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Lonesome_Blue makes international debut with EP “First Utterance”, supported by LOVEBITES

13 August 2022

Next generation girls rock band, Lonesome_Blue powers up debut EP First Utterance with the release of the international edition. First released in Japan on June 22, the five-track EP goes worldwide on September...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

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

30 December 2021

Entertainment

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...

LOVEBITES releases album “IN THE BEGINNING: THE BEST OF 2017-2021” internationally

Erica

14 November 2021

Releases

UK-based music label JPU Records enthusiastically announced their plans to carry an international version of LOVEBITES' upcoming best-of album, IN THE BEGINNING: THE BEST OF 2017-2021. JPU Records offers a spec...

LOVEBITES on hiatus with departure of bassist Miho

G Andrew White

17 August 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive, Lineup change

Unfortunate news from LOVEBITES as the band will go into hiatus following the exit of bassist Miho. In the statement made on the band's official website, Miho mentioned how it was a really hard decision to m...

LOVEBITES spread positivity in “Glory To The World” music video

NoMusicNoReason

28 February 2021

Music Video, Releases

LOVEBITES upload another music video off their upcoming EP GLORY, GLORY TO THE WORLD due out on March 10. This time around we are treated to the title-track Glory To The World where the girls show off their pow...

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LOVEBITES’ vampiric “Winds of Transylvania” features in anime VLADLOVE

NoMusicNoReason

16 February 2021

Anime, Music Video, Releases

LOVEBITES unleash their vampiric aura in the music video for Winds of Transylvania which is featured as the opening theme of the slapstick vampire comedy anime series VLADLOVE created by Mamoru Oshii. This trac...

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LOVEBITES brings “GLORY, GLORY, TO THE WORLD” in 3rd EP

NoMusicNoReason and afaenia

12 January 2021

Releases

While we were locked inside during the toughest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the members of heavy metal band LOVEBITES spent their time recording new material to follow up their third full album Electric Pe...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

30 December 2020

Entertainment

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

Rock out to these Japanese livestream shows in July

G Andrew White

30 June 2020

Online Concert, Tour and event

With venues closed around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several artists are using livestreams to deliver performances for the fans. By jumping to online streaming services they can perform in place of...

Review: LOVEBITES’ album “Electric Pentagram”, a power trip to the gates of hell!

G Andrew White

17 January 2020

Report and review

Get the year started with an electric bang on January 29, when LOVEBITES release their third full album Electric Pentagram. It delivers 12 electrifying tracks of guitar shredding, face-melting power metal. Also...

The decade of Jrock girl bands

G Andrew White

29 December 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

26 December 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...

Get a jolt from LOVEBITES third album “ELECTRIC PENTAGRAM”

G Andrew White

7 November 2019

Releases

The power metal band LOVEBITES is set to release their third album, ELECTRIC PENTAGRAM, on January 29, 2020. And it aims to continue their tradition of heavy riffs with rich English lyrics and twin lead guitars...

LOVEBITES joins DragonForce’s UK tour 2019

NoMusicNoReason

21 July 2019

Tour and event

LOVEBITES, one of our top favorite acts of 2018, will return to Europe this fall to join power metal titans DragonForce in their upcoming tour through the United Kingdom. The tour will take the Japanese quintet...