JROCK NEWS — Latest News, Releases & Tour Dates

9mm Parabellum Bullet ring out for “One More Time”

9 May 2022

9mm Parabellum Bullet has released the teaser music video for the digital single One More Time which came out today on May 9, 2022. To celebrate this release, they've announced a short tour across Japan, sta...

ACME hits North America for Wildfire Tour this Summer

Erica

8 May 2022

Tour

Visual rock band ACME returns to North America this summer with five shows in the US and their first show in Canada! The tour, titled “Wildfire”, is a combination of traditional venue shows, special showcase pe...

Yoshiki and Coca-Cola working on revolutionary project

NBT

6 May 2022

Entertainment

Yoshiki, drummer and leader of the band X Japan, is more than just a musician and has expanded far and wide in his activities. In a new video, Yoshiki teases an upcoming "big project" that is a collaboration wi...

RAZOR channels electronic rock for flashy “UNION” music video

Sizergyia

5 May 2022

Music Video, New Look, Releases

RAZOR will release their single UNION on May 25 and to hold our attention until then, the band has revealed the title track's flashy music video. That flashiness is what feeds the electronic rock song with its ...

Japanese rock and pop livestreams to check out in May

Erica

5 May 2022

Online Concert

We apologize for running late on this round-up of livestreams. Luckily, you can still watch past streams after they've ended thanks to the handy "archive" feature! As soon as May 5, you can watch Jrock artists ...

DIR EN GREY reimagines old songs in album “PHALARIS”, holds online events

Erica

3 May 2022

Online Events, Releases

Japanese heavy metal band DIR EN GREY revealed the tracklist for their upcoming album PHALARIS, which hits shelves on June 15. To celebrate the release of PHALARIS, DIR EN GREY also announced some exclusive onl...

SEKAI NO OWARI creates “Habit” for xxxHOLiC live action

edoh+

2 May 2022

Entertainment, Releases

SEKAI NO OWARI has dropped the music video for Habit, a bouncy upbeat track that was specially written as the theme song of the live-action movie "xxxHOLiC". Dressed in an oversized knitted vest and funky neckt...

Fukuro delivers dynamic performance in “Ningen Janai” music video

Sizergyia

1 May 2022

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Fukuro released their second mini-album 'Adult Children' on January 23. However, it was only recently that the band revealed the music video for the first track Ningen Janai. The music video finds the band p...

Transitioning from western music to Jrock – JROCK ONSEN Ep. 29

Mazohyst_Kyo

1 May 2022

JROCK ONSEN

It started out with the American rock band Kiss; how did it end up like this? It was only Kiss, and maybe some Queen. Now we're blasting MIYAVI and we're listening to GUNGIRE's latest release. Here we are ba...

YouTube Music Weekend vol.5 joined by 65 artists: SiM, MIYAVI, WagakkiBand, and more

NBT and Peertje

30 April 2022

Online Concert

YouTube Music Weekend is about to hit off vol.5 in its series, and this time, a total of 65 artists and groups are to join the online streaming event! Over the course of three days, May 6-8, the streams will pr...

EGOIST flares vibrant music video for banger single “Gold”

NBT

28 April 2022

Anime, Doujin, Music Video

EGOIST premieres its vibrant music video for the punchy song "Gold", from the single by the same name, and features top-of-the-line artwork by illustrator redjuice! It presents the character Inori in a mecha an...

Petit Brabancon premieres powerful live music video “Kawaki”

Erica

28 April 2022

Music Video, Releases

On April 27, Petit Brabancon released their four-track single CD, "Kawaki" (渇き). The powerful music video for Kawaki also premiered on their YouTube channel. Kawaki was shot live in front of a small audience...

coldrain celebrates 15 years with album “Nonnegative” and music video “CALLING”

Sizergyia

26 April 2022

Music Video, Releases

coldrain has announced that they will release their seventh album Nonnegative on July 6. Alongside this announcement, the band published the music video for CALLING. The music video celebrates coldrain's 15t...

Report: Mary’s Blood reign supreme in final show

afaenia

25 April 2022

Review

Bringing a chapter to a close is never easy. How do you adequately convey all that you have achieved during that time? Mary’s Blood has, over the course of 13 years, released seven full-length albums and two mi...