After a countdown clock appeared on their website, Nightmare

After a countdown clock appeared on their website, Nightmare announced an unexpected live called Publish! at Shinkiba Studio Coast. However, because of the Sendai earthquake and tsunami on March 11, the show was postponed until March 30 and renamed Publish & Recover!. They also announced a new single would be released on May 18, titled “Vermilion” under Avex Entertainment . They started their Time Rewind to Zero tour on April 15, 2011. Their last show of the tour was on June 27 at Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A. On August 1, Nightmare played with Kishidan in a Battle of the Bands show to celebrate Kishidan’s 10th anniversary. “Sleeper” was released as a single on September 7, as a collaboration with luxury jewellery brand GemCerey . Following the release of the single was a new tour called Zeppelin, where the band toured through Zepp live houses nationwide in Japan. For Halloween, Hitsugi participated in Hyde ‘s Halloween Junky Orchestra along with several other musicians to produce the song “Halloween Party” and an untitled instrumental track. The single was released October 17, 2012 and followed by a short tour at Kobe World Memorial Hall .