Interview: METEOROID

METEOROID crashed onto the scene with a bang in late 2012, but began their true trek as a band with their first one-man and release of their first single, "DIVER," back on February 11th of last year. Since that day, this five-man monster of a band has released three more singles and put on dozens of performances, including two sold-out one-man events. However, that's not all that's in METEOROID's future: Read more

Seeking New Staff!

As you may know, Shattered-Tranquility.net is always accepting staff applications, but recently we've had a few openings in different areas and we'd like to look to our readership for newcomers! If you've ever considered applying for the team before, you'll notice that our applications have undergone a few changes. We hope these are only positive changes and encourage anyone interested to apply! Technically, there's no time limit as the Read more

Vote for the Biggest, Weirdest, and Best of 2013

Hello my lovey readers! It's time to do some voting! For the past couple of weeks we've been taking nominations for who you deserves to win 2013 in a variety of categories. I want to give a big thank you to everyone for all the nominations! We have quite the list of nominees to vote on, so take a look through and choose who you think deserves to win. Please Read more

Contest Winners & Celebrations

This year December 6th marks six years of activities for Shattered-Tranquility.net! We held a special Dress Ernie Contest to celebrate, but before we get to the winners, there's a few words from the site's Ku and Adrienne. Message from Ku First, let me thank those of you who entered the contest. I know it can be intimidating to put your art out there for all to see, but our staff -- Read more

Interview: Sophia & Season of Ghosts

  Originally hailing as a music promoter from Thessaloniki, Greece, Sophia suddenly emerged from the business side of the visual scene and into the limelight after she was accepted as Blood Stain Child's new vocalist after the departure of Sadew in 2010. Shortly after, Sophia became one of the most recognized female vocalists within the industry, known not only for her work with Blood Stain Child but for her collaborations Read more

T.M. Revolution Reveals Past and Future at Otakon Press Conference

Article: jazz Coverage: jazz, Jess S. Photography: Adrienne Kubiak © Shattered-Tranquility.net 2013 ----- Refreshingly, T.M. Revolution is a big name absent a big ego. During a brief press conference in Baltimore on the evening of August 9th, he humbly invited members of the press to ask him about his recent activities, from his collaborations with Nana Mizuki to his role as cultural ambassador for his home prefecture to his career in musical theatre. Throughout Read more
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AWOI Announces Dissolution

Posted on April 18, 2014 in Album, Disbanding, Lives, New release, News, One-man, Tour, Translation | Leave a comment

AWOI Announces Dissolution
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This announcement may be the most surprising of its kind so far this year. After 10 years in the game, AWOI has decided to disband. The decision will go into effect following the band’s tenth anniversary live on October 22nd, 2014 at Osaka BIG CAT. (Details on that anniversary-farewell live are forthcoming.)

AWOI has been picking up speed steadily since their formation and now has quite the loyal following, so this sudden decision is nothing short of a shock. Thankfully, despite the announcement, AWOI will continue with all upcoming events as planned through their dissolution. To find the silver lining around this dark cloud, because the announcement has come so early, fans still have half a year left to enjoy AWOI’s last performances, releases – including their 6th mini album, May 7th’s フテキゴウな林檎 (Futekigou na Ringo) – , and special fan events.

Our incredibly quick translator Adventure Tim has translated the official announcement and member comments from AWOI’s homepage.

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Unite to Lose Yukimi but will Continue On

Posted on April 18, 2014 in Departure, Injury / illness, Lives, News, One-man, Tour | Leave a comment

Unite to Lose Yukimi but will Continue On
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Unite fans were greeted with some of the worst news last week.

It was announced on April 10th that after Unite’s upcoming live at Shibuya WWW, drummer Yukimi will be retiring from the band. Fans may be aware that Yukimi has had serious back issues for the last few years with Unite. Unfortunately, the pain has become too great for Yukimi to manage along with the full schedules and practice that is required to work for Unite. In addition, according to his doctors, continuing to play with such issues could cause permanent and serious damage to Yukimi’s spinal cord.

Doctors has been warning Yukimi to take time off from Unite to heal and recover from the extensive damage, but as many musicians and artists do, he attempted to push through the pain.

Unfortunately, Yukimi will be unable to push forward any longer.

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Daizystripper’s Single “G.Z.S.K.K”

Posted on April 17, 2014 in Album, Lives, New release, News, One-man, Single, Tour | Leave a comment

Daizystripper's Single "G.Z.S.K.K"
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Daizystripper fans, take a deep breath!

There seems to have been a little panic for DaizyStripper fans today, but S-T is here with the word straight from Daizystripper’s OHP.

Shattered-Tranquility would like to thank readers for their submissions, tweets, and questions received in regards to the announcement that DaizyStripper will be disbanding, but there are no official comments or announcements from DaizyStripper on their OHP, blogs, or twitters. Shattered-Tranquility will continue to keep an eye on the situation, but according to all official sources, nothing has been posted and DaizyStripper has no intentions on disbanding at this time.

Shattered-Tranquility is aware that information such as disbandments and hiatuses can cause distress for fans, and we will always be on top of breaking news with official sources and information.

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SIGNAL One-Day Revival

Posted on April 16, 2014 in Lives, News, Revival | Leave a comment

SIGNAL One-Day Revival
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SIGNAL fans have had a hard year. After the band’s loss of their drummer, Raychel, in June at their One-Man “OVER THE DEAD LINE”, their announced disbandment in September after their final One-Man “CROSSING FATE” , and then the theft of their funds by SIGNAL’s bassist, Shion, no one expected the band to be on speaking terms with one another, let alone willing to work together another time.

However, fans will be delighted on April 20th as SIGNAL announced they will be having a One-Day revival! Read more

Random Fact: Random Rules

Posted on April 15, 2014 in Random Fact, Translation | 1 Comment

Random Fact: Random Rules

The Gallo's Hikaru posted this image to Twitter on April 1st, along with a note to fans to mind their manners

The Gallo’s Hikaru posted this image to Twitter on April 1st, along with a note to fans to mind their manners

Hey guys, just got back from our annual Weekend at Ernie’s party and your pal Ernie is dead tired. But not too tired to bring you a Random Fact!

Now, we here at S-T.net are always on our best behavior at shows, and we know our readers are, too. You mind your manners, you don’t get into fights, you don’t throw things, you don’t steal, and you certainly obey livehouse’s special rules… Right? Most of us know what constitutes “proper” or “polite” behavior, but what about when livehouses have their own standards for what is appropriate or not?

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Misaruka Releases First MV Collection

Posted on April 15, 2014 in DVD, Lives, New release, YouTube | Leave a comment

Misaruka Releases First MV Collection

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Exciting news for fans of Misaruka–this May, the band will be releasing their first MV collection!  The DVD is called “-Animus-” and will be released on the 7th.  It will contain every single music video that Misaruka has released between 2011 and 2013.  Some of these videos are very hard to find: a few were only included on first press editions of releases, and others were only available at concert venues.  Now the classics, and those harder to find videos will all be available in one special collection.

The new DVD will be limited to 1000 copies, and you might want to grab one fast as sales have been going well for Misaruka.  Just earlier this year, Misaruka announced a second press of their first album, as the first press sold out.  It was released earlier this month, on April 2nd, and there are already only 4 copies left on CD Japan.  If you want to grab a last minute copy, be sure to order quickly.

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R-Shitei Announces New Single by Asking an Uncomfortable Question

Posted on April 13, 2014 in New look, New release, News, Single, YouTube | Leave a comment

R-Shitei Announces New Single by Asking an Uncomfortable Question
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R-Shitei has announced a new single in May, and to promote it, they’ve conducted some impromptu (or faux impromptu) street interviews asking people a rather off-putting question…

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Nico Nico Nama Weekly – April 15-21

Posted on April 13, 2014 in Nico Nico | Leave a comment

Nico Nico Nama Weekly - April 15-21
Dear readers, it’s Sunday night and you know what that means! It means an all new episode of the hit survival show, Naked and Afraid, on Discovery Channel! Wait, that’s not right. Oh, yeah. It’s time to update you on this week’s upcoming Nico Nico broadcasts!

First let’s review what you hopefully caught last week. Moran with special guest BORN, DUAL CORE SOUND bands, Minus Jin-Say Orchestra, and An Cafe‘s series all hit the web-waves on Nico Nico last week. But that wasn’t all: ViSULOG TV brought LOST ASH and DuelJewel into the mix, too.

This week we’ve got a whole lot to look forward to! NIGHTMARE, Ensoku, REALies, and Golden Bomber will join the fray, as Alice Nine (warning: autoplay), An Cafe, Moran, and SaTaN all return!

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Two Members Vanish from Vanish

Posted on April 13, 2014 in Departure, Hiatus, News | 1 Comment

Two Members Vanish from Vanish
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It seems like Vanish is having a hard hiatus. At the end of 2013, Vanish announced that 2014 would start with a hiatus. Guitarist Sayo is suffering from focal hand dystonia, a type of neurological disorder common in musicians. It manifests as miscommunication between the brain and specific parts of the body and requires intensive, long-term “retraining” therapy. The unfortunate result is that Sayo has had to step back from Vanish, and the band has gone on a break.

During this break, two more members, bassist Jun and drummer Rem, have decided to depart for their own reasons. Ultimately, this means the band’s planned break has instead become something of a tentative dissolution.

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ROMANESQUE A LIVE Regains One Member, Loses Two

Posted on April 12, 2014 in Departure, Lives, News | Leave a comment

ROMANESQUE A LIVE Regains One Member, Loses Two

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We have both good news and bad news for fans of ROMANESQUE A LIVE today.

In January, it was announced that Mitsuki, formerly of L’avie EN would be joining ROMANESQUE A LIVE as lead guitarist.  However, it seems that he encountered health troubles very early in his career with the band.  The exciting news today is that he is recovered, and has been officially back onstage with ROMANESQUE A LIVE as of their show on April 9th at Shibuya REX!

Unfortunately, this news is accompanied with a less happy announcement–vocalist Urua and guitarist Shun will be leaving the band.  Both are leaving for personal reasons.

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ViSULOG Mejibray Interview: 1st Live DVD

Posted on April 12, 2014 in Interview, Translation | Leave a comment

ViSULOG Mejibray Interview: 1st Live DVD

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MEJIBRAY’s live DVD, A PRIORI Ei: Joshō -Counting Goats- TOUR FINAL AT TSUTAYA O-EAST, is finally here. This is the second of three new MEJIBRAY releases for 2014, and we’re excited to bring you a second interview with the band as well, picking up where last month’s left off.

This interview is not exclusive to Shattered-Tranquility.net, but serves as a translation for ViSULOG’s interview. Please view the original page for live details and interview photos, linked below.
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ViSULOG: Special interview with MEJIBRAY for their 1st live DVD

Interview and Text: Takaya Yamamoto
Translation : bambi [bambi@shattered-tranquility.net]

“The important thing isn’t so much what I’m playing, as who I am when I’m playing it.” (Koichi)

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THE KIDDIE Releases New Single

Posted on April 12, 2014 in Lives, New release, Single, Tour, YouTube | 1 Comment

THE KIDDIE Releases New Single

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THE KIDDIE has a new single coming up on April 16th, and the name is quite interesting.  It is written “1414287356″ and read as ヒトヨヒトヨニハナミゴロ (Hitoyohitoyonihanamigoro).  The new single will be released on April 16th in two types.

2014 has already been a busy time for THE KIDDIE–this is their second single release of the year, following “emit.” which was released on February 12th.  However, 2013 was a fairly quiet year for them as far as releases, so it is nice to see them coming back with two releases only two months apart.

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PIERROT Says “HELLO” Again

Posted on April 12, 2014 in Lives, News, OHP, One-man, Revival, Translation, YouTube | 1 Comment

PIERROT Says "HELLO" Again
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We told you earlier this week that PIERROT had a big announcement to make on April 12th, and boy, were we right. Read more

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Flashback Friday: Cuartet

Posted on April 11, 2014 in Flashback Friday, News | 3 Comments

Flashback Friday: Cuartet

Cuartet (2004)

Cuartet (2004)

This week, we bring you a more recent Flashback Friday contender – Cuartet.

Cuartet, formerly known as コロシ (Koroshi), first began official live activities at what was to become their “home venue” Rockmaykan on May 18th, 2003 and quickly switched to CLIMAX ENTERPRISE (headed by ex-Garnet’s Hibiki) in June.

Cuartet at a glance
April 2003 – June 22nd, 2005
Founded by Saki, Aika, Shinkichi, and Rouji
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One Star to Disband

Posted on April 10, 2014 in Disbanding, Lives, One-man, Tour, Translation, Two-man | Leave a comment

One Star to Disband

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This probably wasn’t the news One★Star fans wanted to hear. Despite their ever present live activity, they announced earlier in the month that this July, they’ll be disbanding after their final Toumeihan tour and last oneman. They released an official statement on their OHP as well as comments from the members, all of which have been translated by our own Jackson, for you below. Read more

Guitarist of Arlequin Hurts His Leg

Posted on April 10, 2014 in Injury / illness, Lives, News, Translation | Leave a comment

Guitarist of Arlequin Hurts His Leg

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Kuruto of Arlequin had a rough night at the band’s live at Esaka MUSE on March 30th.  The guitarist hurt his leg while performing onstage, and was rushed to the hospital right afterwards.  The details of his injury were unclear until his third hospital on April 1st, allowing him to perform at the band’s live on March 31st.  On the 1st, it was confirmed that there is damage to his anterior cruciate ligament (one of the four main ligaments of the knee).  He has been banned from strenuous exercise, and prescribed rest.

Due to his injured knee, Kuruto will be sitting out from Arlequin’s live performances for a while.  The band is not yet sure when he will be back, as it obviously depends on how fast his leg heals, but they have confirmed that he will certainly be back.  Arlequin will be touring a lot over the next couple months, and it will probably be a difficult time missing a guitarist, but Kuruto will be working hard to get better, so hopefully fans will continue to be supportive.

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sukekiyo Already Making a Mark

Posted on April 9, 2014 in Album, Lives, New release, One-man, Tour, YouTube | Leave a comment

sukekiyo Already Making a Mark

sukekiyo

Last month, Dir en Grey vocalist Kyo announced that his solo project sukekiyo would be performing in Tokyo and Kyoto this May. April has brought even more exciting news. Read more

BLACK LINE is BACK

Posted on April 9, 2014 in Lives, News, Revival, Two-man | Leave a comment

BLACK LINE is BACK
 

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Fans were disappointed last year after the announcement that after their live at Shibuya REX on December 26, 2013, BLACK LINE would be going on a temporary hiatus. With most bands, fans fear hiatuses nearly as much as disbandments, as so few ever return to activity.

Fans were particularly wary after BLACK LINE’s Vocalist, Mikaru, decided to branch out a little with his project “G.L.A.M.S” that took over Paris this past February.

However, BLACK LINE has returned. Read more

Introduction: Fly or Die

Posted on April 9, 2014 in Introduction, Lives, New release, Single, Tour | 7 Comments

Introduction: Fly or Die
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If you’re confused about this band, it’s okay.

Most of us are.

Fly of Die is a very interesting band, simply because it is a Visual Kei band the same way McDonalds is technically food: In truth, yes, but when you scratch below the surface, it becomes a little less clear. Read more

PIERROT’s Big Announcement?

Posted on April 8, 2014 in Cool, News | Leave a comment

PIERROT's Big Announcement?
PIERROT

When a band that disbanded over 8 years ago makes an announcement, you bet we’re all listening.

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