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Interview with L~Lotus~

L~Lotus~ is a five-piece band comprising of three ex. as milk members – 蓮華 (Renka) on vocals, saki and Takayuki on guitars, masato on bass, and YUJI on drums. They officially began their activities on March 6th and have released three digital singles to date: 「worry」 on May 19th, 「snow」 on May 26th, and 「tree」 on June 2nd. The members of L~Lotus~ sat down with us to answer a couple of questions, so give it a read to get to know them better! We’d like to thank JapanFiles... Read→

Interview with -LEON-

-LEON- is a five-piece band from Gunma comprising of Yuji on vocals, Shin and Koya on guitars, Yamato on bass, and Masashi on drums. Mixing Asian cultural influences with visual rock, -LEON- has a heavy, modern sound with a distinct, ethereal flavor. On December 13th, the band released their first three track mini-album, 「REGULUS」 along with a PV for their song, 「Kokou ni Tou Tsuioku no Kagen no Tsuki」. The members of -LEON- took time to answer a few of our questions, so take a read through... Read→

Interview with GLACIER

GLACIER is a five-member group from Okinawa, comprising of Makoto on vocals, Nao on lead guitar, Koujirou on rhythm guitar, Aki on bass, and Yuuki on drums. The band formed in July 2007 and made their major debut a year later on July 23rd. They have released a full album and six singles to date with their seventh single, 「愛の降る街」 (Ai no Furu Machi) which is the third installment of a 7-month digital release project, coming out on June 30th through JapanFiles and on iTunes. The members... Read→

Interview with O-PARTS

O-PARTS is a two-man unit that started in June of 2009, formed by vocalist sho-ka (ex. Vogus Image) and bassist Jun (GaGaaalinG, ex. WAIVE). On August 20th, they released their first maxi-single entitled 「向日葵」 (Himawari) which included four tracks, all of which made it into the top ten of the Oricon Indies ranking. On May 26th, their second maxi-single, 「煌[kou]」 was released and will be available through JapanFiles from June 6th. Both sho-ka and Jun took time out of their busy schedules... Read→

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→

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→

Join the team!

We currently are looking for new team members for our news posting staff, so if you think you have something to offer and want to apply, please feel free to send in your application.

To become a news posting member, we do have a few basic requirements.

We’re looking for someone who is trustworthy. We all work together on this site and it won’t go anywhere if we can’t at the very least trust each other. That said, you cannot be working for any other visual band related news sites.

A close second to being trusthworthy, we’re looking for someone who has the ability and desire to be a dedicated staff member. You need to have the free time to find news, write up posts and work on the site. It is time consuming.

Basic website knowledge. We use WordPress to run Shattered-Tranquility.net.

Fluent in English. You don’t have to be a native speaker, but you must be able to read, write and communicate in English.

Some level of profiency in the Japanese language. You should be able to romanize band names, band member’s names, new release information, song titles, tour / live titles, livehouse names and place names. The more translation experience the better, however, we do have staff members only for translating so please keep that in mind.

A knowledge and love for Japanese visual bands.

A willingness to promote the site and work on developing various areas of the site.

The drive to keep up on the news surrounding visual bands. This means all types of visual bands. Not just your favourites.

You must be able to keep in mind that Shattered-Tranquility.net is a team, not a competition. You need to be able to work well with others.

You must not be currently working for any other visual band news site or publication.

Be reachable on a regular basis via e-mail, MSN or AIM.

Be able to keep your inner fan girl (or fan boy) under wraps when dealing with site related issues such as posts, bands, the staff blog and comments. BE PROFESSIONAL.

Think you have what it takes?

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THE FOLLOWING

We have added one more faction to our application process.
When applying, in the ‘Mock Post’ box, please write up a post about this [fake] new band like you would if you were posting the information on Shattered-Tranquility.net.

For information on the new band, check out their profile page here.