Lyric Holic - Alice MV

A-To-J Connections covers a lot of idols. We also cover a lot of Visual Kei bands. I never thought for a second that we might stumble across a group who fits into both categories. Lyric Holic is that group. Forming sometime around 2014, Lyric Holic has only released a small handful of singles and music videos. Their most recent is "Alice", and it's awesome.

Listening to "Alice", I would have never believed this was an idol group. The intro SCREAMS Versailles, with a dash of Malice Mizer for good measure. Even watching the video, I would have sworn that they were an all-girl Visual Kei band. The only thing setting them apart from the rest of VK is that they aren't playing their instruments. Everything from the style of the video to the group's outfits is pure Visual Kei.

The music is gothic heavy metal (why wouldn't it be?) and it works perfectly. The girls' voices are incredible, and the pre-chorus screams are to die for. It certainly SOUNDS like somebody's gonna die. There's not a lot of information readily available on this group, especially to English speakers, so I'm wondering what their story is. I'd love to know if there was an actual Visual Kei band behind the production of this music.

I don't know anything about Lyric Holic apart from the songs I've found on YouTube. I can't find any sites apart from their official site, which is fairly devoid of information. It looks like they play live pretty often, but they still only have three singles out. In fact, "Alice" hasn't even officially been released as a single yet. "Alice" leaves me wishing that there was an album to back it up, and I can only hope that one might be on the way in the future.

Lyric Holic - Alice MV