YOSHIHIRO Tour Trailer on YouTube

Zany Zap has added a new video featuring YOSHIHIRO, ex.-guitar for GUILD, to its official YouTube channel. The new video includes a live video trailer for the musician's upcoming "Hire's bar ~I wanna see you~ 2017" tour. The clip also features the guitarists playing a sample of five different tracks from his solo lives.

YOSHIHIRO 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- (January 18, 2016)
#29 Wings Flap/ L'Arc~en~Ciel
#47 Aching Horns/ OLDCODEX
  
CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 18, 2016)
#37 Shin Gi Tai/ D=OUT
#40 best tracks 2006-2010 [vapor]/ Nightmare

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (January 11, 2016)
#8   FAMILY PARTY/ Kiryu/Royz/Codomo Dragon

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 11, 2016)
#6   The Ultimate Best Vol. 1 -Burning Collection-/ GUILD
#8   The Ultimate Best Vol. 2 1Love Collection-/ GUILD
#10 LOST ASH/ LOST ASH
#15 Radiant A/ Aldious

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

GUILD New Album Releases 12/30

GUILD has announced that they will be issuing to best album sets on December 30. On that day, they will release "The Ultimate Best Vol.1- Burning Collection -" and "The Ultimate Best Vol.2- Love Collection -." Both discs will contain 16 songs from the group's previous releases. The complete track listings for what will be included are on the band's OHP.

GUILD OHP here

GUILD New DVD Release & Video Spot

GUILD will be releasing a new video DVD on December 2. The new DVD will be titled "The Complete Video Clips," and it will include 21 of the band's past PVs. Zany Zap has added a video spot for the new release to its official YouTube channel. Track details can be found in the video's description area.

Video Clip spot on YouTube here

GUILD New Video Clip on YouTube

Zany Zap has added a new video clip of GUILD to its official YouTube channel. The new video features a performance of the song "Burning Love" from the band's August 19, 2015 show at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo. A live DVD was just released on November 4.

GUILD video on YouTube here

GUILD DVD Release 11/4

GUILD will be releasing one final DVD on November 4. The new DVD will be titled "GUILD Oneman Tour 2015 Burning LOVE Machine at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo 2015.8.19," a two-disc set that features 31 tracks. Details are available on the band's OHP.

GUILD OHP here

GUILD Announces Hiatus

GUILD has announced via their OHP that they will be going on hiatus. Due to member disagreements about the future direction of the band, they have mutually decided to halt activities for next year. They will complete the scheduled activities for this year as planned. They also apologize for the sudden announcement and thank fans for their support.

GUILD OHP here

Visual Collaboration Special Airs 8/14

A visual collaboration special program will air on the Nico Nico website on August 14. The "Mujack x Nico Viju Collaboration Special," will air at 21:00 JST (convert time here), and promises to include talk sessions with artists like KIBA (Gargoyle), Shinya (LUNA SEA), IZAM, Tatsuro (MUCC), Igaguri Chiba (Sendai Kamotsu), DAISHI & Lida (Psycho le Cemu), Miku & Teruki (An Cafe), Tomo & Umi (vistlip), yo-ka & Kei (DIAURA), RYUICHI & Koichi (GUILD), and members of Jin-Machine. Time shifting is available for Nico Nico registered users who are not able to watch the show as it airs live.

Visual Collaboration 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- (July 20, 2015)
#14  die for you/Dearly/Believe Myself/ Aldious

 CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 20, 2015)
#19  UNiVERSE/ UNiTE
#22  Gekokujyo./ Codomo Dragon
#23  STARGAZER vol.1/ Anli Pollicino

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (July 13, 2015)
#4   Yoake wo Mae ni/ Moran
#7   Aoi Yami/ Purple Stone
#8   Devil-kun/ Kameleo
#9   THE BEGINNING/ Royz
#10 Voyage/ Sadie
#15  Tatta Hitotsu no Hana/Kaze no Naka de/ HERO
#18  SKAM LIFE/ LIPHLICH

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 13, 2015)
#2   Natsu Matsuri/ GUILD
#4   NO MUSIC NO WEAPON/ Golden Bomber
#7   GACKTRACKS-ULTRA DJ ReMIX/ GACKT
#10 Rebellion/ DIAWOLF
#18 Moso Shugisha no Haitoku./ Grieva

 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 13, 2015)
#35 Yoake wo Mae ni/ Moran

 CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 13, 2015)
#15 Natsu Matsuri/ GUILD
#25 NO MUSIC NO WEAPON/ Golden Bomber
#43 GACKTRACKS-ULTRA DJ ReMIX/ GACKT

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (July 6, 2015)
#4   SKAM LIFE/ LIPHLICH
#5   Suicide Memories/ R-Shitei
#9   Kyuubi/ Kiryu
#11 Devil-kun/ Kameleo
#14 Voyage/ Sadie
#16 Zaijou [Gluttony] (good bye... GODDESS)/ The 3rd Birthday
#17 PROVIDENCE/ NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST
#20 THE BEGINNING/ Royz

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (July 6, 2015)
#2  NO MUSIC NO WEAPON/ Golden Bomber
#3  GACKTRACKS-ULTRA DJ ReMIX/ GACKT
#20 SEX-ANDROID 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST/ SEX-ANDROID

 ORICON STYLE Rankings here

GUILD New Mini Album & Comment Video

GUILD will be releasing a new mini album on July 1. The new summer release will be titled "Natsu Matsuri," and it will be released in two types. The track details are available on the band's OHP. There is also a video comment from band members currently featured on the Vif Music official YouTube channel.

GUILD OHP news here
GUILD Comment on YouTube here

GUILD New Video on YouTube

Zany Zap has added a new video for GUILD to its official YouTube channel. The new four-minute video features live footage from the band's performance of "CARAVAN" at TSUTAYA O-EAST on March 22, 2015 during the "musicJAPANplus GIG vol.6" live event.

GUILD video on YouTube here

Nico Viju Stage Special Airs 4/25 & 4/26

A special two-day visual rock event will be airing on the Nico Nico website on April 25th and 26th. The "Chou Nico Nico Viju Stage @ Nico Nico Chou Kaigai 2015" will bring acts together at Makuhari Messe for a live talk event. Guests may include An Cafe, BORN, GUILD, SID, Charisma Kantaro, DaizyStripper, UNiTE, Blu-BiLLioN, THE BEETHOVEN, DOG in The PWO, Anli Pollicino, Jin-Machine, LEZARD, FEST VAINQUEUR, Nightmare, SuG, or vistlip. Shows will air each day at 11:00 JST (time zone converter), and time shifting is available for registered Nico Nico users who can't watch them as they air. The shows are hosted by Takuya Hoshino.

"Nico Viju Stage" Day 1 show airs here
"Nico Viju Stage" Day 2 show airs here

ROCK AND READ Lineup Revealed

Music magazine ROCK AND READ has announced the list of artists who will be featured in volume 059, due to hit stores April 27. The front cover artist for this issue will be Mahiro (Kiryu), and the back cover artist will be Shin (ViViD). Other featured artists will be:  Shuuji (cali≠gari), Yusuke (lynch.), Koichi (MEJIBRAY), Leda (Far East Dizain), Kei (DIAURA), TAKUMA (GUILD), Chobi (DIV), TOMO (BORN), Natsu (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST), and THE CHARISMA feature of kyo (D'ERLANGER).

 ROCK AND READ blog here

MusicJAPANPlus Gig Vol. 6 Comments on YouTube

MusicJAPANPlus has added some new comment videos from bands participating in its Gig Vol. 6 live events starting March 22. Three new comment videos are now available from Blu-BiLLioN, Anli Pollicino, and GUILD. A full listing of event dates and participating bands is given in the video descriptions.

Blu-BiLLioN comment on YouTube here
Anli Pollicino comment on YouTube here
GUILD 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- (March 16, 2015)
#17 Slow/ Plastic Tree

 CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (March 16, 2015)
#8   L/ Acid Black Cherry
#30 BLACK/ SuG

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (March 9, 2015)
#1   Persona Shoujo/ FEST VAINQUEUR
#2   Dilemma/ Arlequin
#5   Sadomazo/ R-Shitei
#10 Love Machine/ GUILD
#19 ATOMIC MIRROR/ RUVISH

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (March 9, 2015)
#3   SECRET/ DIV
#9   CALL ME.../ Pentagon
#13 Paradox/ DOG in The PWO

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

GUILD New Short Drama on YouTube

Zany Zap has uploaded a new short drama video for GUILD to its official YouTube channel. The new drama is titled "NECK ～When You Wish Upon A ROCK STAR～" and it runs a little over 18 minutes long.

GUILD short drama 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 2, 2015)
#12  ARREST/ DaizyStripper

 CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (February 2, 2015)
NO LISTINGS

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (January 26, 2015)
#4   ROMANTIC☆AMADEUS/ UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ
#5   Nonfiction/ Belle
#6  Nemurenai Boku no Shumi/ SCAPEGOAT
#11 Beroberoba~/ LEZARD
#14 Amaterasu/ Kiryu
#16 LOVE Machine/ GUILD

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 26, 2014)
#14 5 BEST/ Kameleo

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- (January 26, 2015)
#42  blur/ Nightmare
#48  ROMANTIC☆AMADEUS/ UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ

 CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 26, 2015)
NO LISTINGS

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (January 19, 2015)
#4   Hotai Otoko/Yahata no Yabushirazu/ R-Shitei
#7   Supernova/Royz

#8   LOVE Machine/ GUILD
#9   Sousoukyoku/ THE BEETHOVEN
#10 SODOM/ Codomo Dragon
#14 Te wo Kure Panda/ LEZARD
#16 Amaterasu/ Kiryu
#20 Laura no Kizudarake/ Golden Bomber

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 19, 2014)
#5   5 BEST/ Kameleo

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- (January 19, 2015)
#8    blur/ Nightmare
#31  Hotai Otoko/Yahata no Yabushirazu/ R-Shitei

 CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 19, 2015)
#30  5 BEST/ Kameleo
#32  THE HISTORY OF GENESIS/ Jupiter
#36  Ko Gal/ hide

CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (January 12, 2015)
#2   LOVE Machine/ GUILD
#4   SODOM/ Codomo Dragon
#7   Hotai Otoko/Yahata no Yabushirazu/ R-Shitei
#10 Laura no Kizudarake/ Golden Bomber
#11 Te wo Kure Panda/ LEZARD
#15 Supernova/Royz
#16 Amaterasu/ Kiryu

CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (January 12, 2014)
NO LISTINGS

ORICON STYLE Rankings here