Earlier this year, Deathpair announced that they would go on hiatus. Then, this past summer, they announced their return would actually be a final oneman. Their last performance, entitled The Final, was held on October 8th at Ikebukuro (池袋) BlackHole.

Meteor has release two new singles. While the band has been broken up since 2008, last year they put most of their discography up on streaming services (which we wrote about here!). Now, the band has put out two additional singles not part of their original content drop.

DIAURA have released a new collection album, celebrating their 15th anniversary.

MASKED BEYOND is a concert event that breaks the invisible separation between the J-rock and visual kei scenes. Vol.1 will be held on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at clubasia in Tokyo.

"MASKED Audition ~Midsummer Maverick~" was held at Shibuya REX on August 26th (Wed). MASKED audition is an audition live for the chance to perform at "MASKED 2027," which will be held over three days from May 27th (Thu) to 29th (Sat), 2027. Eight bands battled it out on stage, but only two prevailed.

ClearVeil have announced a 20th anniversary live next spring. This follows a period of relative silence since sharing a mysterious post back in July that simply read "ClearVeil 2027."

A re-recorded version of SHAZNA's iconic 1997 hit "Melty Love" will be featured as the opening theme for an upcoming game remake titled Sentimental Graffiti -Re-. This announcement also commemorates the band's 30th debut anniversary.

The second edition of VKDJ will be held on September 26!

Welcome to the 9th installment of the New Releases Playlist for 2026, featuring GUMMY as the cover artist ♫.

VALHALLA have put out two new digital releases this month 💿