• 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→

Posted on March 10, 2010 in PV, YouTube

miyavi-brings-out-new-pv

Miyavi’s official youtube has posted a preview of his new pv “SURVIVE” which is coming out at the end of the month! What do you guys think?

Source: MYV youtube

Posted on March 10, 2010 in PV, YouTube

new-pv-for-aural-vampire

Aural Vampire have posted their new PV to the song 「湘南族 -cannibal coast-」 (Shounan Zoku -cannibal coast-)! Please tell us what you think about it:

Source: Official Twitter

Posted on February 16, 2010 in PV, Track Listing, YouTube

cali%e2%89%a0garis-mannequin-pv-preview-track-list

Okay so we’ve talked about the amazing news of cali≠gari’s new album and release over here. We also talked about how they were releasing a dvd full with pvs including a brand new song Mannequin. Here is a preview!

Oh thanks to Inka for letting me know, the tracklist has also been announced for the release.

01. 反ッ吐 (Heddo)
02. マネキン (Mannequin)
03. 散影 (Chikage)
04. 新奇テキスト (Shinki Text)
05. オーバーナイト ハイキング (Overnight Hiking)
06. クロニック ダンス (Chronic Dance)

What do you think? Excited yet?

Source: YouTube, FlyingStar Records

Posted on February 8, 2010 in Track Listing, YouTube

details-on-floppys-album

I have talked about FLOPPY’s album 「PROTOSCIENCE」 some time ago, but now the tracklist is finally available, so here you go:

01. 黎明 (Reimei)
02. 春風 (Harukaze)
03. パポピ (Papopi)
04. meta色吐息 (Meta Iro Toiki)
05. サーフトロニカ (Softronica)
06. 哲学堂心中 (Tetsugaku Dou Shinchuu)
07. PROTOSCIENCE
08. meta色吐息(remixed by 中野テルヲ) (Meta Iro Toiki (remixed by Nakano Teruo)

What is more, the band has updated another clip to their youtube after a few-months-long break and I think it’s worth seeing it. It contains footage from their live held on the 20th of November 2009 at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO.

Source: Information blog, Official YouTube

Posted on January 30, 2010 in YouTube

frantic-emirys-youtube-sample

Frantic Emiry have updated their OHP with a sample of their music at YouTube. There is also a new photo featured in the video. What is your impression?

Source: OHP

Posted on January 30, 2010 in New release, YouTube

piece-news

First of all, PIECE have announced the release of their 2nd single! It wil be entitled 「バード」 (Bird) and go on sale on the 17th of March for 1050 yen. The tracklist is as follows:

1. バード (Bird)
2. shooting star

What is more, the band have put some time ago special pages when you can listen to the samples of their previous releases, if you’re curious: 「Tearing sky」 (when they were still LHAPLUS) and PIECE’s first single「夢幻の空へ」 (Mugen no Sora e)

Anyway, here is a PV sample for the upcoming single, what do you think about it? (You can watch a PV sample to their previous release at YouTube as well though)

Source: OHP

Posted on January 21, 2010 in YouTube

sisens-youtube-account

SiSeN is one of the many who have joined the youtube army. He just started to upload videos early this month so add him over here. But view with caution, some of his videos might not be safe to view while at school or work. Some are of nightclubs and events he has attended or DJed at. So lots of leather, thongs and dancing!

How many will see Seileen and GPKISM overseas soon?

Source: youtube

Posted on January 21, 2010 in YouTube

caminos-youtube-channel

Hayato just updated on his facebook that Camino now have an official youtube channel to share all their goofy moments with fans. I don’t know how many of you guys like or know Camino but they are a really random and funny group of guys so I expect lots of weird and hilarious videos from the guys!!

You can add their channel over here.


Source: Hayato’s facebook

Posted on January 10, 2010 in Goods, YouTube

lix-live-videopromo-up

You can now get a taste of the other band that was signed onto Starwave Records – LIX. This video showcases some footage from their secret live back in the fall of 2009. You can find this and their first promo video over at their own youtube account.

Their official first live will be January 30th, at Nanba ROCKETS. We talked more about it over here. You can also now order photosets and poster of the band over here. You have a choice of 4 different photoset types to pick from!

What do you think of the band so far?

Source: youtube, DL shop

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Posted on December 30, 2009 in PV, YouTube

larcs-bless-pv-preview

We talked about L’Arc~en~Ciel’s new single over here. Now someone has ripped a short cm on the new pv, now we have a general idea about the song and look.

What do you think about the new song?

Source: Youtube

Posted on December 30, 2009 in PV, YouTube

karasus-pv-lastica

Thanks we got a few emails about this today!! Danger Crue’s youtube account updated a couple of days ago with the full pv for LASTICA – the first pv for Karasu.

What are your thoughts about the song, pv and over all group?

Source: Youtube

Posted on December 21, 2009 in PV, YouTube

buglug-pv-preview

We just talked about the members of BugLug being revealed over here, now there is a pv preview up! They sound and look pretty good for their first pv! What do you think?



Source:
youtube

Posted on December 18, 2009 in PV, YouTube

zip-ers-first-pv-preview

Zip.er’s PV preview is finally available to see for all the curious fans. It looks nice, especially since it’s their 1st PV, right? What is your opinion about it though?

Source: Official Youtube Account

Posted on November 30, 2009 in News, PV, YouTube

maitoreia-yggdrasil-pv-preview

MaitoreiA put up the preview for their promotional video, “ユグドラシル”(yggdrasil) that is slated to release on December 9th.

I am really looking forward to this release, the song sounds rather nice. The PV gives a kind of good feel too, what do you think? I look forward to see the whole PV after it’s released.

Source: OHP

Posted on November 22, 2009 in New release, News, YouTube

el-ethnic-legist-single-details

Do you remember the amazing post Ichibayo made about a new but so promising band el-Ethnic Legist-? There are more details known about their new single 「ガネーシャ-gaNeza-」 and I thought I will share it with you! Even though this news is few days old already, i find that it’s a must-be-posted one.

So… the single will be released on the 21st of December and cost only 1000 yen, which is not much for a 4-song release. You can purchase it at the band’s online shop! What’s more, you can listen to the samples to 3 of the songs! Once you do it, don’t forget to tell us, what you think about it, okay?

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01. デルタ (Delta)
02. ガネーシャ (gaNeza)
03. シェスメテト (Shesmetet)
04. カミノウタ (Kami no Uta)

Furthermore, the band has updated their youtube channel with a Live PV to the song 「アスタルテ」 (Asterte), which was also the title song to their 1st single. I love the song and you?

Source: Official Shop, OHP

Posted on November 21, 2009 in YouTube

under-codes-youtube

Thanks to ScreamGuiltily on twitter for sending this to us. Seems like the label now has an official youtube account!

So far you can see pv previews, messages and live clips. Nega’s new pv preview is uploaded already!

Add the channel here.
What do you guys think? Youtube is starting to become a must have for bands and labels! Good idea or not?

Source: Youtube

Posted on November 17, 2009 in Event, Overseas, YouTube

kaya-getting-ready-for-anime-usa

Kaya will be performing this weekend along with Quaff. We’ve already talked about it here, now Kaya has posted a video letting his fans know what to expect for his live at Anime USA!

Really sweet message! Who is ready to see the groups this weekend!?

Source:
Anime USA

Posted on November 13, 2009 in YouTube

karasus-clips

You guys all probably know by now the side/group project Karasu. If not look over here for more info! There are some clips on youtube introducing the members and showing their first photoshoot. Someone even uploaded a live clip from Jack in the Box!


OKAY, now that you’ve seen them and heard some of their music….what do you think of them??

Source: youtube

Posted on November 9, 2009 in Event, PV, YouTube

new-satsuki-pv-preview-and-flyer

Just in case you haven’t noticed – Satsuki has uploaded his new pv preview on youtube. Below you can see a short sample of his RAIN DROP pv, what do you think?


You can also take a peek at his new flyer promoting his oneman for Christmas! He looks so amazing and peaceful! His Christmas event shouldn’t be missed, he has a new surprise for fans who attend! (More about that later ^~)


Sources: blog, myspace

Posted on November 3, 2009 in YouTube

vampire-fallen-xmas-renewal

Vampire Fallen Xmas are back with a newly updated site, they even made a few changes to the set up. You can also catch new videos on their youtube account from their Halloween live, so check it out here.

We’ve talked about this group before but just in case you didn’t know, the vocals are done by Reo who used to drum for the disbanded +SADIST+ – that alone should be enough for you guys to check them out!!!


 

Source: HP

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