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HYDE announces HYDE [INSIDE] LIVE 2025 WORLD TOUR

雪 (Yuki) 3 June 2025 No Comments 🌸 HYDE 🎶 digital 🎶 metalcore 🎶 rock

After the release of the “HYDE [INSIDE]” album in September of 2024, HYDE has now revealed his biggest solo world tour to date. With dates in Japan, South America and Europe between late June and November, HYDE’s schedule is looking pretty busy this year.

In this post we’ll explain you more about when he will be appearing where, and how to get tickets for his overseas shows. Will you be attending any of these shows?

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NAZARE announces disbandment

雪 (Yuki) 22 May 2025 No Comments 🌸 NAZARE 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metalcore

After six years of activities NAZARE have decided to cease all of their future activities and disband. While this is a real shame for fans of the group, the band has left their own messages about the situation, thanking everyone for their support. In this post we've translated these messages to English for you.

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ゼラ (Zera) // Uncanny Valley: Let’s keep dreaming scary dreams

雪 (Yuki) 4 May 2025 No Comments 🌸 ゼラ (Zera)🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metal 💫 Marionette Parade

After the release of the “MISSA” single in September of 2024, ゼラ (Zera) are already back to add a new single to their discography. “Uncanny Valley” was released in late February of this year, and exists out of three tracks and a music video. Does this single provide an answer to the uncanny valley-hypothesis or is the name just a placeholder?

You’ve probably already noticed that we’ve been covering ゼラ (Zera)’s works more often recently, so 雪 (Yuki) couldn’t wait to dive into “Uncanny Valley” to find every little tidbit hidden within. And of course tell you all about it! Let’s put the hypothesis to the test together!

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

雪 (Yuki) 2 March 2025 No Comments 🌸 Z CLEAR 🎵 キラキラ系 (Kirakira Kei)🎵 コテオサ系 (Koteosa Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metalcore 🎶 pop 🎶 rock

“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!

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ゼラ (Zera) announces new single “Uncanny Valley”

雪 (Yuki) 26 January 2025 No Comments 🌸 ゼラ (Zera)🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metal

ゼラ (Zera) have announced the release of their 12th single “Uncanny Valley” for February 26. As always we have a little more information about the single for you, as well as some instore events and a oneman live tour to share with you, so we've collected all of our info in this post.

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ゼラ (Zera) // MISSA: Claw marks engraved on the vast earth

雪 (Yuki) 5 January 2025 No Comments 🌸 ゼラ (Zera)🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metal 💫 Marionette Parade

Following the super theatrical single “Octavius”, ゼラ (Zera)’s 11th single “MISSA” has quite some shoes to fill. This time the single is not inspired by a legend, but does have a theme that is quite relevant in this day and age.

Will “MISSA” live up to the bar that “Octavius” set before it? 雪 (Yuki) couldn’t wait to dive into this single and tell you all about it!

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NUL. releases third album “AVA”

雪 (Yuki) 22 November 2024 No Comments 🌸 NUL.🎶 digital 🎶 industrial 🎶 metalcore 🎶 rock

Industrial rock band NUL. have recently released their third album “AVA”, which promises to let you enjoy a new NUL. sound while destroying the NUL. of the past. In this post we’ve collected a little more information about the album for you to help you get started.

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ゼラ (Zera) // Marionette Parade: Octavius

雪 (Yuki) 3 November 2024 No Comments 🌸 ゼラ (Zera)🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metal 💫 Marionette Parade

"Octavius" is the 10th single in ゼラ (Zera)’s discography so far. Released in February of 2024, the three songs on the single are inspired by the legend of the ship of ice, mixing horror and ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) in a unique way with this concept.

In this review 雪 (Yuki) tells you all about the single as well as the legend that inspired it, so get your beverage of choice and let's dive right in!

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葉月 (HAZUKI) announces new album “MAKE UP ØVERKILL”

雪 (Yuki) 7 September 2024 No Comments 🌸 葉月 (HAZUKI)🎶 digital 🎶 rock 🎶 solo project

葉月 (HAZUKI) announced the release of his new album “MAKE UP ØVERKILL” to be set for October 23. As always we have a little more information about the release as well as the nationwide tour that will follow it to share with you, so we’ve collected all of our info in this post.

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ゼラ (Zera) announces new single “MISSA”

雪 (Yuki) 9 August 2024 No Comments 🌸 ゼラ (Zera)🎵 メンヘラ系 (Menhera Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metal

ゼラ (Zera) announced the release of their new single “MISSA” to be set for September 24. As always we have a little more information about the release as well as the nationwide tour that will follow it to share with you, so we’ve collected all of our info in this post.

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FORBIDDEN // “To us “FORBIDDEN” is the name of the future we’re aiming for.”

雪 (Yuki) 26 April 2024 No Comments 🌸 FORBIDDEN 🎶 digital 🎶 rock

FORBIDDEN is the newest musical project of guitarist 凛 (Lin) and vocalist 鋲 (Byou), who you might recognize from projects like brodiaea, Lilith, Affective Synergy, SCREW, KHRYST+ and their solo careers.
FORBIDDEN officially launched in December of 2023, which means they're still a relatively new band, but their concept is very solid already. More than enough reason for us to ask the guys for some more information about FORBIDDEN!

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NAZARE announces Latin America tour

雪 (Yuki) 13 January 2024 No Comments 🌸 NAZARE 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 digital 🎶 metalcore

NAZARE have announced through their Twitter/X account that they will be touring Latin America in October of 2024.
At the moment no venues have been announced yet, so we only have the dates and cities to go off of for the time being:

10/11 – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
10/12 – São Paulo (Brazil)

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JILUKA // KVLT: Open your mind for this new cult

雪 (Yuki) 8 June 2025 No Comments

With the 2025 World Tour “THE KVLT” in full swing, JILUKA are currently in Europe once again after two very successful tours in 2024. Since that tour they have only released one new song and music video, namely “KVLT”. And this music video was on our to do list since it came out last February already – it just took a little longer to get to it. But with the tour in full swing now, we want to draw your attention to JILUKA’s work once more.

And if you’re still on the fence on whether or not you want to join their KVLT, allow the group to convince you one more time before their live show.

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DEVILOOF // Devil’s Proof: Bare your fangs and go wild

雪 (Yuki) 1 June 2025 No Comments

DEVILOOF released their very first full album “Devil’s Proof” in November of 2017 already, and ever since it has continuously made appearances on 雪 (Yuki)’s playlist. Sometimes in full, sometimes a stray song. With the band signing to the major label Tokuma Japan in 2023 their first release under that label was either a massive hit or a massive disappointment – depending on who you ask. And with the release of their song “因習” (Inshuu) in late January of this year, 雪 (Yuki) actually saw something that made her think of “Devil’s Proof”.

So here it is, the long, long overdue deep dive into DEVILOOF’s first album, which really showcases the combination of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) and J-Metal!

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DAMNED // STAIN: A sense of emptiness brings no comfort

雪 (Yuki) 25 May 2025 No Comments

In September of 2024 DAMNED released the MV for “STAIN”, following the one for “Thanatosis” that came out in April of the same year. V already covered “Thanatosis” for you, so now it’s 雪 (Yuki)’s turn to cover “STAIN”!

Will this be another banger, or will it be a stain on the band’s reputation? (It definitely isn’t, don’t worry, but we couldn’t resist the pun!) 雪 (Yuki) did a deep dive into the song and will tell you all about it in this review!

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ゼラ (Zera) // Uncanny Valley: Let’s keep dreaming scary dreams

雪 (Yuki) 4 May 2025 No Comments

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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) 27 April 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!