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Seileen, the gothic industrial duo formed by Selia and DJ SiSeN, finally released their debut work earlier this year, containing all the demos and tracks featured on their myspace page.  The mini-album, entitled 'Kinjirareta Asobi' [or "Forbidden Play"] is as one would expect, mysterious, dark, and hypnotically trance-like.  Comprised mostly of minimalist beats and melodies overlaid with a touch of classical influence from the piano, harpsicord, and Selia's elegant, haunting operatic vocals, Seileen's first release is a tantalizing venture into the shadowy, bewitching world of the gothic/industrial music and club scene.  The music is eccentric and no doubt won't fit some people's tastes, but if you're into trance, techno, or goth you might enjoy this album.  Here are two of the best songs off it:  'Baku'    'Kinjirareta Asobi'

Moving back to the rock scene, meth. is a group I discovered not too long ago and may appeal to fans of dark, brutally heavy music.  The singer Akito has a good voice, especially when it comes to screams and growls, and the instrumentals range from relentless headbang-inducing riffs to softer, melodious phrases with equal skill.  The band came out with a new single earlier this year called 'THE LAST SLEEP'.  I think meth. are a promising young band, and despite their compositions sometimes sounding similar to each other, with this latest single I think the quality and variety of their sound has certainly expanded.  Now for some tracks to sample:  'THE LAST SLEEP'    'NO ONE CAN STOP ME'
As for upcoming releases, DELUHI will be re-releasing 'Two Hurt' as a single with one b-side.  I was really hoping for some new material from them, but this is still great 'cause Two Hurt' is an excellent song and worthy of a make-over.  From the pv sample it sounds like they've really polished it up and added background vocals to certain parts.  The sound is deeper, smoother, and Juri's singing in particular is more emotional and powerful this time around.  Still, I wish DELUHI would put out something with a more substantial amount of material, like a mini-album or even a full album.  Who knows, perhaps one is in the works waiting to blow us away, but knowing they have such incredible talent, I can't help but feel they haven't truly displayed it to their full potential yet...especially Leda, I mean, I love the guitar work he's done so far, but I wish we could see more of this kind of amazingness from him. ^_^

By the way, I finally got around to watching the footage that came with DELUHI's 'RECLAIMATION OF DELUHISM' dvd, and was surprised by the ironic revelation that though you couldn't tell from the pv footage, DELUHI filmed 'HYBRID TRUTH' at that abandoned building that's been used so many times in visual-kei pvs (e.g. the GazettE's 'Taion', alice nine.'s 'NUMBER SIX', Kiyoharu's 'Horizon', Merry's 'Komorebi ga Boku wo Sagashiteru', etc., etc.).
It's really quite amusing how often bands use the same locations for pvs, and it happens with photoshoot backdrops as well (like the infamous set with round red & white chairs).  For example, Phantasmagoria's 'Lost in Thought' and Vidoll's 'Gothikaroid' were done in the same place, D's 'Mayutsuki no Hitsugi' and Sadie's 'grieving the dead soul' feature the same church, and Ayabie's 'Glitter Tropen' and Sugar's 'Yokusou' were filmed in the same warehouse.