MALICE MIZER – merveilles l'espace Review: Gothic Elegance Captured
When MALICE MIZER released merveilles l'espace in 2002, they were operating at the intersection of their most th...
Album and EP reviews from the VK Chronicle team.
When MALICE MIZER released merveilles l'espace in 2002, they were operating at the intersection of their most th...
April 2026 Month in Review: Reunions, Supergroups & the Sound of Tomorrow
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Xaa-Xaa's *Akairo* arrives like a bleeding wound—visceral, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore. This 2018 CD ...
When a band titles an album *DECADE*, they're making a statement. For DEATHGAZE, 2013's *DECADE* arrived as both...
DIR EN GREY's MORTAL DOWNER arrives as a meditation on spiritual exhaustion—a sonic journey through despair that...
There's a palpable darkness that settles over BLUE BLOOD from its first moments—a suffocating, beautiful dread t...
When a band reaches the status of Visual Kei institution, a singles compilation becomes more than just a cash gr...
DIR EN GREY has never been a band to rest on laurels, and *MORTAL DOWNER* proves they're still willing to push b...
There's a particular kind of beauty that emerges from controlled destruction, and DALLE's 2021 offering *Destroy...
There's something deeply satisfying about hearing BUCK-TICK's vision rendered in analog warmth. *Kurutta Taiyou*...
Some anniversaries feel like obligations. NIGHTMARE's 25th is not one of them. √25 — read it as the square root ...
Fifteen years into their career, DIAURA have earned the right to call a release Ephemeral — because everything t...
When ASP dropped their debut with a deliberately provocative title, it felt like shock value masking growing pai...
If you thought HYDE's solo work couldn't get any more sophisticated, think again. The L'Arc~en~Ciel frontman's o...