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→
-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→
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→
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→
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→
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→
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→
Last week, I told you about GoDeath having a new website on which they were still working, it seems that everything’s working fine now. The girls also have a new look :
Also, for those who have always been craving to know the title of the second song that was on the first single, they’ve posted it on their OHP to, it’s called 「Negation」, now you can correct your tags, I know some of us are Last.fm freaks !
Source : OHP
Some of you may have noticed that GoDeath’s OHP has disappeared for a few weeks already, I first thought they’ve disbanded without saying anything about it, but they’ve actually created a new OHP ! You can’t really see anything on it, but it should be working sooner or later !
New OHP : http://www.godeath.com/
After the recent loss of the previous bassist, the girl band GoDeath just announced that a new bassist had replaced Junri. Her name is 唏紅屡 (Kiguru) and she joined the band on March 27th.
Source : OHP
GoDeath announced about a week ago that their bassist 潤吏 (Junri) will be ‘graduating’ from the band on January 27th.
The reason for Junri’s departure is because her former band, 「LANTAN[A]」 will be restarting their activities. Akira, LANTAN[A]‘s singer, will also be returning for the line-up, however, I can’t find a new OHP for the band as their first one was moved, and second has since been deleted.
If you’re interested in Akira’s homepage, you can check it out here: http://63.xmbs.jp/akirakira/
Source: OHP
Big Ern here giving you your random fact of the day. Today we’ll be talking about pets, but not just ordinary pets, exotic pets! I was checking up on the girls of GoDeath’s blogs and found that Asaka has one of the most interesting (and surprisingly cute) pets I’ve ever seen! It’s some sort of lizard/newt thing.
So S-T readers, would you ever consider having any strange pets? What would you get? It makes me wonder, would anybody think of having me as their exotic pet?
The girl group, GoDeath has announced that on December 11th, their guitarist L will be leaving the band.
They say there are many reasons for her departure, however, the biggest is due to musical differences. However, they have made it clear that L does not have plans to retire from music.
The band continues to carry on as scheduled with the remaining for members.
We haven’t introduced the band here on the site before, so even though it’s coupled with some bad news, here’s a brief introduction to them.
The band started off as a session called 我ディス (Gadis) band back in 2006, and played a couple times in 2007 before officially becoming GoDeath in 2008. I should also mention, that although they changed the band’s name to ‘GoDeath’, the pronunciation is still ガディス (Gadis).
The members are:
Vocals – 煌 (Kou)
Guitar – Ｌ
Guitar – 麻華 (Asaka)
Bass – 潤吏 (Junri)
Drums – ALi
The band is based out of the Kansai region, and most of their activity has been focused around there as well. They are performing under the concept “graveyard watchmen”.
They’ll be releasing their first CD also on the 11th, called 【虚構】 (Kyokou) which will contain two tracks for 500 yen.
There are also new member photos up on their OHP, so check it out if you’re interested!
Source: Visunavi, OHP
The band R who disbanded on December 30th of last year will be having a one day revival live on August 16th at HOLIDAY Osaka.
The event, which R is also sponsoring, will be called 『Revealed ∞ transient eleMent』 and the other artists performing that night are Ziggrat, Bagii Bogii, Nealco, Hikoboshi, GoDeath, Maccaholic, Desaneck, Litchi, Claust la grace and Mus’ee.
Source: Ziggrat OHP, R OHP
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