NEUMANIA.net

According to Makito, the leader of Quaff, he said that 5 out of the 6 members of the band will be withdrawing. The current lineup will end on the 1st of October. Makito said there was no bad blood between any of the members or musical differences, they just chose to take different paths. Here is the official message.

ON OCTOBER 1, 5 MEMBERS WITHDRAW FROM QUAFF: HAL, TAKUMA, SHINGO, SEIYA & UKISEMI.
WE DO NOT HAVE PERSONAL PROBLEMS, AND THERE ARE NO MUSICAL DIFFERENCES.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN A NEW LIFE AND SEEK TO HOLD A HAPPY FUTURE.
AS FOR THE TIME I SPENT WITH THEM, IT IS VERY VALUABLE. AND IT IS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
THEY LOVE MUSIC, THEY LOVE QUAFF, AND THEY LOVE THE FANS.
THEY ARE THE BRAVE MEN WHO WALKED WITH ME.
THEY NOW FOLLOW A NEW PATH IN LIFE.
PLEASE PRAY SO THAT THIS BECOMES A GREAT HAPPINESS FOR ALL.
NEW MEMBERS SOON JOIN QUAFF.
PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO NEW MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND BY THEIR MESSAGE, I SHOW THIS INFORMATION.
Quaff MAKITO

Source:
MySpace

The other day, Versailles had an important announcement during their Grand Final at Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall on the 4th of September. It was news that their support member, Masahi has become the official bassist of the band. They also revealed a brand new look with Masahi, what do you guys think?

They will also release a new single on the 27th of October entitled “DESTINY-The Lovers-”. It will come in three types. Type A and B, as well as a limited edition. The limited edition, as well as Type A will come with a bonus DVD. The Limited Edition will come with live footage from their Versailles World Tour 2010″Method of Inheritance”-JUBILEE-at JCB Hall. Type A will come with the “DESTINY-The Lovers-” PV. Including songs such as:
01 愛と哀しみのノクターン(ai to kanoshimi no nocturne)
02 Amorohous
03 月下香(gekkakou)
04 Serenade
05 ASCENDEAD MASTERS
06 God Palace

Source:
OHP

There is some bad news from rock band knotlamp, they have announced that their guitarist, TETSUNARI, has officially withdrawn from the band as of today. TETSUNARI stated that he is leaving due to “personal reasons”.

The sudden announcement definitely comes at a bad time as the band is currently in the middle of their ongoing, “Dot of the Galaxy TOUR 2010″ tour. However, the good news is that the band has plans to continue the tour with a support member for the rest of their scheduled lives.

For those unfamiliar with the band, they are currently on tour to promote their upcoming new album, “Dot of the Galaxy” that is set to release early next month on September 7th. The release will be available in two different types, both a regular CD only version as well as a CD+DVD limited version.

Track-listing:
01. Into the sky
02. Libra
03. Twisted arrows
04. Fragment
05. Everlasting stars
06. My world, your world
07. A thousand sorries
08. Liberty Bell
09. Coda
10. Aerosphere
11. Until you sleep
[DVD] (Limited edition only)
01.LAST TRAIN -新しい朝- (Atarashii asa)
02. Everlasting Stars
03. Another Escape
04. 遠くへ (Tokue)

The DVD included in the limited edition will feature live footage from the band’s live that took place earlier this year on March 25th at Akasaka BLITZ.

Source:
TokyoGraph, Natalie.mu

BLAMHONEY fans across the world are in for some great news, the band will be back in action in just a few months!

Ryonai tweeted about the exciting news stating that, “Newborn BLAMHONEY starts from a live activity in November in a true meaning”. According to Ryonai’s Ameblo, the reborn band will be beginning activity at the “–Darkest Fest vol.2-“ live event that will take place on November 26th at Shibuya Crawl. Tickets for the event have been priced at 3000 in advance and 3500 the day of.

However, with this great news, also comes some bad news. It has been announced that BLAMHONEY’s new vocalist, HYUGA, has withdrawn from the band as of August 20th. Both Ryonai and HYUGA have left messages for the fans on their Official MySpace blog apologizing for the sudden announcement.

Always thank you indeed for assisting in BLAMHONEY.

HYUGA(BLAMHONEY:Recalled Member) seceded from BLAMHONEY with 8/20 this time.

I wish sincerely to express my gratitude to everybody of FAN who kept watching it as it is severe and is warm at times and everybody of parties concerned in the short span of time.

Please continue your favors toward everybody because Shibuya crawl Darkest Fest vol.2- lets me perform according to schedule on November 26 when live in BLAMHONEY is being decided now.

BLAMHONEY
-RYONAI

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Last of Voice

This time, it walked on each road in the future work as a result of the discussion.
The thing that everybody and meeting were able to experience as a member of BLAM HONEY is proud.
It will support in the future and it wishes the thing that extends with a strong outlook on the world sincerely.

Thank you.
HYUGA

It’s both surprising and unfortunate that HYUGA is withdrawing so soon! Hopefully Ryonai can find a replacement vocalist soon!

Source:
BLAMHONEY MySpace, Ryonai’s Ameblo & Twitter

There is bad news for fans of the indies band 死刑宣告 (Death punish sentence), they have made the unfortunate announcement that they will soon be disbanding.

On the August 20th live at HOLIDAY OSAKA, we announced publically that we would be disbanding after our live at Shinsaibashi CLUB DROP on the 20th of September. All of the members will continue to keep doing their best until the final live, please keep support us until then.
-death sentence-

As the translation reads, their final live will take place on September 20th at Shinsaibashi CLUB DROP. While the reason for disbandment was not given, it seems related to their recent loss of guitarist 紫焔 (Shien). This band seems to have had a lot of bad luck with losing guitarists as Shien wasn’t the first guitarist to withdraw from the band. Late last year they had their first loss, guitarist 蝋牙 (Roukiba), in November of 2009.

Hopefully this won’t be the last we see of the members and hopefully, in their future bands they will have a bit of better luck!

Source:
OHP, vkdb

A&D will unfortunately lose their guitarist SAKI. He said that he will be leaving the band after their October th live at Nishikujou Brand New due to what seems to be musical differences. I’ve translated the message he left on the OHP.

Everyone

It’s a bit of a sudden announcement, but I feel all of you should know what’s going on.
On the 10th of October, after our oneman live at nishikujou Brand New, I’ve decided that I will retire from the band. There was so many things that was running through my mind, I was wondering what kind of things I could do if I continue playing music, but I realized that in the end, it was too difficult discussing with the other members. I decided based on that, I should probably just leave the band.

I’m truly sorry to everyone that has supported me while I was in A&D. I’m not going to retire or want to, but I felt like I should just apologize anyway, especially if I caused anyone problems.

I’m honestly very grateful that I got this change to perform in A&D, finishing out my time in October 10th. I’ll stay positive until it’s all over, and I’ll play our music as best as I can.

A&D will continue on, despite me not continuing on with them. In the future, I want to make sure somehow me and A&D can somehow be connected. Again, it was really sudden to announce this, and I’m sorry, but I hope that all of you will understand. Please keep supporting me and A&D until the end!

- SAKI

SAKI’s Final Live :
Nishikujo BRAND NEW 15th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ONEMAN
OPEN: 17:00 / START: 17:30
ADV: 3,000yen / DAY: 3,500yen (Drink included)
Tickets go on sale August 21st.

Source:
OHP

Para:noir has recently updated their OHP with quite a bit of news for their fans. The first of the news is that they have a brand new look! In the new look, you might notice that the have a new member! He is their new drummer named 雪乃(Yukino), whom was previously known as 憂(You), ex-member of VANESSA! He has a brand new blog, so check him out on ameblo here.

The band will also release a mini-album entitled “the RED in the monochrome”. It will come in two types, Type A and B. Type A will come with a PV for the song “the RED”, and Type B will come with a two remastered bonus tracks. You can expect this single out on the 22nd of December! More details below.

2010/12/22 the RED in the monochrome (Type A)
Track Listing:
01 John Doe (instrumental)
02 FOOLISH STEREOTYPES
03 失くした両手 (nakushita ryoute)
04 the RED
05 Show time in the [xxx]
06 Good morning,MOTHER

2010/12/22 the RED in the monochrome (Type B)
Track Listing:
01 John Doe (instrumental)
02 FOOLISH STEREOTYPES
03 失くした両手 (nakushita ryoute)
04 the RED
05 Show time in the [xxx]
06 Good morning,MOTHER
07 fxxker(remastering ver.)
08 S.K.P(remastering ver.)

Source:
OHP

Another sad announcement today. Vocalist DUTCH of INO HEAD PARK will be leaving the band. He announced that after the 18th of August he will no longer be able to participate in the band’s activities due to health complications.

The doctor informed DUTCH that if he continued on in the band his health problems would only get worse. So in order to take better care of himself, him and the other members decided that he should follow the doctor’s orders. DUTCH appologizes for such a short notice, and that he hopes that everyone will continue to support INO HEAD PARK. He also went on to thank all of the fans for their love and support.

TAKUYA AND SUSSY will most definitely continue INO HEAD PARK into the future! So they hope that the fans will wait in anticipation for their return.

Source:
OHP

Unfortunately guitarist Asuka will be leaving Luzmelt. It was announced on his blog recently that he will be leaving due to family reasons. With such an unexpected announcement, the band is unsure of what they will be doing in the future just yet.

Nothing official has been posted on the OHP just yet, but we will keep everyone informed when it is. We are currently in the process of translating the blog entries concerning this though, so please check back soon for them.

Source:
Asuka’s Blog / News Tip from Reina

As you all know, bassist Zill of Moran has passed away, and the band was unsure if they would continue activities without him. However recently, the band announced that they will be accepting a new guitarist into the band.  It’s none other than SIZNA, former guitarist of Sugar. This was announced on his birthday! What a wonderful birthday gift that was.

Moran will also hold a memorial live for Zill on the 14th of October. The event will be named “Stand by Me”.  There will be a special session band by former vocalist of KuRt, Tenten. As well as a performance by Mix Speaker’s,Inc. Though some people aren’t expecting this, but a one day revival of the band Gift will also accur!

Source:
OHP

Sli+pt is a visual band that began earlier this year on the 9th of March as a four person band. Vocalist 迅(jin), guitarist 灯乃(hino), guitarist 游(you), and drummer kaizi. They also had a support bassist named Taka. However recently the support bassist has changed his name to NOBU, and was recently dubbed an official member of the band!

"NOBU"

Nobu wrote on his official blog that there has been a costume change, and there will be an announcement on the OHP about the news soon!  All that is available on the OHP right now is NOBU’s profile, however it does seem the band is planning on creating a better PC side to their website. So make sure you check that often, or wait for us to update here!

Source:
VKDB / NOBU’s Blog

As we mentioned back in May, nil delete heads lost their bassist Takumi. The band quickly picked up ex-GizeL member Dai. Great news though, the band has decided that Dai is the perfect fit for the band, and ever since last night’s live, he is now the official bassist of nil delete heads.

Dai said on his blog that the fans gave him an amazing reception and that he hopes everyone will continue this warm support! He mentioned it breifly on his blog today, and I’ve translated it for you guys below!

I’d like to thank you guys for coming out to Shibuya DESEO and fighting with us until the end, I really appreciate it!

I will be officially joining nil delete heads as their bassist.

The MC was short, but we finished, it didn’t take long for everyone to begin cheering quite loudly!!

I look forward to working with everyone!!!

The fans in Japan have accepted Dai, what do you guys think about it?

Source:
VKDB / Dai’s Blog

Earlier this year, Awoi lost it’s drummer, Hiro. He stated it was for personal reasons, which left Awoi as a three-member band but that didn’t stop them from releasing a new album over the summer. Now, the band has brought in a new drummer named Ryo as well as a new guitarist named 慎(Sin)! You can see the two new members have already been added into Awoi’s latest look with Ryo on the far left and 慎(Sin) on the middle right. Their new lineup now looks like this:

Vocal: オトギ (Otogi)
(毒蝶 → 夜魔徒撫死子 → Maria｢…｣nette → アヲイ)
Guitar: 翔。(Shou)
(Rβinθn → Maria｢…｣nette → アヲイ)
Guitar: 慎 (Sin)
Bass: サキ (Saki)
Drums: Ryo

Source:
OHP, Last.fm

Before I begin, I’d like to thank invidia for the tip. Recently it was updated on boogieman’s OHP that vocalist ジュンノ(Junno) will be leaving the band due to becoming sick. There was a message concerning it on the OHP, which has been translated below.

Junno’s Retirement Notice

As of now, vocalist Junno will be retiring from boogieman due to his poor healthy. It was Junno’s wish based on the diagnoses of “The continuance of band activity will prove difficult” from the doctor.

As a result, after having a discussion amongst staff as well as Junno, we’ve come to the decision that continuing the current live schedule is impossible, and we will most likely cancel the lives we’ve had planned.

We will be making an announcement concerning boogieman’s future activity very soon.

We’re sorry for any trouble this may have caused anyone.

2010/07/27
boogieman
HEAVELL PLOT

Source:
OHP / Tip

9GOAST BLACK OUT recently announced that their support drummer Aki will be leaving. Aki has been playing with the band ever since they began. He left a small message to the fans of 9GOATS, where he thanked everyone and hoped that everyone will still support the band despite him leaving. They also gave a link to Aki’s blog, there he will announce any future updates about his activities.

Aki’s Blog:
http://nago-yan.jugem.jp/

As for 9GOATS, according to the OHP message, they are decided on future activities at the moment. Hopefully it will be some good news!

Source:
OHP