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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→

Desert Empress disbands

Posted on March 27, 2009 in Disbanding

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Even though back when Desert Empress lost two members and went on hiatus they said they would conitnue, they have changed their minds and decided to disband after their live on April 7th.

They say it’s a decision they’ve come to together and apologize for their fans that it had to come to this.

Source: MiRa’s blog

I’m quite disappointed, because they were an extremely good live band — not only was their performance great, but their music was really, really good as well — and I liked their visual style too. Hopefully the members will continue on to new bands!

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Desert Empress down two and pausing activities

Posted on February 19, 2009 in Departure, Pause

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Bad news for Desert Empress after their important announcement. Lilith (2nd guitar) and Mikage (bass) left the band yesterday. They must have given more details during their performance but nothing special is explained throughout their blogs… both of them really want to thank everyone that has supported them so far, as well as the other members. Nothing is said about whether or not we’ll see Lilith again, but it looks like Mikage is planning to keep playing music…

From now on, Desert Empress is entering into an activity pause. They don’t know when they will be back yet, but it seems like some of them will play in session bands in the meantime.

It’s always sad to see members leaving their band, but at least they don’t disband !

Source : OHP

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Sister’s sponsored events

Posted on January 30, 2009 in Cool, Event, Lives, News, Revival

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The young band that we introduced back in November will be organizing it’s first sponsored events called 「双月は暗闇に踊る」 (Soutsuki wa Kurayami ni Odoru – The two months are dancing in the darkness). They will be having 2 events, one in February, and one in March. Here are some details :

February 18th – Shinjuku RUIDO K4 : 「聞こえる狂鳴、冷めた赤」 (Kikoeru Kyoumei, Sameta Aka) :
Sister / M(GUEST) / Dark Schneider / Desert Empress /ノイエジール (could be Neue Ziel !!) / 久人(ex.VelBet)セッション (Hisato session) / Marie

March 5th – Takadanobaba AREA : 「聞こえぬ共鳴、覚めた夢」 (Kikoene Kyoumei, Sameta Yume) :
Sister / brodiaea(GUEST) /exist†trace / Dark Schneider / D-ZEL / D’LORE / ミサルカ (Misaruka) / ReivieЯ

Those who are lucky enough to be there will get a special privilege for both these events !

Source : OHP

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Random Fact of the Day

Posted on September 12, 2008 in Random Fact

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Its time for the random fact, the most awesome time of the day. Big Ern here and I’m bringing you a random fact from MiRa of Desert Empress. What is it about? Well his favorite motto! What is it exactly? Well…

I’m here now, because everyone’s here

Do our ST readers have a favorite motto?

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New Band – Desert Empress

Posted on September 11, 2008 in New band

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I’ll be introducing yet another new band~

The name of this band is Desert Empress! Again, not much information on this band. They did hold a live on September 2nd though, and they have plenty planned in the future.