the GazettE to Release 20th Anniversary Best Album Overseas: 47 Tracks Remastered, Extensive Booklet with Lyrics, Translations and Transliterations!

Popular band the GazettE will mark the band’s 20th anniversary by releasing an international version of upcoming three-disc album the GazettE 20TH ANNIVERSARY BEST ALBUM HETERODOXY-DIVIDED 3 CONCEPTS-. It will be released from our friends at London’s JPU Records on 23 December 2022 and is available to preorder from today. A retail release in the UK and Europe will follow from 13 January 2023.

This edition of the album, which features 47 tracks from the GazettE’s extensive catalogue completely remastered, and a voluminous booklet. Each song’s lyrics have been lovingly translated into English, as well as transliterated into Romaji so that the band’s international fans can enjoy the tracks on an even deeper level, regardless of Japanese ability. The original Japanese lyrics are also included. Fans from EU countries can also enjoy purchasing the album direct from JPU Records without attracting any additional taxes or fees upon delivery.

Each of the album’s three discs has a different concept. Disc one is entitled SINGLES and contains 16 tracks, starting with the GazettE’s debut major label single ‘Cassis’, and includes all of their singles in chronological order until latest single ‘UNDYING’. Disc two is entitled ABYSS and features 15 tracks, including a number of B-sides. Disc three is named LUCY and includes a further 16 songs.

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Disc One: SINGLES
01. Cassis
02. REGRET
03. Filth in the beauty
04. Hyena
05. 紅蓮 (Guren)
06. LEECH
07. DISTRESS AND COMA
08. BEFORE I DECAY
09. SHIVER
10. Red
11. PLEDGE
12. VORTEX
13. REMEMBER THE URGE
14. FADELESS
15. UGLY
16. UNDYING

Disc Two: ABYSS
01. 奈落 (Naraku)
02. Bath Room
03. DRIPPING INSANITY
04. BIZARRE
05. 虚無の終わり 箱詰めの黙示 (Kyomuno Owari Hakozumeno Mokushi)
06. WASTELAND
07. 痴情 (Chijou)
08. QUIET
09. GODDESS
10. RUTHLESS DEED
11. BABYLON'S TABOO
12. DOGMA
13. 千鶴 (Chizuru)
14. OMINOUS
15. DIM SCENE

Disc Three: LUCY
01. RAGE
02. NINTH ODD SMELL
03. Maggots
04. 裏切る舌 (Uragiru Bero)
05. LUCY
06. VENOMOUS SPIDER'S WEB
07. GABRIEL ON THE GALLOWS
08. DAWN
09. TWO OF A KIND
10. ATTITUDE
11. VERMIN
12. OGRE
13. HEADACHE MAN
14. ABHOR GOD
15. BLEMISH
16. TOMORROW NEVER DIES

Gray's Ongaku Go For November 2022

Picking up where Ken and Luna left off lets go over to top five songs I’ve been listening to this past month. All the songs posted here are available on Apple Music.

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“Show Time (Feat. Aklo)” by ALI

I’ve made no bones about my favorite ALI song being “Lost In Paradise” which featured Aklo on that track. “Show Time” Aklo rejoins them in this great number full of trumpets, and sass. This has been a blast to listen to and I’m glad to see ALI back.

Check out “Show Time (Feat. Aklo)” here and the music video below!

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“My Turn (Feat. JP the Wavy)” by GENERATIONS from Exile TRIBE

This is the latest release by GENERATIONS and it’s incredibly good. I’ve heard Luna talking about JP the Wavy but I personally haven’t checked out his work. However, I wound up really enjoying this collaboration. I’m curious if GENERATIONS will do a collaboration like this again in the future.

Check out “My Turn (Feat. JP the Wavy)” here and the music video below!

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“Growing Up” by 7ORDER

This song is really good, and a much better improvement over their last release “Power”.  It’s music like this that draws me to 7ORDER, great vocals, melody, and the energy in this song fills me with so much positive energy. “Growing Up” is quickly becoming one of my favorite songs of the year.

Check out “Growing Up” here and the music video below!

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“Magic Of A Laugh” by lol

lol just dropped their latest album, Amber, and this is the very first track on the album. They released “Magic of A Laugh” as a digital single before they dropped their album so I’ve been listening to this all month and I freaking love it. It has this really cool trumpet that is used in this track and this is really great music to dance to. I missed talking about lol and I’m so glad to be talking about this track. 

Check out “Magic Of A Laugh” here and the music video below!

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“Zettai Inspiration” by SKE48

I’ve been listening to this song a lot more than I thought I would when I first heard it. I think I’m just glad to have a decent track to be released by SKE48. I haven’t liked anything they’ve dropped over the past few years and it’s nice to hear a number like “Zettai Inspiration” again. I’m not hopeful that their next release is going to be on this level so I’m enjoying this as much as I can.

Check out “Zettai Inspiration” here and the music video below!

Luna's Ongaku Go For November 2022!

As the fall leaves have fallen and Halloween has come and gone, a brand new Ongaku Go has arrived. We at OTY would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music featured on this site.

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“Itsumadedemo” feat. SoulJa by Thelma Aoyama

When I saw Thelma Aoyama was releasing a collaboration with SoulJa, it brought me back to her debut track, “Soba ni Iru yo”, which she colloborated with SoulJa on. “Itsumademo” gives you those sentimental feelings as “Soba ni Iru yo” does, but you can hear the growth in Thelma’s voice, lyrics, and composition; which makes for such a memorable track. “itsumademo” is a mid tempo R&B ballad with a great flow between Thelma’s vocals and SoulJa’s rapsy rap and the piano is icing on the cake. I enjoy the modern feel “Itsumademo” displays as it shows how both artists have grown with the music industry and with their style of music.

Check out “Itsumademo” feat. SoulJa here and the music video below!

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“Friend Zone” feat. CIMBA

Its so good to see Hiromi back as she has the most soulful voice in the R&B industry right now. “Friend Zone” shows off what her voice can do and makes me realize how much I’ve missed her music. “Friend Zone” is a mid tempo R&B track that concentrates on both Hiromi and CIMBA’s strong vocal capabilites and strong lyrics. Hiromi and CIMBA have the best collaborations as their vocals mesh perfectly together as they have soulful and colorful voices that showcase the meaning of Rhythm and Blues. “Friend Zone” is a catchy song and its one that you wish was longer than it is, as you get lost in its blissful sounds.

Check out “Friend Zone” feat. CIMBA here and the music video below!

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“Crazy Party Night” by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

As Halloween is my favorite month and with the release of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s latest single “Isshin Doutai”, I went back to Kyary's track “Crazy Party Night” which imbodies Halloween for me. Its fun, cute, Halloween-esque, upbeat, and makes you want to dance. Kyary puts her all into this by invoking the Halloween spirit, not to mention it has a catchy chorus that gets stuck in your head. “Crazy Party Night” also reminds me of a track that be used in Nightmare Before Christmas, just with its composition and lyrics. Its obvious that “Crazy Party Night” was on repeat all month with it oozing of the crazy Halloween spirit it encomposses.

Check out “Crazy Party Night” here and the music video below!

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“LonelyZombieWonderland” by I Don’t Like Mondays.

As its October, I tried to keep most of my playlist Halloween and came across the track “LonelyZombieWonderland” which isn’t very Halloween-eque but nonetheless a fanastic track with a jazzy composition and meaningful lyrics. I love the style I Don’t Like Mondays took in this song as it gives the live jazz band feel with the trumpets, the composition feels different than their usual rock pop feel, and it gives off the live feeling throughout the song. This was such a fun fresh song that easily gets stuck in your head and always make me crave for by I Don’t Like Mondays.

Check out “LonelyZombieWonderland” here and the music video below!

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“My Story” by FAKY

The month of October, FAKY released their studio album F and I have been addicted to it since its release. “My Story” has been one of my most played tracks on the album thus far. The lyrics touch my soul, their vocals fit perfectly with the composition, the chorus is catchy, and its a track I can easily sing-a-long too. “My Story” is a track that has brought me so much joy listening to it and helped uplift my spirit this month. FAKY has shown how much they’ve matured musically over the years and I am in love with the style they are doing.

Check out “My Story” here and the music video below!

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Ken's Ongaku Go for November 2022!

With the color changing month of November passing us by thats means a brand new Ongaku Go is upon us. We at OTY would like our readers to know what was filling our ears for the past month. Each track is available across all digital music streaming platforms with Apple Music featured on this site.

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“Colorful Raindrop” by Mime

This past month was a rough one with catching Covid and dealing with the effects of that for the first half of November. But if there is nothing that did change it’s that how much Mime has been absolutely amazing and their latest single “Colorful Raindrop” is exactly what I needed. The overall composition is incredible as it’s not overbearingly complicated nor does it carry that simplistic style of melody that we are used to Mime having. Hakari’s vocals absolutely work and made me fall with it all over again. I can’t wait to see with Mime has for the next year as 2022 was just fantastic for them overall. 

Be sure to check out the track here with the lyric video below!

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“JUST DANCE!” TRAVIS JAPAN

We had a debuting Johnny’s group, but more importantly we had a debuting Johnny’s group that made their debut digitally as well. While I do wish their more modern groups will make the transition internationally as well, I can really appreciate Travis Japan’s effort in this. As a debut it shows how much this group can succeed as this song is sung entirely in English. For a track that is titled “Just Dance”, they don’t fall into the traps that more modern groups are doing with their dance beats and actually makes it danceable for a normal person. I don’t what the future holds for Travis Japan, but I can’t wait. 

Check out the music video below along with track here!

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“Subtitle” by OFFICAL HIGE DANDISM

In my mind this is their best song since “I Love” a couple years back. While we did have this stigma about OFFICAL HIGE for trying to clout chase “Pretenders” for the longest time, I think they are finally hitting their stride and producing some of the most interesting tracks that I heard, with hits like “Cry Baby’ and “Mixed Nuts” in the months prior “Subtitle” is the cherry on top of their latest resurgence. While I might not want to hear songs like “Subtitle” by OFFICAL HIGE being released all the time, when they do go back to them, it makes it feel like a gem that is waiting to be found. This is easily a track that will be in my top 5 of the year.

Be sure to check out the music video below along with the song here!

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“AISHITA HARERUKANA” by Emi Noda

Now Emi Noda is a new artist that had exploded on to the scene. With the advent of Aimyon and such it is expected that this genre of the girl with the guitar will be touched upon time and time again. While I don’t like to mainly focus on that as a genre as being the main thing that drives the Japanese Music Industry as a whole, in moderations it’s fine. Originally sung by the amazing Keisuke Kuwata, Noda brings a frailness and more emotionally driven take to the piece that most others haven’t tried before. Her vocals were the first thing that really attracted me to this rendition which had led me to going back to it again and again throughout the month. I’m very excited to see how Emi makes her mark in the industry.

Be sure to check out the performance of the song below with it also here!

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SOS by Okkaa

Okkaa is an artist that I had my eye on for a while and I know he’s not going to be an artist for everyone with his more artistic takes for composition. However, SOS is something I ended up really liking due to his more naturalistic view of sounds which I ended absolutely loving throughout. Okkaa’s vocals might not be the strongest, but he has that sense of being able to hook you into a song and makes the listener be able to continue listening. While I might be bringing up his achievements all too much, I honestly can’t wait to see how he’ll do in the next year.

Check out the video below along with the track here!

Re:NO Dreams Further with the Release of Her Debut Album Internationally!

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Re:NO, the charismatic, powerful and popular former vocalist of Japan’s pioneering all female metal band Aldious, has announced the international release of her debut solo album DREAMER from our friends at JPU Records. The physical edition will feature a total of 17 tracks, including two bonus tracks exclusive to this international edition, as well as a bonus booklet containing full English lyric translations and Romaji lyric transliterations for every track. DREAMER on CD will be released from Japanese music specialists JPU Records from 13 January 2023 and available digitally later this week.

DREAMER includes a variety of songs, from the kind of heavy metal anthems one would expect from the former vocalist of Aldious, to sweet and beautiful ballads. Debut solo single ‘You go your way’ is also included, which topped the ‘Rock’ chart of iTunes Japan upon release, as well as the singles ‘Get over it’, ‘Re:play’ and ‘Forget Me Not’. The CD also includes two bonus tracks, recorded live from Re:NO’s sold out shows earlier this year.

Re:NO was born in Tokyo and joined Aldious as vocalist in 2013 where she helped the band break into Japan’s official top ten album chart, leading the way for Japan’s all-female metal bands to follow. It lead to Alternative Press saying “The ‘girls metal band boom’ of the 2010s, which brought us the likes of BABYMETAL, owes its initial success in part to the pioneering talents of Aldious”. Re:NO started her solo career strong in 2022 with sold out solo shows followed by a chart topping single, and finished the year with the domestic release of her first album DREAMER. Now, 2023 looks set to take her career even further with the international release of DREAMER following lots of requests from fans around the world.