Vanadian Avenue

12/09/2025

Oh my god, we can't believe it! Chaidura is back! Vanadian Avenue are premiering his new single "Flower" and we have to say it's a definitive bye bye bye to the K-Pop phase. Rock and roll is back and Chai actually wrote an entire love song to the (infamous) genre!

We don't have to tell you that Chaidura is absolutely brilliant. The song mixes several different genres into a fascinating sonic concoction.

Some great news folks! Chaidura is back. Our favourite Singaporean born, London based, visual kei meets k-pop artist, has a new single premiering today and we couldn’t say no to writing a rev…

02/09/2025

A bit late but we have another exciting update for Re:O!

“Crimson Desire” is about to hit 4k stream on Spotify! Thank you to all who stream the song. It's amazing as the band has not been placed on any playlists, all streams come from organic fans and listens – this means a lot to a band that has no label support, no management and no financial backing of any sort!

3 new articles about the song as well! Thank you so much to Beach House magazine (they are on Instagram at .blog, Os Garotos de Liverpool - Tudo Sobre Música and Blaze Muse Magazine (Instagram at )!

https://beachhousemag.co/reo-crimson-desire
https://www.osgarotosdeliverpool.com.br/2025/09/reo-mescla-rock-alternativo-e-metal-em.html
https://www.blazemuse.com/2025/09/reo-ignite-flames-of-ambition-with.html

With more than 40 spins on national and indie radios – the band is doing amazingly well! Congratulations!!

29/08/2025

Re:O's latest single was released nearly 3 weeks ago and it's been going great for the band!

Radio play!!! Thank you to Amazing Radio and Amazing Radio USA for playing Crimson Desire! A big shout out to Charlie Ashcroft and Shell Zenner for giving the single a spin on their shows as well! We truly love you guys!

Spotify plays!! Crimson Desire has now surpassed 3.5k streams without being placed on any curated playlists! It's all organic plays from the band's fans. Thank you!

Articles!!! Oh my god, the single must have amassed now more than 30 reviews and we still get new ones! Thank you go to LOUD WOMEN, AsianTones - they are on Instagram at / (review plus interview), The Other Side Reviews (track of the day!) and Mexican website End Sessions !

https://loudwomen.org/2025/08/28/reo-drops-explosive-track-crimson-desire/
https://www.asiantones.com/2025/08/get-to-know-reo.html
https://www.theothersidereviews.com/track-of-the-day-reo-crimson-desire-2025/
https://endsessions.com.mx/2025/08/25/reo-crimson-desire

And bonus - we found those fantastic pictures from last Re:O gigs from AVOMAG�!
https://avo-magazine.com/nl/2025/03/liveverslag-reo-in-the-water-rats-luidt-nieuw-tijdperk-van-kracht-en-aanwezigheid-in/

If you want to see Re:O live they are playing a show on 13th of September at the Fiddler's Elbow - Camden. You can purchase tickets for their London show at: https://ticketool.co.uk/order/9f2f09ae-f50a-4997-894a-37c59a3f952a

26/08/2025

We have a massive update from the campaign after the long weekend!

First, the band gave a long interview to the popular metal website Lelahel Metal!
You can read the long piece here: https://www.lelahelmetal.net/2025/08/interview-reo.html

We also have several reviews from Apricot Magazine, Indieoclock , Info Music France (they are on Insta at ) and Beyond Sempai zine! you can join theur official group on FAB at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/908603762969311

Links to articles:
https://apricot-magazine.com/review/reo-embraces-darkness-and-drive-on-crimson-desire/
https://www.indieoclock.com.br/2025/08/reo-traz-metal-explosivo-e-reflexivo-em.html
https://www.infomusic.fr/reo-crimson-desire-entre-rage-et-elegance-sombre/
https://beyondsenpai.com/2025/08/18/reo-leave-you-craving-for-more-in-their-new-single-crimson-desire/

Thank you to Amazing Radio, Amazing Radio USA and DJ Mark Ryan for placing “Crimson Desire” on official Amazing Radio playlists, streaming lists (5 of them!!) and for playing the track 5 times already on his show - Amazing Beats.
We are very grateful!
Amazing Radio playlist:
https://x.com/amazingradio/status/1958496690752659562
Follow Mark on X:
https://x.com/amazing_beats

Also thank you to Cheers to the Vikings for a Twitter shout out:
https://x.com/cheersvikings/status/1959591771320516939

and lastly – thank you to NeonReaperReacts who did a wonderful review of the single on YouTube!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9k-bQOoYn8&ab_channel=NeonReaperReacts

Well done to Re:O!!

23/08/2025

We simply do not know what to say!

We don't think we have ever had such a massive response to any of our campaigns! Re:O are going from strength to strength!

5 new articles to share with you all: IGGY Magazine, It's All Indie (thank you so much Fred!!), Rock Era Magazine, Music News Monthly and .io (they are only on Instagram).

Thank you so much to the amazing Kaz Ay for playing "Crimson Desire" on Emerging Rock Bands! You are an absolute star!!

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1400332788353013&set=a.202386054814365&locale=en_GB

https://www.itsallindie.com/2025/08/reo-unleashes-their-latest-tune-crimson.html
https://rockeramagazine.com/reo-crimson-desire/
https://www.musicnewsmonthly.com/reo-crimson-desire.html
https://www.mesmerized.io/reo-drop-explosive-anthem-crimson-desire/
https://www.iggymagazine.com/reo-devoile-crimson-desire-une-plongee-viscerale-dans-lambition-devorante/

20/08/2025

We have forgotten about this review due to ongoing campaign but in case you wanna read something longer. It was published on August 3rd. Manchester based The Red Stains released a single about the state of the world - Diana`s Seatbelt. But to us it is also a statement on how women are treated locally (on Manchester music scene) and widely in the society.

It is an angry review and frankly written so entire Manc music scene has a word with themselves.

(I thought Worcester scene was bad, but what goes on Manc scene takes an Eccles cake - Malicia)

If “The Four Housewives of Apocalypse” sounds like an oxymoron to you, then you probably never heard of The Red Stains. At Vanadian Avenue we have been hard core followers of the quartet since they…

19/08/2025

Okie dokie, another day, another review or interview in the gothic metal world of Re:O!
We have some great pieces for you.

We will start with a massive, long, juicy article with the band done by great folks at Songlens Music Magazines. Absolute favourite of ours from this campaign!! The band sat down with the online magazine to conduct a very thorough FBI-like interview! I'm sure they were read their Miranda rights and had to swear (hands on One Piece doujinshi no less!!) the undying loyality to the indie market. You can read the transcript here:
https://songlens.com/reo-release-crimson-desire-a-riff-forward-surge-of-ambition-and-appetite/

We also have a brilliant reviews from Right Chord Music, Thoughts Words Action, Plastic and Odyssey Magazine (they are on Instagram at !!

Links:
https://www.rightchordmusic.co.uk/reo-crimson-desire/
https://thoughtswordsaction.com/2025/08/19/reo-crimson-desire/
https://plasticmag.co.uk/2025/08/reo-releases-brand-new-single-crimson-desire/
https://odysseymagazines.com/music-1/reo-crimson-desire

And the cherry on top of the cake - a podcast! A bit like Only Murders In This Building, but with musicians. S*x drugs and rock and roll, promise! Thank you so much to Graham Coaths (he is on Instagram at ) for speaking to the band for 43 minutes!!
You can listen to the show at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/mymusicgrahamcoath/episodes/My-Music-Episode-581---Re0-e370h39

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNgIRhPM2l

Well done to the band!

17/08/2025

Just some crunched numbers for Re:O.

Since the start of the campaign on 13th August, the band surpassed the following:

5K followers on Instagram
46K views in total and 900 subscribers on Youtube
45K streams in general on Spotify with “Ronin” amassing 8K streams and “Crimson Desire” hitting first 1K (in three days)

The band’s monthly listeners count is now at almost 600 a month.

Mind this didn’t happen in three days alone. The band had already good starts – they just managed to hit those milestones in the last 72 hours. Which is awesome and it shows that a good single can really give any artist a push.

These are organic, clean stats from an indie artist. This band worked for this and they worked damn hard.

On the press frontline we had two great articles, one from Aural Aggravation (thank you so much Christopher Nosnibor for the great review!) and one from Tokyo Noizu (who has been nothing short of awesome for us and the band!). Both articles listed below.

https://auralaggravation.com/2025/08/15/reo-crimson-desire

https://tokyonoizu.com/j-news-page-5
Three airplays as well. One on the East London Radio with Kaz Ay (part of her Heavy Rock Show) and two on the BBC Music Introducing Berkshire and Oxfordshire – due to rerun of the show from Thursday.

Pretty neat we`d say!

15/08/2025

What an amazing start of the campaign for Re:O! Sit down and hold onto your seats because the quintet from Maidenhead will take you on a wild ride.

"Crimson Desire" came out on 13th August and less than 24 hours later it was on BBC Music Introducing Oxford and Berkshire being described as "fantastic" by Alex West. Second track of the show as well, so tune in at 05:15 into the show to hear it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lx230r

And we have got some amazing press too. Every day we have got a new coverage. Never seen anything like this and we have been on the circuit for a decade.

On August 11th, PhaseB Records gave Re:O an amazing write up and interviewed the band.

https://phasebrecords.com/blogs/phase-b-interviews/re-3ao-japancore-in-the-uk

Then we had the single premiere at A&R Factory by the incredible Amelia Vandergast on the big day.

https://www.anrfactory.com/reo-mechanised-japancore-with-gnarled-industrial-groove-metal-in-crimson-desire/

And to wrap up the great streak, two articles from Click Roll Boom and a single of the week from FVMusicBlog

https://fvmusicblog.com/hot-picks-15-8-25-part-two-the-best-new-releases

https://www.clickrollboom.co.uk/news/uk-j-pop-dark-pop-x-metal-band-reo-release-single-crimson-desire

More to come but we cant disclose just yet. Lets just say the band is doing a heavy press round for this single!

13/08/2025

And here it is! Japanese-British-Italian quintet Re:O dropped their new single/lyric video to "Crimson Desire". A monumental song referencing unending hungers and ambitions of humankind though a vivid personification of a vampire.

Re:O - Crimson Desire●Streaming/DownloadSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/arti...Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/jp/artist/re-... SoundCloud: ...

11/08/2025

A year ago we interviewed Japanese British band Re:O. It was such a popular article that we decided to sit down with the band again and ask them how the last twelve months went.

And it turns out that it was incredible period. From adding new members (of Italian origin!) to playing festivals and releasing their 9th single on August 13th - Re:O are ready to take over the world.

It is a long read but we know people like to learn about new artists - so your wish is our command!

You asked for it – and we deliver. Exactly a year ago, we had a chance to speak with a band that grabbed our attention: Japanese – British metal act Re:O. It was one of the most popular inter…

08/08/2025

Izzy T is one of the best British singers we have on the independent circuit. Compared to Christina Aguilera because of her powerful voice, praised for her stage presence and endless energy, Izzy is now living in LA where she is making her mark on the US market.

She is now touring with Delilah Bon. Three shows that are now fully sold out and she is getting rave reviews.

Please see her stories to see what an incredible welcome both artists received in Pittsburgh yesterday!

We sent Izzie questions before the tour and she answered them on a plane, like a true rock and roll star she is!

You can read the full article below.

Izzy T lives the life of a rock and roll nobility already. Pesky journalists from the other side of the globe are sending her questions in the middle of the night and the poor girl is answering the…