The title is “deep stroke”, and it will be a six track release for 1300 yen.

Tracklist
1. Desire
2. TRACE
3. silent clown
4. Desire (instrumental)
5. TRACE (instrumental)
6. silent clown (instrumental

On March 6th, they will be having an event where the CD will be available for sale, called ~afreet box~ at SHIBUYA O-crest. Tickets cost 2800 yen a piece, and other bands performing that night include TRIGGAH, dolore, Rubik, Lucaria and the darling.

For those who aren’t familiar with advance by 666, they’re made of five members:
Vocals – MEGURU [ex-Panic Channel, ex-Key, ex-Garasu]
Guitar – nagis@ [ex-AVALON PROJECT]
Guitar – kai [ex-Cult Fiction Club]
Bass – kiri [ex-Panic Channel, ex-freesia, ex-FreqixRudra]
Drums – tosi. [ex-MURASAKI]

They don’t seem to have too many lives lined up in the near future, but the schedule thus far is:

February 14th @ Meguro Rockmaykan
Februry 28th @ SHIBUYA STAR LOUNGE
March 6th @ SHIBUYA O-crest
March 23rd @ SHINJUKU RUIDO K4
March 29th @ SHINJUKU RUIDO K4

Source: Brand-x, OHP

Vocal: 綺音 (Ayane) [→ Rydell+Noghte → Serpentine†Ghost]
Guitar: Mu-min
Bass: t93 [→ Radical MiMiC → GIGA VIRUS → nicht]

Redel’s website refers to their work as “exhibitions of monochrome nightmares full of hatred”, but a snippet from closet child CD, which vends their latest release, more concretely calls them a “90s-style hatred dark-style” band. Their website states:

Existing on the other side of the ordinary, the backbone of taboo “negative emotions” of “grief”, “enmity”, “mental anguish”, “abnormal lust”, “hatred”, “rage”, “lies”, “death” held by each member is carried by the mass of sound consisting of NW, ALTERNATIVE, HR/HM, GOTHIC, INDUSTRIAL, NOISE etc. and spat out; the “black existence” of Redel has been established…

The fact that they’ve played with bands such as Calmando Qual and My heaven’s luck sisters may tell you a thing or two; they fit right in. Somewhat reminiscent of Aliene Maφriage but with a generally slower-tempo repertoire, Redel easily falls into the category of industrial music. Their performances are chilling; Ayane has a powerful presence behind the microphone stand, Mu-min energetically thrashes about the stage, and the seemingly-docile t93 turns startling when he starts swinging heavy metal chains around the stage. (Watch out!)

The band put out their first mini album in December, which is also the first release available outside of their live house shows (you can pick it up at Closet Child CD).

PALE ACUTE MOON
￥1,500
Released December 20, 2011
Includes a 12-page booklet.

　01：黒 (Kuro)
　02：グラマラス (Glamorous)
　03：Distorted Room
　04：Pale Acute Moon
　05：enslave
　06：序幕 (Jomaku)
　07：ゴウスト (Ghost)

Though their MySpace has gone neglected since 2010, they still have a couple of songs up for the curious. I recommend it!
 

Source: OHP, vkdb, Closet Child

Vocal Histo

Guitar Mei

Bass zen

It was hard to place my finger on exactly what they were going for when Mei sauntered in belly dancing on a stage with an assortment of Egyptian-themed prop miniatures, such as Anubis and pyramids. Though the band has a semi-German name, their costume, performance, and even musical themes heavily reflect their Egyptian and Arabian influences. On their website you can read background stories for the members, something reminiscent of MALICE MIZER in theatrics and plot.

Eins bei Vodka describes their work as

Heavy, profound music to prod at the core part of a human being which attempts all its actions for selfish purposes.
Constructing a peculiar world view with a stance which pursues nothingness and sadness.

The first thing one might notice about the music, however, is Histo’s incredible range. In a single song he can hit beautiful high notes, sing enchanting melodies, and scream and growl his head off.

Currently, they have no lives scheduled, but have recently self-released their third single, “jastina”, which is available at their lives for a mere 100 yen.

This isn’t a band you’ll be able to YouTube, but if the idea interests you, they’ve made it quite easy to keep up with them online via Facebook and Twitter. There’s also an assortment of audio clips you can hear on their Myspace.

Source: OHP

It looks like some ex-SIVA members have formed a new band! They were formerly a session band under the same name, but as of October, they became a formal band. Their name is Lucky13 and they’ll have their first live at Shibuya REX on 2012.1.15. Unfortunately their OHP is down at the moment, but hopefully it’ll be back up soon.

The members are:
Vo. カイリ (Kairi) | ヴィシュヌ (かいり)→ SIVA (カイリ) → Lucky13
Gu. 雄一 (Youichi) | Fatima+Queen → Elldorado → SIVA (憂→雄一) → Lucky13
Ba. 奏 (Kaname) | Fallum (kaname) → Gizmo (奏) → Lucky13
Dr. JIN

Kaname also has a Twitter account!

No other details have been announced as of yet. But, this is exciting news for SIVA fans! What do you guys think?

Source: vkdb, Kairi’s blog

(Click-through to the other member’s picture here; potentially NSFW content in the background!)

Vocal 荒瀬 大 (Arase Dai) | → LANDSCAPE

Bass 坂倉 亮 (Sakakura Ryo) | → LANDSCAPE

dieS has been enjoying moderate success in the underground of the visual kei scene since around 2005. Their music is generally uptempo and clearly reminiscent of one of their major influences, the aforementioned BUCK-TICK. Background information about them from a reliable source is nearly impossible to track down in either English or Japanese, but you may learn a thing or two (true or not!) by poking around fans’ blogs. If you’d like to give them a try, you can watch a few live clips on their official YouTube channel.

dieS’s schedule is chock-full of exciting happenings for the end of the year, including an appearance on Orodoku TV on November 22 at 8:00 pm (which you will be able to watch live here!). They’ve also just released a second pressing of their first album from 2009, 『ANGEL JESUS dieS in EDEN』, which had previously been frustratingly impossible for fans to get their hands on. It’s available from ZEALLINK, closet child and Like an Edison.

『ANGEL JESUS dieS in EDEN』
Track list:

1.in my head
2.侵入 (Shinyuu)
3.分身 (Bunshin)
4.fucker
5.high-裸-night (high-hadaka-night)
6.die
7.死界 (Shikai)
8.新生児 (Shinseiji)
9.幻影 (Genei)
10.シャーマン (Shaman)
11.ANGEL JEJUS dieS in EDEN
12.birthday(ボーナストラック) (bonus track)

There are also a couple of lives coming up on their schedule:

2011.11.28 Shibuya O-WEST TOUR2011 “美ィ汚ゥSHOW”FINAL 単独中毒公演 (“BiuSHOW”FINAL Tandoku  Chuudoku Kouen)

2011.12.28 Yokohama 7th AVENUE LANDSCAPE 1-day revival 『I’m just a trigger in your life』

2011.21.31 Yokohama 7th AVENUE 2011~2012 All Night Gig
 

If you’re curious to learn more, you can skim their website, take a look at member blogs, and of course indulge in their YouTube channel. Enjoy!

Source: OHP

Vocal 間宮　望 (Mamiya Nozomi)| Rinda [as 望 (Nozomi)] → My heaven’s luck sisters [as Boye/Boy]
Guitar YUKITO | ギズモ (Gizumo) [as ゆきと (Yukito)]
Guitar ワタル (Wataru) | マステマ†ドルキーム (Mustema†Dorcheme) [as Wataru]
Bass たぁ (Taa) | メテム (Metem) [as レイト/ヒラツカタカノブ (Reito/Hiratsuka Takanobu)] → くれ×リック  (Cler×ic) [as たかぴぃ。 (Takapii)] → ギズモ (Gizmo) [vocal] → ClubRichard [guitar]
Drums 岡部　佑生 (Okabe Yuuki) | Cuartet [as 悠生 (Yuuki)] → キラー (Killer) [support] → 乙女道 (Otomedou) [support] → グレイシア (Glacier) [as 佑生 (Yuuki)] → ClubRichard [as 蓮池佑生 (Hasuike Yuuki)]

Don’t let the photograph fool you. With questionable lyrics and a vocalist who puts on performances in backless shorts — and nothing but backless shorts — this potentially controversial band has already begun to establish a “sexual harassment” theme. Though they’ve only played a handful of shows so far, their set tends to open with a different short video depicting some kind of debachery or another.

Their first single 「知ったかぶりのBaby Girl」 (“Shittakaburi no Baby Girl”) has already dropped as a part of a three-month consecutive release campaign, and lucky attendees to their second live were also able to pick up a distribution-only copy of 「企業舎弟」(“Kigyou Shatei“), otherwise unreleased. Both CDs contain only the title track.

「MoGuRO」, their next single, comes out on November 26th at their live at Ikebukuro CYBER, followed by a third in December.

Source: vkdb, OHP

Vocal 憂架 (Yuuka)
Guitar 嫉-shitsu-
Bass 海 (Kai) | → SIN → (REECH) → (「RiNG」) → Fi’Ance.
Drums Kira

The new single is entitled as aSkeptic and will come out on November 23rd. It costs 1,050 yen and includes two tracks – title song aSkeptic and karaoke version. You can pre-order it from CD Japan. 1st oneman takes place next year on February 19th at Shibuya REX. Tickets will cost 3,000 yen in advance and 3,500 at doors.

Have you listened their first single yet? What do you like?

Source: Brand X, OHP

Vocal 綴 (Tsuzuku) | るる (Ruru) → DIS(as 幻希/Genki) → VanessA(as 元規/Genki) → MEJIBRAY
Guitar MiA | Galneryus roadie → Valcuria → フルリレロ (Fururirero) → 熊猫xiongmao(サポート/ゆの) (Kumaneko xiangmao support / yuno) → (○なるど)(夢叶-ゆの-) (narudo / Yuno)、トゥーン工場(サポート/夢叶) (Toon Factory support / Yuno) → トゥーン工場(夢叶) (Toon Factory / Yuno))、 MEJIBRAY(support) → MEJIBRAY(MiA)
Bass – 恋一 (Koichi) | マイフレ (Maifure) → ミミック(as 夏希) (MiMiQ as Natsuki) → VANESSA → the LEM(support)、MEJIBRAY(support) → MEJIBRAY
Drums – メト (Meto) | MEJIBRAY (support) → MEJIBRAY

They also had second guitarist 一風 (Ippu, ex-Dollis and VanessA), but he unfortunately left the band already. The official site’s profile page is under construction currently.

So far MEJIBRAY has released two singles, カルマ-瓦礫のマンティコーラース- (Karma -Gareki no Manteikooraasu-) and KILLING ME and has first mini-album coming. Slivers.exe will be releases December 7th and costs 2,100 yen. Tracklist is as follows:
1.Sliver
2.CRAZED BRAIN
3.これを依存と呼ぶなら (Kore wo izon to yonu nara)
4.Baby Crossing
5.DISTANCE.exe

Official site is here, if you want to check out it.

So, have you already listened their singles? Excited for the mini-album?

Source: vkdb, ohp

So, the members are:

Vocals - 風太 (Poota) [ex-WHITEBLACK]
Guitar - 千 (S’en) [ex-Vishnu, ex-7even'∞Resist, ex-Vetara, ex-NOCT]
Bass - まっふぃ (Mahhi) [ex-Lunatic blue, ex-brodiaea]
Jk.: トキエ (Tokie)

The opening song「カレンデュラ レクイエム」 (Calendula Requiem) will be released as a single too on November 17th in three types. The limited edition with bonus DVD costs 1,500 yen and limited time edition 1,200 yen. Limited time pressing will have anime jacket and TV size version of the opening song. It will be sold only until the end of December 2010. Regular edition also costs 1,200 yen.

Tracklist for the single is as follows:

1. カレンデュラ レクイエム (Calendula Requiem)
2. ザ ドールハウス (The Dollhouse)
3. ウミガメスープ (Umigame soup)
4. カレンデュラ レクイエム (Calendula Requiem) [Less Vocal]

So, what do you think?

Source: Jishuban Club, OHP

The single will be their first release under the PLanet CHILD Music label, and it’s coming out in two types. Type A costs 1575 yen and contains a PV with the title track. Type B also costs 1575 yen, but comes with three tracks.

CD Tracklist
1. Cherry Boy&Girl
2. 横顔 (Yokogao)
3. 陽のかけら触れる場所まで (You no Kakera Fureru Basho made)

On the same day as the release, the band will be having a oneman one year anniversary live called ～Attractive Vintage Trip～『好きに暴れちゃってぇ～↑↑』 (Suki ni Abarechattee～↑↑) at America Mura CLAPPER. Tickets cost 2800 yen a piece.

Called≠Plan started back in September 2009 with the concept of “mischievous rock” and consists of four members:

Vocals – ユウト (Yuuto)
Guitar – 牡葉 (Otoha)
Guitar – 玲 (Rei)
Bass – 柊-syu-

At their starting live, they released their first two track demo CD, 「ONYX」. Their first maxi-single, 「IMAGE PLAN」 came out on November 10th, 2009, followed by their second maxi-single, 「Quantum Leap」 on April 5th.

Check out the band’s OHP at http://called-plan.com.

Source: OHP, Brand-x

Vocal – ハル (Haru) || ex. Waduru
Guitar – 刃織 (Haori)
Guitar – 和葉 (Kazuha)
Bass – 蘭 (Ran)
Drums – 優 (Yuu) || ex. カザリ

There isn’t much info of them available, but their plans seem promising. Along with several events they are gonna have their first one man 「Leave a name for Dying message.」 at Takadanobaba AREA on September 30th.
They are gonna release their first single 「愛終～アイシュウ～」 (Aishuu) for free on August 20th and a mini-album 「純愛傷説」(Junai Kizusetsu). Mini album costs 2,625 yen.

You can listen sample of their song at their OHP.

Lauder had their first live at Ikebukuro Cyber on July 7th and their next one is at Shinjuku HOLIDAY on August 25th. Not much information again, but members are as follows:

Vocal – レン (Len)
Guitar – MAST || ex. Aliene Ma’riage → Noir fleurir → MIL → DropStarShooting [Support]
Guitar – コウスケ (Kousuke) || ex. AI-版 (AI-Ban)→ α:Vout
Bass – Takuya || ex. Atelier → Spider lily ; also in 日々全てを飲み込むフカモカ (Fukamoka) [band on hiatus]
Drum – 大樹 (Taiju)

Has someone already seen these bands? Tell us did you like them! And isn’t it nice to have Kousuke back?

Source: OHPs

Vocal: こう (Kou)
Guitar: kazu || ex. スカラブレイ (Skarabrae)
Bass: Shin
Drums: rei || ex. ガイアプラネット (Gaia:Planet)

On September 30th they’ll release their first single entitled 「FLASH BACK」. It will cost 1260 yen and contain following tracks:
・FLASH BACK
・ラピスラズリ

To commemorate the release the band will sponsor a special event on that same day. It will be held at Ikebukuro BLACK HOLE under the title 「少女革命‐其ノ壱‐」(Shoujou Kakumei-Shi no Ichi-). Other participating bands are: auncia, SOMATIC GUARDIAN, FEECHE,『7191…』, R指定 (R-Shitei) and Ap(r)il. The tickets cost 2500 yen in advance and 3000 yen at the door.

Source: OHP, Brand-X

Corota (ex-Araune) has a new project entitled Rose:bad which just started up activities on July 7th.

The members are:
Vo. かがみ-Kagami-
Gu. ころた-Corota-

They’ve already decided on a live and it will be on September 4th at SOUND AGE -Vol 6- which takes place at Ikebukuro 3-tri-.

Their official site is over here: http://x15.peps.jp/rosebad0707/
And they already also have a MySpace and YouTube page.

From YouTube they have a sound sample, tell us what you think!

Source: Corota’s blog

Vocal: 一輝 (Itsuki)
Guitar: 瑠璃 (Ruri) || ex, BloodyMarry [support]
Bass: Lyuichi || ex. BloodyMarry
Drums: 鱒 (Masu) || ex. Nemesis

The upcoming band’s schedule is as follows:

August 8th @ Urawa Narciss
August 20th @ Shinjuku HOLIDAY
August 28th @ Urawa Narciss

Source: OHP, Visunavi

Vo. 楓魔-Fu-ma-
Gu. 永遠-Towa-
Gu. 璃桜愛-rioa-
Ba. 刻人-tokito-
Dr. 殀-yoh-

RULER was formed in January but they had their first concert in 28th February at Takasaki club FREEZ. In April second guitarist rioa joined the band and they started to have more concerts. Next one is July 18th at Ikebukuro Ôtsuka RED ZONE.

Other dates when you can check them out:
August 7th @ Takasaki club FLEEZ
September 11th @ Ikebukuro CYBER
September 19th @ Sannomaru Art Hall
September 23th @ HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
October 24th @ HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
November 3rd @ HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
November 14th @ HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
December 12th @ HOLIDAY SHINJUKU

You can find their OHP here.

Vo. Rink
Gu. 徠 (Rai)
Gu. 裕 (Yu)
Ba. ノラ (Nora)
Dr 真哉 (Shinya)

There isn’t much information available, but their schedule is as follows:

July 29th @ Takadanobaba AREA
July 30th @ Ikebukuro CYBER

Apparently they are going to be opening act for CINDY&KATE’s free live tour! That’s cool, don’t you think? Anyway, dates are:

September 10th @ Okayama PEPPER LAND
September 12th @ Osaka CLUB ALIVE
September 18th @ Sapporo COLONY
September 26th @ Shibuya RUIDO K2

OHP is here.

Source: Visunavi

There are not any details available for both lives except the dates and venues though. Moll’e node revival is going to take place on July 30th at Takasaki CLUB FLEEZ , whilst NOISY CROWDS will revive on the 18th of November at Ikebukuro CHOP.

Let me introduce the bands shortly in case you have never heard of them before though.

モル・ノヲド (moll’e node) was a band which was active between 2003 and 2006. They have released 3 CDs, all of them in 2004. The members were:

Vocal: 詩那 (Shina) || ex. NOISY CROWDS [as SHINA] → NOi’X [as SHiNA] → KieRE; now in 弾丸少女 (Dangan Shoujo)
Guitar: 省吾 (Shogo) || now in D’LORE
Bass: 聖 (Kiyoshi) || ex カるテ (Karute), now in D’LORE
Drums: 光 (hikari) || now in auncia

NOISY CROWDS was a previous band of Shina, moll’e node’s vocalist. They have started their activities in early 1993 and ended them in 2000, changing their name to NOi’X in the meantime though. Anyway, the line-up was as follows:

Vocal: SHINA
Guitar: RYOTA || FITZ*GERALD → OBSCeNE [as RYO] → NOISY CROWDS → Jezebel
Bass: LUCCA
Drums: JOE-NOSUKE || DARKLANDS → NOISY CROWDS → Jezebel → MATHONY [as JOE]

Source: Dangan Shoujou OHP

First of all, I don’t believe we have ever introduced the band here before, since they have been on a pause for a long time. However, the members are:

Vocal: hanon
Guitar: zull || ex. NOOKICKY → The Candy Spooky Theater → …。【サイレンス】 (Silence)
Bass: tock

It’s still not known whether it will be a permanent come-back or just a revival live though. Here is what they wrote in their official mailmag:

On 27th August 2010, after 3 years, it has been decided that MONAURAL CURVE will be doing a gig!
There are still a few days before the gig, but please do keep your schedule free on that day.
When more information on the gig has been decided, it will be updated on the Official Site, so make sure you don’t miss it!
Please look forward to the new world brought to you by MONAURAL CURVE!

Anyway, zull wrote in his blog about that fact too:

It’s been 3 years, but on Friday 27th August, MONAURAL CURVE will be able to do a gig.

There are probably more people who don’t know [about us], but as a
live band, we have been reorganizing our compositions and songs in the
hopes for people to listen to us.

This time, in connection with our various associates, in welcoming back our favourite rock guitarist, the 5 of us have reorganised ourselves [and come together]. There has been talk about having triple guitarists, but first off, it is the 5 of us.

Along with doing 2 other sessions, it would make us happy if you look forward to them.

We will give out more detailed information at a later date.

On 27th August, we will introduce to you a new, original sound [to our music]. Please look forward to it! …though, I’m the one who’s looking forward to it the most!

Source: Official mailmag, OHP, zull’s blog

Vocal: 綺羅 (Kira)
Guitar: 遼 (Ryo)
Guitar: みい (Mii)
Bass: なゆ (Nayu)
Drum: LOPE

They going to release first demo single 「ツンデレロックンピース★」 (Tsundere Rock’n'Peace) July 27th. It’s one coin single, meaning that it will cost only 500 yen. You can purchase it from their lives or from Jishuban Club. It comes with title track and bonus track called 「Sly」.

They have a live scheduled for the release date, but details aren’t yet available. Before that their schedule is as follows:

May 31st @ Meguro Rock May Kan
June 16th @ Ikebukuro RUIDO K3
June 19th @ Meguro LIVE STATION
June 29th @ Meguro Rock May Kan

I think it’s cool that there are more girl bands too. We will surely keep you informed about them!

Source: OHP, Jishuban Club