ASTARIA Announces Best Album and Departure of K.O.H

Visual Kei band ASTARIA announced that guitarist K.O.H will depart at the end of the year - about one month after the release of the band's best album.

The members revealed that their one man live on November 3rd, 2017 in their hometown Nagoya will be their last live together. K.O.H stated that he will leave the band due to personal reasons and tweets: "There are probably many worries and sad feelings but I think if I continue walking forward without throwing away my hope happiness will definitely come. That's why I'll keep on hoping and walking forward. There are still many things I want to do with my guitar and music."

ASTARIA exists since February 2015 with the current line-up but four of the five members, among them also K.O.H, already performed together as Black Klaxon from 2011 to 2015.
They will go on hiatus in November to reorganize the band and are planning to come back in December to continue as four-member band.

Before his departure ASTARIA will release a best album. It is scheduled to hit the stores on September 27th and will be titled "the Best of "ASTARIA". These are the track lists of the two different versions:

Limited Edition (3500 Yen plus tax)
[CD]
1.scratch song
2.MARMALADE BUTTERFLY
3.zatsuon -NOISE- (『雑音-NOISE-』)
4.LONELY CRY
5.My Venus
6.Dancing rendez-vous!!
7.Romantic★Discotick★Nagoya (ロマンティック★ディスコティック★ナゴヤ)
8.kibou to iu na no mirai e (希望という名の未来へ)
9.ASTARIA~Endless ver~
[PV DVD]
1.MARMALADE BUTTERFLY
2.zatsuon -NOISE- (『雑音-NOISE-』)
3.LONELY CRY
4.kibou to iu na no mirai e (希望という名の未来へ)
5.Romantic★Discotick★Nagoya (ロマンティック★ディスコティック★ナゴヤ)

Regular Edition (3000 Yen plus tax)
[CD]
1.scratch song
2.MARMALADE BUTTERFLY
3.zatsuon -NOISE- (『雑音-NOISE-』)
4.LONELY CRY
5.My Venus
6.Dancing rendez-vous!!
7.Romantic★Discotick★Nagoya (ロマンティック★ディスコティック★ナゴヤ)
8.Illumina party (イルミナパーティー)
9.kibou to iu na no mirai e (希望という名の未来へ)
10.to place -Orchestra Ver.-
11.Planetaria-boku wo kagayakasetekureru nowa kimideatte hoshii- (プラネタリア-僕を輝かせてくれるのは君であって欲しい-)
12.ASTARIA
13.ASTARIA~Endless ver~