FUR new single, "GLOSS" will be released this summer...they are advertising it as their "first single" for some reason as if they forgot about RU-TU-TU released just 2 months ago...
btw new drummer FLAN has also joined!
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The new band "蜈蚣 (mukade)" ~ex-GRAND GUIGNOL members~ has formed and their first live perfomance was on 2026.02.27
Members:
Vo. Karasu (ex-グランギニョル, HITCHCOCK)
Gt. ayame (ex-グランギニョル,Ms. EVA)More details in soon
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MAMA. new single will be released in September...details tba.
They also released their new look and have announced the founding of their own label, "Maria'nA".
https://fxtwitter.com/_MAMA_OFFICIAL/status/2060347698667270341
https://fxtwitter.com/_MAMA_OFFICIAL/status/2060670052492509670
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シンギュラリティ (SINGULARITY) will release their new digital single "DYSTOPIA" on 2026.04.22
Tracklist:
01 Dystopia
02 噛痕-TATTOO-https://fxtwitter.com/tknurgw_info/status/2046213504445956449
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DRUGS new single, "悪魔" (akuma) will be released on 5/27.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAur0GBObmY
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NUL. will release their 4th album "ARTiFACT" on 2026.06.10 ~11 songs
Tracklist:
TBAhttps://fxtwitter.com/NulOfficial/status/2056691345277010156
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After Gt. (and band leader) Hinata's last live, 黒猫 (Kuroneko) announced they will disband on 10/15. Their last live tour will commence from 9/30 to 10/14.
https://fxtwitter.com/kuroneko222_jp/status/2057785790600733116?s=46
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I figured I'd make this thread so that we could share our experiences with each other on what concerts we recently went to, regardless of genre. I really enjoy reading live reports and reviews, I hope I'm not alone in that.
This thread is specifically for non-vkei music (as a lot of us don't have the means to travel to Japan and frequent vkei gigs too often), but anyone feel free to open a vkei counterpart too (I'd love to read it)! 
I'll start with my latest one!
Owls Woods Graves / Morbid / Tormentor @ 2026/03/13
This occasion was titled "666 Festival - The Rebirth", to pay homage to an '80s / '90s underground event series. I'm not familiar with the history of the original gigs, but with this lineup it was a no-brainer that I had to attend!
The Polish black metal punks Owls Woods Graves started the night (very punctually I might add), and they immediately got into it, along with the audience. After a few songs the first moshpit started, and it was a great time with high-energy raw metal and punk elements (there were lots of "woo-oooh" backing vox, haha). The sound quality was already top-notch, and thankfully this was true for all the bands that night. The guys played a tight 45 minutes, which was perfect length for this type of fast metal frenzy.
After a gruelling long waiting time between sets, the Swedish cult kings Morbid hit the stage... or rather, solemnly marched. The lights dimmed, and with a backdrop of eerie atmospheric ambiance the band members slowly marched through the crowd, carrying a coffin onto the stage, led by the cloaked Tormentor frontman Attila who was making his trademark "mumbling goblin priest who's either horny or insane but definitely possessed" voices, and after 'exhuming' the vocalist of Morbid from his casket, the show really began. I gotta admit, I didn't know much about this band other than their cult status (and connection to early Mayhem), but I was more than impressed. Just fantastic, intricate and adventurous songs in a blackened vein, with some old-school speed and heavy metal elements thrown into the mix (sometimes I was thinking "Mercyful Fate but make it black metal"), and captivating showmanship to top it all off. The vocalist sometimes lugged around a huge-ass inverted wooden cross, and he even went down into the audience for some full-contact action. Towards the end, one of the guitarists brought onstage a big cake-like thing, which he proceeded to throw into the crowd where it got trampled into pieces, kickstarting the punky assault of the song "Disgusting Semla" (a Swedish pastry apparently)... and before we knew it, the assault ended. It was a glorious hour of dark metal bliss.
Finally, after another overly long intermission it was time for the homeboys Tormentor to light up the flame of old black metal once more. I have to say, by this point I was thoroughly exhausted so I already knew I wasn't gonna stay till the end of their set, but I was still looking forward to hearing some nostalgic tunes. I was lucky to witness their big comeback gig in 2018, so I was already content so to speak. However, there were some surprises. I'll start with the bad one: I've all but forgotten that a while ago the band parted ways with one of their guitarists... well, they played with a one-guitar setup here, and it was severely lacking in most instances. The rhythm parts missed the majestic leads and whenever there was soloing involved, it sounded a bit weak and hollow due to no rhythmic backing (save for the somewhat muddled bass). And frankly, the guitarist wasn't really on top of his game, there were quite cringe-inducing moments sadly (slip-ups, wrong notes, some weird timings). Unfortunate, because otherwise the atmosphere and the drive was all there. In some good news, they even busted out two tracks from their highly divisive experimental "Recipe Ferrum!" album (luckily they stuck to ones that worked well in a black metal context, heh). It was an unexpected but welcome addition that further enriched the otherwise solidly traditional black/thrash vibes. By the halfway point of their show I was completely physically drained tho, so I had to go home sadly (if only they didn't do hour-long changeover times inbetween...oh well).
All in all, a tiring but rewarding evening, even if it had some downsides. Next up, I'm visiting an underground goth/dark mini fest tonight, so I think I'll lie down a bit to gather my strength now, lmao~
This will be my last one for a while, as I don't have any more lives planned till early July (but who knows)... This time it's a double feature, so I'll try to keep it relatively short, lol. Soft Vein / Nuovo Testamento @ 2026/05/20 [image: pcbeDdg.jpeg] Once again I'm back on the mighty A38 ship, this time the gig's on the rooftop terrace so there's a nice breeze. Opener Soft Vein is a one-man project, guy was playing in a sort of minimalistic coldwave style, with occasional ethereal guitar leads and lots of synth manipulation and some loop pedal (?) action. Pleasant enough, but doesn't really get the blood pumping. However, main act Nuovo Testamento really fired up the party with their infectiously catchy Italo-disco influenced synthpop (funny to think they started out as a darkwave band). The keyboardist and the drummer (who was pounding away on electronic drums, a rare sight!) gave it their all, as well as the hella cute vocalist gal who didn't stop moving while still delivering her melodies flawlessly. It was the perfect (pre)summer atmosphere. Crow Black Dream / Synthetic Destiny / Nulladik Változat / Fetish Section @ 2026/05/24 [image: s9xkCO7.jpeg] I'm back in my hometown, baby! And what better way to finish off the spring than a riverside open-air mini festival for goths and alternative types? The live is on a big ol' houseboat that was converted to a live venue a few years back. Not quite the A38, but it fits the chill lowkey vibe of the city excellently, and provides a neat opportunity for smallish artists to play live. I think I've seen Crow Black Dream more than any other band in the past year or two, so I won't get into it much, they were solid as always, although the vibrant sunshine didn't do their brand of cold goth tunes any favors, haha. Next up was Synthetic Destiny, an EBM-tinged dark synthpop trio with a captivating performance by the singer. By this time more and more people were getting into the groove in the audience too, elevating the mood. As the sun was setting, it was time for Nulladik Változat to hit the stage, and they played wonderfully. They're one of the big names of the Hungarian dark/alternative underground, truckin' along since the early '90s. Extremely professional and still very down-to-earth, these old geezers brought some of their finest nostalgic post-punky numbers. Ecstatic dancing and swaying all around in the pit. Finally, I caught local heroes Fetish Section, been a long time coming (somehow I'd never seen them live before). It was the highlight of the evening, actually kind of scary how great they were. Imagine a very "fuck off" punk attitude combined with the tightest rhythm section and just enough synth color to put the "post-" into their "punk". Literally from the first second, the better half of the crowd was going crazy, present company included. Such a joy, I hope to see them in the future many more times. There was still one more band to go, but it was getting chilly on the river, I was exhausted, and I saw them live not that long ago, so I went on home to collapse into bed. What a night! -
天照 (Amaterase) new mini-album, "天翔魂響物語" (Ama kakeru tamayura monogatari) (CD+DVD) will be released on 6/5 for 4500 yen.
~CD~
1.蒼き狼は天を翔ける
2.地球の子
3.五つの海の物語
4.刻の絆
5.未来讃頌
6.輪廻転生~DVD~
1.蒼き狼は天を翔ける
2.未来讃頌
3.刻の絆Album samples:
They also reuploaded their MV for their older song, "まほろば" (mahoroba), originally released in 2019.
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The solo project Ayakashi changes to official band called "ナキリ (Nakiri)" and their first live performance will be held and their first album on 2026.07.07
Members:
Vo.痕 (atto)
Gt.ミナ (Mina)
Gt.風輝 (Fuki)
Ba.ウル (Uru)
Dr.ひたぎ (Hitagi)Preview MV
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new band "黒蜜" (KUROMITSU) has formed and their first live will be held at the second day of the MASKED 2026 event on 5/23.
[lineup]
Vo.乃亜 (NOAH) (ex.Avanchick -> NAMELESS)
Gu. 龍一郎 (RYU) (ex.覚醒アリア (Kakusei Aria))
Ba. SAM (ex.超ジャシー (SUPER JASSY))
Dr. 伊織 (IORI) (ex.ストレスカンパニー (Stress Company))
https://linkco.re/Dxb8CqY4?lang=en [image: itew1780796.webp?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAJV4VIS2VN3X4CBGA%2F20260522%2Fap-northeast-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260522T030039Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=5d6a5aa36efcdaec955b5c4fe282ed39caece6673134264bb39d86e2490924fc] -
After the departure of 2 members in a span of 2 years, Jin-Machine has welcomed 2 new members!
Gt.Shige (ex.Gimmick) and Ba.Fumi (flagbearer) have joined the band on 5/9 and in true Jin-Machine fashion, their names have been changed to Vellfire Sylveine Shige (ヴェルファイア・シルベーヌ・シゲ) and Alphard Alfort Fumiya (アルファード・アルフォート・フミヤ), respectively.
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TERU (Versailles/Jupiter) will commence solo activities and he will hold his first solo live at 西荻BETTYROOM.
[lineup]
Vo&Gt.TERU
Gt.伊豫田 浩平 (iyoda kohei) (ex.THE GENIUS ORCHESTRATION, Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, ANCIENT MYTH, → (solo), HIZAKI (support)
Gt.Yoshi (ex.CROSS VEIN → Princes of CROSS VEIN, KAMIJO (support))
Ba.本石久幸 (Hisayuki Motoishi) (ex.Siam Neko (シャム猫) → Kagemusha (影武シャ) → Hirusagari no Danchi (昼下がりの団地妻) → Shout Out → SCREAMING SYMPHONY , Mardelas, Imperial Circus Dead Decadence, Iyoda Kohei (support))
Dr.遠海 准司 (junji tokai) (Kiryu (己龍))
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Idk 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
Featured artist: LUVIELLE (ルヴィーユ) || vk.gy presents: new or newly made streamable songs from visual-kei artists. Check out our monthly installments in this series and make some new favorites!
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