ROCK AND READ Announced 072 Lineup

Music magazine ROCK AND READ has announced the list of artists who will be featured in volume 072, due to hit stores June 21. The front cover artist for this issue will be Kyo (sukekiyo), and the back cover artist will be Sakito (JAKIGAN MEISTER). Other featured artists will be: KOHTA (Angelo), Ken Ken (Plastic Tree), KAMIJO (Versailles), Ruiza (D), You (BugLug), Natsu (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST), Atsuki (Pentagon), Kousuke (LEZARD), Kuga (LIPHLICH), and kyo (D'ERLANGER).

ROCK AND READ blog 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 5, 2017)
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CD Album -Weekly Ranking- (June 5, 2017)
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CD Indies Single -Weekly Ranking- (May 29, 2017)
#7   Oshimai/ Kizu
#15 Kimi ga Yo wa/ Merry Bad End
#17 kiss me,girl,and your old one/ Merry Bad End
#19 Castrato/ KAMIJO
#20 Frontier/ umbrella

 CD Indies Album -Weekly Ranking- (May 29, 2017)
#5   Unlimited Diffusion/ Aldious
#9   GORILLA/ Pentagon
#13 Hayazumi berrys/ Smileberry
#20 Nihon Abnormal Kyoukai/ R-Shitei

ORICON STYLE Rankings here

i.Rias New Single Release 9/6

i.Rias has announced that they will release a new single on September 6. The new single will be titled "SWIMMY," and it will be released in two types. Track details aren't listed yet, but the band has added a PV spot to their OHP.

i.Rias single release page here

Rayflower New Single Release 7/19

Rayflower has announced that they will be releasing a new single on July 19. The new single will be titled "Bloom Moment," and it will contain two songs along with instrumental versions. Track details are on the band's OHP. This will be the band's first single release since "Saigishin" in September 2015.

Rayflower OHP here

ZON New Single Release 8/16

ZON has announced that they will be releasing their fifth single on August 16. The new single will be titled "MR. GONG," and it will contain three songs plus a PV DVD. Track details aren't listed yet.

ZON OHP here

Belle New Single Release 6/21

Belle have announced that they will be releasing the third of three consecutive months of releases on June 21. The new single will be titled "Bokutachi wa Massugu ni Yugande Yuku," and it will be released in two types. Track details are available on the band's OHP.

Belle OHP here

SuG New Document Video on YouTube

SuG has added a new video to their official YouTube channel. The new video features nearly five minutes of live footage and document commentary from guitarist Yuji. The video also includes Japanese subtitles.

SuG video on YouTube here