A new compilation CD is set to be released this coming January, featuring current visual kei related acts, including
Merry,
D,
DaizyStripper and
heidi., covering the hit songs of well-known '90s VK artists.
The compilation is titled
Crush! 90's V-Pop Best Hit Cover Songs and will be released on January 26th 2011. It is currently available for pre-order at
CDJapan and comes with an all-colour 32-page booklet featuring interviews with all the participating bands.
All of the covered artists have had a part in shaping the early visual kei scene, and include bands such as
X JAPAN,
MALICE MIZER,
Raphael and more. A list of the tracks and artists can be found below:
12012 -
Winter, again [
GLAY cover]
And -
Romance [
PENICILLIN cover]
Doremidan -
Machi [
SOPHIA cover]
Matenrou Opera -
Kurenai [
X JAPAN cover]
Lolita23q -
STORM [
LUNA SEA cover]
BugLug -
Melty Love [
SHAZNA cover]
DaizyStripper -
With-you [
La'cryma Christi cover]
DOG inThe Parallel World Orchestra -
Yume yori Suteki na [
Raphael cover]
DuelJewel -
JUPITER [
BUCK-TICK cover]
heidi. -
Pink Spider [
hide with Spread Beaver cover]
LOST ASH -
ENDLESS LOVE [
D-SHADE cover]
D -
Gekka no Yasoukyoku [
MALICE MIZER cover]
Mix Speaker’s, Inc. -
S.O.S Romantic [
CASCADE cover]
MERRY -
Schwein no Isu [
DIR EN GREY cover]
NoGoD -
1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou [
SIAM SHADE cover]