''Cure'' is a Japanese rock music and fashion magazine published monthly. It features the latest

visual kei is a movement among Japanese musicians that is characterized by the use of varying levels of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics, similar to Western glam rock. Som ...

bands as well as fashion and styling tips. It also has the latest news and trends on the visual kei music scene. Different artists are featured on the front and back cover every month. Regularly featured bands include

Diaura is a four-member Japanese visual kei rock band, currently signed to their own record label, called NDG, they were formerly under Galaxy Inc. and then Ains. The band formed in December 2010 by yo-ka (ex-Valluna and Megamasso roadie), Kei (ex-Val ...

Mejibray Mejibray was a Japanese visual kei rock band which came together on June 18, 2011, founded by their vocalist, Tsuzuku, and signed on to White Side Group. Their musical style is heavy metal and hard rock, while also taking elements from genres s ...

, Royz, Blu-Billion, ARLEQUIN,

BAROQUE The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

, R-Shitei, BugLug, Sadie, DaizyStripper and

DuelJewel is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in January 1997. History DuelJewel began in 1997; during their early beginnings they released several demos. The vocalist Hayato joined in 1997, left, and returned in 1999. The band released their ...

. The magazine originally focused on lesser-known visual kei bands than those covered by magazines like ''

Shoxx ''Shoxx'' (stylized as ''SHOXX'') was a Japanese music magazine published monthly by Ongakusenkasha founded by Seiichi Hoshiko. It focused on Japan's visual kei scene, featuring its most popular bands as well as new ones. It is advertised as a "Vis ...

''. The magazine also features fashion snapshot cruisings of fans from all over the world attending visual kei and Jrock shows. Originally a print publication, it switched to an online, digital format in 2022.

Columns

Popular columns within the magazine: Exclusive Photos - Live Report and After Interview of popular Visual kei bands Band Close ups - one on one interviews Band Pick up - Interviews and reports on the newest hot bands Live Reports - Jrock and Visual Kei band concert reports Style Counseling - Hot Fashion brands and styling from Cure and the bands Special Columns - Newest live house and music release information, Snap Shot Cruising, close pick up of bands personal activities

Overseas Shows and Events

Cure Magazine has been known for bringing Visual kei and Jrock bands oversea for shows and panel sessions for the past years including Riku (Chariots), Kuro (VelBet), GaGaaling at Anime Expo 2008, Kaya at PMX 2008, Dio & Sugar at OniCon 2008 Texas, Auncia & Satsuki at Anime Expo 2009, ALSDEAD & Satsuki at Anime Vegas 2009, Born & Satsuki at Onicon 2009 Texas, MYM (Gagaaling) at Anime Boston 2010, SADIE Live at AM2 Los Angeles 2011, CELL at ANIME EXPO 2013, and Los Angeles VK and Idol Fest 2014. The Official Cure Magazine Shop in Los Angeles, XENON has been providing U.S. fans to interact with bands through Livestream Q&A session events since August 2014. Well known bands including CELL, Diaura, Royz, DaizyStripper, Grieva, Lin -End of World Corruption, Arlequin, The Rhedoric, and Pentagon have been welcomed to the event. The magazine organized a visual kei festival in April 2016, with foreign visual bands attending, as well as Japanese bands like

and Clowd.

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