Good news for all fans of Golden Bomber, Anli Pollicino and GUILD!
Club Euclid decided to open a foreign branch for all fans of these bands. Membership privileges include exclusive material translated in English, access to advanced ticket sales for Japanese shows, and the possibility to buy official tour merchandise online. You will also have the chance to enter contests and win presents and items signed by the band members.

Membership for one year will cost 5000 yen for the first year, and 4000 for the following years. For additional info please check out the Fanclub website!

Plastic Tree will release a DVD and a Blu-ray of their live “Fate line of blue - Final performance: tent 3 at Nippon Budokan”, which took place on April 14th, 2012.

This edition, which will be released on June 19th, is definitely a must have for fans! Together with the aforementioned live performance, it also includes the recording of another performance, the final live from the Ink Tour that took place at Yokosuka Art Theatre on March 7th, 2012.
Thus, this is also a good occasion to re-listen to the band’s latest album, Ink, which came out in December last year, in a completely new version!.

Plastic Tree Live DVD/Blu-ray "Fate line of blue - Final performance: tent 3 at Nippon Budokan"
Release date: June, 19th
Blu-ray
Price :6300 yen (tax inc.)
Blu Ray code : VIXY-6

DVD
Price : 5300 yen (tax inc.)
DVD Code: VIBY-723 ~ 4

Contents (for both Blu ray and DVD):
痛い青 (Itai Ao)
くちづけ (Kuchizuke)
エとセとラ (Etcetera)
讃美歌 (Sanbika)
静脈 (Joumyaku)
３７℃
蒼い鳥 (Aoi Tori)
ガーベラ (Gerbera)
うわのそら (Uwa no Sora)
藍より青く (Ai Yori Aoku)
デュエット (Duet)
涙腺回路 (Ruisen Kairo)
メランコリック (Melancholic)
春咲センチメンタル (Harusaki Sentimental)
アンドロメタモルフォーゼ (Andro Metamorphose)
ヘイト・レッド、ディップ・イット (Hate Red, Dip It)
puppet talk
空中ブランコ (Kuuchuu Buranko)

[Bonus footage]
・「Piano Black」MUSIC VIDEO
・「Ink」Tour Offshot Documentary

[CD Content]
"Ink" Yokosuka (3/7/2013, Yokosuka Geijutsugekijou)

ロールシャッハ(左) (Rorschach – Hidari)
インク (Ink)
くちづけ (Kuchizuke)
ピアノブラック (Piano Black)
あバンギャルど (Avantgarde)
ライフ・イズ・ビューティフル (Life is beautiful)
君はカナリヤ (Kimi wa kanaria)
静脈 (Joumyaku)
てふてふ (Tefutefu)
シオン (Shion)
96/218
ロールシャッハ(右) (Rorschach – Migi)

Sad news for all the Called≠Plan fans. The band just recently announced that they’re going to disband after a last live, titled “THE FINAL”, which will take place at Osaka Ruido on June 13th.

For the occasion, the band is going to release a last best of album, titled “BLAST BEAT BEST”. The album will come out on June 12th, and it currently seems to be available only at the Planet Child Music Webshop, here. If you’re interested, please send an e-mail in Japanese to info@planet-child.jp .

Called≠Plan Best of Album “BLAST BEAT BEST”
Price: 3,675 yen (tax inc.)

Contents:
1.SE 　
2.Cherry boy&girl　
3.Crazy Cat　
4.やんちゃ69　(Yancha 69)
5.アナタノ青春わしづかみ　(ANATA NO Seishun Washizukami)
6.What's up　
7.STOP THE TIME　
8.横顔　(Yokogao)
9.陽のかけら触れる場所まで　(Hi no Kakera Fureru Basho Made)
10.see you next after me　
11.ヨゾライオン　(Yozo Lion)
12.君PIECE　(Kimi PIECE)
13.dance→wing　
14.コンプリート　(Complete)
15.Immortal　
16.オニキス (Onyx)

After announcing a three months release campaign to celebrate their 10th anniversary and starting the season with the live-limited single "Kimi No Machi", An Cafe revealed details on the second installment!

The title will be "Bee Myself Bee Yourself ~自分らしく君らしく生まれたストーリーは始まってんだ~ ("Bee Myself Bee Yourself - Jibunrashiku Kimirashiku Umareta Story wa Hajimattetanda-") and it will come out in two types on June 12th.
The Limited Edition will include PV and special footage. The CD includes a new untitled song and "Tekesuta kousen (Anti-aging ver.)", and the two instrumental tracks for the two songs of the record.

The band also opened a website for the current Japanese tour (which we talked about here), in which you can find a funny video of Yuuki teaching the dance moves for the "Et Cetera in Kimi no machi" song. You can find it here below!

Alice Nine’s three months release plan is coming to an end with Shooting Star, which will come out on May 29th, and the band revealed details about the record!
You can find them below, and if you’re curious about the covers and the band’s look please head over to their official website.

If you’re wondering about the b-side, “Affection” is actually the song the band wrote for J-Melo in collaboration with the fans’ inputs! And if lately you have been watching Alice Nine’s Channel on Nico Nico, you might have been lucky enough to see the “Shooting Star” Pv already! If you missed that, you can still enjoy this short preview.




Alice Nine’s New Single “Shooting Star”
May 29th, 2013

Limited Edition Type A (CD+DVD)
Cd code: UPCH-89148
Price:1,890 yen (tax incl.)

Cd contents:
1. shooting star
2. Affection
3. shooting star (Instrumental)
4. Affection (Instrumental)

DVD Contents:
Shooting Star music video + making of
Heart of Gold (Alice Nine Live 2012 Court of “9” #4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31)


Limited Edition Type B (CD+DVD)
Cd code: UPCH-89152
Price:1,890 yen (tax incl.)

Cd contents:
1. shooting star
2. Affection
3. shooting star (Instrumental)
4. Affection (Instrumental)

DVD Contents:
Affection Music Video
花霞 - Hanagasumi (Alice Nine Live 2012 Court of “9” #4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31)


Regular Edition (CD)
Cd code: UPCH-80320
Price:1,260 yen (tax incl.)

Cd contents:
1. shooting star
2. Affection
3. shooting star (Instrumental)
4. Affection (Instrumental)

We already talked about己龍(Kiryu)’s new single "愛怨忌焔" (Aien Kien) which is coming out on May 29th.

Now the band released a short preview for the PV!
Since the video is a bit on the gory side, please don’t watch it if you’re easily impressed!



What do you think of the video?

Today there are both good and bad news for SIGNAL fans... let’s start with the bad ones.

Drummer Raychel, who had joined Signal in October, has announced his withdrawal from the band due to personal reasons (namely, to take care of his sick mother).
The last live for Raychel will be the band’s 2nd Anniversary Oneman live at Ikebukuro EDGE on June, 28th. We hope you will support Raychel till the end!

However, the band is continuing activities and actually a new single was announced!
The title is “Deadly” and it will come out on July 10th ; the release will include two tracks, “Deadly” and “1OF” and it will cost 1.260 yen.

If you’re wondering what Signal sound like, you can’t miss this preview of their most recent single “Apocalypse”, which was released in March. Please check it out, you won’t regret it!



SIGNAL New Single "DEADLY"
July, 10th
Cd code.: SGNLCD-007
Price: 1,260 yen(tax in.)

CD Contents:
1. Deadly
2.1OF

AND’s disbandement left a lot of fans sad, however we are sure that these news will cheer you up a bit!

First of all, for those of you who were not able to attend AND’s last live on April 20th, you will be able to watch it on DVD. The DVD is titled "AND LAST LIVE DVD「FOREVER MISSION」2013.04.20 SHIBUYA O-EAST", it costs 6,800 yen and it will come out on June 26th.

On top of that, now former bassist Ken made an important announcement on his twitter.
Together with ex AND’s vocalist Ikuma and other V-Kei artists, he will open a Visual kei bar on May 16th!

The bar’s name is “Across the Border” and it plans to spread the Visual kei culture and act as a bridge between fans and bands (hence the name). The bar will be located in Akihabara district and this is the address if you plan to go!

〒101-0021
東京都千代田区外神田
3-2-11遠藤ビル3F

101-0021
Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Sotokanda
3-2-11 Endo Bldg. 3F

You can keep up-to-date with the bar activities on the bar's official website, http://www.imaaerubandman.jp/ .
What do you think about it?

After the July release SIRIUS/Lily (which we talked about here), DIAURA will release a new single on August 28th.
We already know that the record will include a new song and a re-release of their older demo song "失翼の聖域 (Shitsuyoku no Seiiki)".

However, the third song of the single will be decided by the fans! You can choose among many rare DIAURA songs, so if you’re a fan you can’t miss this chance to let your voice be heard!

You can vote at the following link:
http://www.di-aura.com/mobile/request.html

From top to bottom, the songs are:

1) メビウスリング (Moebius Ring) (from live limited record “doku-DICTATOR-sai”)
2) Reason for Treason (from live limited record “Reason for Treason”)
3) if (from 1st mini album “DICTATOR”, bonus if you bought 2 types)
4) Judgement (from live limited record “Judgement Day”)
5) melt (from free paper Gab, Vol. 61)
6) 届かぬ手紙(Todokanu tegami) (from 1st press “Beautiful Creature”)
7) Ms. Psycho (from limited “Crystal BOX 2012”)
8) cult (from limited “Crystal Box 2013”)

Which one is your favourite?

Good news for SCREW fans! The band went major last year and this summer the first major full album, which will be simply titled "SCREW", will be released.
The album will come out in three types and you can find some of the content details below.

On July 24th the band will also release a new live DVD of the tour final “7th Anniversary Live NEVERENDING BREATH AT SHIBUYA-AX”. There will be a limited edition (8,400 yen) and a regular one (4,200 yen).


SCREW 1st Major Album “SCREW”
July 10th, 2013

Limited Edition Type A (CD+DVD)
Cd Code: TKCA-73930
Price:3,990 yen (tax inc.)

CD contents:
10 songs
DVD contents:
New PV+ Making of, “Teardrop” SPECIAL SPOT (one different version for each member), Multi-Angle version of 1 song performed at SHIBUYA-AX at April 20th 2013.

Limited Edition Type B (CD+DVD)
Cd Code: TKCA-73931
Price:3,990 yen (tax incl.)

Cd contents:
10 songs
DVD contents:
Recording footage, Photo shooting offshot, interview about the songs, Multi-Angle version of 1 song performed at SHIBUYA-AX at April 20th 2013 (different from Type A).

Regular Edition (CD)
Cd Code: TKCA-73932
Price: 3,150 yen (tax incl.)

Cd contents:
11 songs (2 tracks only available in this version)

PSC Global Fan Club, which was serving the fans of the label’s bands overseas, will stop accepting new admissions in July 2013 and will be closed in November 2013.

Current members can find info on what will happen to their membership in the Global Fan Club page, which is however accessible only to current members.
But if you planned on joining in the next few months, you can find infos on what will happen on musicJAPANplus homepage, here.

The GazettE fans will be able to join the Japanese HERESY fan club starting from this August. As for the other bands, there will be announcements later on, we will keep you up to date!

Dir en grey has confirmed another overseas tour in Europe, coming to eager European fans this summer.

Tabula Rasa starts out in Japan and stretches into June for Ozzfest, The Download Festival, and Nova Rock in the UK and Austria.

Tickets can be bought from the individual event sites, www.novarock.at/ and www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Check out Dir en grey's latest mini album, THE UNRAVELING, available in stores and on Itunes.

Buck Tick is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year by releasing a commemorative movie, available in Japan this June.

Fans will have to keep their eyes peeled for more about Gekijoban BUCK-TICK: Bakuchiku Genshou, which can be followed at its site, http://bt-movie.com/. The film will be a collection of insights into their full history as a band. Fans of Buck Tick won't want to miss such a personal and exclusive look at their 25-year-long career.

Find more information on the availability of tickets, screening locations, and ticket pricing on the main site.

After the concert at LIQUIDROOM ebisu last Saturday, acid android, the solo project of L'Arc~en~Ciel's drummer yukihiro, opened an official Facebook page.

You can reach the page at the following address:
http://www.facebook.com/acidandroid.official

Four-piece band 7!!(pronounced seven oops) will participate in North America’s anime convention “FanimeCon 2013” next month in May which takes place
during Memorial Day weekend at San Jose, CA. [May 24-27th]

The band will have their live show May 25th [Saturday of the convention]. No further scheduled convention activities have been released at this time but please anticipate having a lot of fun with 7!!~

*to register for FanimeCon please follow this link:
https://registration.fanime.com/