On 2017-02-08, at 01:16, Kentz (ケンツ) passed away. He had been battling cancer for 5 years.
As we reported last week, FAZ drummer TAKAHIRO was arrested by Osaka police, which prompted the band to pause activities later on next year.
FAZ drummer TAKAHIRO (a.k.a. Hiyoka (卑妖華), ex-WERKMARE) has been arrested, and the band will indefinitely pause activities in consequence.
Little update on MARCO (マルコ)'s live schedule:
remembrance and Crucifixion performed at an event on 2016-11-05.
KISAKI has finally broken his radio silence: this morning he tweeted that KISAKI PROJECT feat.Hitomi will perform in December, and that he's sorry for the trouble he caused.
TLDR: KISAKI was caught in a scandal today, and seems to have abruptly retired as a result... Full details, as I understand them, follow:
ARLEQUIN (アルルカン) vocalist Aki (暁) will temporarily cease performing due vocal nodules.
Lots of GIGA news today, in the wake of GIGAMOUS (ギガマウス)' tour final! New releases and lives... and more HEISEI ISHIN (平成維新) memorial lives!
Here's some minor news: