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XANVALA new single "災" release -
MERALOA new single "IDEA" releasehellll yeah one of my favorite fukuoka bands
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Generich. to release new split-single with quinGenerich. and quin (九印) will be releasing a split-single on April 26th.
"Ryuumaku (龍脈)" features 3 tracks, one from each band, plus a collaborative opening track credited as JIKUIN (ジークイン). YUCHI, of Sukekiyo, was invited to play as guest bassist on the release (presumably on all 3 tracks, although I am having a hard time confirming that).
Ryuumaku will cost 3,000 yen, and will be sold as both a CD and an M-card. The cover art was done by kuin's Amano Yumihiko (天野弓彦).
M1.龍脈/ジークイン
M2.堕天/九印
M3.妖狐/Generich.
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九印 & Generich. スプリットシングル 「龍脈」全曲試聴ティザー公開 -Guest Bassist- YUCHI(sukekiyo)
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Ryuumaku - (omnibus)
Tracklist & reviews for 「Ryuumaku」 by (omnibus). (オムニバス)「龍脈」曲・情報・レビュー | vkgy (ブイケージ)
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Puppet†Dim (パペットディム) releases first music videoPuppet†Dim (パペットディム) have released their first music video for the song "PUPPET PLAY (パペットプレイ)".
They've also released a new demo song, "SECOND DOLL (セカンドドール)", on YouTube.
Puppet†Dim is the solo project of Karma (業-karma-), of Rands (蘭図) and AvelCain.
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MASK 20th anniversary event to be held桜 - Album by MASK | Spotify
Listen to 桜 on Spotify · album · MASK · 2006 · 7 songs
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Their new release is their last single + a couple songs that didn't make it into the collection albums from after they disbanded.
"CRAZY MOTHER" is apparently a rerecording of "XxxX MASTER" and "Saijun" is a remake of "Gemini" with their second vocalist.
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JACKS'N'JOKER now on streaming services@Jigsaw I tried their best-of last night and was surprised by how many songs I was like "this is banger"
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vkgyy Presents: new visual-kei releasesIdk if I'll post these every month, but if I do I'll keep it to one single thread. Basically, for the past 5 (?) years, I've been making monthly playlists for vkgy cataloguing and collecting new vkei music on Spotify (both new releases and newly added to the platform).
It's definitely a labor of love to hunt everything down / stay on top of news, but people seem to like that I do it so I'm cross-posting them here.
Here is the playlist for March. Feel free to discuss your highlights!
Visual-kei March 2026 New Releases
Playlist · Visual-kei March 2026 New Releases · 61 items · 37 saves
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SUI & HIDE-ZOU new unit, "Fatüm" has formedI'm glad that Hide-zou is also doing vocals, because he was really good in As'Real like 56402 years ago
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JACKS'N'JOKER now on streaming servicesOkeshou-kei band JACKS'N'JOKER have became available for streaming on April 1st.
You can now stream 3 of their albums: their 1990 self-titled, 1991's "INSIDE OUTLAW", and their best-of "THE VERY BEST OF JACKS'N'JOKER".
JACKS'N'JOKER profile | JACKS'N'JOKERプロフィール
About visual kei band JACKS'N'JOKER: profile, biography, history. ビジュアル系バンド「JACKS'N'JOKER」プロフィール・活動 (V. NIXX / G. TATSU / B. MASAKI / D. UMEZAWA) | vkgy (ブイケージ)
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【JACKS'N'JOKER】 / BMG時代のアルバムが 4月1日より配信開始 \ ✅JACKS‘N’JOKER( 1990年12月5日発売) ✅INSIDE OUTLAW (1991年9月21日発売) ✅THE VERY BEST OF JACKS'N'JOKER (1993年9月22日発売) 🎧ST/DLはこちらから https://aldelight.lnk.to/JNJ
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THE VERY BEST OF JACKS'N'JOKER - Album by JACKS'N'JOKER | Spotify
Listen to THE VERY BEST OF JACKS'N'JOKER on Spotify · album · JACKS'N'JOKER · 1993 · 15 songs
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SCISSOR digital collection album "remember cut" releaseMichiru liked when I tweeted at him that he should just add all Loop Ash stuff to Spotify, so I guess he took his time taking it to heart but at least it’s happening lmao
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2010s In Visual Kei – The Good, The Bad and The UglyI think the 2010’s were contentious for me. While it’s probably also my most collected (physical or otherwise) timeframe, as that’s when I started buying CDs frequently, I definitely remember having a love-hate relationship with it.
A lot of “THE Visual-kei” of the era didn’t really jive with me (Mejibray, ViViD, Royz, Lycaon etc), but I am an edgelord so I really enjoy the rise of homage-kei ripoffs. In general, it seemed like a period that was trying to grow and blossom into its own identity but was also combating a number of factors working against it; vkei’s tremendous drop in popularity domestically, its drop in popularity globally after download blogs got nuked and lastfm kept making the worst decisions it could in the face of K-pop’s wake, and the scene at odds with itself over “do we innovate” vs “well, it worked in the 90s so why don’t we just kinda do that again”. This definitely came to a head with COVID, which saw a lot of the scene evaporate with venues and specialty stores closing. Silver lining, though, is that the scene at large had to stop pretending digital consumption was something you could ignore.
Bands from this era that are special to me: Versailles (technically a late 00’s band but by this decade they were already established as a big name globally), Grieva, Megaromania, Lin, Dezert, Lynch (similar to Versailles — the 10’s is when they exploded), Kiryu, Gossip, Liphlich, Litchi Hikari Club, and probably a few more who I’m not recalling at this moment between work tasks I’m ignoring.
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ライチ☆光クラブ (Litchi☆Hikari CLUB) & machine new split EP "Rendez-vous" releaseIt’s cool that they’ve finally released this digitally! The original version is actually how I heard Machine for the first time
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MASK 20th anniversary event to be heldSomewhat old news, that's gotten an update.
The old:
MASK will be holding an event to celebrate 20 years since "graduating" (disbanding). The event will be a large-scale two-day concert series entitled "THANK YOU" and "FOREVER", held at Toyosu PIT on May 1st and 2nd, 2026.
The band even shared new promotional pictures, featuring updated looks for both of the band's lineups (including their original vocalist, Aoi, and original drummer, NANA).
Day 1 will feature performances from An Cafe, Aioria, Alibi, and Scissor. Day 2 will have performances from Penicillin, Dasein, Moi dix Mois, and Scissor.

The updated / new news:
MASK shared through VisuNavi that they will be making their song "Sakura" available on streaming services, starting April 4th. VisuNavi refers to this as their "meikyoku (名曲)" (eng: "famous work"), and it was a song released shortly before disbanding. April 4th marks 20 years since that song was released.
(Side note: this song was already released digitally a few years ago when they added their "best of" albums to various platforms. Maybe they forgot...?)
The article also teased that "additional MASK tracks" will be released digitally on that day as well, but does not mention which.
Lastly, the band has uploaded their music video for "Mirai e no Tsubasa" on their official YouTube channel. Checkout the osare goodness below:
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ROSE KINGDOM 〜the end of the world〜 new single “BLACK BACCARAT” releaseI like their first single. Agreeing with his screams being unnecessary, but the rest of the song was great.
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Minor News ThreadKalen will hold a one-day revival in celebration of 20 years since disbanding
The event will be held on January 10th, 2027, at Osaka Muse.
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Minor News ThreadDokubari (毒針) have released a new digital single, "Dekiai PUPPET"
dekiai-puppet - Single by Dokubari | Spotify
Listen to dekiai-puppet on Spotify · single · Dokubari · 2026 · 1 songs
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Dekiai PUPPET - Dokubari
Tracklist & reviews for 「Dekiai PUPPET」 by Dokubari. 毒針「溺愛パペット」曲・情報・レビュー | vkgy (ブイケージ)
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ベリィ (Berry) Ba. ヤイリ (Yairi) has passed away
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New band CyberDope has formedCyberDope announced their formation on March 21st, 2026. Although they haven't shared any samples of music as of yet, the band is made up of members from the Kanazawa area.
CyberDope (@CyberDope2026)
◤New Band◢ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ CyberDope 始動 ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ◢◤ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Vo. Riku @Riku_CyberDope Gt. Yamato @Yamato666a Ba. 陽介 @9th_Ba_Yohsuke Dr. 真也 @masaya8787 #CyberDope #サイバド #V系 #バンド
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About visual kei band CyberDope: profile, biography, history. ビジュアル系バンド「CyberDope」プロフィール・活動 (V. Riku / G. Yamato / B. Yousuke / D. Masaya) | vkgy (ブイケージ)
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キズ (kizu) “1st last album” "極楽より極上の雨" postponed yet againWow they get signed to Free-will and now they think they're the new X with all of these album delays

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輪~Re:newal≒Re:set~廻 : A RarezHut auction : Mar. 21, 22, 28, 29Re:ally excited for this, and there's a few items that I'd love to sn≒g
