JROCK NEWS — Japanese Rock Music News

31 December 2021

It was an amazing year of anime with many new adaptations like "Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi" and the awaited returning ones such as "Re:zero"! We also saw original anime like "Sonny Boy", showing how a seemingl...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

NBT, Dorian, NoMusicNoReason, Erica, G Andrew White, Sizergyia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Ziggy

30 December 2021

We're not sure if the world has gotten any better this year, however, thanks to the amazing music and related activities that kept our spirits up, we're ready to move on to the next year! To end this unprece...

DIMLIM to disband early next year

Sizergyia, Dorian and afaenia

30 December 2021

Disband/Hiatus

DIMLIM revealed that they will disband with their live performance at Shibuya WOMB on February 25, 2022. No reason has been indicated in the disbandment announcement, but the band members thank all those who ha...

Fukuro’s “Seppun” music video presents delightfully jazzy retro number

29 December 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Fukuro, a band formed by DADAROMA's vocalist Yoshiatsu, has surprised fans by releasing a music video for an unreleased track Seppun. The retro-themed music video sees the band performing the delightfully ja...

Visiting the GazettE pop-up store in Shinjuku

Rin

28 December 2021

A few months back in autumn, the GazettE opened pop-up stores to celebrate its 19th anniversary and to commemorate its return to the stage with the tour LIVE 2021 -DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT- BLINDING HOPE. Th...

UVERworld’s “AVALANCHE” music video captures members in slow-motion

28 December 2021

Music Video, Releases

UVERworld released their single AVALANCHE on November 24 but have only recently uploaded its trippy music video. Shot on a helipad that overlooks the vibrantly-lit city at night, the music video for the atmo...

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Tours

Spend Valentine with An Cafe’s vocalist Miku via online fan meeting

7 January 2022

Online Events

International fans of the veteran visual kei band An Cafe can rejoice to finally see new activity! In conjunction with the globally celebrated Valentine's Day, vocalist Miku will be holding an online fan meetin...

NIGHTMARE’s first album in 7 years, “NOX:LUX”

Erica

3 January 2022

Releases, Tour

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New Bands

Tatsuro (MUCC) starts solo project and drops 2 albums

edoh+

13 December 2021

New Band

Tatsuro, the renowned vocalist of MUCC, will be releasing two new albums titled =equal and Hikagaku Hoteishiki (非科学方程式) with all songs featuring guest artists. Double the work most artists create, all dropped i...

New band “Petit Brabancon” includes members of DIR EN GREY, MUCC, L’arc-en-ciel!

Erica

7 December 2021

New Band, Releases

Prepare to meet the next Jrock superband—or should we say, monster-band? Without warning, the new band Petit Brabancon was announced shocking fans across genres. Petit Brabancon brings together five heavy-hi...

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Recent Releases

Fukuro’s “Seppun” music video presents delightfully jazzy retro number

29 December 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

UVERworld’s “AVALANCHE” music video captures members in slow-motion

28 December 2021

Music Video, Releases

NEMOPHILA brings album “REVIVE” to international scale

G Andrew White

24 December 2021

Releases

After releasing the album REVIVE for the Japanese market on December 15, the nonstop heavy metal ladies NEMOPHILA are making this studio album available for international release via JPU Records on January 14, ...

DEXCORE’s music video “20” blends synth and rock in rooftop performance

23 December 2021

Music Video, Releases

DEXCORE uploaded the music video for their song "20", leading up to the release of their first mini-album "-18-". "-18-" was released on December 22. A cool synthesizer riff introduces the track "20". Then, ...

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Interviews

Interview with Ryo Enomoto from mysterious band MISTRESS OF THE DARKROOM

Peertje and Rin

16 December 2021

Interview

The mysterious new musical project MISTRESS OF THE DARKROOM made its first appearance earlier this year, introducing itself as a band following the concept of “Black Death”, the bubonic plague. The deadliest ep...

Interview with NECRONOMIDOL: Vanguards of idols

NBT, Narine and Peertje

7 December 2021

Interview

NECRONOMIDOL is an idol unit with many unique qualities that make them stand out, especially among the cookie-cutter performers we normally come across. Describing themselves as an "ultra-dark" unit, there is a...

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Entertainment

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2021

31 December 2021

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

NBT, Dorian, NoMusicNoReason, Erica, G Andrew White, Sizergyia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Ziggy

30 December 2021

Visiting the GazettE pop-up store in Shinjuku

Rin

28 December 2021

ONE OK ROCK drummer Tomoya starts off new YouTube channel with nostalgia

24 December 2021