HIZAKI - JROCK NEWS

Versailles celebrates 15th anniversary with free full concert and more

6 January 2022

Fans of philharmonic metal group Versailles rejoice! In honor of the band's 15th anniversary, Warner Music Japan released an enviable collection of Versailles content to stream on YouTube for free. Offerings...

HIZAKI livestreams in celebration of “Rusalka” mini-album

edoh+

27 April 2021

Music Video, Online Concert, Releases

HIZAKI will be livestreaming a concert in celebration of their six track mini-album release, Rusalka. Released on February 14, there are two editions for the physical release and the title track of the mini-...

Interview: The origin story of HIZAKI (Versailles/Jupiter) part 2

Dorian and afaenia

13 October 2020

Interview

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership here. In the ...

Interview: The origin story of HIZAKI (Versailles/Jupiter) part 1

Dorian and afaenia

5 October 2020

Interview

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership here. HIZAKI,...

VERSAILLES postpones single “EMPEROR” due to COVID-19

Midnight and afaenia

7 May 2020

Releases

The rise of COVID-19 and safety concerns have caused VERSAILLES to postpone the release of their 10th single EMPEROR. The band planned to release the single on July 15 alongside works from vocalist KAMIJO and g...

Visual Aesthetics: Lovely Lolita

xLIZ4

3 July 2018

Entertainment

One of the most important aspects of visual kei artists are the looks. In Visual Aesthetics, we will highlight specific hairstyles, costumes, accessories, makeup, body art and other styles which are either very...

Report: HIZAKI performs short but exciting set, prepares Versailles fans for next year

Sizergyia

10 December 2016

Review

After releasing his first solo album, Rosario, in just over a decade on August 3 and with Versailles Philharmonic Quintet reuniting as well as touring Europe early next year, the announcement that guitarist and...

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2016

NBT

30 November 2016

Entertainment

We're back again to greet the upcoming year by looking back at this year's top Japanese acts! We have two lists prepared for you this time around, one consisting of the top 10 visual kei acts and another list w...

Elegant HIZAKI to grace London’s HYPER JAPAN this Winter

edoh+

21 October 2016

Tour

HIZAKI will be making his debut for his first ever solo concert in the UK at HYPER JAPAN on November 25-27! Following last year’s solo concerts in France, Germany, Brazil, and Argentina, HIZAKI continues to exp...

Hizaki resumes solo activities with new album “Rosario”

Zansouki

1 June 2016

Releases

Hizaki, guitarist for power-metal band Versailles and Jupiter, will be resuming his solo activities with a brand new solo album! This new album will be titled Rosario, and will release on August 3. While we sti...