Nu Metal has been increasing in popularity worldwide, including in Japan. While お洒落系 (Osare Kei) and コテオサ系 (Koteosa Kei) still hold the title of having the most artists active in their respective genres, there has been a significant increase in artists and bands who desire a more Metal-type of sound in their works.
If you can categorize an artist or band under the Heavy Metal category, but with the androgynous and flamboyant visual aspect of ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei), you have the main ingredients required for a ラウド系 (Loud Kei) band!
摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) have announced that their new EP “EVIL” will be released on December 13, 2023.
The EP will contain 6 tracks, and rather than only being available through their own webshop the release will also be available as a digital download through iTunes as well as at major
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
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
During their last live show of this year 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) made an announcement which was also shared through Twitter shortly after.
They have announced that their new single, titled “翠玉のワルツ” (Suigyoku no Waltz), will be released as a venue limited single during their 16th Anniversary Live
DEVILOOF have announced that they will be making their major debut through Toukuma Japan Communications, which comes as a little bit of a surprise to not just fans, but also the members themselves.
A one-man live show commemorating this major debut milestone will be held at 渋谷CLUB QUATTRO (Shibuya
Nellfin have partnered with Arlequin Magazine for their release of their first EP “Untouched” on October 7, 2022! This means they’re currently open to interview requests from other international media and content creators, and have asked Arlequin Magazine to help them with
Nellfin are about to release their first EP, titled “Untouched”, which will be available through download and streaming services starting October 7, 2022!
The EP will contain 6 tracks, including a new version of the song “REVE”, which was previously released as a free demo
DEVILOOF have announced a collaboration with Village Vanguard (a Japanese online store for all kinds of goods) for some exclusive merchandise items!
The collection includes a T-shirt and a longsleeve shirt, but also a pillow, backpack, baseball cap, keychains, mug, measuring container, flipflops,
Nellfin are a ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) band from the 名古屋 (Nagoya) Prefecture, but we’re pretty sure that you haven’t heard much about them just yet. And if you have, well, then we hope to be able to tell you a little more about this duo and their music.
Which is why we’ve asked vocalist JURI