Visual Kei/ Scene Artists

摩天楼オペラ　「Gloria」 / Matenrou Opera

2012-10-09T20:00:00.000-05:00

摩天楼オペラ have very recently come out with a new single called Gloria. I will be purchasing this single along with a couple others and I shall be doing a review on this CD once it has come. (In this way I'm able to listen to the songs from the CD instead of already have listened to them from Youtube. I will give a quick review of the title song since I have listened to it and have fallen in love with the song and video that goes with it.

Therefore, let the review of Gloria begin!

It starts with a quick guitar riff and then the rest of the band jumps in. The song keep the tempo up throughout, but doesn't make it 'poppy.' Like, the song is still quite rockish and sounds sophisticated as well. They are just that good. I don't think many bands are able to keep the sophisticatedness in their songs while still being pop/rock. Either way the video is quite confusing in a sense and doesn't really seem to go with the lyrics. Even so, there is probably a deeper meaning than what I am able to find with the little bit of Japanese that I have.
Back to the video!
The two guys in the beginning pushing hospital beds with the 5 members strapped onto them seems straight enough (they ended up in the hospital for some reason.) Then, they show bar-codes on their necks just under their jawline, and the said guys start sticking needles into them as well. As the song progresses we switch between clips of them waking up on the beds and the whole band playing the song with Sono (苑) singing. I've heard speculation that the members strapped to the hospital beds are clones, and that does seem possible, but again I feel the need to find the lyrics to be able to fully appreciate the video and message they are trying to send through it.
Ayame (彩雨)'s duet with Anzi is one of their best duets so far with Yu (癒) in the background keeping time I love it! :D

Well enough of me talking about this wonderful song, you take a look and tell me what you think:

Well now, there is only one version of Gloria and it does not have the PV attached to it... I wonder what they are doing.... ?? Well either way, awesome title song and I hope the rest of the songs are as good as this one is. I can't wait to buy it along with a couple other CD's!!!! :-D

Gloria \1200
1. Gloria
2. Psychic Paradise
3. Camel
4. 初恋は永遠に (Hatsukoi ha Eien ni)

Well now, please support 摩天楼オペラ by buying their songs instead of ripping them off. And listen to them on Youtube until you are able to purchase their wonderful music. :)

おやすみ！！

アマンダ

ナイトメア　「Sleeper」 / Nightmare

2012-10-08T20:00:00.000-05:00

こんにちはみんな！！
お元気ですか？

Haha Hello everybody!
Happy Thanks Giving for those in Canada! :D
How are you doing?

Nightmare is a really cool band. I'm sure some of you have heard that their drummer isn't really the best so they make up for it with sick guitar and base riffs and freaking awesome vocals, but he isn't too bad. Anyways, just wanted to say that.

Now to introduce you to the single Sleeper.

Like I said before, Nightmare is a really good band. (They did the opening and ending for Deathnote for goodness sakes! And yes, I did just realize this and Deathnote is actually pretty good, even though I have just started watching it. -_-')

Sleeper, the title track for this single, is quite interesting. I like the monotone verses with the more popish chorus.
The video its self is quite simple, but I think it does send a message. The switching back and forth between the band and the dancing girl gives a sense of monochromeness to the video. It's calming, and maybe even slightly sad, which clashes well with the more popish beats of the song.
Take a look and see for yourself:

このビデオはすごいです！！

Star Spangled Breaker is quite an interesting song... I wonder what the band was thinking naming it with a slight reference to America. Either way, it's also quite a popish song but a little 'slowish' I suppose. Like it has a calm sense of pop while still being quite upbeat. There is a video to it... but I have not seen the full PV on Youtube. Therefore, I can only relly comment on the song. :(

On to the next song!
アイリス (Iris) is also kind of popish. Fun and overall upbeat, this is one of the best songs on the CD besides Sleeper its self. It's just a really, really, overall good song. AND I LIKE IT!!
Take a listen for yourself!

There you go! :D
Please support ナイトメア by buying their CD's and just listening to their songs on Youtube until you are able to purchase them. :-)

Type A [CD/DVD] \1800 ****SALE PRICE UNTIL END OF OCTOBER \1080!!!!
[CD]
1. Sleeper
2. Star Spangled Breaker

[DVD]
Sleeper (Video Clip)

Type B [CD/DVD] \1800
[CD]
1. Sleeper
2. Star Spangled Breaker

[DVD]
Star Spangled Breaker (Video Clip)

Regular Edition [CD] \1200 ****SALE PRICE UNTIL END OF OCTOBER \720!!!!!
[CD]
1. Sleeper
2. Star Spangled Breaker
3. アイリス (Iris)

Type A [CD/DVD]

Type B [CD/DVD]

[Regular Edition]

Gomenne Mina!!! --> Lc5 「Only You ～キミとのキヅナ～」 / 「Only You ～Kimi Tono Kidzuna～」

2012-10-01T20:00:00.000-05:00

Gomenne Mina!!!!I have been soo busy all summer with work and now with school...
I will try my best to get better at this! :D

Sooooooo I've got great news that is old, but lets me introduce a new(ish) band that has an ear for music, and yes it does help that the vocalist is from another band that I absolutely adored!

The great news! This old band is regrouping! So I'm not totally sure of the future of this band, but we will see....

Obviously the vocalist I am talking about is Miku. Antic Cafe is the band that has regrouped and Lc5 is the band that he went to after Antic Cafe went on haitsu.

I could go on with how wonderful Antic Cafe is... but I will wait until I finally do a long-time-coming review of one my favorite songs from them.

So now I shall talk about Lc5's single 「Only you ～キミとのキヅナ～」。
The title song is the fifth opening of Beelzebub, and is as energetic and rockish as Antic Cafe was doing before hand. Take a listen and see for yourself:

(I'm sorry, I could only find this one... the vocals are slightly off but it still gives an okay review of the song... :(

Anyways, on to the next song!
「アフロディテ」 / 「Afurodeite」 (Aphrodite) is more of a popish song, but has a really good melody to it and is a little somber. Overall a good listen that I can listen to on repeat for quite a while.
I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do:

So here I am listening to Lc5 a little too late if anyone asks me... and I come across the last song on this single they released back in February of this year. (FEBRUARY!!!! My gosh I waited waaaayyyy tooo long to start listening to them... ；＿； -_-' oh welll....)

Black Monster.
...
Popish and dark. A big round of applause for Lc5, they were able to compile a song so badass while still being popish. Even the auto-tuned parts are cool, and I don't care much for auto-tuned voices... So this song is prob my fave from them... that is until I listen to more of them! ;D
But for now... LISTEN!!!!

One more song:
Refrain.
This song comes with it's own single (and I must say that it is quite an interesting single of it's own as well!) BUT the Type B Limited Edition of this single has the PV and Making of for this song, so I shall put it on here:

The video its self is quite dark, but the song is similar to Aphrodite and has some Black Monster in it as well. There isn't really much to the video, but the simpleness makes it so powerful and entertaining. Refrain is a badass song that has quite a wow factor going for it!

Lets hope that the next single Lc5 releases (If they ever do release any more singles) will have Only You as a PV! I'd love for that to happen. :)

So there you have it! The songs from Lc5's (Miku's new band) 4th single! I hope you had fun listening to all the songs and will support the band by BUYING their songs instead of downloading them... Or even just listening to them on Youtube until you can afford it.

*****Special offer all three Cd's are now on a 40% off SALE until October 30 23:59 (Japanese Standard Time) So go get them! I know I will be purchasing them and a few more Cd's that are on sale! ;D

[Limited Edition Type A w/ DVD] \1714 Regular ****SALE \1028!!!!
[CD]
1. 「Only you ～キミとのキヅナ～」 (「Only You ～Kimi Tono Kidzuna～」)
2. 「アフロディテ」 (「Afurodeite」)
[DVD]
Lc5 Documentary #4

[Limited Edition Type B w/ DVD] \1714 Regular ****SALE \1028!!!!
[CD]
1. 「Only you ～キミとのキヅナ～」 (「Only You ～Kimi Tono Kidzuna～」)
2. 「アフロディテ」 (「Afurodeite」)
[DVD]
Refrain PV and PV making of

[Regular Edition] \1200 Regular ****SALE \720!!!!!
1. 「Only you ～キミとのキヅナ～」 (「Only You ～Kimi Tono Kidzuna～」)
2. 「アフロディテ」 (「Afurodeite」)
3. 「Black Monster」

[Limited Edition Type A w/ DVD]

[Limited Edition Type B w/ DVD]

[Regular Edition]

So PLEASE Support Lc5 and AnCafe!!! They worked hard to produce this music, the least you can do is buy it... :D

さぁ

またねぇ！！

アマンダ

DaizyStripper 「Zero Crysis」

2012-06-24T02:49:00.000-05:00

This, is a FREAKING AWESOME SONG!!!!!!
The beats, lyrics, and overall song is a delight for all fans.
Some of the English words that I catch include 'plastic' and of course 'zero' and 'crisis', and they would have to have a very powerful meaning behind them in this song for 夕霧 (Yuugiri) to say them in English.
夕霧 looks quite intense and serious in this video. His manner, and really the manner of DaizyStripper themselves, gives even more importance to the lyrics...

I feel that the man with the half-mask is supposed to represent society as a whole... but I'm not advanced enough in Japanese to know what is being said and I can't find the translated lyrics online. :(

Anyways, this amazing song if from the album 「Siren」 that was released on October 5th, in 2011.
I have not heard any of the other songs on this album, but this song with the PV is incredible!!
Here's the PV so that you can see for yourself:

Really a thinker, isn't it??
haha Well anyways, support DaizyStripper and all your favorite bands (not just the VK ones since all need to know that their fans are willing to support their music with their pockets.) XD

Limited Edition B ￥3500

Regular Edition￥3000

****Oh, right now the limited edition B type is 30% off with a price of ￥2450, while the Regular Edition is also 30% off with a price of ￥2100. Get them while it lasts!!

おやすみ!!

アマンダ

ダウト　Single　「あいするひと」 / D=OUT

2012-05-28T20:00:00.000-05:00

ダウト recently released the single あいするひと。 Well was I ever surprised when this single came with two PV's!

あいするひと is a calm slightly boring PV in a way...
I do really like it, it's just different in an okay way. :)
The lyrics are quite sweet. I do really like them...
I guess ダウト just hasn't been then same since they've went major.
I really do like their Indies songs better, and I know that they change to meet a bigger fanbase.
But I do miss the old ダウト!!! Ｔ.Ｔ :(
That being said, they do seem to be trying to retain their old style. **Trying being the key word here**

Well here's the PV for you guys to see:

And onto Doping!

Well... I witnessed something that I'm not too sure about.
The PV 'Doping' is quite different from the PV あいするひと...
and it is... quite... interesting...in... its... own way...

I'm really not sure how to take this one... especially after watching the Single's titled PV...

It's more adult than other PV's they've done when it comes to the actual video.
And Kouki (幸喜) is rapping in this one.
I haven't listened to all of their songs, but I have listened to a lot of them.
And the only one that seems similar to this one is Kimon (鬼門).
I do like that song... but this song AND PV have certain traits that I've seen done by Born.
Especially their "Red Emotion" PV.
I guess what i'm trying to say is that it's quite weird for me to see ダウト take a similar path with their music and PVs...

The beats are catchy, and I don't really mind the rapping. It's just coming from 幸喜!!!
That's what I can't seem to get past.

I'll probably update this review in another week or so with a final judgement.
And it'll probably be positive.
But I can't guarantee that.

Anyways, here's the PV so that you can make your own judgement:

(Sorry PV is now unavailable... I will be looking around for it again though!)

ねね！ Tell me what you think about Doping and あいするひと, but especially about Doping!!!

Limited Edition Type A 1800￥

Limited Edition Type B 1800￥

Regular Edition 1500￥

みんな！！ I must say something about my choice of words in this particular post...
I am a HUGE fan of ダウト and always will be. I may not agree with their recently chosen path for their music. BUT I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THEM!!! The only reason to not buy their CD's is if their music becomes unbearable. If that time comes, I will still keep an eye on them to see if they eventually improve, but in the meantime, I will be getting as many of their older CD's as possible. Maybe the higher amount of their older CD's being sold compared to their newer ones will make them realize that they need to incorporate more of their older sound into their new chosen path.
All in all, this is ONLY my OPINION! These aren't facts unless there is statistics involved... and I don't have the resources to find that out, neither do I have the will to actually use the statistics that I tortured over learning the last semester of University.
**End of rant.

Well, now that that is all said and done,
ummmm,

では．．

またね！！

アマンダ　 ^_^

愛狂います　「ケセラ:セラ」 / Aicle 「Que Sera:Sera」

2012-05-12T20:00:00.000-05:00

Hey guys!! I know that Aicle has disbanded a while ago... (I still hate that knowledge and get really sad about it) but this song is one of my very favorites from them. The video is entertaining and the esthetics of the band is lovable and really edgy to me.

The song it's self is also quite entertaining with it's 'Que Sera, Sera" which is Spanish for "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps."
Emiru's Kimono-like clothing is really, really, vibrant in coloring and detail. I really like the shade of green that he's always sporting and hope to find it to replace the green I have in my hair. Also, his glasses are so kawaii!! Rubi's leopard print guitar is awesome in my books and I really, really, like it.
I feel like I need to find the lyrics; it really seems like there's more than just the whole musical performance in this one, like many I suppose... XD
Anyways... here's the video so that you can decide for yourself what Aicle is trying to say with the lyrics and the music video... :

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the first single released after Keita (one of their guitarists besides Rubi) left them. so maybe this song is sort of part of what happened??

Just speculations until I find some proof though Guys!

Anyways, have a good evening, tomorrow is Mother's Day for me! So Best Wishes to all mom's out there for their very special day!

さよなら　みんな！！

アマンダ

Versailles new single 「Rose」 Update

2012-05-07T09:41:00.001-05:00

こんにちは　みんな！！
Hey, Versailles has updated their website with some more details about their newest single "Rose"
It will be released on June 20th with two types.

Rose - 5th Anniversary Box - [CD/DVD]
[CD]
1. Rose
2. 妖 -ayakashi-

3. Love will be born again [Japanese Version]

4. THE RED CARPET DAY

[DVD]

1. History of Descendant of the Rose

2. LIVE from World Tour 2012 -Holy Grail- Grand Final ～Chateau de Versailles～ 2012.2.12

-MASQUERADE

-Judicial Noir

-Thanatos

-DRY ICE SCREAM!! [Remove Silence]

-Flowery

-Vampire

-Remember Forever

Rose [CD]

1. Rose
2. 妖 -ayakashi-

3. Love will be born again [Japanese Version]

4. THE RED CARPET DAY

[DVD/CD] ￥5290

[CD] ￥1143

It is really exciting!
Now I'm off to do some exercises and get on with the day. ^_^

また　みんな！！

アマンダ

OZ 「Colors」

2012-05-05T20:00:00.000-05:00

This is a freaking awesome song!!!
I don't like a lot of OZ stuff I must admit... but this is one really, really cool song.
The beats, the lyrical functions, and how they all come together.

The vocalist`s voice has an edge to it that it really addicting as long as the song itself is good.
the PV is simple, sort of reminds me of アンド`s Blindness with the hoods, but the setting works very well for this song and this was done years before アンド did their single.
Check it out for yourself! ^_^

It is from their single entitled Elf.
I just might need to listen to that one as well... hmmmmmm.
Well that'll be another post! :P

Oh!
P.S.
>>Please, please, PLEASE, remember to support your favorite artists! They will only be able to continue writing good songs if we keep supporting them... so pitch in so that they see support. ^_^
and use Youtube until you are able to afford their CDs. That's what I've been doing!

Best (Album)

また！

アマンダ

アンド「宣戦布告」/ And 「Sensen Fukoku」New Release

2012-05-05T04:41:00.000-05:00

And is releasing their first major album on August 8th.
There will be three types; two limited editions and one regular edition. Unfortunately this is all the information available... but I will keep you updated with more info as it come! ^_^

You can already order them at CD Japan by clicking on the links.

Limited Edition [A]￥3600

Limited Edition [B]￥3600

Regular Edition ￥3000

Can't wait to see what released songs they are going to use and how their unreleased songs will sound. All in all, it is going to be an interesting compilation of songs. I hope I'm not going to be disappointed if I have enough saved up for it. :)

Well I should be going to bed now... I haven't actually gone to sleep yet... :O
I KNOW not good at all... OH WELLS!! :p

UPDATE
The album has been named!! (I've changed the title to show this)

おやすみ！！

アマンダ

Vistlip 「B」 New Single

2012-05-04T00:04:00.001-05:00

Hey guys! Vistlip is releasing a new single called "B"
It will be available on July 4th which is a Wednesday.
It will be sold in three types and 1 of 10 trading cards randomly selected:
Booklet [CD/DIGIPACK]
Tracklist:
1. B
2. Perfect Crime
3. 偽善Master [Re:birth] (Gizen Master [Re:birth])
4. B (instr.)
5. Perfect Crime (instr.)

Vister [CD/DVD]
[CD]
1. B
2. Perfect Crime

[DVD]
1. B - music video
2. B - making of

Lipper [CD]

1. B
2. Perfect Crime
3. Little Fabre

There is no other information as of yet... but I'll update as it comes. OK?? ^__^

Lipper [B] 1200￥

Update: The CD's are now on sale for pre-order!!

DigiPack [B] 1800￥

Vister [B] 1800￥

また！！

アマンダ

Versailles New Single 「Rose」

2012-05-02T12:54:00.000-05:00

Not very many details yet at all...
Usually I wait until there are more details, but Versailles has also changed their look! And it's really neat.
This single will be released after their digital single's release on April 25th. The digital single is titled 「Rhapsody of the Darkness / Illusion」.
Click here for the Versailles page that has where you can download the digital single.

And ... here is the picture revealing their new look:

From L - R: Mashashi, Teru, Kamijo, Hizaki, and Yuki

I actually like this look. It's a little dark, but it looks like it's military which is a look that they have not done before, as far as I know anyways since nothing military-like was posted on their OHP.

Well I will update you on details when I find them! ^_^

またねぇ　みんな！！

アマンダ

Random Blogging

2012-05-02T03:03:00.000-05:00

Hey so I know that I never do this... But I decided to do this as an every now and then thing.
Therefore, I have taken this opportunity to give a humungous apology to whomever does read this blog on a regular basis since I took a big hiatsu without saying anything.
I honestly didn't think that I would have to take as great of a hiatsu as I ended up taking... but more importantly, I took the time to write responses to comments as they came up, but never gave an explanation as to the huge activity pause with no sign of return. My actions were badly done and there are many ways that I could've done something differently.
I did often say to myself that I would be able to write another song review but it never happened, and I did feel bad for being able to write quick comment responses but never took the time to write up a quick blog explaining my recent schooling life.
So, I am really, terribly, sorry and totally deserve any negativity from readers.

There is probably no point in giving the details since it's in the past now, but I hope to always do a quick random blog just explaining my life at this point so that any reader will be able to understand the amount of stuff happening at that point.

Here are some pictures of stuff that I have been doing:

R/H glove from wrist to finger base

L/H glove starts above the elbow

Me with my recent hair colors

So now...
During my time at University I went from just dressing slightly differently to adding unnatural colors to my hair. Right now I have blue, green, purple, and a blood red on the front of my hair, while the back is still a blond color with some bleeding from the red.
Like I mentioned before, University finished for me so now I am looking for work and dealing with some government issues that have sprung up about my loans. Grrrr the government can be good, but ONLY if they can actually do their job!!
So yeah, I need to find a lob and then work for 4 months until I go back to university for my second year. Also while on my break, I shall be making a bunch of clothing and other accessories for me to wear at any type of function. I've already made a changeable-pendant necklace with my sister and crocheted myself some arm warmer glove things. I'm hoping to make some kind of neckerchief a couple skirts, spice up some old pants and shirts, and maybe make some tops as well.
Included in all of this is starting up my Japanese learning again and also learning more Polish. As well as writing some kind of blog here, whether it is just another random update on my life or an actual review will be the question. I'm hoping to do one thing at least once a week. I wouldn't quote that though... just in case I get extremely busy all of a sudden again!!

But one thing I will promise, is that if I ever end up going on hiatsu again, I will post a blog saying so andalso giving a 'ball-park' time for when I would be able to start up again. I really don't want to leave anyone out in the cold when it comes to the status of my blog like I did do...

I really hope to continue blogging my own stuff randomly as well as keep reviewing songs and talk about new releases on a regular basis from now on. ^_^

The simple black necklace with the hook for pendents is what I made

The pendents were bought at drugstores.

さぁまたねぇ！！

アマンダ　＾＿＾

DaizyStripper 「Brilliant Days」 (And I'm finally Back!!) ^_^

2012-04-30T23:42:00.000-05:00

Before I go on to talk about a brilliant song by DaizyStripper I have a couple announcements/messages:

1) I have finally finished my first year of University and will be able to resume my blogging activities. YAY!

2) DaizyStripper is coming to Animethon in Edmonton, Alberta on August 10th - 12th! This will be their first time in Canada and I'm hoping to make it there. Is anyone else planning on going?

Now for the featured presentation:

DaizyStripper has some really, really, good songs. One song that shines above the rest in being unique would have to be "Brilliant Days" from their Single "Cross".

There is no PV for this song... but PV's just give us an image of what the band is using as an image right now. Sure it's nice to see, but it's the music that really counts. They are in the MUSIC genre! Therefore what should really count?
Their MUSIC!

Sure, when I started listening to Visual Kei I was always looking for PV's, but I started listening to songs without PV's and some of them were way better than the PV's that they were coupled with.

Anyways, getting back to Brilliant Days...
It is wonderfully unique in it's own way. I especially like how it is more on the slow side of their songs, but still has a catchy beat to it. Does anyone else get what I mean?
Here listen and see:

So yeah. Sadly, it seems that they are no longer selling the single with this song on it anymore. D:
I myself am quite sad about this since I really wanted to purchase this song very much!
Maybe it is on i-Tunes or some other place.
Hmmmmm...

Well either way, support DaizyStripper and hope to see you in Edmonton for their live concert! I sure am trying to go. ^_^

K

またねぇ！！

アマンダ

GazettE 「千鶴」 / 「Chidzuru」

2012-02-27T20:00:00.000-06:00

This is a really touching song by The GazettE back in their indies days if i'm not mistaken...
I really like this song, it doesn't have a single of its own. So it's part of an album. This song was used for the end credits of a Korean film called [Apartment] (?). Something like that anyways. That film seems really wacked, almost as weird but maybe scary as the English horror movie called [Quarantine] I think. The one where the women reporter and her camera crew are doing some sort of interview with firefighters. Suddenly they get called to this apartment building because of something and they find that it is a disease. First the dog of this one family starts attacking them, then the girl that owned the dog starts doing the same. Soon everybody that was attacked, but lived, all ended up going psychotic and all of that good horror movie stuff.
ANYWAYS!!!! (Waaaaay to easy to get off topic some days!)

So yeah, Chidzuru is slow, but it has A LOT of feeling to it, even without understanding the lyrics. GazettE really does do a good job of getting emotion through all their songs. I like the 'original' version of the PV better. (I call it 'original' because TECHNICALLY it came out after the PV with clips from the movie...).

Here, judge for yourself which video is better:

Korean Horror movie "Apartment" opening

Original version with nothing related to the movie

Like i've said before, both PVs are pretty good... but the original one is better in my opinion. Anyways, support Gazette, they have been on the VK scene for a very long time. And I feel that they have just gotten better with age, maturity, and still keep a sense of their roots long after their first major single.

Hyena Audio Impression [CD]

Stacked Rubbish Regular Edition [CD]

Film Bug II [DVD]

さぁ

またねぇ！！

アマンダ

UPDATE 摩天楼オペラ「Justice」 / Matenrou Opera

2012-02-21T13:46:00.000-06:00

King Record has uploaded the PV for Matenrou Opera's newest album Justice on their Youtube Channel!! It's actually quite simple, with good SFX. I like the video but the song itself is quite good. I have to say that the whole atmosphere created by both the song and PV is quite interesting but good. It sends a powerful message without even knowing the lyrics. Therefore, the lyrics would make it even more amazing... I must find them once they are available.

Anyways, here`s the PV so that you can judge it and the song for yourself!

So I already did start a report of their new album. (Click here) for more info on it.

さぁ

またねぇ！！

アマンダ　＾＿＾

Dolly 「虹色のカナリア」 / 「Nijiiro no Kanaria」 NEW SINGLE RELEASE

2012-02-14T16:45:00.001-06:00

It's been almost a year, but finally Dolly is releasing a new single on March 25th. The last single that I was able to find on youtube was ムーンライトディスコ(Moonlight Disco) It isn't a bad song... not as good as some of their earlier stuff, but pretty nice to listen to still. Hopefully this new CD is more like their old stuff. The single will come in two types:

The first type will have two songs and a PV.
Nijiiro no Canaria [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] / Dolly

The second type will only have three songs on it.
Nijiiro no Canaria [Regular Edition] / Dolly

Please support Dolly by buying their CD's!! I can't say enough how important it is for them to know that they have our support...

また！

アマンダ

Gackt 「Until the Last Day」 NEW RELEASE!!

2012-02-12T21:06:00.000-06:00

Gackt is going to release his latest single on February 22! I can't wait to hear how this one turns out. His past songs have been pretty good, so I hope he's able to keep up the good work! An added bonus is that 「Until the Last Day」 is also the main theme of the theatrical anime titled "Dragon Age - Blood Mage no Seisen" so it should have some real power behind it.
Until The Last Day [CD+DVD] / GACKT

Until The Last Day / GACKT

Please support Gackt and all other Visual Kei bands that you listen to... without your support, they may be forced to disband. It's always a sad thing when they do disband. So please help stop them from disbanding.
Buy their music! or at least don't pirate their songs!!!

It really is a sad, sad, thing to do.　：（

おやすみ！！

アマンダ　＾＿＾

アリス九號　「閃光」 / Alice 9 「Senkou」

2012-02-11T20:00:00.000-06:00

The first song I listened to from one of many good bands out there!
Senkou caught me with the first two notes...
It has a really, catchy beat, and the lyrical movement of the song is quite superb!

Here;s the video so that you are able to decide this for yourself!! ：Ｐ

sigh...
it really is a good song, and a really cool-looking video!

[CD/DVD]

Regular Edition Type A [CD]

Regular Edition Type B [CD]

There are three types of the single titled 「閃光」:
Limited Edition [CD/DVD]
1. 閃光 (Senkou)
2. Le Grand Bleu

Regular Edition Type A [CD]
1. 閃光 (Senkou)

2. Le Grand Bleu
3. Solar Eclipse
4. 涙の在る場所 (Namida no Aru Basho)

Regular Edition Type B [CD]
1. 閃光 (Senkou)
2. Le Grand Bleu
3. RAINBOWS (Live at ZEPP TOKYO 2010.4.10)
4. ブループラネット (Live at ZEPP TOKYO 2010.4.10) [Blue Planet]

Please support the band! They've been going since 2004, and they really do have some good stuff!
I'll be doing more reviews on their songs and many, many, other bands that I regularly listen to, as long as I have spare time.

お願いします！！(Onegaishimasu!! -> Please!! or I beg of you!!)

またねぇ！！

アマンダ

摩天楼オペラ「Justice」 / Matenrou Opera

2012-02-11T10:00:00.000-06:00

Well they have an album coming out on March 7th!! Can't wait for it, even if I don't have the mula to buy it. :(
Anyways, they changed their look, but it doesn't look as if this album comes in more than one form. It is kind of disappointing that there isn't a DVD with this album. Oh well!! Perhaps they are planning a new single as well! That would be totally awesome!!!!!

I take back what I said about no PV since Justice has a PV to it. check it out on my update post.

Anyways here's the tracklist info:

「Justice」 [CD]:
1. Justice
2. 濡らした唇でキスをして (Nurashita Kuchiburu de Kisu wo Shite)
3. 落とし穴の底はこんな世界 (Otoshiana no Soko ha Konna Sekai)
4. Helios
5. IMPERIAL RIOT
6. Mermaid
7. 21mg
8. AGE
9. Just Be Myself
10. アポトーシス (Apoptosis)
11. ニューシネマパラダイス (New Cinema Paradise)
12. 絆 -full chorus- (Kizuna)
13. Designer Baby

Please support them! I would if I had the money...

またねぇ！！

アマンダ　＾＿＾

アンド「夢遊の籠」 / And 「Muyu no Kago」

2012-02-10T19:17:00.002-06:00

And is releasing their third new single [夢遊の籠 (Muyu no Kago)] on April 25th. There will be two types.
The first Edition will have two CD tracks and a DVD. The second Edition will only have three CD tracks. I will get more information for you once it has been released and I find the time.

Muyu no Kago [A-TYPE/CD+DVD] / And

Muyu no Kago [B-TYPE] / And

:$

I really don't like the fact that I don't have a lot of time do blog, but right now I have midterms and papers that need to be written...

I do have a week-long break on the 20th though! So I should be able to put forth some good reviews and more updates when possible!

I really appreciate those people that do read my blogs. I hope to keep giving you my thoughts on Visual Kei music. If you do have any suggestions as to what I should listen to, and maybe do a review on, just leave a comment!

みんな　ありがとうございます！！

またねぇ！！

アマンダ　＾＿＾

GazettE 「紅蓮」 / 「Guren」

2012-01-29T20:00:00.000-06:00

A really, really, touching song by the GazettE. The lyrics are beautifully put together, and the music sets the lyrics up for a great song. The only disappointment for me was that Ruki's whispering was hard to hear.
Thankfully, that is mostly taken care of in their revised version.
The music video is mildly disturbing, but works with the lyrical part. The actual video is quite simple but does get the point across. There's some really good fan-service in the vid... particularly when everybody seems to want to be the Microphone that Ruki fawns all over and ends up licking throughout the vid.

Here's the video PV so that you can see how cool everything blends together:

sigh...
it really is a great song! ：Ｄ

So PLEASE support the band!!!

[CD/DVD]

[CD]

These are the single Editions to Guren. ^

Next are the Album Editions that include Guren:

[CD\DVD]

[CD]

DVD with GazettE's PVs including Guren

[DVD]

Well, gotta go to beddd!!!!

But got the review done! :D
Hopefully I can get another one done soon aswell...
srry guys, I'll deff try.

さぁ
またねぇ！！

アマンダ

愛狂います　「愛狂います2006－2012」 / Aicle 「Aicle 2006-2012」 Last Release

2012-01-26T20:33:00.000-06:00

As of February 22 Aicle will be disbanded. This sad news was released to fans via their home page in January.
Their last single was Koutei Penguin.

In commemoration of their time spent together, Aicle is releasing a "best of" CD with all of their greatest hits from 2006 to 2012. It will be released on February 22 and I really wish I had the money to get it...
Honestly, I might just live without what ever the $100 would've gotten me if I hadn't bought the CD. They are just a really good band and I absolutely love most of their songs. I didn't think I'd be so emotional about it but, seriously... their music is just honestly way too good to be without it. :'(

Here's the track-list for the Editions:
Type A [2CD/DVD] 34 songs and 11 PV's Aicle 2006-2012 [2CD+DVD / Type A] / Aicle
[CD]
Disc-1
1. 球形無限連鎖～ミズタマ～
2. 僕は魔王
3. 眼球ワルツ
4. 猫の刻参り
5. デスロリ調ポップス
6. シドロモドロ
7. 星空、墜ちた
8. ネクロノミコン
9. 裏姫
10. トウメイニンゲン
11. スイマセンでした。
12. ～おしまい～
13. 心臓
14. 豚の王様「ニトログリセリン」
15. 文化≠包丁
16. 【d2b2】
Disc-2
1. …うしろ。
2. 骸骨のうた
3. メルトダウン
4. オカルト・キラー
5. 首輪
6. ハンマー≦ヘッド
7. 相対性【秘密】理論～タイムマシン2～
8. うさぎ
9. サイコ×レタア
10. オーバードライブ
11. まみむめモンスター君
12. ケセラ：セラ
13. あおい１号
14. 暗殺-ANSATSU-
15. スターマイン
16. ゴメンなさい。
17. Cとソプラノ
18. ネジリウム

[DVD]
1. 球形無限連鎖～ミズタマ～
2. 猫の刻参り
3. シドロモドロ
4. ネクロノミコン
5. トウメイニンゲン
6. 心臓
7. ハンマー≦ヘッド
8. サイコ×レタア
9. ケセラ：セラ
10. スターマイン
11. Cとソプラノ

Type B[3CD] 38 songs Aicle 2006-2012 [3CD / Type B] / Aicle
Disc-1

1. 妄想マルチ

2. 球形無限連鎖～ミズタマ～
3. 僕は魔王
4. 眼球ワルツ
5. 猫の刻参り
6. デスロリ調ポップス
7. シドロモドロ
8. 星空、墜ちた
9. ネクロノミコン
10. 裏姫
11. トウメイニンゲン
12. スイマセンでした。
Disc-2
1. ～おしまい～
2. 心臓
3. 豚の王様「ニトログリセリン」
4. 文化≠包丁
5. 【d2b2】
6. …うしろ。
7. 骸骨のうた
8. メルトダウン
9. オカルト・キラー
10. 首輪
11. ハンマー≦ヘッド
12. 相対性【秘密】理論～タイムマシン2～
13. うさぎ
14. サイコ×レタア
15. オーバードライブ
16. まみむめモンスター君
Disc-3
1. ケセラ：セラ
2. あおいろ１号
3. 暗殺-ANSATSU-
4．スターマイン
5. ゴメンなさい。
6. Cとソプラノ
7. ネジリウム

8. チョコサンドビスケットクリーム

9. くるくる。と胎児は廻る

10. 東京スカイツリー

The text in dark red bold on the B edition are the 4 songs not available on the A edition.
As far as I could tell, looking at their discography, the only songs not on this "best of" collections would be their latest hits so all the first-release songs on Akuru and their last single Koutei Penguin are not included.
I do find this saddening since Hirari is another one of their later songs that I like, but i can see why since they haven't been around as long as their earlier songs have. (No DUHHH)

Update on New Single 「Mimic」 by ナイトメア

2012-01-23T00:20:00.000-06:00

こんにちは！！！！
Hello guys!
Sorry for the lack of blog postings. |Uni gotten me swamped right now but I did manage to update the blog on Nightmare's new single entitled "Mimic". The track-list has been finalized and CD-Japan has updated the links so I have also finally found the time to update my links...
So take a look at it! ：Ｄ
Ｃｌｉｃｋ　ｈｅｒｅ

おやすみなさい！！

アマンダ

A quick message. Phantasmagoria 「幻想曲~Eternal Silence~」 / 「Gensoukyoku ~Eternal Silence~」

2012-01-19T20:00:00.000-06:00

A message to my readers:
Hey guys!
So I did say that I was going to do more reviews, I just wasn't sure when they'd be able to go up right?
Well, I was able to get this one up today, obviously, and I'm going to try to get another one up tomorrow... but don't count on it.
I'm going to try to do at least one every two days or so. If I can do more, the EVEN BETTER!!!!
If not, then I'm sorry, but my studies do have to come first...
See you soon hopefully!

And now for the review:

This has to be my most favorite slow song from Phantasmagoria!! The whole concept that this song portrays is just beautiful! Riku's voice manages to to be soft, yet strong, and the lyrics are very meaningful. The instruments compliment Riku's voice very well, loud when they need to be, but not overwhelmingly so that Riku's voice gets lost in them.

Riku's English is a little hard to understand...
I thought he was saying something like "I will shatter" when it really was "I wish heaven"
and I had no clue what he was saying in the end.

Until I found the lyrics and found out he's saying "I will look at flower" and keeps repeating "flower".
But this song is too good to complain about those things.
Now I do know what he's saying in English... it just has a slightly heavier accent since , obviously, English isn't his native language. ：Ｐ

The video itself is also fitting to the song, and the band's visual effect is really, really, good looking.

Anyways, here's the song for you to all enjoy!!

Unfortunately, Phantasmagoria is no longer a band. Even so, the bass Kisaki and the Vocalist Riku have collaborated into another band called 凛~the end of corruption world~　or just 凛. They are a really good band, and some of their songs do sound similar to what Phantasmagoria's songs did. I suppose it does make sense since Kisaski and Riku are both in the band, but it also shows that they, or at least one of them, are/were the lyrical and instrumental composers of the music.It's nice in a way because Phantasmagoria music lives inside 凛 now. So it hasn't died!! ：Ｄ

Unfortunately, it seems that you are not able to get this song anymore... unless it is available on i-tunes or something of the similar sort.... ：（

Well, I should be going,

さぁ

またねぇ！！

アマンダ

v[Neu] 「Restless」 New Album Release

2012-01-18T23:56:00.000-06:00

Hey!

Sorry for not blogging for a bit...
i'll get some reviews up soon.
I'm taking 6 classes right now and it's mostly reading, so I need to catch up on reading and I am making reviews... Just need to get them finished. Don't want to be really lazy just because I don't have time. ：Ｐ
So please be patient while I get a balance on everything! :)

Not many details have been posted yet... but v[Neu] is releasing a new album titled 「Restless」 on March 14th.
Two editions will have a DVD included, all of them have 11 songs, and the third edition has a bonus track.

Restless [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type A] / v (Neu)

Restless [w/ DVD, Limited Edition / Type B] / v (Neu)

Restless [Regular Edition] / v (Neu)

I'll give the track-list once I get it. ^_^

さぁ

またねぇ！！

アマンダ