Amelie Lets the Rain Fall With Latest Music Video!

Four-member rock band Amelie released the music video for their track “雨よ降れ” (“Ameyo Fure”) on their official YouTube channel. Set to be one of the lead tracks for the band’s upcoming mini-album Cinema Club dropping April 22, the track takes a more slow and elegant composition, showing off vocalist mick’s amazing range. The album will be the latest release by the band since their mini-album Identity back in November of last year and will be their third overall. Cinema Club will feature six tracks with only a CD-only standard release.

Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for Cinema Club below!

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Amelie「Cinema Club」

1.リメンバー

2.雨よ降れ

3.ヒットガール

4.誰も知らないメロディ

5.リリィ

6.バラ色の人生

Vampire Rose Makes Sacrifice With New Single

Visual Kei project Vampire Rose announced they will be releasing a brand new single titled “Vampire Sacrifice” which is set to be released May 20. Vampire Rose is the solo project of Satoshi who was a part of the group EREMIA. “Vampire Sacrifice” is the seventh single Vampire Rose is putting out. 

The track is being released in one edition only but will come with both a CD and DVD. The CD will feature four tracks and the DVD will feature the music video for “Sacrifice 〜紅蓮の罪愛〜”. A full track listing is posted below along with the pre-order links. Also, Vampire Rose has already posted the music video for their song “Sacrifice 〜紅蓮の罪愛〜” on their YouTube page so be sure to check it out.

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Vampire Rose『Vampire Sacrifice』

CD

1 Sacrifice ～紅蓮の罪愛～

2 DYSTOPIA

3 Rebirth 運命の招待状

4 輪廻

DVD

1 Sacrifice ～紅蓮の罪愛～ (MV)

Music Corner 43: ARKS

ARKS is a three member rock band from Osaka that formed in 2013. ARKS first consisted of school classmates Asuka Yoshida (Vocalist, Guitarist), and Ryoma Ikebe (Drums). Yuha Ochiai (Bassist, Chorus) would join the group a year later. All the members write their own lyrics that reflect their unique style and individual personalities which encompass into their music. Asuka-san’s vocals with the help of Ryoma-san and Yuha-san bring a breath of fresh air to the rock industry with a fun sound that draws you in.

ARKS’ track “Baka” has a joyfully upbeat feel with Asuka-san on vocals and on guitar. This combination gives it a heavier feel than their latest hit “Rebaruba” that has a more pop vibe to it. “Rebaruba” is a catchy tune that feels more like a pop rock song compostion and Asuka-san’s vocals add to that with her powerful yet cute voice. In “Toppu Runna— (Top Runner)” you can hear Asuka slay on the guitar at the beginning of the song. This is an upbeat rock song you can’t help but jam out to with Asuka-san’s beautiful vocals and Ryoma-san and Yuha-san make for the perfect mix of instruments. ARKS also knows how to slow things down and their track “you” is the perfect example of that. “you” starts off at a slower pace and picks up for the chorus and slows down again. Asuka-san’s vocal skills shine in this song with her composition and control.

ARKS currently has two mini albums Image and one, which are currently available on CDJapan, Spotify, AppleMusic, AmazonMusic, and more. Their latest mini album, one, just dropped on April 1st and can read about in past articles on this site. ARKS also has two mini albums before they made their debut as a three member group, Hakobuneiro and Mahou no Uta. You can follow ARKS on their official website, twitter, and instagram.

Vaundy Says Bye to His Old Self With Latest Music Video!

To celebrate the release of his brand new digital single “Bye by me”, vocalist Vaundy released the music video for said track on his official YouTube channel. This will be the latest release by the artist since “life hack” in March and it is set to be one of the tracks from his upcoming album strobo which is scheduled for release May 27. “Bye by me” is currently the opening theme song for the late night drama 捨ててよ、安達さん (Suteteyou Adachi-san) and features a happy-go-lucky composition illustrated through his luxurious vocals. Directed by Tatsuya Kawasaki, the video presents the scenario of a lady returning home accompanied by flashes of her and her former relationship interspersed throughout. 

strobo will be Vaundy’s first album and will feature eleven tracks total and a CD-only standard edition. It will contain all previously released digital singles: “東京フラッシュ“ (“Tokyo Flash”), “life hack”, and “Bye by me”.

Check out the music video in question with along with the pre-order link for strobo below!

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Vaundy「strobo」

01. Audio 001
02. 灯火
03. 東京フラッシュ
04. 怪獣の花唄
05. life hack
06. 不可幸力
07. soramimi
08. Audio 002
09. napori
10. 僕は今日も
11. Bye by me

WONK Has Its Eyes On The Stars In Fourth Album

Experimental soul band WONK announced their fourth album titled Eyes which is set to drop June 24. Eyes will be the group’s fourth album and will be based on the themes of “various kinds of concepts of values” along with space. The new album will contain a total of seventeen tracks, ten of which set to be all-new songs and five to be prior singles including “Signal” and “HEROISM”.

Eyes is being released in one edition that will come with a CD and a 24-page art book. The art book is a limited edition work and it will only be available through pre-order. A pre-order link is posted below along with “HEROISM”.

Standard Edition

Album Cover

Artbook