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  1. wacoca.com/media/646298/ 「Hideが旅立って今日で28年」YOSHIKIが心境つづる「心の中でよく会話」 (2026年5月2日掲載) – ライブドアニュース # #HIDE #music #XJAPAN #YOSHIKI #音楽

  2. wacoca.com/media/646298/ 「Hideが旅立って今日で28年」YOSHIKIが心境つづる「心の中でよく会話」 (2026年5月2日掲載) – ライブドアニュース # #HIDE #music #XJAPAN #YOSHIKI #音楽

  3. wacoca.com/media/646298/ 「Hideが旅立って今日で28年」YOSHIKIが心境つづる「心の中でよく会話」 (2026年5月2日掲載) – ライブドアニュース # #HIDE #music #XJAPAN #YOSHIKI #音楽

  4. 🌧️ “ENDLESS RAIN, FALL ON MY HEART… kokoro no kizu ni
    LET ME FORGET ALL OF THE HATE, ALL OF THE SADNESS”

    — Endless Rain by X Japan 🎹

    When people hear rock band, they often imagine speed and intensity ⚡

    But X Japan proved rock can also carry deep vulnerability.

    With Yoshiki’s haunting piano and powerful vocals, Endless Rain remains one of the most unforgettable ballads in J-rock.

    Sometimes the strongest songs are the quietest ones. 🌧️🎶

    #XJAPAN #jrock #vkei #jrocknorth #jmfest #Yoshiki

  5. Yoshiki verschiebt die Veröffentlichung seines neuen Stücks „Larmes“. Der Song soll nun im Album „Yoshiki Classical II“ erscheinen.
    #YOSHIKI #XJAPAN #JMusic

    sumikai.com/musik-news/japanis

  6. Esprit D’Air – Aeons Review

    By Baguette of Bodom

    Electronic music and metal joining forces is often treated with suspicion. Not electronic in the ‘band member finds a Casio keyboard in their cellar’ sense,1 but a genuine fusion of the two with synthesizers on the forefront. Esprit D’Air is one of the more recent bands making waves with their take on this mix. A Japanese band formed in London in 2010 and spearheaded by Kai (The Sisters of Mercy—yes, that one), they’ve quickly formed their identity around a catchy blend of alternative metal, J-rock, and trance, among other stranger things. One break-up and reformation later, debut album Constellations finally appeared in 2017, followed by 2022’s Oceans and 2024’s Seasons.2 Fourth full-length Aeons is looking to delve deeper into Esprit D’Air’s niche, attempting a more varied package without any of their usual guest features help. How do they handle this melting pot of genres alone?

    Aeons is here to have fun, first and foremost. While the resurrected post-2016 incarnation of Esprit D’Air is technically a solo project—Kai being the only ‘official’ full-time member—they do function as a band in practice. Frontman Kai and partner-in-crime Takeshi Tokunaga are behind most of the album’s writing and instrumentation, with Jan-Vincent Velazco handling the drum department. It’s difficult to pin down simple comparison points to Esprit D’Air’s genre soup shenanigans, but the majority of Aeons is built around alternative metal filtered through an anthemic, rock-oriented quality, the likes of X Japan (“Like a Phoenix”). Occasionally, their sound even leans towards the AOR, power-ish metal soar of newer Battle Beast (“Shadow of Time,” “Silver Leaf”). The guitar work usually resides next to or behind the keyboards, but it does a fine job adding extra heaviness to the album, and the instrumentation in general is tight and snappy. Kai’s vocal chops also play a major role on the record, further decorating strong choruses with melodic, J-rock-inspired vocal lines (“Chronos,” “羽ばたけ”).

    Esprit D’Air has a penchant for strong hooks, especially on keyboards. Tracks like “Silver Leaf” and “Like a Phoenix” highlight the album’s greatest strengths, fusing together J-rock with extremely catchy synth patches that borrow from both techno and trance. Crucially, its multifaceted arsenal of keyboard and guitar styles makes the songs distinct from one another. Though the guitars could be more prominent, their relatively simplistic rhythmic role is complemented by powerful leads and intricate solo work when needed. The band’s attitude on instrumentation and songwriting is at times reminiscent of the way Elyose fuses early 2000s electronic and metal influences together, occasionally drifting towards their modern djentier alt-metal sound (“Chronos,” Lost Horizon”) or even the melodic downtuned attack of Periphery (“Quetzalcoatl”). Through their spectrum of styles, Aeons fulfills the band’s threat to feature more variety in a sleeker form.

    The variety of Aeons, while intriguing, is a double-edged sword. There’s a particular spot around tracks 8–10 where the album’s alternative edge morphs into an edgier, nu-informed sound, both instrumentally and vocally (“Broken Mirror,” “絶望の光”). Despite Esprit D’Air kind of pulling it off, it doesn’t fit the album’s mood, especially not with all of it centered on one region. Half-ballad “Stardust” also quiets the album’s thunder somewhat, its bright but melancholic soundscape causing Kai to overstep his optimal vocal range. Fortunately, the majority of Aeons is memorable and at times even infectious. Its brevity softens its missteps; where Oceans landed at almost an hour, Aeons does more in nearly half the amount of time. This slick 35-minute runtime means its speed bumps aren’t fatal, but the middle of the album does still sag in comparison to the powerful start and finish.

    Aeons ends up being an entertaining, tight bundle of melodic genre-defying goodness. Its catchy rock/metal attack blends together everything ’00s, and the electronic influences are particularly satisfying. The record’s inconsistency does leave something to be desired, and its sonical direction is unfocused at points, but the positives ultimately outweigh its stumbles. When I picked up the promo for Aeons, I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into or what to expect. Now, it’s apparent Esprit D’Air have made an album that amounts to more than its components imply. I reckon their appeal can reach beyond their cited genre tags, and there’s plenty of room to further expand on their best qualities in the future.

    Rating: Good!
    DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: FLAC
    Label: Starstorm Records (self-run)
    Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
    Releases Worldwide: November 7th, 2025

    #2025 #30 #aeons #alternativeMetal #battleBeast #electronicMetal #electronicore #elyose #espritDair #jRock #japaneseMetal #nov25 #periphery #review #reviews #starstormRecords #theSistersOfMercy #tranceMetal #xJapan

  7. In a day like today:

    Artist: X Japan
    Title: Tears
    Genre: Hard Rock, Symphonic Rock
    Format: Mini-CD single Stereo released in November 10, 1993. Under Atlantic Records, Japan.

    #Japan #JapaneseRock #HardRock #JapaneseMusic #1990s #XJapan #MusicRelease

  8. In a day like today:

    Artist: X Japan
    Title: Tears
    Genre: Hard Rock, Symphonic Rock
    Format: Mini-CD single Stereo released in November 10, 1993. Under Atlantic Records, Japan.

    #Japan #JapaneseRock #HardRock #JapaneseMusic #1990s #XJapan #MusicRelease

  9. wacoca.com/media/464622/ 大豊作だった夏アニメを総括!生粋アニオタ・田口尚平が絶賛する「珠玉の作品」 【アニメ最強番付2025・大関編】 – ふねぽ #television #tv #TVPrograms #XJAPAN #テレビ #テレビ番組 #堀江瞬 #小野大輔

  10. Among supporters of #ShinzoAbe, #SanaeTakaichi who has accepted foreigners, especially #Chinese , at the fastest rate in the world, it's been popular to make money by attacking on the foreigners.

    Fraudulent country #Japan #Xjapan #Twitter #ElonMusk #Trump #Epstein #Israel
    #Ukraine, #Paletine #gaza next might be Japan

    #暴行動画拡散 #野口健

    夜月ニューススタンド
    @yorutsukin
    x.com/yorutsukin/status/197065

    髙安カミユ(ミジンコまさ)
    @martytaka777
    x.com/martytaka777/status/1970 [参照]

  11. Among supporters of #ShinzoAbe, #SanaeTakaichi who has accepted foreigners, especially #Chinese , at the fastest rate in the world, it's been popular to make money by attacking on the foreigners.

    Fraudulent country #Japan #Xjapan #Twitter #ElonMusk #Trump #Epstein #Israel
    #Ukraine, #Paletine #gaza next might be Japan

    #暴行動画拡散 #野口健

    夜月ニューススタンド
    @yorutsukin
    x.com/yorutsukin/status/197065

    髙安カミユ(ミジンコまさ)
    @martytaka777
    x.com/martytaka777/status/1970 [参照]

  12. Among supporters of #ShinzoAbe, #SanaeTakaichi who has accepted foreigners, especially #Chinese , at the fastest rate in the world, it's been popular to make money by attacking on the foreigners.

    Fraudulent country #Japan #Xjapan #Twitter #ElonMusk #Trump #Epstein #Israel
    #Ukraine, #Paletine #gaza next might be Japan

    #暴行動画拡散 #野口健

    夜月ニューススタンド
    @yorutsukin
    x.com/yorutsukin/status/197065

    髙安カミユ(ミジンコまさ)
    @martytaka777
    x.com/martytaka777/status/1970 [参照]

  13. Among supporters of #ShinzoAbe, #SanaeTakaichi who has accepted foreigners, especially #Chinese , at the fastest rate in the world, it's been popular to make money by attacking on the foreigners.

    Fraudulent country #Japan #Xjapan #Twitter #ElonMusk #Trump #Epstein #Israel
    #Ukraine, #Paletine #gaza next might be Japan

    #暴行動画拡散 #野口健

    夜月ニューススタンド
    @yorutsukin
    x.com/yorutsukin/status/197065

    髙安カミユ(ミジンコまさ)
    @martytaka777
    x.com/martytaka777/status/1970 [参照]

  14. Among supporters of #ShinzoAbe, #SanaeTakaichi who has accepted foreigners, especially #Chinese , at the fastest rate in the world, it's been popular to make money by attacking on the foreigners.

    Fraudulent country #Japan #Xjapan #Twitter #ElonMusk #Trump #Epstein #Israel
    #Ukraine, #Paletine #gaza next might be Japan

    #暴行動画拡散 #野口健

    夜月ニューススタンド
    @yorutsukin
    x.com/yorutsukin/status/197065

    髙安カミユ(ミジンコまさ)
    @martytaka777
    x.com/martytaka777/status/1970 [参照]

  15. Hey look what i picked up for free from the book exchange at the recycling depot

    #jrock #xjapan #hide #music

  16. Dear people who are into #jrock (looking at you, @gnitro, but also anyone), I'm looking for some cool modern Japanese rock band recommendations. I'm not hip to anything newer than #xjapan (only a slight exaggeration). :HoloEmbarrassed:

    Preference on heavier stuff, but any rock is fine.

    What would you recommend?

    #music #japan #jpop #japanese

  17. La interpretación de Hayashi (o HAYASii) en el #anime #Dandadan sorprendió hasta a #Yoshiki, el líder #XJapan, que habló de este tributo que podría tener algunas implicaciones legales :3. universo-nintendo.com.mx/2025/

  18. El episodio 6 de la segunda temporada de Dan Da Dan me hizo acordar mucho a X Japan

    #DanDaDan #Animen #TKZAnime #XJapan #JRock

  19. Nach seiner dritten Hals-OP feierte Yoshiki beim MLB-Saisonauftakt seine Rückkehr ans Klavier – doch sein Perfektionismus ließ ihn zweifeln. #YOSHIKI #XJAPAN #MLB

    sumikai.com/musik-news/yoshiki

  20. Am 2. und 3. Mai findet im Tokyo Gymnasium der "hide Memorial Day 2025 hide with Spread Beaver "REPSYCLE" ~Life is still going on!!~" statt. Gedacht wird dem legendären Musiker hide von der ebenso berühmten Band X Japan. #XJapan #hide #hideMemorialDay

    sumikai.com/musik-news/hide-me

  21. ALMOST FORGOT THAT I MADE A NEW #artofrally VIDEO!

    I booted up the game, chose the Impreza and then BAM.
    FINLAND AS FIRST STAGE.

    This video *had* to be done.

    youtube.com/watch?v=EVdVlRFXZG

    #rally #gaming #racing #xjapan #90s #groupa #colinmcrae

  22. A story about my GitHub handle “dahlia”: It's named after an album by a band I used to listen to in middle school called X JAPAN. I stopped listening to them when I got to high school, but all of my teenage accounts have this “dahlia” handle. Now, even though I want to change it, I can't for fear of breaking the permalinks. 😂

    github.com/dahlia

  23. Breaking radio silence for a bit of fun this fine seventh best day of the week. I feel like us Mastodonians have been conditioned to recoil at the mention of “X” these days, which is ridiculous since the letter has existed for, well, x number of years. And, more relevant to our interests here, “X” has been used as the name of (at least) three separate bands: the punk rock band from Australia, the heavy metal band from Japan, and the punk rock band from the US. So, as ye ol’ hardcore band Too Pure To Die once so eloquently said, let’s “X the fuck up” and take X back, if only for a few album spins. In other words, though only the latter band is in The List (or at least was, prior to this post), we’re going to look at all three X bands today.

    X – X-Aspirations (1980, Australia)

    Okay, first up: the Australian X, formed in 1977 by Ian Rilen (a founding/ex-member of hard rock band Rose Tattoo), Steve Lucas, Ian Krahe, and Steve Cafiero. The album we spotlight here is their debut album (also just called Aspirations), which was included in the 2010 book 100 Best Australian Albums. Recorded in a single 5-hour session in 1979 (without Krahe, who had died of an overdose in 1978), the album was released the following year. The band broke up/went on hiatus after the album’s release until 1983, and then would go on to release two more studio albums and three live albums. In 2011, an amazing album of DIY recordings from 1977 with the entire original line-up was also released, mixed/mastered from the original four-track masters. While the band is still active, Lucas is the only remaining original member (Cafiero died in 1988, and Rilen in 2006).

    I had never heard X-Aspirations before and enjoyed every single millisecond of it. Standout tracks for me are “I Don’t Wanna Go Out” (a fitting theme song for a pandemic world), “Coat of Green”, and, my favorite, “Waiting”. Also, included on the 2009 reissue (the version in the below YouTube link) is their fantastic cover of John Lennon’s “Mother”, originally released in 1984 as a 7″. If you’re a fan of great punk rock (and bands like Green River), I think you’ll really dig this band. In fact, this album has now been added to The List, it’s that good.

    X – Under The Big Black Sun (1982, US)

    Next up: the American X, also formed in 1977, by John Doe, Exene Cervenka, D.J. Bonebrake (who also played drums for the Germs), and Billy Zoom. The album featured here is number 766 from The List (submitted by @puffer). This is the album that sparked this post, as it was randomly chosen as the next for me to spotlight, via a Mastodon survey put up the day of the solar eclipse (the winning choice being “Sun 12”, or the 12th album in The List to have “sun” in the title).

    In a later spotlight we’ll take a look at the band’s beginnings and their first album, Los Angeles (as it’s also on The List). Under The Big Black Sun, X’s third album, retains their rockabilly foundation but sounds a bit different than their previous work, being closer to hard rock than punk, and with a more somber mood due to Cervenka’s sister’s tragic death in 1980. While it perhaps didn’t make official lists like the previous two albums, this album is considered by many to be their best, and isn’t a bad place to start if you haven’t checked out (this) X before.

    X – Vanishing Vision (1988, Japan)

    And lastly: the Japanese X (エックス), formed in 1982 originally as a punk band by Yoshiki and Toshi, fellow Kiss fans who were in high school at the time. They switched to metal, and established their original complete lineup around 1987 when Pata, hide, and Taiji joined. In 1992, the band would change their name to X Japan (エックス・ジャパン), so as to not be confused with the American X (sorry, Australian X…).

    So, like, this X is Huge, with a capital “H”. They’ve been playing the biggest venues since 1991. They’re credited as being an originator of the Visual Kei movement/subculture. They’ve released more live albums than studio (six vs. five). They were featured in Sam Dunn’s 2008 documentary Global Metal (including an interview with Yoshiki). The 2016 documentary on Yoshiki and the band We Are X included interviews with Gene Simmons and Stan Lee, premiered at Sundance, and won a number of awards. They’ve influenced not only countless other J-rock/metal bands, but also K-pop. They’ve made greatest Japanese band/album lists for over 20 years. Etc. etc. etc.

    Though their second album, the 1989 Blue Blood, is considered to be their breakthrough album and has made a number of best-of lists, we’re going to spotlight their debut album here, Vanishing Vision, released in 1988. This is 42 minutes of absolutely quality speed/power metal, with lyrics in both Japanese and English. A couple of the tracks would be reworked for the more symphonic/ballad-tinged and polished Blue Blood (including the album’s final unfinished song, which is actually finished for BB), but I think Vanishing Vision has more charm and is more cohesive as an album. Really though, you’ll have a great time listening to either, and, for more X content, you do need to check out the fantastic crowd-friendly song “X” (e.g., this live 1990 performance), on Blue Blood.

    There’s a lot to dig in with this band – the music, the aesthetics, the drama, multiple tragedies, etc. – so I’ll leave it up to you to go down the X Japan rabbit hole on your own. But one more nugget, seeing as we’re X’ing the fuck up – because the band owns the name, the regional site formerly known as Twitter Japan was not able to rebrand to “X Japan” like a clearly non-metal fan wanted. And so, thank you for existing, X Japan, for multiple reasons. You’ve now been added to The List.

    Happy listening, I’ll meet you here again in a couple weeks.

    [Alt text for accompanying image: Three album covers are in a row, X-Aspirations in the back left, Vanishing Vision in the back right, and Under The Big Black Sun in the front center. The cover art for X-Aspirations is an image of a black X with a black and white background, with the album title in red font in the left bottom corner. The cover art for Under The Big Black Sun is a black and white drawing of a bedroom with a window looking at a city. The band name is a big gold letter in the top left corner, with the album title in blue font beside. The cover art for Vanishing Vision is a painting of a woman’s torso, wearing a leather corset and neck piece, with a bit of a nip slip situation. A hand is grabbing her right breast, and another hand is holding a knife dripping with blood, presumably the knife that slashed a bloody x into the torso. The band’s name is a grey letter in the top right corner, and the album name is written on a slant across the bottom right corner.]

    https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/05/21/x-up/

    #1001OtherAlbums #1980s #Australia #metal #postPunk #powerMetal #punk #rock #speedMetal #visualKei #XBand #XJapan #Yoshiki

  24. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: YOSHIKI Performs U.S. National Anthem At Dodger Stadium In Los Angeles
    Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki received a standing ovation for his beautiful piano performance of the U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16 – "Hello Kitty Night." The rock star — who has been named "the most..

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-yo

    #Yoshiki #USNationalAnthem #DodgerStadium #HelloKitty #LosAngeles #XJapan #EndlessRain #DodgersBaseball

  25. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: YOSHIKI Performs U.S. National Anthem At Dodger Stadium In Los Angeles
    Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki received a standing ovation for his beautiful piano performance of the U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16 – "Hello Kitty Night." The rock star — who has been named "the most..

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-yo

    #Yoshiki #USNationalAnthem #DodgerStadium #HelloKitty #LosAngeles #XJapan #EndlessRain #DodgersBaseball

  26. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: YOSHIKI Performs U.S. National Anthem At Dodger Stadium In Los Angeles
    Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki received a standing ovation for his beautiful piano performance of the U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16 – "Hello Kitty Night." The rock star — who has been named "the most..

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-yo

    #Yoshiki #USNationalAnthem #DodgerStadium #HelloKitty #LosAngeles #XJapan #EndlessRain #DodgersBaseball

  27. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: YOSHIKI Performs U.S. National Anthem At Dodger Stadium In Los Angeles
    Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki received a standing ovation for his beautiful piano performance of the U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16 – "Hello Kitty Night." The rock star — who has been named "the most..

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-yo

    #Yoshiki #USNationalAnthem #DodgerStadium #HelloKitty #LosAngeles #XJapan #EndlessRain #DodgersBaseball

  28. #TheMetalDogArticleList
    #BLABBERMOUTH
    Watch: YOSHIKI Performs U.S. National Anthem At Dodger Stadium In Los Angeles
    Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki received a standing ovation for his beautiful piano performance of the U.S. National Anthem at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 16 – "Hello Kitty Night." The rock star — who has been named "the most..

    blabbermouth.net/news/watch-yo

    #Yoshiki #USNationalAnthem #DodgerStadium #HelloKitty #LosAngeles #XJapan #EndlessRain #DodgersBaseball