stylish wave COUNTDOWN 16-17 Airs 12/31

A "stylish wave COUNTDOWN '16-'17" live special will air on the Nico Nico Live website on December 31. The stylish wave show will include appearances by Gigamous, ViV, Grieva, Kuroyuri to Kage, Anfiel, exist†trace, Chanty, Belle, Kra, Sick2, the LOTUS, Amai Boryoku, LACK-CO., Zin, and Purple Stone. The show starts at 15:30 JST (convert time here), and time shifting is available for Nico Nico registered members who cannot watch the show as it airs.

"stylish wave COUNTDOWN" airs here

[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (October 17, 2016)
#45 Kasa/ BULL ZEICHEN 88
#49 Dosuguroi/ Xaa Xaa
         
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (October 17, 2016)
#34 Atom Miraiha No.9/ BUCK-TICK
 
CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (October 10, 2016)
#2   Kono Te ni Arumono/ Blu-BiLLioN
#3   LIAR.LIAR./ The THIRTEEN
#6   Liar../ Grieva
#7   forest/ R-Shitei
#10 Hachijuu Hakkasho Jyunrei/ R-Shitei
#11 FIXER/ †яi￠к
#13 SECRET WORLD/ Neverland
#14 Honoo no Tomoshibi/ Zin

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (October 10, 2016)
NO LISTINGS

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

Zin New Single Release 9/28

Zin will be releasing their 10th single on September 28. The new single will be titled "Homura no Tomoshibi" and it will include two songs and a PV. Track details and a PV sample are available on the band's OHP.

Zin OHP here

ZEAL LINK Special Airs on Nico Nico

A special pre-live show for the "ZEAL LINK TOUR NEXT" event will air on the Nico Nico website on August 28. The show begins at 21:00 JST (Convert time here) and will feature members of Anfiel, Gallo, Zin, DAMY, and Rave. Time shifting is available for registered members who can't watch as the show airs.

ZEAL LINK special on Nico Nico here

[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (August 22, 2016)
#27 [DEATHTOPIA]/ GLAY
#36 WE ARE GO/ALL ALONE/ UVERworld
       
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (August 22, 2016)
NO LISTINGS
 
CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (August 15, 2016)
#3   Gekko/ DIAURA
#4   forest/ R-Shitei
#12 HEMLOCK/ Codomo Dragon
#14 Re:born/ the Raid.
#16 Hitohira no Yuuutsu/ Zin
#17 Hachijuu Hakkasho Juunrei/ R-Shitei

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (August 15, 2016)
NO LISTINGS

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (July 11, 2016)
#19 DOUBLE FEATURE/ LIPHLICH
#34 Limit/ LUNA SEA
#44 KSK/ DAIGO
      
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 11, 2016)
#9  Hyakki Yako/ Kiryu
 
CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (July 4, 2016)
#14 Blazing World/ Disqualia
#17 HEMLOCK/ Codomo Dragon
#19 Kakumei Shojo A/ Zin

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 4, 2016)
#17 Rainfall/ GOTCHAROCKA
#20 Stanczyk/ DADAROMA

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

Here's how some visual kei bands are holding out on the charts this week.

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (June 6, 2016)
#48 Ooedo Tabigarasu/Kiseki wo Shiru Bokura wa Gosenfu ni Saku Kibo wo Utau/ Psycho le Cemu
      
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (June 6, 2016)
#13 2020 -T.M.Revolution ALL TIME BEST-/ T.M.REVOLUTION
#38 PANDEMIC/ The THIRTEEN
 
CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (May 30, 2016)
#2   ACID BERRY/ Vipera
#5   Yami Kare/ Zin
#6   Mizushobai no Yamete Kurenaika/ Golden Bomber
#9   HEMLOCK/ Codomo Dragon

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (May 30, 2016)
#3   Super Strong Magnets/ Gigamous
#9   LAST MOON/ Gackt
 
ORICON STYLE Rankings here

Zin New Single Release 6/22

Earlier, Zin announced that they would issue three consecutive months of single releases starting in May. The band has now released information about the second single in that set. This new single, the band's eighth, will be titled "Kakumei Shoujo A," and it will be released on June 22. The final single in the set will be released July 13. No information is available yet about that single.

Zin OHP here

Zin Announces 3 Consecutive Months of Releases

Zin have announced that they will issue three consecutive months of single releases, starting in May. The singles, as yet untitled, will be released on May 18th, June 22, and July 13. No other information is available yet.

Zin OHP here

J-ROCK EXPLOSION 2013 on Nico Nico

Two J-ROCK EXPLOSION 2013 events will be airing on the Nico Nico Live website on December 15 at 15:00 JST (convert time here). The two events, one in Osaka and one in Tokyo, will gather together several up-and-coming bands to determine who might be the opening act for the "Visual BANG! ~ SID 10th Anniversary FINAL PARTY ~" taking place at Nippon Budokan on December 27. The show at Osaka MUSE will introduce EVE, umbrella, Crimson Shiva, and Zin. The Tokyo event at Harajuku Astro Hall will introduce Sibile Bashir, SRASH NOTES GARDEN, BADMAN, and そんび. After voting takes place, the winning band will be determined at Shinjuku BLAZE on December 23.

Osaka Side show airs here
Tokyo Side show airs here

EDITOR'S NOTE:  I've left the band name そんび in hiragana because I cannot find any reference to a band by this name to validate a Romanized spelling. There is a band called ぞんび  (Zonbi) which is very similar. It is unclear to me, however, if this is the same band with the name misspelled in the Nico Nico details or not.