Curious Incident of the Dog in the PWO
Fans of the popular Dog in the PWO have doubtless been worried about the state of the band after vocalist Haru was reportedly hit by a car last week. S-T is here to bring you all ...
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Inugami Circus-dan Forms Inugami Circus-dan Z Due to Vocalist’s Surgery
犬神サアカス團 (Inugami Circus-dan) had a grave announcement to make at their live this past July 12th, but with a twist. ...
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Ensoku’s Minoru Takes a Break & New Single Announcement
We've got some bad news and we've got some good news for えんそく (Ensoku) fans today. ...
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Kazu’s Neck Injury Forces Live Changes for the god and death stars
For fans of the god and death stars, most were eagerly waiting for their upcoming Toumeihan tour with 兎-usagi-, which kicks off on July 12th. On the eve of the tour, they made an ...
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Amber Bullet’s Hideto Passes Away
It is with great sadness we bring news of another death in visual kei. Yesterday, Wednesday June 18th, former bassist of Amber Bullet, Hideto - real name Hidetoshi Sakai -, passed ...
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JOL Joins Naine for Final; Announces Impending Hiatus Due to Injuries
Naine fans will have an official drummer for their last handful of lives. As Naine fans know, after their upcoming One Man "NEW ANSWER IS NEW ENDING-- CATASTROPHE" at Shibuya WWW, ...
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Paranoid≠circuS Drummer Yusura Departs after Trauma
Recently we've noticed a disturbing pattern in visual kei: numerous musicians are succumbing to varying degrees of injury or illness. NIGHTMARE's guitarist Hitsugi and MEJIBRAY's ...
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D.I.D’s Member Comments on Akane and Hiatus
Like many fans, Shattered-Tranquility has been waiting for translations of D.I.D's member comments, which came to fans through twitter, rather than comments on their ameblo ...
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Akane Admitted to Hospital for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder; DID Goes on Indefinite Hiatus
Terrible and very sudden news was announced just an hour ago from D.I.D's official home page. After their hiatus back in the winter due to guitarist Satoshi leaving the ban ...
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Hitsugi Fractures his Bone & NIGHTMARE’s TABOO
Last week, we reported that MEJIBRAY's Meto had had a bad fall, resulting in a bone fracture. Unfortunately, he wasn't the only affected party in the incident. Earlier today, NIGH ...
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More on Mejibray’s Meto and Additional Postponements
Just a few days ago, we told you about drummer Meto of Mejibray's nasty fall that resulted in several postponed performances on their ongoing one-man tour. Unfortunately, fans, th ...
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ViViD’s Ko-ki Gets Injured, Cancels Shows; Florida Performance
MEJIBRAY's Meto isn't the only one with this problem right now, unfortunately. ...
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MEJIBRAY – Meto’s Bone Fracture Causes Concert Postponements
A slight bump in the road for MEJIBRAY, one of the scene's hottest upcoming bands. Just days ago, drummer Meto suffered a bone fracture after a nasty fall, and as a result, a few ...
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LIPHLICH’s Vocalist Kuga Returns
Exciting news for fans of LIPHLICH today. In mid-March, it was announced that LIPHLICH's vocalist Shingo Kuga would be taking a rest from lives for a bit due to damage to his voc ...
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リハ中。黒いドラムヘッドや！やらしー！ pic.twitter.com/NiLdTxSqEu— R指定 宏崇-hirotaka- (@r_shitei_hiro) May 11, 2014 (At rehearsal. Black drum heads! Naaasty!) Some great news for fans of R-Shite ...
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Arlequin’s Injured Kuruto to Return
It wasn't too long ago that we announced that Arlequin's guitarist, Kuruto, was injured while playing at their Esaka Muse live on March 30th. Fans were very worried as he had been ...
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Lustknot. to go on Activity Pause due to Vocalist’s Mental Illness
Back in late February, we brought you the news of Lustknot.'s vocalist Yuki taking a break from activities due to his declining health. At the time, not much was known about his p ...
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LIPHLICH’s Kuga Goes into Full Activity Pause
Despite vocalist Kuga's temporary rest from singing due to throat polyps and the upcoming release of their latest single "GRATEFUL NONSENSE," fans of LIPHLICH were certainly hopin ...
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Unite to Lose Yukimi but will Continue On
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 ...
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Guitarist of Arlequin Hurts His Leg
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 aft ...
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