'90s Visual Kei Cover Album

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]