An album of V-rock anime cover songs is set for release on May 23rd.
Titled
Counteraction -V-Rock covered Visual Anime songs Compilation-, the album contains fourteen tracks by visual kei artists which have been used as anime theme songs. It features both older songs, such as
GACKT's
Lu:na and
X JAPAN's
FOREVER LOVE, as well as recent songs, such as
Golden Bomber's
Boku quest. For this album, the songs have been covered by different visual kei artists.
For example, the album includes
SID's
Monokuro no kiss, which was used in the series "Kuroshitsuji" and has been covered on the album by
DaizyStripper, as well as
Nightmare's song
the WORLD, which was used for the series "DEATH NOTE" and covered on the album by
GUILD.
A full list of the songs and artists, along with any upcoming news on the release, can be found on the album's
official Facebook page.