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What’s Happening With XodiaK Lately? Find Out!

Posted by Kaiden On July - 22 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

As some of you may or may have not known. Every member of XodiacK has left on earlier this year on March 10th. Since then, vocalist Eros, has been doing his own thing and trying to figure out what to do about the band.

XodiacK’s live on July 26 was canceled recently, but Eros has stated on his blog recently that he has been going through training. He apologizes to his fans, but wants them to look forward to their next live at Holiday Shinjuku on the 7th of August.

The band will also have a free live on the 14th of September at Shibuya O-WEST. XodiacK will be joined with bands such as THE MAD SIMPSON, THE COLD MILK, エルム(Elm), RED universe, and a whole lot more. Details below.

2010/09/14 Shibuya O-WEST
THE MAD SIMPSON
1st Anniversary Supervision Festival ~Toumeihan days~ – TOUR FINAL -
GETHERING OF CRAZY FINAL JUDGEMENT~ real face under mask~
Free Thanksgiving Live
OPEN: N/A / START: N/A
ADV: 0yen / DOOR: 0yen
ACTS: THE MAD SIMPSON / ヒトツメ(hitotsume) / エルム(Elm) / THE COLD MILK / MELISSA / XodiacK / ReivieЯ / Diement. / Sacrifice / dying message / SWEET MADONNA / RED universe / 悪意ト月(akuitotsuki) (9/13 ban lift) / LIV’ERT / Ziggrat / xxx (8/23 ban lift) / and others

Source:
Eros’s Blog / XodiacK

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ex Shulla Members Form Band!

Posted by Kaiden On June - 27 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

73shiki , Guy's Family , Shulla , Zipcy , 七三式

Great news for people who have been missing the vocalist of Shulla. He has rejoined the music industry once again! He will be joining up with three other ex-Shulla members as well!

The band will be named “AUBE”, and they will be having their first live on the 19th of July at Holiday Shinjuku. Here’s their lineup:

Vocalist 海斗(Kaito) (ex Shulla / Guy’s Family)
Guitarist 優一(Yuichi) (ex Shulla)
Guitarist 莎瑛(Sae) (ex Shulla)
Bassist 亜輝(Aki) (ex Zipcy)
Drummer 亨(Tooru) (ex 七三式(73shiki)

This is great news, what do you guys think? Are any of you excited to see a partially revived Shulla? I mean.. they did disband back in 2005.. Details for their live are below.

2010/07/19 HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
OPEN/START: 16:00 / 16:30
ADV/DOOR: 2,800yen / 3,300yen
BANDS: ASHURRY / AUBE / 9thTAIL.h / GREAT CONFUSION / Neah / Moderato / and more!

Tickets went on sale June 20th!

Source:
JaME

Revival, Where Are They Now?

Fun Fact: Ayabie members in special unit

Posted by Paisley On June - 18 - 2010 1 COMMENT 　

Ayabie , K.Y from Ayabie , K.Y from彩冷える , 彩冷える

KENZO and Yumehito, members of 彩冷える(Ayabie), have formed a special unit called “K.Y,from彩冷える” (K.Y, from Ayabie)! They will hold their first live at 高田馬場AREA on June 27, 2010.

Current members:
Vocals & Guitar: ユメヒト (Yumehito)
Drums & Chorus: KENZO
Support members:
Guitar: りょうた (Ryuuta)
Bassist: 誠人 (Masato)

They already opened a Myspace page, where they have uploaded a couple song samples! Check it out:
http://www.myspace.com/kyayabie

Source:
Trombe, Myspace

Special, Where Are They Now?

New band for Miku (An Cafe), LC5!

Posted by Paisley On June - 8 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

An Cafe , Brother , Guy's Family , lc5 , MELLO , Ninjaman Japan , RHYOLITE , アンティック-珈琲店- , ガイズファミリー , ニンジャマンジャパン , メロ

As we reported earlier this year, An Cafe has been on hiatus since January– although most of the members have been keeping themselves busy with solo work and such. And recently it was announced that Miku formed a new band called Lc5. The members are all from other bands that most fans may recognize.

Current line-up:
Vocal: miku — (ex. アンティック-珈琲店- (Antique Cafe))
Guitar: 夢時 (Yumeji) — (ex. メロ (MELLO) → RHYOLITE)
Guitar: Reo — (ex. ガイズファミリー (Guy’s Family) → Brother
Bass: Sato — (ex. Diod’honneur→ メロ (MELLO))
Drums: Aki — ex. plu’to → P*Route → GAM → ニンジャマンジャパン (Ninjaman Japan)

Quite interesting, I would say.

For those who watched the live broadcast “NEXUS J-ROCK GOES TO THE WORLD” on Ustream on June 6th, you may remember that they performed after all the other bands. This was actually their debut performance!
And they are scheduled to play three more shows in July during their “Live Crash #1” tour in Japan.

Also, they have already opened an OHP:
http://www.lc5.jp/

Source:
Twitter, natalie.mu

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ex-Matenrou Opera member is solo artist!

Posted by Paisley On June - 5 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

Matenrou Opera , QUALIA , 摩天楼オペラ

QUALIA, who was formerly known as Karen when she was the keyboardist for 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera), is now a solo artist! Her very first mini album is entitled “ANOTHER COLOR” and is scheduled to be released later this month on June 30th. The cost is 1,500yen (about $16.17 USD).

Track listing:
01. Synchronicity
02. Chronus
03. Strain
04. Another Color
05. e

In related news, QUALIA will be holding her first live on July 17th this summer at Shinjuku RUIDO K4.

I am a bit interested to see how it goes and to hear what her solo work sounds like!
She has opened an OHP as well as a MySpace, so check them out:

OHP — http://www.qualia-blue.com/
Official MySpace — http://www.myspace.com/1004599980

Source:
OHP, Trombe

Introduction, Release info, Where Are They Now?

Ex. POITRINE & MADARA Join Forces!

Posted by Kaiden On May - 27 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

CELLT , Ehpion , MADARA , Poitrine , ポワトリン

Great news guys. Remember Yuusuke from Poitrine? What about Syuri from MADARA? Okay, if neither of those are familiar, I know Sasa from CELLT is! All three including Yuki from MADARA have created a band together. That band being Ehpion!

Line up:
Vo. 朱璃(Syuri) (ex. MADARA)
Gt.Yuki (ex. MADARA)
Dr. 悠介(Yuusuke) (ex. ポワトリン(Poitrine))
Ba. 沙々(Sasa) (ex. CELLT) (Support)

They will be having their first release on the 23rd of June! It’s entitled “Re:union”, and will have 4 tracks for 1,575yen.

Pre-order:
Brand X

The release is going to be carried by Dear Dolce. So does this mean they’re joining the label? We’ll see soon enough. They have recently added a new band to their lineup, but that’s for another post.

Find out more about them below!
http://ehpion.com/

Source:
Shiki

Introduction, Release info, Where Are They Now?

E’m～grief～ Releasing New Single!

Posted by Kaiden On May - 21 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

E'm～grief～

Paisley mentioned before that E’m～grief～ has a new release schedule for later in the year. Well the details have been released! It will be a single entitled “Atonality”, and is due out on August 18th.

The single will come in two types; A and B Type. A Type is a CD+DVD combination that will feature live footage from their December 31st live at Tokyo Kinema Club. As well as bonus footage. Type B will come with two tracks, plus instrumental tracks for those two songs. Totaling in 4 tracks all together. It will also come with a DVD that will feature a different song from the same live as Type A. Full details below.

Atonality TYPE A ( CD+DVD ) { 2,100yen }
Track Listing:
01 Atonality
02 D.L.S～Dirty Limblic System～

DVD:
01 Eternal melody
* Footage from Tokyo Kinema Club live on the 31st of December.
+ BONUS FILM “E’m～grief～ ’s Special Offshot Movie “前編(senpen / First Volume)”

Atonality TYPE B ( CD ) { 2,100yen }
Track Listing:
01 Atonality
02 D.L.S～Dirty Limblic System～
03 Atonality (Instrumental)
04 D.L.S～Dirty Limblic System～ (Instrumental)

DVD:
01 Infinity Daze
* Footage from Tokyo Kinema Club live on the 31st of December.
+ BONUS FILM “E’m～grief～ ’s Special Offshot Movie “後編(kouhen / Sequel)”
Plus a compilation of “Fake Dance”.

Also, as you can see above, the band has a new look! What do you guys think?

Source:
Jishuban Club

Release info, Where Are They Now?

TAKA From the Underneath Announces New Band!

Posted by Kaiden On May - 16 - 2010 4 COMMENTS 　

defspiral , Montage , the Underneath

TAKA from the Underneath has just recently announced that he will be starting a brand new band! This band will be named defspiral, and they will be making their debut on the 26th of May when they will be releasing “DIVE INTO THE MIRROR”, which will be the new theme song for Kame Rider Dragon Knight.

He said that their live schedule and OHP will be opening very soon and that he will be announcing them on his blog shortly.

Also, TAKA will be embarking on a solo project entitled “Montage”. He said this is where he will write and perform songs that are from the heart, ones he feels he couldn’t perform in an actual band.

I’m sure fans of the Underneath are looking forward to all of this. We’ll keep you updated on any other announcements regarding either his solo project or new band!

Source:
TAKA’s Blog

Introduction, Where Are They Now?

Fun Fact: BUCK-TICK cover band

Posted by Paisley On May - 15 - 2010 2 COMMENTS 　

BUCK-TICK , Calmando Qual , König , munimuni , Sugar , The Candy Spooky Theater , The Gazette

Wondering where band-men like Loki (former vocalist of Sugar) or Yune (former drummer of the GazettE) are now?

Well it seems they are going to be performing in a special event! ONE NIGHT BALLET MOONLIGHT HIBIKI is a BUCK-TICK cover session band made up of members that most of you will recognize from other bands!
They are scheduled to perform the BUCK-TICK TRIBUTE FESTIVAL held at Shinjuku MARZ on June 27th of this year.

Current line-up:
Vocals: Hibiki (Calmando Qual)
Guitar: 摩天楼(matenrou) (munimuni)
Guitar: Zull (ex-The Candy Spooky Theater, now in …。(silence))
Bass: Loki (ex-DEARER→Vall’na racill→阿片(ahen)→Sugar, now in König(Vo.))
Drums: Dekith (ex-La’DeathtopiA→Melville→Artia→Vall’na racill→the GazettE(ユネ/yune))

Source:
Loki’s blog, Trombe

Fun Fact, Sessions, Special, Where Are They Now?

Velvet Eden Update + Collaboration

Posted by Justyne On May - 8 - 2010 4 COMMENTS 　

Dir en grey , Velvet Eden

Ever since Dada officially announced Velvet Eden’s return, he has been busy recording and preparing for their come-back live this July. Today, Aci announced on the band’s official Myspace that they’ve finished recording:

Finish recording

Actually, Recording was really hard…

But we made really good tunes, We really think so…

We will announce their songs near future.

We hope that everyone have fun by our songs…

I don’t think that everyone like my composing songs.

But I do my best composition for everyone as new Velvet Eden.

I can swear to god it…

-Aci

It’s great to see them progressing so quickly when they haven’t been back for more than a week! I’m really excited to hear about these new songs, what about you guys?

But that’s not all, Dada also posted about an old collaboration with Dir en Grey! He says that the they requested to use an old drawing of his in the design for a tour shirt during their “Withering to Death” days. Here’s the photo of it:

I think the drawing is pretty cool. I can see why Dir en Grey would want to use it on their merchandise. Tell us what you think!

Source:
Official Myspace, Photozou, laura

Collaboration, Other, Where Are They Now?

Közi joins My Horror Revue

Posted by Paisley On April - 27 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

Közi , MALICE MIZER , My Horror Revue

Közi (ex-MALICE MIZER) joined My Horror Revue earlier this month. Their first live with this new line-up is dubbed “PARADE of PHANTOM” and will be held on June 4th of this year at Omotesandou FAB.

This may get interesting, I would say. Although, it may have been more interesting to see Közi on vocals instead.

Current line-up:
Vocals: miyu (Royal Cabaret)
Guitar: 斎藤律(Saitou Ritsu) (ex-THE STALIN, now in LOOPUS)
Guitar: Közi (ex-MALICE MIZER, now in Eve of Destiny)
Bass: 長谷川正(Hasegawa Tadashi) (Plastic Tree)
Drums: 魔太朗(Matarou) (ex-The Willrad, now in Lynx、DRAWERS、廣嶋(hiroshima))

Source:
Közi OHP, Royal Cabaret OHP, Trombe

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LM.C Stuck in Europe

Posted by Aiko On April - 22 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

LM.C

With LM.C’s Europe tour ending a few days ago, the LM.C band and staff are unable to leave germany and return back to Japan because of the unfortunate volcano disaster that had occured in Iceland. The result of this volcano eruption has been- Flight cancellations and concert cancellations (for taipei, Taiwan) seeing that LM.C cannot even get on a plane to return to Japan.

“We regret to inform you that the upcoming LM.C show at Legacy Taipei in Taiwan on Friday, April 23^rd has been cancelled due to the closure of airports and cancellation of the flights following the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Artists and staffs are not able to leave Europe as scheduled and cannot come to Taiwan on time. ” ~ LM.C Staff

Although LM.C and staff are dissapointed by the cancelations and will not be able to leave germany for a few days, they continue to have confidence that they will soon have a concert in these countries again soon.

SOURCE: LM.C official myspace

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Gothika Returns to England

Posted by Justyne On March - 24 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

BLAM HONEY , BLAMHONEY , Gothika

Gothika recently announced on their Myspace that they will be returning to Europe for the first time in two years! They will be doing two performances, the first in Northampton and the second in Birmingham. The band provided the dates and links for tickets which you can see:

2010/03/26(Fri) Northampton, England @ Kitacon
http://www.kitacon.org/

2010/03/27(Sat) Birmingham, England @ Eddies Rocks
http://www.eddiesrocks.com/gigs.php

In case you weren’t aware, Gothika was originally a Japan-based gothic band that “migrated” to Germany in May of last year. They’ve been busy since then, having participated in BLAM HONEY’s Providence of Decadence CD, 2Bullet’s first album Assassi-Nation, being a guest vocalist for Sara-Noxx(a German-based female artist), as well as tours through France, Ukraine and Russia, and more recently a new album, Zeit Geist.

They are currently in the middle of a European Tour which will continue through Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Germany, and Czech Republic. They seem to be unstoppable at this point, don’t they? Dates for these shows are available via Gothika’s Myspace as well as their venues.

Source:
Official Myspace

Live Info, Overseas, Where Are They Now?

Irodori revival + Where are they now?

Posted by Paisley On March - 8 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

Baro-Q , Eve , Irodori , Shagraz , イヴ , シャグラーズ , バロQ

As most already knew, Irodori disbanded last year. However, there have been a few updates on the members since then!

First of all, Irodori will hold a one-day revival live at Shinsaibashi club ALIVE on May 2, 2010.

Also, former members of Irodori are in other bands as well!

ex-Irodori members formed a session band called シャグラーズ (Shagraz) Their first performance was at KYOTO ARC DEUX on July 15, 2009.

Shagraz members:
Vocal: az (ex-ネクロサァカス(necrocircus)→ライラ(layla), now in Arian:Rhod)
Guitar: .シャグラス (shagrath) (ex-藍華柳～Aikaryu～→IRODORI)
Guitar: ルリ (ruri) (ex-Madist→Devise en Despair→IRODORI)
Bass: さくら (sakura) (ex-Vier la drain)
Drums: ChiNa

Blogs:
http://www.freepe.jp/i.cgi?az69
http://ameblo.jp/shagrath/
http://ameblo.jp/jewel-crown-ruri/

Aki, the former guitarist of Irodori, is in a session band called バロQ (Baro-Q).
Baro-Q officially changed into a formal band after their live at HOLIDAY OSAKA on February 16 of this year, at which their live-distributed single entitled “Case;A” was released. They also then changed their name to イヴ (Eve).

Eve members:
Vocals: 武翔 (Takeru)
Guitar: Nao (ex-IRODORI(朱葵/Aki))
Guitar: Ryo
Bass: けいた (Keita) (ex-Order in Disorder)
Support Drums: Charlie (ex-ランス(lance), now LAGING(support))

Blogs:
http://ameblo.jp/naolog1005/
http://ameblo.jp/keita-n-blog/

The also opened an official homepage. Check it out here!

As well as a official MySpace page here!

Source:
Trombe, CROWMUSIC, member’s blogs, Eve OHP

Introduction, Name change, Revival, Sessions, Where Are They Now?

Toshi of X Japan to divorce and bankrupt

Posted by Paisley On February - 10 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS 　

T-EARTH , TOSHI , X Japan

Some sad news for fans of Toshi (X Japan vocalist).

Seems he is getting a divorce, and is also in a personal state of bankruptcy. The rumor appears to be indeed true, as reported by Toshi, Yoshiki, and Toshi’s wife.

This is from an article from JapanToday:

TOKYO —

X Japan vocalist Toshi announced his divorce and separation from the self-development seminar group, “Home of Heart,” this week, and will perform a “sayonara show” produced by band leader Yoshiki on Feb 24.

Toshi told reporters at a press conference that details on the location for the show, which would “separate” him from the past, would be announced at a later date.

On Tuesday night, Yoshiki posted a comment on his official mobile phone website saying, “I hope we can support Toshi from both close and afar… Now and in the future, our feelings for him won’t change.”

Toshi’s wife Kaori, 40, whom he is currently in the process of divorcing, posted on her own blog a cryptic message that said, “To become a ladder for someone important, to get covered in mud for the one you love.. that’s enough.”

Toshi has also made it seem as though he is not going to continue any of his music activities. And on the 24th of this month, his “farewell show” will air, which Yoshiki agreed to produce.
I wonder if any more information will be released.

Source:
JapanToday

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