[ORICON RANKINGS] Visual Kei Bands

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

CD SINGLE -Weekly Ranking- (December 9, 2013)
#4   DIAMOND SKIN/Niji no Pocket/CRAZY DANCE/ GLAY
#11 Akai Mi Hajiketa/ Kiryu
#19 Kuroneko ~Adult Black Cat~/ Acid Black Cherry

CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (December 9, 2013)
#23 FAITH/ Angelo
#50 MONSTER/ girugamesh

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (December 2, 2013)
#1  Aqua/ Blu-BiLLioN
#3  SATISFACTION?/ BORN
#8  Sekai no Owari/ R-Shitei
#10 HALLOWEEN PARTY/ HALLOWEEN JUNKY ORCHESTRA
#15 Blacklist/ SCAPEGOAT
#20 Memeshikute/ Golden Bomber  

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (December 2, 2013)
NO LISTINGS

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

YouTube Video Clip from D

Victor Entertainment has uploaded a short PV clip for D's new song, "DARK WINGS," to their official YouTube channel. The :46 second clip features scenes from the new PV and gives fans a taste of the song to come. The "DARK WINGS" single will be released on December 11 in four types.

D's "DARK WINGS" PV short clip on YouTube here

ROCK AND READ 051 Artists Revealed

Music magazine ROCK AND READ has announced the list of artists who will be featured in volume 051, due to hit stores December 24. The cover artist for this issue will be Aoi (the GazettE). Other featured artists will be:  SEELA (D'ERLANGER), Karyu (Angelo), maya (LM.C), Iv (ViViD), Tomo (vistlip), KNZ (BVCCI HAYNES), Mitsu (v[NEU]), ZIN (Jupiter), K (BORN), CHISA (DIV), and YORKE (OLDCODEX).

 ROCK AND READ blog here

D=OUT New Live Album in 2014

D=OUT has announced that they will be releasing a new live album on January 22, 2014. The new album will be titled "Katsugeki Broadway," and it will be released in three types. Check the band's OHP for more details about each version.

D=OUT OHP here
"Katsugeki Broadway" Type A at CD Japan here
"Katsugeki Broadway" Type B at CD Japan here

"Katsugeki Broadway" Regular Edition at CD Japan here

SuG Adds English Website

SuG fans can now enjoy news and updates in English. The band has just added an all-English webpage to their new official site. The site now provides news, biographies, and profiles in both English and Japanese, including the recent news that they will be having an official fan event in Taiwan and an "update ver.0" live viewing in some Asian countries. Don't miss the new "I Kyou U" full PV video available on both sites.

SuG OHP English site here

Codomo Dragon First Album in 2014

Codomo Dragon has announced that they will be releasing their first full album on April 16, 2014. The new album will be titled "Children's Dope." No other details have yet been released about the album, but the band has announced that they will start their second oneman tour, also called "Children's Dope," on April 23rd. That tour will wrap up in June with a final show at Shinjuku BLAZE.

Codomo Dragon OHP here

Kra New Comment on YouTube

Vif Music has uploaded a new video comment from Kra to its official YouTube channel. The short 1:32 minute video features all band members talking about their upcoming December 24th "Kra LIVE 2013 FINAL -Joker of Despair from [zero]-" show at Nakano ZERO Dai Hall.

Kra comment on YouTube here