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Dir En Grey – ‘Sustain the Untruth’ – Track of the Day

February 24, 2016 Ross Brennan

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Declan actually liked the song I chose yesterday so let’s go to the opposite end of the spectrum and choose something that’ll have him question why he lets me write for The Arcade. Yep, it’s Japanese avant-garde metallers Dir En Grey! ‘Sustain the Untruth’ is a fantastic song for the discerning metalhead, with sludgy guitars, […]

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Track of the Day: Yousei Teikoku – ‘Mischievous of Alice’

January 30, 2016 Ross Brennan

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As this weekend’s Saturday correspondent, Laura chose “weird and wonderful” for her theme. I’m determined to stick to the themes as much as possible, so I’m plunged the depths of my imagination and came up with something a bit barmy to share, which also happens to be Alice in Wonderland-themed! Yousei Teikoku are a Japanese […]

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The GazettE Announce 2016 World Tour

January 12, 2016 Ross Brennan

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The GazettE are one of Japan’s biggest visual-kei acts and one of its flagship metal bands, and for the second time in their career they’re embarking on a world tour. In 2015 they released the album DOGMA, the first movement of what they dub ‘PROJECT: DARK AGE’, which is an “artistic venture featuring 18 creative […]

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Music Monday: Asian Powerhouses

July 20, 2015 Ross Brennan

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It’s certainly been a long time since I’ve written one of these columns and the amount of music that I want to show off and talk about is reaching critical mass. I’ve always liked doing these columns with a theme, rather than a disaparate collection of tracks I just happen to like that week. One […]

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New SuG Single and PV

July 27, 2012 ArcadeAdmin

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Despite having already released a single and album earlier this year, SuG have another single due for release in September! Following the theme their latest album, ‘Lollipop Kingdom’, swee†oxic will be their third release this year. The single will be available in a regular and two separate limited editions; one featuring the PV and making of […]

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New SuG PV Previews

April 11, 2012 ArcadeAdmin

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It’s going to be a busy month in the Japanese music industry, especially where Visual Kei is involved. Earlier this week marked the release of LM.C‘s newest album, ‘Strong Pop‘, while SuG will be releasing their album ‘Lollipop Kingdom‘ on the 25th of April, after having released their latest live DVD, ‘VIP Pop Show’ just […]

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An Cafe Returns

April 9, 2012 ArcadeAdmin

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That’s right; it seems this month is going to be busier in the Japanese music industry than we originally expected! After a two year hiatus Antic Cafe (アンティック-珈琲店-, abbreviated to ‘An Cafe’) have announced they will be resuming activities this year! This unexpected news first came about on April 1st, leading many fans to suspect it […]

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Versailles New Single: Rhapsody of the Darkness

April 7, 2012 ArcadeAdmin

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In keeping with our updates on the busy world of the Japanese Visual Kei music industry this month, we bring you news of another new release. This time we’re back to Versailles, with a new single ‘Rhapsody of the Darkness‘ set to be released later this month. This new single will be only available for digital […]

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LM.C album 'Strong Pop' released today!

April 4, 2012 ArcadeAdmin

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Today marks the release of LM.C’s newest album; STRONG POP. For those of you who have yet to be introduced to LM.C; Maya and Aiji are a Japanese visual kei rock duo, who are known for their mix of electronic rock and pop sound which they call ‘New Century Electrock’. LM.C stands for lovely-mocochang.com, for […]

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LM.C album ‘Strong Pop’ released today!

April 4, 2012 ArcadeAdmin

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Today marks the release of LM.C’s newest album; STRONG POP. For those of you who have yet to be introduced to LM.C; Maya and Aiji are a Japanese visual kei rock duo, who are known for their mix of electronic rock and pop sound which they call ‘New Century Electrock’. LM.C stands for lovely-mocochang.com, for […]

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