, fashion, photography, film… Everything creative, really. There’s too much to name.

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Marie & Takmi // Translating the words of ghosts into music through REMNANT

REMANT was formed by vocalist Marie and guitarist Takmi in June of 2009 based on the concepts of “horror”, “melancholy” and “dark fantasy” to deliver their views of the world to their audience through their music.

In 2012 the third member of the group, Rober__tj joined as the noise and synthesizer player

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Shota & ADAM // “As ADAMS we tell the story of creation as Adam and Adam, not as Adam and Eve.”

ADAMS is all about LOVE, an ultimate love that is far from the barriers of gender, borders and clichés. Vocalist ADAM and guitarist Shota describe themselves as a “NEOSEXUAL” rock duo who incorporate the theme of ultimate love across the borders of gender into their lyrics, music videos and live performances.

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