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✨ Review 🎵 Metal 💿 Single

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // Nail in the coffin: Burn it down until the end

雪 (Yuki) April 13, 2025 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

A year and a half after the release of the single “Kingdom”, NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST return with the release of the digital single “Nail in the coffin” on April 4th 2025. But, is the new song really a nail in the coffin for the group, or is the name just a great target for this joke?

To find a definitive answer to that question, 雪 (Yuki) took a deep dive into the song and after some thorough research she came up with the answer for you in this review!

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✨ Interview 🎵 Metal

Sable Hills // “For us it’s the beginning of the odyssey.”

雪 (Yuki) July 12, 2024 No Comments 🌸 Sable Hills 🎶 metalcore

Sable Hills is a five-member metalcore band based in Tokyo, which formed straight out of high school in 2015. The band released their first EP “RESURRECTION” in early 2016, following with the full album “EMBERS” in 2019 and “DUALITY” in 2022 – which also gave the group international recognition.

In this interview 雪 (Yuki) speaks with vocalist Takuya and guitarist Rict about their growth as musicians and their new found fame in Europe, but of course we can’t forget their new album "Odyssey" and their very own FRONTLINE FESTIVAL either!

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竜神 (RYUJIN) // (2/2) “I would like to introduce Samurai Metal around the world!”

雪 (Yuki) March 1, 2024 No Comments 🌸 竜神 (RYUJIN)🎶 death metal 🎶 thrash metal

Last week we already published part one of our interview with 篠本竜司 (Shinomoto Ryuji), in which we spoke about the reason behind the change from GYZE to 竜神 (RYUJIN), as well as 竜司 (Ryuji)’s musical history and his international ambitions as a Japanese metal musician.

Since 竜司 (Ryuji) was so open about

✨ Interview 🎵 Metal

竜神 (RYUJIN) // (1/2) “I thought this was my fate, and became a dragon god.”

雪 (Yuki) February 23, 2024 No Comments 🌸 竜神 (RYUJIN)🎶 death metal 🎶 thrash metal

We have quite a treat for you today, one that we have been working on for quite some time. Perhaps you might have heard of 竜神 (RYUJIN) already, but in case you haven’t, here’s a (very quick) rundown:
竜神 (RYUJIN) is the newest musical incarnation of 篠本竜司 (Shinomoto Ryuji), who you might also recognize as

✨ News 🎵 Metal 💿 New Release

ANCIENT MYTH announces new Blu-ray “Attracted to the MYTH”

雪 (Yuki) January 1, 2024 No Comments 🌸 ANCIENT MYTH 🎶 gothic

ANCIENT MYTH will release their first Blu-ray, “Attracted to the MYTH”, on January 10, 2024.

This Blu-ray contains (nearly) the entire live show held at 渋谷Star Lounge (Shibuya Star Lounge) on January 8 2023, and features songs from the album “ArcheoNyx” and mini-album “Ambrosian

✨ News 🎵 Metal 🎸 Show / Tour

Little Lilith announces “Ghost Tour 2023 in Europe”

雪 (Yuki) October 20, 2023 No Comments 🌸 Little Lilith 🎶 djent

Little Lilith is an all-female metal band from Japan, existing out of LILLY on vocals and violin, ERIKA on guitar, SHIORI on bass and YUKI on drums.

We’re pretty sure that most of you have no idea who these girls are, so please allow us to give you a short history lesson before we get to the tour information.

✨ News 🎵 Metal 🎸 Show / Tour 💿 New Release

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST announces new single “Kingdom”

雪 (Yuki) October 8, 2023 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced their new digital single “Kingdom” will be released on October 15.

The single will be available digitally on streaming services like iTunes and Spotify, but there will also be a CD version containing an extra instrumental track of the title song.

“HYPERTENSION

✨ Photography 🎵 Metal

FATE GEAR // “European Tour 2023” at Baroeg

Misaki Moonwing and 雪 (Yuki) July 14, 2023 No Comments 🌸 FATE GEAR 🎶 all female 🎶 steampunk

FATE GEAR came to Europe for their "European Tour 2023”, tour, and during their stop in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) on July 12 we managed to take some photos of their live show.

These photos are hosted on our photography portfolio, Arlequin Photography.
You can find the link to their page there in this post!

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST announces new single “Despise”

雪 (Yuki) July 5, 2023 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

Back in May we already speculated that NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST might release something new after their announcement of a live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” in clubasia. A name like that doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it?

And it turns out that we were right! It’s right

✨ News 🎵 Metal 🎸 Show / Tour 💿 New Release

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST announces “RELEASE PARTY at clubasia”

雪 (Yuki) May 16, 2023 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced a new live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” at Shibuya clubasia on July 9 2023.

Not much information has been released so far, but it looks like the band is planning to release a new single* (don’t quote us on this, there is not enough information to fully

✨ News 🎵 Metal 🎸 Show / Tour

BRIDEAR announces “Decide to Survive European Tour 2022”

雪 (Yuki) August 11, 2022 No Comments 🌸 BRIDEAR 🎶 all female 🎶 power metal

Following the release of their new album “AEGIS OF ATHENA” last April, BRIDEAR will be returning to Europe this September for a short tour, playing a total of 8 shows in 5 different countries!

Band profile

BRIDEAR exist out of KIMI on vocals, AYUMI and MOE on guitar, HARU on bass and

✨ Review 🎵 Metal 💿 Album

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // ARGOS: Walk with me to hell

雪 (Yuki) June 17, 2022 No Comments 🌸 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 🎶 deathcore 🎶 metalcore

Following their “counterattack” in 2020 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST released a new mini-album called “The Wasteland” as well as a single called “THE ONE”, both releases including their new guitarists Valtz and Yu-taro. The addition of these two guitarists seems to have filled the band with power and determination,

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✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

Azavana // 灰色の海を泳ぐ蛍 (Haiiro no Umi wo Oyogu Hotaru): Can I still hope for dreams and love?

雪 (Yuki) April 27, 2025 No Comments

The very first single of Azavana, “灰色の海を泳ぐ蛍” (Haiiro no Umi wo Oyogu Hotaru), may be their first single, but it’s definitely not their first release overall. The group already released two mini-albums in November of 2024, but this single really caught our attention with it’s poetic title, and even more poetic lyrics. In this review 雪 (Yuki) takes a deep dive into the single, and is more than happy to tell you more about it as well!

✨ Review 🎵 Metal 💿 Single

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // Nail in the coffin: Burn it down until the end

雪 (Yuki) April 13, 2025 No Comments

✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

TRNTY D:CODE // [HELL]hound.: Tame him before daylight

雪 (Yuki) April 6, 2025 No Comments

Despite coming out in November of 2018, TRNTY D:CODE’s second single “[HELL]hound.” contained an interesting mix of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) and metalcore, ticking boxes for both genres left and right for the currently inactive group.

With this review 雪 (Yuki) hopes to bring an older release back to the surface, while looking at the interesting mix of both genres at the same time.

✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 📺 MV

リリカ (Lyrica) // ストロベリィマァマレィド (Strawberry Marmalade): Unspeakable secrets melted my throat

雪 (Yuki) March 30, 2025 No Comments

“ストロベリィマァマレィド” (Strawberry Marmalade) is the fourth single in リリカ (Lyrica)’s discography, and also the second MV for the group. Much like their first single and MV “Strange Rabbit” there is a lot more than what meets the eye at first glance with this release too. And since you all enjoyed our deep dive into their first single and MV so much, we’re now coming back with the follow-up we promised back then.

In today’s review, 雪 (Yuki) discusses the story of the single and MV in more detail, but much like the previous installment in our Strange Rabbit series, please keep in mind that リリカ (Lyrica)’s work might be a bit shocking for some audiences!

✨ Review 🎵 ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) 💿 Single

Z CLEAR // 広島 (Hiroshima): I’ll just be myself

雪 (Yuki) March 2, 2025 No Comments

“広島” (Hiroshima) is already the 11th single for Z CLEAR, but why are we jumping into their work with this single in particular? This single not only contains a wonderful message, it also looks like a unique moment in time for the band themselves.

Originating from 広島 (Hiroshima), the tile of the single alone is a bit of a hint of what’s to come already. 雪 (Yuki) did a deep dive into the single and is more than happy to tell you all about it!