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  • Interview with Kaya

    In 2002, Kaya made his vocal debut in the Mana produced two-man unit, Schwarz Stein. In 2004, Schwarz Stein disbanded, and departing from the label the band was signed to, Kaya became a free singer. Using “aesthetics” as his main theme, Kaya conducts his activities with the goals of “the revolution of the aesthetic senses” and the “liberation of sexuality” in mind, and manages his own lyrics, CD jacket designs, make-up and costume designs as well as the organization... Read→

  • Cure on your iphone!

    You can now catch up on the latest news, styles and interviews all in the palms of your hands AND … in English! Cure is proud to present a totally new way to read and review Cure Magazine. A free issue of Cure Visual-Kei, “Vol. 0”, is now available. Get your hands on 31 complete pages of visual-kei information! “Vol. 0” features… Special article – Versailles-Philharmonic Quintet : “Born of Death, a new story begins here” Special article 2 – Matenrou Opera: Towards... Read→

  • Interview with born

    born is a five member band that began together under RENNY AMY, which was active from August 2005, until December 31st, 2006. Shortly after, the same five members created D&L, and eventually changed their name to ‘born’ on April 9th, 2008 with the sponsored event at Takadanobaba AREA called “born presents 「bug scremo vol.01」”. About a week later, they released their first demonstration single, entitled 「Dust pain」, which was followed by the tour, 「Abnormal skin’s」. Since... Read→

  • Interview with Satsuki

    砂月-Satsuki- began his solo career on February 14th, 2009, after spending seven years as the vocalist for RENTRER EN SOI. His first solo release, 「AWAKE」 came out via his online shop on May 9th, and that month he also started his 「AWAKENING TO MOONLIGHT」 tour, which even made a stop in Los Angeles, California. His next release, 「CRYSTAL」 was out on August 21st, which was followed by his 「PEER INTO YOUR CRYSTAL HEART」 tour, where he preformed in both Tokyo and Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read→

  • Q & A with a:Vout

    The staff at Shattered-Tranquility.net is proud to bring you another new interview, this time with the young visual band α:Vout! α:Vout is a Tokyo-based indies band signed to the Speed Disk record label that started activity in March of 2009 as a 5 piece band, with the lineup of Joy on vocals, MIROKU and Sou on guitars, yu-ma on bass, and Sin on drums. Their first live was in late April, just before they released their first maxi single, 「BLACK OUT」, on May 20th. They wasted no time in putting... Read→

  • Q & A with Misaruka

    The staff at Shattered-Tranquility.net is very proud to bring everyone a brand new interview with the up and coming band, ミサルカ [Misaruka]! Misaruka is a relatively new visual indies band based out of Tokyo. They started as a session band, and flourished into a full fledged band on June 12th, 2008. Just a little less than two months later, they released their first single 「-amakusa-」 on August 2nd, 2008. Their music and aesthetics have made them fairly popular witin the visual scene in... Read→

Sider sponsored events
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Lives, News

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Wedday fans might be interested in knowing that Fantastic~sama (vocalist Mako’s female demon persona&vocalist of Sider) has taken over Wedday’s OHP for the time being. After Wedday’s live on April 11th at Sendai BIRD LAND, there are three Sider sponsored events. The first taking place at Koriyama #9 on April 27th,  second at Akita Club SWINDLE on April 28th, and then Sendai HooK on April 30th. No information on who will participate in Sider’s session lineups as of yet, but we will keep you posted!

Source: OHP

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Jin-Machine down one
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Departure, News

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Elizabeth oshin, guitarist of Jin-Machine, has announced he will be withdrawing from the band on March 3rd. He stated that it was a result of many worries, and while he wants to continue in music, right now he can’t afford to keep going. He’s uncertain if he’ll be able to continue in the future, but will if he can.

Source: OHP

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News on -Virgil-
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Event, Lives, New band, New release, News

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御主人様専用奇才楽団 -Virgil- (Goshujinsama Senyou Kisai Gakudan), a new band that we mentioned previously, will be having their first live on May 1st at Shibuya BOXX. They will also be releasing their first single on April 22nd titled 「broke stone awake sevendays」. There will be two types, A and B, and both will cost 1,575yen and are limited to 1,000 copies.

Here are the tracklisting for both types:
-A-type-
1. broke stone awake sevendays
2. 蜜雨 (mitsuame)
3. 白雪 (shirayuki)

-B-type-
1. broke stone awake sevendays
2. Platinum virgin
3. sweet killer tune

And since the members can be seen now, here is the lineup:
Roa (CV: ROA KENJI) // Part: All around player except bass
Daichi (CV: RYO HORIKAWA) (exKisnate) // Part: Guitar
HAKU (CV: HAKU) (exANUBIS/IZABEL VAROSA) // Part: Guitar & Vocal
Zekusu (CV: Zekusu) (exDennou Romeo/Hotel Shinigami) // Part: Bass
Takumi (CV: SHIGERU SAKANO) // Part: Drums

All the members now have blogs on ameblo too:
http://ameblo.jp/virgil-roa
http://ameblo.jp/virgil-daichi
http://ameblo.jp/virgil-haku
http://ameblo.jp/virgil-zekusu
http://ameblo.jp/virgil-takumi

And last but not least, they now have a MySpace! They’ve also added more to their official site, so check it out!

Source: Zekusu’s blog, OHP

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new blog for Masami
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Blog

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Masami (ex gossip) has a new blog on ameba! You can follow him here.

Source: blog

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Minerva disbands
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Disbanding

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Minerva has announced that on March 31st, they will be disbanding.

The band admits that since their vocalist left last year, they have had a hard time finding someone to replace him, and realize that Minerva isn’t the same without him.

They apologize to all the fans for their decision, but hope that everyone can understand.

Source: OHP

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First maxi-single for Gilltia !
Posted on February 28, 2009 in New release

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Good news for the fans, after they recently distributed “Escape from the Cage” through internet, ギルティア (Gilltia) has just announced they would also release their first maxi-single !

「CLOWN」 will be released on April 5th with the following tracklist :

  • CLOWN
  • Desert me

Limited to a thousand copies, the maxi will also include a DVD, which content is still unknow, it could be a PV for “CLOWN” as well as a live footage… as for the price, it’s set to cost 1700 yen.

Source : OHP

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First maxi-single for ANOTHER DIMENSION
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Costumes, New release

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Thanks to ed47a for sharing the information !

If there’s one thing we could say, it’s that they really took their time to release this first maxi-single : almost 3 years !

So far, ANOTHER DIMENSION has distributed 3 singles, one mini-album (in October 2007) and a live DVD (in August 2008), but they finally decided to release their first single as it was expected since they’ve updated their OHP with a new look  ! Entitled 『朽チ果テ逝クコノ世界　C/W 温もりの涙』 (Kyuuchi Hate Sei Kuko no Sekai C / W Nukumori no Namida)

Officially set to be released on June 6th, the CD will actually be sold during their live performances from May 20th !

And here is their latest look, they’ve really changed a lot from the time Adrienne introduced them !

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Source : OHP

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Chrome Shelled 2nd single
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Event, New release, News

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Chrome Shelled will be releasing their second single 「愛のツェルニ」/ai no TSUERUNI on 4.1.2009

To celebrate the event they’re having a commemorative instore event at Laforet Harajuku!

# When： 3/22（日）15:00～
# Where: Laforet Harajuku
# What: Signing event
# Participation method: Reserve your copy of Chrome Shelled’s second single at LikeanEdison.com in Laforet Harajuku, make an advanced payment of the full amount of the single, and receive the ticket as a present!

Also, the participants will receive a limited replacement CD jacket with the members’ photograph. The autographs will be made on the limited jacket.
but wait, there’s more!
All participants will be able to participate in what they’re calling “UNDERGROUND Spring Festival” in which if you spend 3000円 at any of the shops on B1.5 floor or Algonquins, Super Lovers, Like an Edison on B1 floor then you’ll be presented with a one of a kind Chrome Shelled polaroid!
※polaroids are limited in number and will be given on a first come first served basis until they are out.

Source: Chrome Shelled OHP

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Random Fact of the Day
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Random Fact

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Hey guys, random fact of the day time. Today we’re going to be talking about inspiration for song writing. When asked what sort of themes are written for his lyrics, ROOM#NUMBER’s Ichiro responded:

I like lyrics where the scene floats. Lyrics like the picture of Salvador Dali are good if it says more. As for my song called JUNO, it is expressed well. I like surrealism.

surrealism huh? If I wrote songs (well, I secretly already do, but shh) my inspiration would be cheese puffs. There’s so much to write about them! So what kinds of things or people inspire you to do…just about anything?

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Black:List says Thank You
Posted on February 28, 2009 in Observation

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The members of the now disbanded Black:List all wrote in their blogs saying that their old homepage and myspace will officially close tomorrow. Each member said goodbye in their own way but mainly that they thank fans and even though each member will go their own paths that to please continue to support their futures. Tomozo posted the new link to his blog (which we’ve mentioned here) and says that he isn’t sure if he’ll continue with musical activities. ;———–;

Check out their hp one last time and see the flash thank you!

Source: HP, members’ blogs

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Panic’s new release covers
Posted on February 27, 2009 in Release

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Panic released the covers for their Best Of album we talked about here. They also have made a few changes to their sites including new flash intros! So what do you think of the covers?

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Source: Panicbiz @ panic’s lj comm

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Random Fact of the Day
Posted on February 27, 2009 in Random Fact

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It’s that time again! Time for the random fact of the day, and today we’re going to talk about Shiki from Order in Disorder’s strong points and weak points.

His strong points are that he’s systematic, and never gives up.
His weak points, are that he’s cruel, inhuman, and ‘late for his own funeral’ (he’s always late).

So to all the S-T readers that haven’t shared before, or want to share again, what are your strong and weak points?

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New drummer for Toon Factory
Posted on February 27, 2009 in New member

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Toon Factory has announced that they have a new drummer!

His name is ゆーいち (Yuichi), and he was was formerly in G.OZ.VII, Vjani, Animeland, Key and up until a few days ago had been doing support for AibeLL.

They also mentioned that they have new costumes, so that’s something to look forward to seeing.

Source: vkdb, Toon Factory Blog, Yuichi’s Blog, mixi

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“She likes it hard”.
Posted on February 27, 2009 in News

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The second type [Auditory Impression] of the GazettE’s new single, 「DISTRESS AND COMA」, which is coming out on March 25th has a third track called 「WITHOUT A TRACE」.

As it turns out, that track will be used as the ending song for the upcoming movie, 「ハードリベンジ、ミリー　ブラッディバトル」 (Hard Revenge, Milly Bloody Battle) that will be released in Japan this summer!

For more information about the movie, you can check it’s OHP. I have to say, the tag-line, made me giggle.

Source: PSCompany Staff Blog

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New bassist for Anetto
Posted on February 27, 2009 in New member

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A few weeks ago, we announced that Anetto had lost their bassist, Yuuyan.

Well good news for the band! They have been able to the empty spot, with their new bassist, 真裟 (Masa). Masa had actually been their support bassist for their lives on February 23rd and 24th, and on the 27th became an official member.

The band plans to make a fresh start, and formally begin with their new activities.

Source: OHP, Staff Blog

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Zip.er’s New Look
Posted on February 27, 2009 in Costumes

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Zip.er has updated their ohp with their new look (profile images included.) Check it out.

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source: zip.er comm, ohp

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Shinya’s drama debut
Posted on February 27, 2009 in News

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LUNA SEA’s drummer Shinya has recently made his drama debut, and appeared in the BS-i drama, 「東京少女やさしい拳」 (Tokyo Shoujo Yasashii Kobushi).

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The story features a homeless junior high student, and Shinya plays a divorced salary man separated from his children, who has a reunion with them.

The show will air on February 28th at 11pm.

Source: BMA, BS-i

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Since1889’s new single
Posted on February 27, 2009 in New release

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Since1889 will be releasing a new single on May 13th called “ENEMY”.

The single is coming out in two types; A Type which is three tracks plus a DVD that contains live footage for 1890 yen, and B Type which is the three track single only, for 1260 yen.

Source: Brand-x

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More on Ayabie’s major debut single
Posted on February 27, 2009 in New release

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A couple of weeks ago we posted about how Ayabie was going to be releasing their major debut single on May 27th. Well, more information about that new single has been released!

The tentative title for the single is 「きら星」 (Kiraboshi) and it’s coming out in three types.

The first press edition costs 1890 yen, and comes with the CD (the title track plus a second), and a DVD that contains a PV, off-shot footage plus comments from the members.

The regular edition, type A comes with the same two tracks as the first press edition, plus bonus track “A”. Regular edition type B, also has the two tracks, but instead comes with a bonus track “B”. Both of these types cost 1260 yen and come with one of three random photo cards.

Each release will have a serial number enclosed. If you register two or more of these numbers, you will get a special privilege. They will also be drawing names (from those that enter) of people to receive a phone call from the members.

Source: Brand-x

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Yukiya’s solo performance
Posted on February 27, 2009 in Event

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幸也 (Yukiya), vocalist of Kαin and THE JEAN, will be having a midnight solo performance on March 14th at Shinjuku Loft!

While the main act is Yukiya, it does say that there will be a guest performance as well. The event opens at 11:30pm and starts at midnight.

There are premium seats, which are limited to 100 people and cost 5000 yen. Those with the premium tickets also get a special White Day present, and a “Yukiya produced drink”.

Regular tickets cost 3000 yen and go on sale March 1st.

Source: Kranze OHP

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