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BAND-MAID serves up online performance for canceled Budokan show

25 January 2021

BAND-MAID's recently canceled its Nippon Budokan OKYU-JI concert mainly due to the spread of coronavirus in Japan. But do not let this be upsetting as they will deliver the event by livestream on February 11 at...

NIGHTMARE reveals more details for single “cry for the moon” with gallant look

Ziggy

24 January 2021

New Look, Releases

NIGHTMARE has released further details for their upcoming single cry for the moon, revealing track titles and a bold gallant new look. With an impressionably dark and bold styling NIGHTMARE has appeared befo...

Royz presents turbulent “IN THE STORM” music video

Sizergyia

23 January 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Royz will start the year with their 20th single IN THE STORM out on March 10 and has wasted no time in publishing its turbulent music video. Turbulent in the sense that frantically flashing lights engulf the ba...

Yoshiki debuts Disney documentary in the U.S.

NBT

22 January 2021

Videos

Yoshiki, drummer and co-founder of X Japan, is debuting his long-awaited Disney documentary "My Music Story: YOSHIKI" on Friday, February 5. Late last year in 2020, Yoshiki premiered his Disney+ original doc...

Crack6 teases extremely exclusive “Break The Darkness” single

Yaya28

21 January 2021

New Look, Releases, Videos

Crack6, a project of PENICILLIN's guitarist Chisato, recently shared a video teasing song previews off of their newest single, Break The Darkness. The video is divided into three parts, each giving the spotligh...

Survive Said The Prophet re-records songs for best-of album “To Redefine / To Be Defined”

edoh+

20 January 2021

Releases

Celebrating a decade of activity, Survive Said The Prophet released the best-of album To Redefine / To Be Defined today on January 20. To commemorate this milestone, 20 songs spanning across two discs labele...

Sono (Matenrou Opera) beautifully covers L’Arc~en~Ciel’s “winter fall”

edoh+ and afaenia

20 January 2021

Entertainment

Originally released in 1998, winter fall was L'Arc~en~Ciel's first-ever number-one single on Oricon charts, as well as being the first single with drummer yukihiro officially in the band. 23 years later after i...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

19 January 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

Leo Ieiri sings through 4 seasons in “Sora to Ao” music video

NoMusicNoReason

18 January 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Leo Ieiri is about to drop her 17th single Sora to Ao on January 20, features as the main theme song for the comedy TV drama series Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai!! (Date My Daughter!). With the newly...

XANVALA dispenses a heavy dose in “Janome” music video

NoMusicNoReason

18 January 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Following the release of the music video's preview, XANVALA has now unlocked the full music video for their upcoming single Janome prior to its release on January 29, thanks to their fans who surpassed the requ...

Anime that helped you discover Jrock bands – JROCK ONSEN Ep. 24

Mazohyst_Kyo

17 January 2021

JROCK ONSEN

Well, this took a bit of baking to get out of the oven. Thanks to everyone who answered our questions recently. This time around we focused in on the relationship between anime and Jrock. Specifically, we looke...

LiSA’s explosive single “dawn” features in anime “Back Arrow”

NoMusicNoReason

17 January 2021

Anime, Music Video, Releases

LiSA demonstrates why she's at the top of the music charts once again by providing an energetic music video for her new hit single dawn released on January 13. The song can also be heard as the opening theme of...

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION pre-releases anime theme song “STORYSEEKER” from “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”

afaenia

16 January 2021

Anime, Releases

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION has dropped his latest single STORYSEEKER on digital streaming platforms, ahead of the physical release that is scheduled for February 24! What kind of decision would you make at that ...

Arlequin previews soothing “Ichijiku” music video

Sizergyia

16 January 2021

Music Video, Releases

Arlequin has revealed the music video preview for Ichijiku. Voted first place by fans to be turned into a music video, the now revealed final song is taken from the MUSIC VIDEO COLLECTION tracklist that is due ...