G.L.A.M.S // Closing the language gap through “TWILIGHT AFTER THE RAIN”
When G.L.A.M.S announced that they would be touring Europe again despite the developments surrounding the COVID-19 virus I originally said that maybe it wasn’t the greatest time to do an interview. I recently spoke with vocalist and band leader Mikaru through an email-interview about the new album
G.L.A.M.S // TWILIGHT AFTER THE RAIN: Rays of light shine through the clouds
At the moment of writing the guys from G.L.A.M.S are getting ready to start on their next European tour. This time to promote their new release “TWILIGHT AFTER THE RAIN”, the fourth release of the band and the next in line after the release of “EVER-CHANGING” in 2018. The release of the new album is planned
Mikaru // “I write lyrics as if they’re intended for a movie.”
This interview was done before the new album from G.L.A.M.S, “TWILIGHT AFTER THE RAIN” officially came out. Mikaru offered to answer a total of five questions about the new album, on only one condition: I would have to ask completely blind. There was no information given other than the name of the album,
龍-RYU- // “I don’t want to be a part of the masses, I want to be unique.”
Near the end of 2018 I spoke to 龍-RYU- about his now former project “OROCHI”, a project he had started 15 years ago to combine his love for music and traditional Japanese culture into a “samurai rock” band which had their first performance here in The Netherlands all the way back in 2011. (And various other
ice // “I was attracted to the Visual Kei genre because of the visual expression and ROCK.”
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
DIR EN GREY // The World of Mercy: A world where we hold hands and connect
Last year DIR EN GREY delighted the fans with new material in the form of the “人間を被る” (Ningen wo Kaburu) single and the full album “The Insulated World”, of which the latter was a great example of DIR EN GREY’s “shock value”, even after so many years of them
TAKA // The creation of an Alphamily through Alpha999
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
VII ARC // Halloween in Dordrecht (Powered by Songbirds 078 Festival) at DOOR
During the “Halloween in Dordrecht” event VII ARC came to DOOR in Dordrecht on October 26 to play their show for the fans, but in a different outfit than they normally wear on stage…
We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos on our
ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) // ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019 (support) at Musicon
During the “ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019” ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) was the support act for ZEROSHIKI during their stop at the Musicon in Den Haag on October 7, where they played their show for the fans who had been waiting outside for most of the afternoon already.
We also went to check out their performance,
ZEROSHIKI // ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019 at Musicon
During their “ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019” ZEROSHIKI stopped at the Musicon in Den Haag on October 7 to play their show for the fans who had been waiting outside for most of the afternoon already.
We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // UNLEASH: Behind the smile is deception
After the departure of guitarists Cazqui and Daichi NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST disappeared for a little while, but a little more than a year after their last physical release the group returns, this time with Rin as a new guitarist, and a mini-album that -based on the music video that was released earlier already-
High Tech Low Life // De Dordtse Matsuri at Bibelot
Especially for “De Dordtse Matsuri” High Tech Low Life came to the Bibelot in Dordrecht on August 31st to play their show for the fans and visitors of the event.
We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos on our portfolio, Arlequin Photography,