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Since the tragic passing of Daisuke (ex-Kagerou/the studs), fans have been at a loss. Everything that Daisuke has released and said has become a fond memory, and now we at NEUMANIA.net want to present this to those fans. It’s a translation of one of Daisuke’s final interviews. This interview is from ROCK AND READ Magazine’s June edition.

The lengthy interview touches on Daisuke’s musical career, his views on the music industry, his personal life and much more. You can click here to read the translated interview.

SHOXX Kagrra, Issue

Posted by Justyne On August - 13 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS  

This September, SHOXX is releasing a special issue in celebration of Kagrra’s 10th anniversary! The magazine will feature every SHOXX article that the band has made an appearance in starting from the month of September in the year 2000. You can buy the issue through CDJapan for 8500yen (about $92) here. It may be a bit expensive, but 10 year’s worth of interviews and articles and photos of Kagrra, is bound to be worth it. Also, those who buy first press will also receive a postcard!

Source:
CDJapan

Kiwamu recently twittered that the Darkest Labyrinthe / Starwave Records has recently updated their stock in their webshop with a ton of brand new magazines!

The newly available magazines include popular names such as Cure, Risknote, and Alamode magazine. In addition to these, there are also a variety of HOLIDAY monthly magazines as well as a UNDERGROUND ILLUSTRATIONS magazine! The prices for all of the magazines are affordable too, check out the pricing list below for a quick guide from the most expensive item to the cheapest.

UNDERGROUND ILLUSTRATIONS – ¥2500
Cure Vol.81 (Kisaki Cover) – ¥1800
Risknote 10′May (Suicide Ali Cover) – ¥1500
Alamode vol.7 (Sandwich de 120 pun? Cover) – ¥1500
HOLIDAY MONTHLY (Jan, Apr, & May) – ¥1000

Be sure to check out all of the details at the webshop itself, over here!

Source:
Stawave Records Official Twitter


L’Arc~en~Ciel’s Ken is keeping his solo career quite active lately! He is making plans for yet another release. This time it will be a mini-album, and it will be entitled “The Party”. The mini is scheduled for release in September on the 4th. It will come with a 5 track CD, as well as a DVD which will feature a PV, off shots, and a whole bunch more!

According to the website, there will also be a first press, but details concerning it are not yet released.

Also don’t forget to pick up the latest edition of WHAT’s IN?, as Ken will be featured in it and will be discussing his latest release.

Source:
OHP

Earlier Kaiden reported UNDER CODE PRODUCTION was producing 2 omnibus CDs entitled “Cure NEW AGE COLLECTIONS”. Again, they will be enclosed in Cure Magazine Vol.81 (released on April 21st) and Vol.82 (released on May 21st). Please refer to this post for the track listing of the first CD.

There is now a track listing for the second CD!

Cure NEW AGE COLLECTIONS

Track listing:
01. Synside – IDEAL UNIVERSE
02. VAJRA – Dope the psycho
03. Zig+Zag – ヤマイ (yamai)
04. Pan-d-ra – Solitude
05. BALLAD. – umbrella
06. ドクターモルモット (Doctor mormot) – ぼくらの、(bokura no)
07. セツナ神姫。 (Setsunashinki) – 迷い子 (mayoigo)
08. Fake Cradle – 誰のためでもなく… (dare no tame demo naku)
09. 芒命少年 (Boumei Shounen) – さとこ (satoko)
10. 関西変態系お笑いヴィジュアルバンドHEAR – バーコード (barcode)
11. 幻奏樂戯-Gures Amur- – ウヴェルテュール (ouverture)
12. Armeria – ハロ (haro)
13. Ru:natic – 黒薔薇族の招待状~脳性分離病~ (kurobarazoku no shoutaijou~nouseibunribyou~)
14. Vallquar-ワルキューレ- – Genesis of Mythology
15. Varbarossa-バルバロッサ- – Dismay Sherry
16. THE COLD MILK – Prison
17. Mr.unknown – The Other Side of hope

Source:
Kisaki’s blog, PCM blog

SuG Becomes hev’n’s Cover Artists!

Posted by Kaiden On April - 12 - 2010 1 COMMENT  

SuG has recently gone major, released a successful major album and single, that both rose high on the oricon charts! What’s next for these guys? Magazine of course. The band will be featured on hev’n’s latest edition number 48. The magazine goes on sale June 5th for 1,000yen and will come with a comment disc of SuG!

You can get your copy below!

Pre-order:
CDJapan

Source:
CDJapan


ARENA37’s December 09’s issue is back in stock on CDJapan and is now on sale with a 30% discount! The issue features GACKT on the cover, 16 full pages with him. It features artists such as Alice Nine, Nightmare’s Ruka, SID, abingdon boys school, SuG, THE KIDDIE, and many many more. The magazine also comes with a free poster! You can see a preview of it below. An essential to GACKT fans.

Source:
CDJapan

SHOXX INDEXX On Sale!

Posted by Kaiden On April - 2 - 2010 1 COMMENT  


SHOXX index 2010 is back on sale at CDJapan, but with a 10% discount! It features Nightmare, LM.C, MUCC, Plastic Tree, and Ayabie!. There are a lot of pages on these individual artists, so it’s a great buy for anyone whom is a fan of any of these bands. Don’t miss out on this deal, as magazines on CDJapan usually go out of print very quickly!

Order:
CDJapan

Source:
CDJapan

There’s an interesting live event being planned for this May in celebration of Plug Magazine’s four year anniversary!

The live, entitled, “MonstarsFestival” is being held on May 4th at Ikebukuro BLACK HOLE. The line-up of bands participating include KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND, THOMAS, and Time Section #5 (SIZNA session band). Tickets for the event have been priced at ¥3000 in advance and ¥3500 the day of.

It’s great to see the magazine celebrating their anniversary with an event like this. Let’s hope we’ll see many more anniversaries to come in the futue of Plug magazine!

Source:
THOMAS OHP

Angelo’s May Magazines!

Posted by Kaiden On March - 17 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS  


Angelo fans should pick up the latest editions of ARENA and FOOL’S MATE! They will be featured in these two magazines this month. ARENA’s 68th edition will be coming out on the 27th of March, and FOOL’S MATE’s May edition will be coming out on the 29th of March.

Order:
Arena37 – CDJapan

We will let you know when FOOL’S MATE is availble to order on CDJapan.

Source:
OHP

For the 81st volume of Cure, they will be attatching along with it a omnibus CD which was produced by UNDER CODE PRODUCTION! It will feature 16 different bands that you may or may have not had the chance to hear yet, and will be entitled “Cure NEW AGE COLLECTIONS”! The magazine and omnibus are due out on the 21st of April, so look forward to it. More details below!

Cure NEW AGE COLLECTIONS

Track Listing:
01 Cu[be] – 閃光プロローグ(senkou prologue)
02 Gallows – Masochist【K】
03 Six Bullet’z – Guilty
04 SOMATIC GUARDIAN – フリージア(Freesia)
05 SIN – Faith less
06 My heaven’s luck sisters – Love carved for the memories
07 アケノカラス(ake no karasu) – 職権乱用(shokken ranyou)
08 69 – Fly high
09 LYCORICE – 夕食(yuushoku)
10 NEOPHILIA – DRUG
11 Serendipity – 欠けた音符(kakete onpu)
12 Marie – Visualize Cinderella
13 ACTWEED – VampiЯe
14 SWEET MADONNA – Voice
15 LOKI – 真夜中衛星(mayonaka eisei)
16 シンディケイト(CindyKate) – 警告(keikoku)

According to Kisaki, there will be another omnibus he will have his hands in producing for the magazine. We’ll keep you updated when information becomes available for it!

Source:
Kisaki’s Blog / Shiki

The latest edition of Gothic & Lolita Bible vol.36 is now available on CDJapan for 1,300yen($14.22). Unfortunately the pre-order is sold out, however if you check back on the order page, it will be available on the 1st of April. This edition will feature familiar faces such as Mana and Arika Takarana, vocalist of ALI PROJECT. The bonus extras will be stickers and a new dress pattern!

Order:
CDJapan

Source:

CDJapan

Sadie Releasing Singles Collection!

Posted by Kaiden On March - 13 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS  


Sadie will be releasing their very first single collection album. It will include such singles as “迷彩(meisai)”, and “a holy terrors”. It will also include 8 more tracks plus 2 bonus tracks! The release will be entitled simply “Singles”, and it will be released on the 28th of April for 2,520yen.

Pre-order:
Brand X

The band will also be featured in the lastest edition of ROCK AND READ! Yuya of SID will be the cover artist, and there will be a special feature with him. Other artists to grace the magazine are Satoshi (vocalist of Girugamesh), Yusuke (guitarist of lynch.), Mizuki (guitarist of Sadie, and Karasu), Masato (guitarist of SuG), ryo (vocalist of 9GOATS BLACK OUT), Leda (guitarist of DELUHI), and Norio Toshiro (bassist of The DUST’N BONEZ), and a whole lot more.

Pre-order:
CDJapan

Source:
Brand X / CDJapan


Zy. will be releasing a special edition of their magazine next month! This mega edition has Nightmare as the magazine’s cover band, and it will also features HAKUEI and Chisato from PENICILLIN! There will also be a live report of their live that they recently performed on January 9th at Saitama Super Arena. The magazine will also come with a CD-R which will contain behind the scene footage from the photoshoot. As a bonus extra, there will also be a A2 sized color poster!

Pre-order:
CDJapan

Source:
CDJapan

KEN’ICHI Plays Support For Seven

Posted by Kaiden On February - 21 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS  


SEX MACHINEGUN drummer KEN’ICHI recently wrote in their official blog that he will be playing support for the visual band Seven! Here’s what the blog entry said:

This month for the first time, I will be a support artist during the recording of a release. Seven’s recording to be precise.

This month, I will be participating in recording as a support artist for the first time. The band Seven’s recording.

Currently I am participating in the recording of their new single, which will be limited to the FOOLS MATE magazine, and it will be entitled “ステイ(Stay)”. Also, the new single will come furnished with a DVD as well.

As for the contents of their DVD please check their OHP.

PC    http://www.s-v-n.jp/
mobile  http://www.s-v-n.jp/i/

You’ll only be able to order it until March 1st, so make sure you order it ahead of time.

Later.

The only information regarding the new release and DVD contents is that the DVD will come with live footage.

Source:
OHP / VKDB / SEX MACHINEGUNS Blog

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