MIRAI // “Music crosses borders.”

It’s been a while since we last featured Angels’ Temptation, but that doesn’t mean the members have just been sitting around and doing nothing. Our last time featuring them unfortunately had some sad news about a member leaving the group, and it has been a bit quiet in terms of new music coming from the

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Alpha999 // 6th Anniversary Acoustic Live announced

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

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Ash Berry // New digital single “ソングレター” (Song Letter) announced

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

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葉月 (HAZUKI) // The dreamworld painted through 蓮華鏡 (Rengekyou)

While 葉月 (HAZUKI) is mostly known for the darker style that borders between rock and metal with lynch., his solo works take a completely different approach with a symphonic style. And 葉月 (HAZUKI) wouldn’t be himself if he didn’t take some of the theatrical performance he displays in lynch. with him in

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Alpha999 // “If I keep saying it out loud, it will eventually come true.”

Alpha999 is the solo project from vocalist TAKA, and in the last few years we’ve already done an introduction-style interview, as well as an interview regarding the project “Lounge Room”, which TAKA and Syu started during the pandemic to keep fans -both local and worldwide- not only entertained, but

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Alpha999 // at Aki no Matsuri 2022

Especially for Aki no Matsuri, a yearly convention based in Winterthur, Alpha999 (existing out of solo vocalist TAKA and the 999’z member band) came all the way from Tokyo to play a live show on the first evening of the event.

We traveled all the way to Switzerland to catch their performance, and

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Ash Berry // The new single “Tears Knife” is planned for November

Ash Berry is about to release their new (and first) digital single, titled “Tears Knife”, which will be available through download and streaming services starting November 8, 2022!

Next to a digital release there will also be a physical release of the single, but this version will only

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浅葱 (ASAGI) // Japanese folklore in a musical format through “斑 (Madara)”

In the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) world the name “ASAGI” probably immediately makes you think of the vocalist from the popular band “D”, and even now you wouldn’t be wrong. But today we’re not going to talk about D, but about some of ASAGI’s other activities.

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MIRAI // A message to “My Dear”

You might remember the interview I did in early January, in which I introduced you to MIRAI, Hideki, YURI, Shion and Rio’s work as Angels’ Temptation.
Angels’ Temptation is fairly unique in the ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) scene because despite all members being from Japan, their style

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Alpha999 // Live performance changed to studio live

It’s a little bit last minute, but TAKA and SYU have announced a change to their live performance that was scheduled for May 30th:

Originally planned as a live performance like we’re all used to, circumstances forced the guys to move their stage from a live venue to the studio. Rather than

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