Type A – ￥1575
1. ニルヴァーナ (Nirvana)
2. 最終列車 -Warehouse Flavored Ver.- (Saishuu Ressha)
DVD – PV+Making Of +  2 live songs

Type B – ￥1260
1. ニルヴァーナ (Nirvana)
2.  バルス (Balse)
3. ニルヴァーナ -Moonbug Remix-

Type C – ￥1223
1. ニルヴァーナ
2. ニルヴァーナ89秒 (TV Size)
3. ニルヴァーナ -Moonbug Remix-

Source: OHP, CDJapan

They have just announced that they will be releasing a new single in January titled 「ニルヴァーナ」(Nirvana). The official day and tracklist will be announced soon.

The title track will also be used as the opening theme for the anime 「妖狐x僕SS」（Inu Boku Secret Service.)

Source: OHP, Yukke’s Twitter

First off, for the first time in years, MUCC has changed their OHP! Along with a new look, it also contains a detailed history of all releases and lives, all the way back to 1997, in both Japanese and English. Their old website is still available as an archive. There is also a comment on the renewal and their upcoming live on Excite. A completely new start for a new label, it seems!

Speaking of 1997, it was announced recently that on June 9th, 2012, they will be participating in their 15th anniversary live! Titled MUCC Day, it will take place at Makuhari Messe International Hall, and will cost ￥5569 in advance and ￥6900 at the door. I’ll update if more information becomes available.

The band has also been participating in several Nico Nico Douga livecasts recently, all in promotion of their new single, Arcadia. Two have already passed, and a third is coming within the next few days! It will take place on 11.22 at 20:00 JST. It is titled ムックの新曲フライングゲット祭り (MUCC no Shinkyoku Flying Get Matsuri) and will have paid and free admittance. The videos are always available for a few days after, so in case you miss it, it will still be there.

Also! Since it wasn’t covered here; on 11.23 along with their release of Arcadia, they will be releasing the live DVD titled “Chemical Parade,” which was recorded at their Budokan live on May 22nd earlier this year. It will cost ￥5569 and is available at CDJapan!

What do y’all think?

Source: OHP, NicoNico, CDJapan, Excite

Over the Edge

Venue: Shibuya Koukaikan (Shibuya Public Hall, Tokyo)

Date: 2011.12.31(Sat)

Open/Start: 1:00 pm / 1:30 pm

Tickets: ￥12,000

Acts:  AYABIE / DaizyStripper / DOGinTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ  / ドレミ團 (Doremidan) / ギルガメッシュ (girugamesh) / heidi. / JILS / lynch. / 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) / MERRY / Mix Speaker’s,Inc. / Moran / MUCC / Sadie / And more…

What bands would you guys want to see on New Year’s?

Source: e+

Mucc are teaming up with Daishi Dance to release a new single on 23. November! It was titled “Arcadia” and will contain:

【Limited Edition: 2tracks+PV】
¥1,575(tax in)
1. Arcadia featuring DAISHI DANCE
2. NAME
DVD: Arcadia featuring DAISHI DANCE MUSIC CLIP

Get Limited edition HERE

【Regular Edition: 3tracks】
¥1,223(tax in)
1. Arcadia featuring DAISHI DANCE
2. NAME
3. FUZZ -Thunder beat Ver.-

Get Regular edition HERE

Source: Sonymusic, MUCC fan group on facebook, CDjapan

2 for 1 for JAPAN!

Special sale from 25th of March 2011 until 4th of April 2011! Gan-Shin, Okami Records and Neo Tokyo have teamed up for a special CD and DVD sale! Order two Gan-Shin or Okami Records products at the Neo Tokyo website and receive the cheaper one for free! All profit will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross. FREE shipping to all countries part of the European Union!

If you order 4 products you will receive 2 for free, if you order 6 you will get 3 for free…

The following CDs and DVDs are part of the special:

Abingdon Boys School – Teaching Materials CD
An Cafe – BB Parallel World CD/DVD
An Cafe – Goku Tama Rock Cafe CD
An Cafe – Goku Tama Rock Cafe LTD CD/DVD
An Cafe – Harajuku Dance Rock CD/DVD
An Cafe – LIVE CAFE 2010 KING OF HARAJUKU DANCE ROCK DVD Box
An Cafe – Magnya Carta CD
An Cafe – NYAPPY GO AROUND THE WORLD DVD
Asian Kung Fu Generation – Fan Club CD
BALZAC – HATRED: Destruction=Construction CD
BALZAC – JUDGEMENT DAY CD
BALZAC – Paradox CD
BALZAC – Paranoid Dream of the Zodiac CD
Crossfaith – The Artificial Theory for The Dramatic Beauty CD
D’espairsRay – Coll:Set CD
D’espairsRay – IMMORTAL CD/DVD
D’espairsRay – Mirror CD
DIR EN GREY – UROBOROS CD
DIR EN GREY – UROBOROS Budokan CD/DVD
DIR EN GREY – A KNOT OF DVD
DIR EN GREY – AVERAGE BLASPHEMY DVD
DIR EN GREY – THE MARROW OF A BONE CD
DIR EN GREY – TOUR05 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN DVD
DIR EN GREY – TOUR08 THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN DVD
DIR EN GREY – VULGAR CD
DIR EN GREY – Withering to death. CD
Duel Jewel – We will melt you CD
Gackt – Diabolos CD
GaGaaling – Royal Stranger CD
girugämesh – NOW CD
girugämesh – MUSIC CD
girugämesh – GO CD
girugämesh – CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY DVD
girugämesh – girugämesh CD
GUITAR WOLF – DEAD ROCK CD
HANGRY&ANGRY – Sadistic Dance CD
heidi. – Panorama CD
HYDE – FAITH CD
HYDE – Best of CD
L’Arc~en~Ciel – KISS CD
LM.C – Wonderful Wonderholic CD/DVD
Merry – M.E.R.R.Y. CD
Merry – nu Chemical Rhetoric CD
Merry – Peep Show CD
Merry – under-world CD
Mix Speaker’s,Inc. – BIG BANG MUSIC! CD
Mix Speaker’s,Inc. – MONSTERS ~JUNK STORY in my pocket~ CD/DVD
MUCC – Karma CD/DVD
MUCC – 6 CD
MUCC – Gokusai CD
MUCC – Homurauta CD
MUCC – Kuchiki no Tou CD
MUCC – KYUTAI -Sphere- CD/DVD
Nightmare – Anima CD
Nightmare – the WORLD Ruler CD
Onmyo-za – Inyo-Shugyoku CD
POLYSICS – We ate the machine CD
RENTRER EN SOI – THE BOTTOM OF CHAOS CD
The Back Horn – Taiyo No Naka No Seikatsu CD
the studs – and hate CD
the studs – studs CD
VAMPS – BEAST CD
VAMPS – VAMPS CD
Vidoll – Bastard CD
XodiacK – Shinra Bansho-Setsuri CD
Zoro – Core CD

Pretty cool, hu?

Source: Neo Tokyo Facebook

[Tracklist]
01. 咆哮 (houkou)
02. 極彩 (gokusai)
03. サル (saru)
04. 娼婦 (shoufu)
05. 1R
06. アゲハ (ageha)
07. 梟の揺り篭 (fukurou no yurikago)
08. ファズ (fuzz)
09. 楽園 (rakuen)
10. オズ (oz)
11. 空忘れ (sorawasure)
12. Libra feat.Candle
13. ジオラマ (diorama)
14. 謡声 (utagoe)
15. 名も無き夢 (namonaki yume)
16. 蘭鋳 (ranchuu)
17. フリージア (freesia)
18. 追憶のマーメイド (tsuioku no mermaid)
19. 雨のオーケストラ (ame no orchestra)
20. 大嫌い (daikirai)

Preorder @ CDJapan

⇒ WINTER CIRCUIT 2010 @NHK Hall [Limited Edition]
⇒ WINTER CIRCUIT 2010 @NHK Hall [Regular Edition]

Source: CDJapan, OHP

15.01.2011 – Tochka Club, Moscow [Russia]
17.01.2011 – Nosturi, Helsinki [Finland]
19.01.2011 – Diesel, Budapest [Hungary]
20.01.2011 – Backstage, München [Germany]
22.01.2011 – Zeche, Bochum [Germany]
23.01.2011 – Elysee Montmartre, Paris [France]

Tickets for Moscow and Helsinki will go on sale November 1st and for Budapest, München and Bochum on November 2nd. For Paris tickets are already on sale.

Source: Facebook, Twisted Talent

Bands playing at the event include:

December 30th Event Line Up:
LM.C / kαin / Cuckoo / Girugamesh / sadie / boogieman / heidi. / Mix Speaker’s Inc. / MUCC / lynch.

December 31th Event Line Up:
AYABIE / Awoi / GOLDEN BOMBER / DaizyStripper / DOG in THE Parallel World Orchestra / the bullet(+Ryouki (ex.KuRt) + Teruki (Antic Cafe) / Doremidan / Matenrou Opera / Moran and more…

So are you excited? Do you think the singer will do well at fitting in with the weird coolness of boogieman?

Source: boogieman twitter, vkdb

Secondly, the covers for the upcoming full-album 「カルマ」(Karma) are available now:

Limited Edition:

Regular Edition:

Don’t forget to pre-order the album while it’s still available though:

⇒ 「カルマ」 (Karma) [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] (3990 yen)
⇒ 「カルマ」 (Karma) [Regular Edition] (3150 yen)

Anyway, there is something really cool for MUCC fans though. YUKKE used to go to a school called 茨城県立小川高等学校体育館(Ibaraki-ken Ritsu Ogawakoutou Gakkou Taiikukan) and it seems that due to the significant decrease in number of enrolled students the school will be closed, which was announced 3 years ago. Since the school will soon be no longer, MUCC agreed to perform there. The live will take place on October 9th at the school and will be called 「さよなら小川高校、そしてありがとう」(Sayonara Ogawakoukou, Soshite Arigatou). The band even posted a short clip on their OHP about the live:

The live will cost 3000 yen and starts at 14:30. The live sounds cool, doesn’t it?

Furthermore, if you buy both the single and the upcoming album you’ll be able to participate in so called “SHAKE HAND PARTY”:

October 6th @ TOKYO DOME CITY LaQua Garden Stage 1F
October 10th @ Osaka Nishinomiya Gardens
October 11th @ Nagoya ASUNAL Kanayama
October 17th @ Fukuoka Canal City HAKATA

And finally, do not forget about the band’s autumn tour, which begins at the end of October!

Source: barks.jp, natalie.mu

The album will go on sale on October 6th under the title 「カルマ」(Karma). It will come in two types, a regular for 3150 yen containing CD only and a limited one with a bonus DVD for 3990 yen. The CD tracklist is:

01. Chemical Parade
02. フォーリングダウン ORGANIC EDITION (Falling Down ORGANIC EDITION)
03. 零色 (Reishoku)
04. ケミカルパレードブルーデイ (Chemical Parade Blue Day)
05. A.
06. アイアムコンピュータ (I am Computer)
07. 業 (Gou)
08. 堕落 (Daraku)
09. サーカス (Circus)
10. ポラリス (Polaris)
11. ライオン (Lion)
12. 羽 (Hane)
13. 約束 Original Lyric ver. (Yakusoku Original Lyric ver.)
14. フリージア Karma Edit (Freesia Karma Edit)

The bonus DVD will include footage from “MUCC’s Day” (June 6th) and the live from June 12th, when they were shooting their PV. We have written about both lives back here, in case you’re interested.

Don’t forget to pre-order the album though:

⇒ 「カルマ」 (Karma) [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] (3990 yen)
⇒ 「カルマ」 (Karma) [Regular Edition] (3150 yen)

Source: OHP

The new single is entitled as 「free」. It will come out October 27th in two types, limited edition costs 1,800 yen and includes again a DVD with music clip and regular edition which costs 1,200 yen. The song from the release will be used as opening theme for new anime of Asahi TV, 「バトルスピリッツ ブレイヴ」 (Battle Spirits Brave).

Sounds awesome, don’t you think?

Source: Karasu MySpace

Artists performing will be acid android, DEAD END, ギルガメッシュ (Girugamesh), Ken, kyo (D’ERLANGER), ムック (MUCC), シド (SID), TETSUYA, VAMPS, Zoro, 44MAGNUM, Alice Nine, Becky, LM.C, SADS and possibly even more.
Tickets will cost 11,500 yen.

So, who’s going?

Source: JACK IN THE BOX site

It will be entitled 「フォーリングダウン」(Falling Down) and will be available in two types:

Limited Type:

01. フォーリングダウン (Falling Down)
02. 月の夜 (Tsuki no Yoru)
03. 約束 Warehouse Flavored Mix (Yakusoku)

Regular Type:
01. フォーリングダウン (Falling Down)
02. 蛍 (Hotaru)

The limited type’s bonus is an original aluminium bottle.

Furthermore, the band will release a full album on October 6th! More details to follow soon.

Source: OHP

MUCC will be releasing their new single as we mentioned both here and here on the 9th June, which also happens to be *”MUCC’S Day”!
[*The number 6 is "roku" in Japanese but can also be read as "mu", and as the number 9 is "kyuu" it can be shortened to "ku" to be read as "69" = "mu ku" i.e. "Mukku".]
Along with their single release on this special day, the band will be holding an event 『ムックを捜せ！』 (Find MUCC!), where fans can search for MUCC both at the event in Shibuya and virtually.
To take part, all fans must purchase the First Press edition of the single 『約束』 (yakusoku), which will enclose a an I.D. card with a number/code that they will need. They then access the “MUCC Day” website either through their mobile/cell phones or through their computer. There are then 3 methods in which fans can participate:

01. Find MUCC in “real time”
This event in Shibuya will take place on the 9th June, starting at 6pm and ending at 9pm, where fans search for MUCC and find stamps to stamp on their sheet.
02. Find MUCC “virtually”
Using your PIGGS (avatars) on Ameba blogs, you can find the MUCC member’s PIGGs in the virtual Shibuya in the Ameba world and collect their special “keywords”.
03. “Reccommend” MUCC
With each member now part of Twitter as we mentioned here, if you send them a “nice” (interesting, funny) comment you could be chosen!

Those who participate and apply will be entered into a lottery where they could recieive an invitation to take part in the shooting of their new PV on 12th June! It will be at ‘Palette Town’ in Odaiba, where the lucky chosen fans can go see a free gig which will be used in the music video.

For more information on this amazing event, see their official “MUCC Day” website.

Whilst not forgetting the band’s autumn tour as we mentioned here, they are busy taking part in 3 more upcoming events;
01. 『NEXUS J-ROCK GOES TO THE WORLD』 on the 6th June at the ‘NEXUS STUDIO COAST’ in Tokyo, along with bands 葵 (aoi), ＬＣ５, ギルガメッシュ (Gilgamesh) and Plastic Tree. Tickets for first floor standing are now on sale for 5,250yen. To buy them and for more information, see here.
02. 『BARKS LIVE [10th Anniversary Gratitude Festival]』 on the 11th July at the ‘ZEPP TOKYO’, along with J and Pay money To my Pain. Tickets can be specially pre-ordered now but go on sale for everyone on 6th June, with ticket prices to be announced. To buy them and for more information, see here.
03. 『SUMMER SONIC 2010』　on the 8th August. For information on the types of tickets available and to buy them, see the official website.

Anyone going to take part in the “Find MUCC!” event in real time or virtually? I know I may browse virtual Shibuya with my PIGG just to see if I can spot the members!

Source: barks, OHP

Hi, Tatsuro here. These days I’m really into Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2!

Tokyo has been really warm recently–so warm you can sleep naked! And so that’s what I’m doing, what about all you guys?

The only problem with sleeping naked is if the mailman shows up at your house!

Tatsuro

So what!? I sleep, walk and eat naked every day!!

Tatsuro | Yukke | Miya | Satochi

Source: Myspace

What do you think?

Source: OHP

As we previously mentioned both here and here, ムック (MUCC) will be releasing a new single called 「約束」 (Yakusoku) on June 9th!

The last times we mentioned them, not many details were available, however, now they are!

The release is coming out in three types – a limited edition, a regular press edition and a special edition that ties into the single being used for the anime, 『閃光のナイトレイド』 (Senkou no NIGHT RAID), (read more it here).

The limited edition costs 1680 yen and contains the single (two tracks; title track plus ‘Unpublished Track 1′), plus a DVD. [PRE-ORDER]

The regular edition is 1260 yen and contains the CD only, but with the title track and ‘Unpublished Track 2′. [PRE-ORDER]

Finally, we have another limited edition for those fans of the anime! This version is 1365 yen and includes three tracks on the single; the title track and tentatively, an instrumental version and the cut used for the opening theme. This type is also specially packaged with a 『閃光のナイトレイド』 (Senkou no NIGHT RAID) theme. [PRE-ORDER]

Source: OHP, CDJapan

It is said that 『約束』 “holds the views that MUCC has and the views that the Anime portrays which synchronize with each other, and along with the combination of strings [orchestra] it puts across a complex yet obvious message, and is a musical masterpiece.”

The Anime will be aired in April 2010, which gives us a chance to preview MUCC’s single before its release!

Source: barks.jp