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BAND-MAID cancels 2020’s ZEPP TOUR but announces 2021 show

Jun 24, 2020

After the cancellation of BAND-MAID's ZEPP TOUR in Japan, the girls have announced a "new style of performance" at the Nippon Budokan on February 11, 2021. As to what "new style" means, we're not sure yet as th...

BAND-MAID shares exciting live video of “Choose me” ahead of concert release

G Andrew White

Apr 25, 2020

Music Video, Releases

On April 22, BAND-MAID dropped Choose me music video from their WORLD DOMINATION TOUR . It's the second preview of what to expect when the concert DVD and Blu-ray release on April 29. As the music video starts,...

BAND-MAID serves livestream with KNOTFEST canceled

G Andrew White

Mar 14, 2020

Online Concert

n the wake of so many public events being canceled, BAND-MAID has announced they will perform a livestream on Friday, March 20, at 19:00 JST. And they will be performing the set that was planned for this year's...

The decade of Jrock girl bands

G Andrew White

Dec 29, 2019

Entertainment

In the decade of 2010, there has been a noticeable "girls band boom" where Japanese female musicians have stepped onto the international stage to rock as hard as the boys do. This fascinating phenomenon of musi...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

NBT

Dec 26, 2019

Entertainment

With our end-of-the-year artist ranking, we've always tried to stay somewhat objective in which bands we include. However, this year we decided to reach out to you, the people reading this right now! We asked y...

Review: “CONQUEROR” has BAND-MAID duelling on sound

G Andrew White

Dec 14, 2019

Report and review

After several weeks of news about BAND-MAID, they serve up their ambitious third full album CONQUEROR. It weighs in with 15 songs that include most of the singles released since World Domination. Accordingly, o...

BAND-MAID and MIYAVI to appear on Netflix film “Kate”

edoh+

Nov 28, 2019

Entertainment

Production for a new Netflix assassin thriller Kate featuring BAND-MAID and MIYAVI is currently underway.Starring American actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead who plays the role of an assassin who has been poison...

BAND-MAID “The Dragon Cries”, a collaboration with David Bowie’s producer

G Andrew White

Nov 23, 2019

Music Video, Releases

This month BAND-MAID pre-releases not one, but two singles from the upcoming album, CONQUEROR. First out was Rinne (輪廻) which means reincarnation, the hard-hitting track has been available on YouTube since Nove...

BAND-MAID serves “CONQUEROR” for third album

G Andrew White

Oct 18, 2019

Releases

After wrapping up BAND-MAID's American concerts on the WORLD DOMINATION TOUR, a title for the third album is revealed as CONQUEROR. Public announcement from Revolver Records and Nippon Crown set December 11 for...

Report: BAND-MAID service across America

G Andrew White

Oct 9, 2019

Featured, Report and review, Tour and event

At every BAND-MAID concert, the maids welcome their fans as "masters and princesses" to a service where the entrée is a huge helping of hard rock. Yet, at the halfway stop on the WORLD DOMINATION TOUR, it was t...

Review : BAND-MAID resonates with “endless Story” as uplifting anthem

G Andrew White

Aug 15, 2019

Music Video, Report and review

Imagine to be all alone and not feel lonely. To be lost on a remote island and reminisce about moments from your past. In BAND-MAID’s new song, lead singer Saiki laments, "You can't relive the moment". As days ...

Top 20 anime opening and ending songs 2018

NBT

Dec 31, 2018

Entertainment

Just like last year, it was incredibly hard to narrow down the best anime opening and ending songs of the year. This time around, we wanted to include a broader spectrum in terms of genre, while of course selec...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2018

NBT

Dec 17, 2018

Entertainment

It is the time of the year where we once again take a look at all the great music contributions. This time around we have done it slightly differently. Instead of solely using sales numbers to determine the ord...

BAND-MAID rebrand to BAND-MAIKO and reveals “secret MAIKO lips” music video

edoh+

Apr 1, 2018

Music Video

Today BAND-MAID renamed themselves "BAND-MAIKO" and will conquer the world with their first single secret MAIKO lips which came out today! You can buy this on iTunes already, but you can listen to the full so...