Jordan gets the credit for seeing this first and sharing it on the Idolmetal group, but we’re all winners here; NEXT Shoujo Jiken, mainstay of the underground and literally the most violent thing in idol, will finally release an album:

【リリース情報！】NEXT少女事件1st album 10月発売決定！

廃盤になった「CHAOTiC 2STEP」「hanamizu」
幻の曲「soboro」
音源化されていない「秒速バイタルサイン」

現体制の再録全10曲入り pic.twitter.com/Jpu5WY4711

— 【公式】NEXT少女事件 (@ShoujoZiken) September 13, 2016

Oh man. This was pretty much the last I’d seen of Maihime outside of photos, and I was starting to give up hope.

I’ll let the NEXT profile do most of the heavy lifting to explain why this is a cool project; for now, satisfy yourself with some video:

The big question, with all the re-recording involved here, is whether this is stuff being released with Mai as the sole member or if her good friend and criminally underappreciated Shinohara Yuri (Miracle Toybox) has officially joined the project and contributed as well.

Yes, I think this is Mai solo.

舞生誕🐹🎂出演者の皆様、共犯者をはじめとしたフロアの皆、関係者の方々、今日は本当にありがとうございました！みんなのおかげで生誕祭最高でした😢💖幸せすぎて、本当に感謝しかないです❤️
NEXT少女事件からのお知らせも載せておきます！💕 pic.twitter.com/DM13iQ69Yq

— 舞@NEXT少女事件 (@maihime_next) September 13, 2016

Damn, I’m excited!