ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) started to form in Japan in the 1980’s, creating a genre where the visual performance of the artist is just as important as the music they make. The name itself is derived from the slogan “Psychedelic Violence Crime of Visual Shock”, which was seen on the cover of X Japan’s second studio album “Blue Blood”, released in 1989.
By combining the often flamboyant and androgynous looks with their music, these artists tell the story of their works in a more theatrical way than other genres worldwide often do. The visual presentation also allows these artists to express themselves individually in their own creative style.
While ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) is the “top” of the genre, there are a lot of artists who can’t be categorized in any of it’s many subgenres but still have the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) style in their works. That’s why we’ve collected them here, as well as bands from other countries that have been inspired by this unique genre.
孔雀座 (QJACKTHE) have released their single “MAYDAY//電脳サイコマン” (MAYDAY/Dennou Psychoman) on September 29 already, but since this single is only available at live shows they wanted to highlight it a little better with a short preview video on YouTube, which also contained some (rather
Welcome to V Reviews. My name is V.
And in this inaugural first music video review we will be covering the band DEXCORE’s awesome “Savior” track.
For those of you who do not know who they are, here’s a little background information to get you started. They are a ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei),
JILUKA already hinted a little bit towards a possible overseas performance in our recent interview with them, but at that time they couldn’t reveal us anything more than a suggestive hint.
That hint turned out to be their US debut, in the form of a performance at Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA), Georgia
Rides In ReVellion have only just finished their 8th anniversary oneman live show “∞-infinity-“ at GORILLA HALL OSAKA, and they’ve already announced both a new single titled “夜明け最前線” (Yoake Saizensen / Yoake Frontline) and a oneman tour titled “DAYBREAK FRONTLINE”.
The new single
DEVILOOF already dropped some hints a while ago through their official Twitter account, but it’s now official! The band will be visiting Mexico, Chile and Brazil between late May and early June of 2024.
At the moment only three dates have been announced, namely:
May 25: Mexico, CDMX
May 31: Chile,
DEVILOOF announced the release of their new EP “DAMNED” last year already, but this time it wasn’t “just” a new release, “DAMNED” would also mark the major debut for the group through Tokuma Japan Communications.
The original release date was planned for March 1, but ended up being postponed to April
If you’re familiar with the modern ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) scene it’s quite likely that you have seen the name “JILUKA” at least once, or possibly have seen a photo or video from Sena’s YouTube channel. What we’re trying to say is that it’s quite hard to not recognize at least something from this group, be
Versailles have announced that their new single “VOGUE” will be released on June 21, 2023!
“VOGUE” will be the first release for the group in 11 years, and will be released in three different types:
Limited edition A will contain a CD featuring two songs and their two instrumental
Recently we’ve mostly seen SUI work on 縁 (Enishi) while David’s activities were paused, but after the announcement of David’s 6th anniversary live show on June 8 SUI now surprises us all with the announcement of a first and last mini-album named “REMINISCENCE”.
The mini-album will be released on July
David announced a pause in activities last year, but the 6th anniversary of the project is approaching quickly.
To celebrate this milestone David will have a oneman live show titled “VI Prophecy” at SHBUYA REX on June 8, 2023!
For this performance SUI will be joined by erina (@Erina163cm47kg
TAKA has announced that the 6th anniversary of Alpha999 will be celebrated through a oneman acoustic live show in 下北沢ComCafe音倉 (Shimokitazawa ComCafe Otokura) on May 28, 2023!
Tickets will cost ¥5,000 in advance, and ¥5,500 at the door on the day of the event.
Pre-sale for tickets through TIGET will
Ash Berry have announced their second digital single, named “ソングレター” (Song Letter), will be released on May 1st, 2023.
“ソングレター” (Song Letter) is a letter to our fans in a song format to express our gratitude for supporting us on a daily basis. Even in a situation where we can’t