DADAROMA New Videos on YouTube

DADAROMA has added two new videos to their official YouTube channel. The first is a MV spot trailer for the band's new song titled "THE KINKY" from their upcoming "This is 'LIVE'" mini album release. The second is a video sound source trailer featuring songs from the same release. The mini album will be released March 7.

"THE KINKY" on YouTube here
"This is 'LIVE'" trailer on YouTube 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- (March 5, 2018)
#14 Moon Sayonara wo Oshiete/ BUCK-TICK
          
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (March 5, 2018)
#30 Kiseki BEST COLLECTION+/ Wagakki Band

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (February 26, 2018)
#16 Hanko Seimei/ Pentagon

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 26, 2018)
#3   GENERATION 2 ~7COLORS~/ FEST VAINQUEUR
#5   Killer Tune Shika Nee Yo/ Golden Bomber
#10 LIBERA/ GREMLINS
#20 Belial/ REIGN

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

Royz New Video Trailer on YouTube

B.P.Records has added a new video featuring Royz to its official YouTube channel. The new video includes a MV trailer and sound source sample tracks for the band's new album titled "WORLD IS MINE" out on March 21. This will be the band's 5th album release.

Royz Trailer on YouTube here

Drummer to Leave Matenrou Opera

Matenrou Opera recently announced at a show in Sendai that drummer Yuu would be leaving the band on March 3 after their 10th Anniversary "PANTHEON TOUR -overture-" tour final at EX THEATER ROPPONGI. They apologize for the sudden announcement but explain that the drummer suffers from occupational dystonia in his left hand. Yuu has been seeking treatment, but repeated use has made it increasingly difficult for him to move his hand. Since no clear treatment for the disorder is available, and the situation is not improving with his efforts, the band has accepted his resignation. They thank the fans for their support.

Matenrou Opera announcement here

FEST VAINQUEUR Comment Video on YouTube

ViSULOG has added a new video featuring FEST VAINQUEUR to its official YouTube channel. The new video includes members talking about their new concept album release on February 21 and related tours.

FEST VAINQUEUR comment on YouTube here

Sonic Death Monkey New Video on YouTube

Danger Crue  Records has added a new video for Sonic Death Monkey to its official YouTube channel. The new video features a full-version MV for the band's new song titled "Jyounetsu Ti Amo" from their latest single release of the same title.

Sonic Death Monkey MV on YouTube here

Chanty New Video on YouTube

Chanty has added a new video to their official YouTube channel. The new upload includes a music video clip for the band's song titled "Saitei" from their upcoming second full album release on February 28.

"Saitei" video clip on YouTube here

i.Rias New Video on YouTube

Planet Child Music has added a new video featuring i.Rias to it's official YouTube channel. The new video includes a full-version MV for the band's new song titled "Marry x Marry." That song was the title track from the band's recent single release on February 7.

i.Rias MV on YouTube here

Mazeran New Mini Album Release 3/14

Mazeran will be releasing a new mini album on March 14. The new release will be titled "Konran," but no other details have been released yet.

Mazeran's Sana's Twitter Post here

SAVAGE New Single Release 3/21

SAVAGE will be releasing a new single on March 21. The new single will be titled "Mosaic," and it will be released in two types. Track details are on vocalist Ryuka's Twitter feed.

Ryuka's Twitter here

Lamiya New Mini Album Release 3/23

Lamiya will be releasing a new mini album on March 23. The new release will be titled "Marionette Overture," but no other details have been listed on their OHP.

Lamiya OHP here

Labaiser New Single Release 3/28

Labaiser will be releasing their third single on March 28. The new release will be titled "Chi no Meitei," and it will include three song tracks. A sound source sample is available on the band's LINE blog.

Labaiser LINE blog here
Labaiser OHP here

BugLug New Album Release 5/1

BugLug has announced that they will release their third full album on May 1. The new album will be titled "KAI･TAI･SHIN･SHO" and it will be released in three types. Track details aren't available yet.

BugLug OHP here

ROCK AND READ Announces Lineup

Music magazine ROCK AND READ has announced the list of artists who will be featured in volume 076, due to hit stores February 28. The front cover artist for this issue will be Ryutaro Arimura (Plastic Tree), and the back cover artist will be Yutaka Higuchi (BUCK-TICK). Other featured artists will be: Hazuki (lynch.), YUKKE (MUCC), Chiaki (DEZERT), Aki (Arlequin), Hiro (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST), Takemasa Kujo (Kiryu), Yui (UNiTE.), and a special talk session with Kei (baroque) and Hiroto (A9).

ROCK AND READ blog here

Smileberry New Comment on YouTube

ViSULOG has added a new video featuring Smileberry to its official YouTube channel. The new upload includes comments from the band about their style, their oneman tour, and their "Lyrical Drive" new release.

Smileberry comment on YouTube 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- (February 26, 2018)
NO LISTINGS
          
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 26, 2018)
#25 GENERATION 2 ~7COLORS~/ FEST VAINQUEUR
#33 Killer Tune Shika Nee Yo/ Golden Bomber

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (February 19, 2018)
#4   Hanko Seimei/ Pentagon
#5   Ikiru/ LEZARD
#17 Odorasareta Jinsei/ Vivarush

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 19, 2018)
#1   Killer Tune Shika Nee Yo/ Golden Bomber
#6   Bukakko na Machi to Boku to Kimi/ Develop One's Faculties
#20 "GOTCHABEST"/ GOTCHAROCKA

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

Kaijin Nijuumensou New Single Release 3/7

Kaijin Nijuumensou has announced that they will release a new single on March 7. The new single will be titled "Kafuka," and it will be released in two types. Track details are available on the band's OHP.

Kaijin Nijuumensou OHP here

MIZTAVLA Two Consecutive Months of Releases

MIZTAVLA has announced that they will be issuing two consecutive months of live-venue and mail-order limited releases. The first up is a single titled "Itsuka Kawareru Koro" out on March 14. A PV spot is already available on YouTube.

MIZTAVLA PV on YouTube here
Twitter announcement here

Takeru Introduces New Solo Project

Takeru, formerly vocalist for SuG, has announced plans to work on a new project titled sleepyhead. He has opened a new website for his work, as well as a variety of social media accounts in Japanese and English for his fans. A new music video and a live show announcement video are also available on YouTube.

Takeru Twitter here
sleepyhead OHP here
sleepyhead YouTube here

REIGN Album Spot on YouTube

REIGN has a sound source trailer available on their official YouTube channel. The trailer features music from their recent album release titled "Belial," out in stores on February 14.

REIGN on YouTube here

Blu-BiLLioN New Single Release 4/3

Blu-BiLLioN has announced that they will release a new single on April 3. The band hasn't announced a title or track details yet, but their OHP indicates it will be released in three types. Gan-Shin records is also releasing prior albums from the band for European audiences.

Blu-BiLLioN OHP here
Gan-Shin OHP here

Chiyu New Mini Album Release 4/25

Chiyu, formerly bassist for SuG, has announced that he will release the first mini album of his solo career on April 25. The new release will be titled "Seven Deadly Sins," and it will feature collaborations with six other writers and musicians. Guest contributors will include Aiji (LM.C), Tom H@ck (composer), Mizuki (ex-Sadie), Jun (GOTCHAROCKA), Reika (D=OUT), and youth case (composer). This debut mini album will be released in two types.

Chiyu OHP here

LONDBOY DVD Spot on YouTube

B.P.Records has added a new video featuring LONDBOY to its official YouTube channel. The new video includes a DVD spot for the band's last live DVD release titled "LAST ONEMAN LIVE DVD -2017.10.28 TSUTAYA O-WEST- Miyakowasure." That video will be released on February 28.

LONDBOY spot on YouTube here

REVIVE Project Special Event

Some well-known faces on the visual scene will be coming together for a special even project called REVIVE. Vocalist Mao (ex-Sadie, the THIRTEEN), guitarist MiA (ex-Mejibray), guitarist SARSHI (ex-Hero), bassist Tomoyuki Enya (ex-12012), and drummer Jin (ex-SCREW) will come together on April 15 for a live event at Shibuya DESEO. New visuals for the members are also available.

Jin Twitter announcement here

KAMIJO Announces Special Show

KAMIJO is collaborating with CD Japan to offer a special bonus to fans who buy his upcoming "Sang" CD from that website. If you buy "Sang" from CD Japan, you will gain access to a special mini acoustic concert and talk show that will be broadcast on July 8. Details for that live broadcast will be announced by CD Japan later. Check out the announcement on the CD Japan website.

KAMIJO announcement here

NECLOS New Band Video on YouTube

NECLOS is a new band who will be performing at Ikebukuro RUIDO K3 on May 5. The band has released a new sound source video on YouTube introducing visual fans to their style through short song clips. Members are VaN on vocals, Gill and Syu on guitars, and Rei on bass. Links to their Twitter accounts can be found on the bassist's feed.

NECLOS sound source on YouTube here
Rei Twitter here

DIEALO Documentary Video on YouTube

Crow Music TV has added a new video featuring DIEALO to its official YouTube channel. The new video is the second part of a "DIEALO Documentary" video series. This video includes bassist You answering questions.

DIEALO documentary on YouTube here

the Raid. New Video on YouTube

the Raid. has added a new video to their official YouTube channel. The new upload features a limited release Valentine's Day video for the band's song "Go DIVA."

Full-version video on YouTube 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- (February 19, 2018)
#11 Growth Arrow/ OLDCODEX
#39 Hanko Seimei/ Pentagon
          
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 19, 2018)
#16 Killer Tune Shika Nee Yo/ Golden Bomber
#38 Kiseki Best Collection/ Wagakki Band

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (February 12, 2018)
#3  Ikiru/ LEZARD
#5  Doku Mawaru/ R-Shitei
#7  Odorasareta Jinsei/ Vivarush
#12 BLOODY SKIN/ SHIVA
#14 Nosferatu/ KAMIJO
#17 Ray/ heidi.

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 12, 2018)
#1   Killer Tune Shika Nee Yo/ Golden Bomber
#2   Perfect Package of Anli Pollicino/ Anli Pollicino
#10 OREmind/ TAKE NO BREAK
 

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

B'Laive New Album Release 3/14

B'Laive will be releasing a new album on March 14. The new release will be self titled "B'LAIVE," and it will be released in two types. Cover art is available on the band's discography page.

B'Laive OHP here

Eins:Vier New Release 3/14

Eins:Vier will be releasing a new self-cover album on March 14. The new release will be titled "Self Cover Best 2018 'Searching Red Light'" and it will include 10 song tracks. Details are on the band's website.

Eins:Vier OHP here

Leetspeak monsters MV Spot on YouTube

GLK Music has added a new video for Leetspeak monsters to its official YouTube channel. The new video features a video clip from the band's new song titled "Greenman" from their upcoming "Mixtured night between Life and Death" mini album.

Leetspeak monsters MV on YouTube here

Kiryu New Single Release 3/7

Kiryu will be releasing a new single on March 7. The new single will be titled "Harushigure," and it will be released in four types. An MV spot for the title track is available on the B.P.Records official YouTube channel.

Kiryu OHP here
Kiryu on YouTube here

Merry Badend New Single Release 5/16

Merry Badend will release a new single on May 16. The new single will be titled "Seishoku no Kyouten," and the sound producer for it will be Eve (ex-Lycaon). It will be released in two types, but full track details are not yet available.

Merry Badend OHP here

An Cafe New Single Release 3/28

An Cafe has announced that they will release a new single on March 28. The new release will be titled "Negaigoto wa 1tsusa," and it will be released in three types. Track details and a new artist visual image are available on the band's OHP.

An Cafe OHP here

R-Shitei New Single Release 3/14

R-Shitei will be releasing a new single on March 14. The new release will be a double-A side single titled "Kiseichu/ZANGE," and it will be issued in two types. Track details are listed on the band's OHP.

R-Shitei OHP here

Rides In ReVellion New Live DVD & CD Release 4/4

Rides In ReVellion will be releasing a new live DVD and CD set on April 4. The new set will be titled "ONEMAN LIVE 'TWILIGHT~Hakumei no Sora he' 2017.12.3 OSAKA MUSE" and it will include a DVD of the show plus a CD of live music selections from the performance. Details are on the band's OHP.

Rides In ReVellion OHP here

lynch. Comment Video on YouTube

Vif Music has added a new video featuring lynch. to its official YouTube channel. The new video includes the current four members talking about their upcoming 13th anniversary tour, Akinori's return to the band, and more.

lynch. comment on YouTube here

Leetspeak monsters New Mini Album 3/21

Leetspeak monsters has announced that they will release their second mini album on March 21. The new release will be titled "Mixtured night between Life and Death," and it will be released in two types. Track details aren't available yet.

Leetspeak monsters OHP here

Sonic Death Monkey New Single Release 2/21

Sonic Death Monkey will release their fifth single on February 21. The new single will be titled "Jounetsu Ti Amo," and it will be released in two types. Track details and a sound source sample video are available on the Danger Crue Records official YouTube channel.

Sonic Death Monkey on YouTube here

the Raid. New Furitsuke Video on Youtube

the Raid. has added a new video to their official YouTube channel. The new video includes members demonstrating furitsuke choreography for the upcoming release titled "Kagiana," out on April 18.

the Raid. furi video on YouTube 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- (February 12, 2018)
#25 Ikiru/ LEZARD
#39 Yuki Kageboushi/ Wagakki Band
          
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 12, 2018)
#2   Killer Tune Shika Nee Yo/ Golden Bomber
#30 Perfect Package of Anli Pollicino/ Anli Pollicino
#36 Kiseki Best Collection/ Wagakki Band

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (February 5, 2018)
#8   Doku Mawaru/ R-Shitei
#11 Ray/ heidi.
#12 F+IX=YOU/ A9
#17 Sapphire/ POIDOL

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 5, 2018)
NO LISTINGS

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

Arlequin New Single Release 3/21

Arlequin has announced that they will release a new single on March 21. The new single will be titled "exist," and it will be released in three types. Track details and new visuals are already available on the band's OHP.

Arlequin OHP here

Zombie New Single Release 4/11

Zombie has announced that they will release a new single on April 11. The new single will be titled "Kusottare ga," and it will be released in three types. Track details are available on the band's OHP.

Zombie OHP here

C+K Offshoot Video on YouTube

Vif Music has added a new video featuring Keiyuh (Kra) and K (ex-BORN). The two have formed a unit called C+K, and the video includes short interviews and photoshoot footage for their project.

C+K photoshoot video on YouTube here

Darian Marian New Single Release 2/7

Darian Marian will release their first single on February 7. The new single will be titled "Loveless," and it will contain two song tracks. A PV for the title track is currently available on the band's OHP.

Darian Marian OHP here

Pentagon New Single Release and MV Spot

Pentagon will release a new single on February 7. The new single will be titled "Hanko Seimei," and it will be released in two types. Track details and an MV spot are available on the band's OHP.

Pentagon OHP here

DIEALO Documentary Video on YouTube

Crow Music TV has added a new video featuring DIEALO to its official YouTube channel. The new video is the first part of a "DIEALO Documentary" video series. The first video includes guitarist Aki answering questions about how the band got started, how they make songs, and more.

DIEALO documentary on YouTube here

CLØWD Tour Trailer on YouTube

Danger Crue Records has added a new video featuring CLØWD to its official YouTube channel. The clip includes stage footage of the band and announces the band's Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO tour for 2018.

CLØWD announcement on YouTube here

Kizu New Single Release 3/13

Kizu will release their third single on March 13. The new single will be titled "Kizuato," and it will be released in two types. Track details and jacket art are available on the band's OHP.

Kizu OHP here

Far East Dizain New Album Release 3/28

Far East Dizain has announced that they will release their second full album on March 28. The new release will be titled "Altered Dizain," and it will be released in two types.

Far East Dizain OHP here

INFi2TY Disbandment & Best Album Announcements

INFi2TY announced via their OHP in December that they would be disbanding after their live show at Ebisu club aim on March 29. They thanked fans for their support and announced that they would be releasing a new best album on February 14. The album will be titled "∞," and it will include 11 song tracks. Details are available on the band's OHP.

INFi2TY OHP here

UNDER FALL JUSTICE New Mini Album Release 3/7

UNDER FALL JUSTICE has announced that they will release a new mini album on March 7. The new release will be titled "Nanimo Shinjiteinai," and a video spot is available on the band's OHP.

UNDER FALL JUSTICE OHP here

Mikansei Alice New Single Release 3/14

Mikansei Alice will release their second single on March 14. The new single will be titled "Izonsho Puzzle," and it will be released in two types. A video spot for the release is available on the band's OHP.

Mikansei Alice OHP here

Minus Jinsei Orchestra New Album Release 3/7

Minus Jinsei Orchestra will release a new full album on March 7. The new release will be titled "Sono Kokoro wa.," but details aren't available yet.

Minus Jinsei Orchestra OHP here