Wednesday: is this anyone else’s favorite day of the week, purely for the fact that most Jrock CDs and DVDs/BDs are released then? I could run on and on about why this this day is so grand but, since you’re reading this, chances are you already know why! Below we’ve collected titles from over 30 bands, all to be released within September. Let us know what you guys are most looking forward to this month, we’d really like to know!
Personally, I’m super excited about a particular mini-album coming out very soon; need a hint? Look up! Next time we’ll be looking at the releases of October, so be sure to return next month!
| Date | Artist | Release Title | Release Type | Comment | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | MeteoroiD | Tegami (手紙) | Single | The single will be distributed at Machi’s (マチ) birthday one-man live Ibasho no Keiji (居場所の啓示) at Takadanobaba AREA on September 1. | — |
| 04 | HEXVOID | LET IT DIE | Single | A live-limited single to be released at Shimokitazawa LIVEHOLIC on September 4 and onward. | — |
| 07 | MEJIBRAY | THE END to be or not to be TOUR FINAL at Akasaka BLITZ | DVD | Features MEJIBRAY’s concert held on June 10 and 11, 2016 at Akasaka BLITZ. | CDJapan |
| 07 | DAMY | Choukyou (調教) | Album | DAMY’s first full album; comes in two editions. | Info |
| 07 | Anima | Hide&Seek | Single | — | CDJapan |
| 07 | Amano Izanagi (アマノヰザナギ) | Yamato Takerunomikoto Dai 1 Sho – Seisei – (倭建命-ヤマトタケルノミコト-第一章～西征～) | Single | — | CDJapan |
| 07 | Kurobara Oukoku (黒薔薇王国) | The Battlefront / Kaze, Fuku Kagiri (風 吹く限り / 黒薔薇王国) | Single | Double a-side single. | CDJapan |
| 07 | KILLANETH | Apocrypha | Single | KILLANETH’s second single: comes in two editions. | Info |
| 07 | XaaXaa (ザアザア) | Kamisori (カミソリ) | Single | The first of three new singles in series of concept singles themed on hopelessness. | Info |
| 07 | KAVKA | Can you feel this kisses? | Mini-album | KAVAKA’s first mini-album. | CDJapan |
| 07 | GIGAMOUS (ギガマウス) | GIGAGAIN | Mini-album | GIGAMOUS’ first mini-album, features re-recordings of their first five singles and more. | Info |
| 07 | PIGLOW in GLOOMY | Mukua (むくあ) | Mini-album. | PIGLOW in GLOOMY release their first mini-album including eight tracks. | CDJapan |
| 07 | ALvino | Breath – ALchemy vision normal – | Mini-album | ALvino brings a mini-album in commemoration of their 10th anniversary. | CDJapan |
| 07 | LANTANA | -LIBERATE- | Single | LANTANA’s first single. | CDJapan |
| 07 | NEiK | STAR DUST | Single | NEiK’s second single. | CDJapan |
| 07 | Viva Rush (ビバラッシュ) | Merry-Merry-Merry-Go!!-Round | Single | Viva Rush’s first single. | CDJapan |
| 07 | Various Artist (V.A.) | Tredected | Single | Compilation CD features three visual kei bands belonging to Planet CHILD Music, i.Rias, ZON, and Link; comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 07 | Giza (ギザ) | Ore ga Motenai nowa Paripi ga Genin ni Chigainai!! (俺がモテないのはパリピが原因に違いない!!) | Single | Giza’s second single; comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 07 | TETSUYA | Time Goes On -Awa no Yo ni (～泡のように～)- | Single | TETSUYA brings two singles simultaneously, Time Goes On and Make A Wish; Comes in four editions. | CDJapan |
| 07 | TETSUYA | Make A Wish | Single | TETSUYA brings two singles simultaneously, Make A Wish and Time Goes On; Comes in four editions. | CDJapan |
| 07 | DaizyStripper | Amakara (アマカラ) | Single | DaizyStripper’s 19th single in commemoration of their 10th anniversary; comes in four editions. | Info |
| 09 | GALNERYUS | The Sense Of Our Lives | DVD/BD | Features the final of GALNERYUS’s tour “THE SENSE OF OUR LIVES” held on April 23, 2016 at Toyosu PIT. This is last performance for Jun-ichi as a member. | CDJapan |
| 09 | Develop One’s Faculties | Kanjou Treatment (感情トリートメント) | Single | The single will be distributed at their one-man live Soutaiteki Catastrophe (相対的カタストロフィー) at Shinjuku ReNY on September 9. | — |
| 11 | Brother | CRIMSON | Mini-album | The live-limited mini album will be released at their two-part, acoustic one-man live CRIMSON-Kochi irodori Outori (東風随鴉)– at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE on September 11. | — |
| 14 | BugLug | BugLug Live DVD “Go To Sicks” | DVD | Features BugLug’s GO TO SICKS concert held on April 9, 2016 at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall; comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 14 | Kiryu (己龍) | Tandoku Jungyo “Saika Gaisei” Senshuraku TOKYO DOME CITY HALL 2016.04.24 | DVD | Features the final of “Saika Gaisei” tour held by Kiryu at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL on April 24, 2016. | CDJapan |
| 14 | REIGN | Kimi ni (君に) | Single | Comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 14 | DADAROMA | Yume Tarareba (夢タラレバ) | Single | DADAROMA’s third single; comes in two editions. | Info |
| 14 | An Cafe (アンティック-珈琲店-) | Atsukunare / Ikirutame no 3 Byo Rule (熱くなれ / 生きるための3秒ルール) | Single | An Cafe’s third major single; vocalist Maki Oguro (大黒摩季) joins in on the chorus of the bands cover of her song, Atsukunare. | Info |
| 14 | Zonbi (ぞんび) | Hakaba de Love Song (墓場 de ラヴソング) | Single | Zonbi’s third single; comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 14 | SCAPEGOAT | Hedoro (ヘドロ) | Single | Comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 14 | Toru Kato (加藤透) | Stratocaster | Album | Guitarist Toru’s (SEX-ANDROID) first album. Participating musicians are bassit Riu (Metronome), drummer Yura-sama (Dacco, The BEETHOVEN and Psycho le Cému), and drummer YAMATO of UCHUSENTAI:NOIZ. | CDJapan |
| 14 | Chanty | Fukanzen na Ongaku (不完全な音楽) | Mini-album | Chanty’s first mini-album; comes in two types. | Info |
| 14 | Versailles | The Greatest Hits 2007-2016 | Album | Versailles brings a greatest hits album with their leading tracks newly recorded for this release, plus two new songs; comes in two editions. | Info |
| 14 | MUCC | CLASSICS | Single | The title song is an intro theme for the television anime series “The Seven Deadly Sins – Signs of Holy War -“; comes in three editions. | Info |
| 14 | Kra | Uchu Traveler Cell Ban (宇宙トラベラー CELL盤) | Mini-album | Comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 14 | Kra | Uchu Traveler Core Ban (宇宙トラベラー CORE盤) | Mini-album | Comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 14 | lynch. | AVANTGARDE | Album | Comes in two editions. | Info |
| 15 | GAMEOVER (ガメオベラ) | Elixir (エリクサー) | Single | The single will be distributed at their presents live ‘Mizu’ no Men Zettai Rei do no Shikkou Jin (「水」の面 絶対零度の執行人) at Ikebukuro RUIDO K3 on September 15. | — |
| 17 | Ribelio (リベリオ) | Mass of hatred | Single | Their two-type live-limited single will be released at their one-man live ,THE BIRTH OF THE REBELLION, at RUIDO K4 on September 17. | — |
| 17 | Lolita23q (少女-ロリヰタ-23区) | Suiren no Heya (睡-スイレン-蓮の部屋) | Single | The single will be distributed at their one-day revival one-man live Zettai Mikado Ku (絶対帝区) at TSUTAYA O-East on September 17. | — |
| 18 | Toshi (俊) | Title to be announced. | Single | The live-limited single will be released at his two-part live toshinova (トシノバ) vol.2″ at Shinjuku SHUMINOVA on September 18. | — |
| 21 | SuG | Live “Virgin” | DVD/BD | Features the final of “SuG TOUR 2016 SLVS” held at Tokyo EX THEATER ROPPONGI. | CDJapan |
| 21 | BUCK-TICK | New World | Single | Comes in three editions. | Info |
| 21 | Metronome (トロノーム) | Kairisei Doitsujinbutsu (解離性同一人物) | Single | Metronome brings their 16th single with three new tracks each written by a member respectively. | CDJapan |
| 21 | Lill | Life Is Parade./Clean up! | Single | Lill’s first single; comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 21 | KEEL | Raison d’etre et de sang | Album | KEEL’s third album. | Info |
| 22 | Blads (ブラッズ) | Title to be announced. | Single | Their live-limited one-coin single will be released at their presents live at Sapporo COLONY on September 22. | — |
| 23 | JILUKA | THE CHAOTIC ZION- Live abstraction from 160521- | DVD | Their live DVD will be released at their one-man live The Chronostasis at Ikebukuro EDGE on September 23 | Info |
| 25 | $”Casper. | Welcome to… | Single | The live-limited single will be released at Wakayama GATE on September 25. | — |
| 28 | V.A. (Various Artist) | Starwave Records Vol.5 | DVD | Fifth omnibus compilation by Starwave Records is a DVD with music videos of 10 visual kei acts. | CDJapan |
| 28 | GOTCHAROCKA | Like a Millefeuille | DVD | GOTCHAROCKA’s fourth anniversary music video collection. Includes 14 videos plus a music video of “Samurai dreeeeeam breaker” as a bonus track. | CDJapan |
| 28 | Zin (ジン) | Honoo no Tomoshibi (焔ノトモシビ) | Single | Guitarist Luy takes over the mic on Zin’s first release since the departure of their vocalist, Riku. | Info |
| 28 | Mao (SID) | Maison de M | Mini-album | Mao’s (vocalist of SID) first mini-album; comes in three editions. | Info |
| 28 | Strawberry Song Orchestra ( ストロベリーソングオーケストラ) | Tokyo Grotesque (東京グロテスク) | Album | Strawberry Song Orchestra brings the second press of “Tokyo Grotesque. | CDJapan |
| 28 | V.A. (Various Artist) | Legend of Eden | Single | Visual kei compilation single release from Starwave Records. Includes new tracks by Misaruka and Synk;yet. Also includes Distress by Schwarzkain. | CDJapan |
| 28 | Tokinokito (トキノキト) | Obake to Tomodachi (おばけとトモダチ) | Single | Tokinokito’s third single. | CDJapan |
| 28 | Angelo | CORD | Album | Angelo brings an album commemorating their 10th anniversary of the band’s career; comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | Neverland | Secret World | Single | Comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | ∞INFi2TY | Dual x Face | Single | ∞INFi2TY’s third single; comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | †яi￠к | FIXER | Single | †яi￠к’s sixth single; comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | the THIRTEEN | LIAR.LIAR. | Single | The THIRTEEN’s (consisting of Mao and Mizuki of Sadie) first single; comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | Blu-BiLLioN | Kono Te ni Arumono (この手に在るもの) | Single | Blu-BiLLioN’s 14th single; comes in three editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | BUCK-TICK | Atom Miraiha No.9 (アトム 未来派 No.9) | Album | BUCK-TICK’s 20th album; comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 28 | Grieva (グリーヴァ) | Liar… | Single | Grieva’s eighth single; comes in two editions. | CDJapan |
| 29 | Yoru (夜) | Yoru / sore wa subete ni hitoshiku otozureru yami (夜/それは全てに等しく訪れる闇) | EP | The live-limited EP will be released at Daikanyama UNIT on September 29 and onward. | — |
| 25 | the gods and death stars | Alone (アロン) | Single | The single will be distributed at their one-man live anniversary’s～god of the shock age～ at Shibuya CHELSEA HOTEL on September 25. | — |
| 30 | Xecstage | NO GOING BACK | Single | The single will be distributed at their free one-man live Escape for the Xecstage at HOLIDAY SHINJUKU on September 30. | — |
Feel free to leave corrections and missing releases in the comment section and I will update the schedule as soon as possible.
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