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Oooh hi there~, nice of you to join!

Great news! I hope they'll resurrect themselves a few more times in the future too...

Good news, we don't have to wait long for the general release of the song either: the single "RAPTURE" will be released on CD on May 13th. It will only contain the title track, plus 4 different versions (vocalless, guitarless, bassless and drumless version).

Cover art:

Wow, all these former Loop Ash bands (MASK, ALiBi, SCISSOR, now Ziper) releasing their old stuff on streaming... I wonder who's next.

Heavy-hitters D'ESPAIRSRAY are active again, and looks like they're slowly gearing up activities. Having returned with a short live set at last year's CROSS ROAD Fest, they already reopened their fanclub, established their official Youtube channel and published various past releases on streaming platforms.

This year, the first big event will be their already sold-out oneman performance "RAPTURE" on May 4th, at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo. The occasion is extra-special because VVIP and VIP ticket holders are expected to receive a DVD which will contain the music video of the band's new song!

Today, they shared a very short but very promising snippet of said video:

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Along with this, they also announced a very busy live schedule for May, so it really looks like they're starting to get back into the swing of things (not to mention their upcoming overseas live at B7KLAN's J-rock Fest this summer).

...basically I just wanted to make this thread to gush how excited I am about those 8 seconds on new music, hahaha

I feel kinda bad that I don't really pay much attention to live DVDs anymore (is it just my impression, or current "not big" vkei bands don't do them as often?), but NPC is the one band I'd love to see how they perform live.

As much as it pains me to link a video with AI-generated images in it... here's the other PV:

This one has Imai's fingerprints all over on it, musically. Fun groovy tune.

Trailer for the album with a sample of "Kiss My Blood":

Sounds pretty nice so far imo, love the energetic Tetsu drums (and the overall sound seems stronger and livelier than the last album too, at least to me).

Crazy how the music vid version of the song sounds worse than the old demo version, lmao...

Anyway, this is a fun little project, hope he'll get better production eventually.

A familiar face! Welcome~

The guys are streaming the "director's cut" footage of their 1st live DVD in 4 hours on their YT channel:

[edit: YT link removed, no longer relevant]

They'll do the same with their remaining 2 live DVDs on the next weekends.

The music video is out too!

That repeating Engrish part is pretty irritating tbh, but other than that it's a typical Jigsaw tune.

Color me interested~

[also pokes Mana to finish the MdM album] ;(

Oooh cool! I've never really checked these guys out, but I guess now is the time.

With Tatsu on guitar it sounds like it will be a fun time.

Excellent collection of songs, good to see it being more widely available~

She punkin' on my lucy until I... uhhh... music video.

@Seraphim doing the Lord's work, thank you.

Damn, I'm just relistening to all these SCISSOR tunes, they were so good.

SCISSOR, who were originally active around 2002-2005 but held occasional sporadic revival lives in the past years, are releasing a collection album titled "remember cut" across various digital platforms on April 1st (and this is no joke ). Except for some skits/interludes and a few rare live-exclusive tracks, it seems to be a pretty complete batch of their catalogue, presented in chronological order in the tracklist.

It's already available to purchase in lossless formats on OTOTOY, but soon it will be available for streaming globally in different timezones too.

remember cut - Album by SCISSOR | Spotify

Listen to remember cut on Spotify · album · SCISSOR · 2003 · 26 songs

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One downside I have to mention, track 12 (ブラインドマン) is incomplete, missing a good chunk of the ending of the song. This is the same across all platforms I checked, so...yeahhh. But still, I recommend giving these guys a try for those thirsting for some good ol' koteosa fun!

By the way, the guys are reuniting for a couple gigs once again, as they will take part in the Loop Ash "mini fest" hosted by MASK in May!

This is the first reworking that I'm kind of indifferent on, I like the original too much, haha.

Still, the mini should be good.

Darkly melancholic vkei band L'eprica will release their new mini album "Dawn of a New Era" on April 4th. After some hiatuses and sporadic live activity, this will be the band's first 'bigger' release in almost a decade! The mini album will include the previously released (digital) singles "NEW ERA" and "TIME IN CHAINS".

Tracklist:

1. DEAD SUN
2. Finale
3. TIME IN CHAINS
4. fragile
5. NEW ERA

Here are the two singles to give you a taste:

And here's the latest bandpic with the mini album's cover art: