• 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 July 2, 2009 in Disbanding

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After three years of activity, モダン組曲 (Modern Suite) disbanded on July 1st.

The members explain that although they had various feelings about it, and felt that they wanted to continue, they could not reach a conclusion to how they wanted to proceed with the band. Therefore, they felt the best option was to break up.

They apologize for the lateness of the announcement, and hope that the fans can understand their decision. They thank all their “Babys” (fans) for their support.

Source: vkdb, OHP, Member’s Blogs

Posted on August 4, 2008 in New release

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In June, V!NYL SYNDICATE released their first edition of Gl!tter.

On September 20th they’ll be releasing volume two for 1575 yen. This edition features Ayabie as the cover artist, has features on Doremidan, a live report for “PARTY’S on PARADE” which took place on June 16th at Takadanobaba AREA and featured Doremidan, Sugar, Amaterase’s Daishi’s solo project, JIVE and Modern Suite. They’ll also have interviews with Sugar, JIVE, Modern Suite, Poitrine, Downer and Awoi.

This edition comes with a DVD that contains the making of the publication as well as comments from the featured bands. It’s A4 in size, all colour and fourty pages.

Source: Brand-x

Posted on April 3, 2008 in Event

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Here’s another interesting event that’s taking class, called KING OF BATTLE ROYAL. It’s a “event tour” which will cover seven different places across Japan and features DuelJewel, Vidoll, Lolita 23q, Sugar and others.

The details are:
May 20th @ Fukuoka DRUM SON
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, Billy

May 22th @ Osaka CLUB QUATTRO
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, lynch., Billy, Sugar, Juliette

May 23rd @ Nagoya CLUB QUATTRO
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, lynch., Billy, Sugar

May 26th @ Kanazawa AZ
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, Vidoll, -OZ-, Sugar

May 28th @ Niigata CLUB JUNK BOX
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, Vidoll, -OZ-, Sugar

May 29th @ Sendai CLUB JUNK BOX
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, Vidoll, Serial Number, Sugar

June 2nd @Shibuya O-EAST
Bands: DuelJewel, Lolita 23q, Vidoll, Serial Number, SCREW, Sugar, Modern Suite

Tickets go on start starting April 5th and the lives all cost 3500 yen, with the exception of the event tour final which is 3800 yen.

Source: BMA

Posted on February 12, 2008 in New release

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Okay, so there’s two more releases for you, but I’m just going to put them together in this post.

Ready? Okay! (I feel like a cheerleader).
First up is モダン組曲 (Modern Suite) with their newest maxi-single entitled “招待状-INVITATION-” (Shoutaijou) coming out on April 2nd. It’s a three track single costing 1575 yen and the tracklist is:
01. 招待状-IMVITATION- (Shoutaijou)
02. 36.5℃
03. 恥じらいチェリー (Hajirai Cherry)

DELUHI is releasing their first mini-album called “Surveillance” on March 26th. It’s a five track album that costs 1890 yen and the tracklist is:
01. 〜Surveillance〜
02. Two Hurt
03. Vivid Place
04. 黄泉の譲り業 (Kousen no Yuzurigyou)
05. Recall

Now, when I saw their name I had no idea who this band was. So I did a little research. This band was originally the band GRAVE SEED, however, GRAVE SEED has decided to undergo some member changes and be reborn fresh as DELUHI. Currently their OHP is under construction and the only members they have listed are Yuuto on guitar (ex-Galneryus) and Takuya on vocals.

Source: Brand-x

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