Madmans Esprit Archives

Madmans Esprit’s melancholy “Kaidan” music video anticipates EP “5 old scars”

27 August 2024

Madmans Esprit released a music video for Kaidan on August 21, ahead of their upcoming first Japanese EP, 5 old scars, set to drop on August 30. Kaidan is a remake of Stairway, a track originally featured on...

Report: Madmans Esprit’s five-night blitz “JAPAN TOUR 2024 -CHOP 5 days-“

Rin

24 March 2024

Report and review, Tour and event

Korean experimental metal project Madmans Esprit returned to Japan for the first time since 2022 with a five-day concert series, "CHOP -5 days-" at Ikebukuro Chop. Each night, they headlined alongside artists s...

Interview: Madmans Esprit rocks Ikebukuro Chop with intense 5-day concert series

Rin and Erica

20 January 2024

Interview, Tour and event

Madmans Esprit, the avant-garde metal project led by Korean independent artist Kyuho, is known for its unique blend of heavy music and visual kei-inspired aesthetics. Self-described as “making depressive suicid...

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2022

NBT, Erica, Rin, Nori and G Andrew White

29 December 2022

Entertainment

This year has been quite a special one, with Japan opening up to the world again, and at the same time, we saw more Japanese bands seeking to perform abroad. Our toplist for the year 2022 gathers notable vis...

Interview with Madmans Esprit: Shaping brutal but warm album

Rin

16 October 2022

Interview

Madmans Esprit is an avant-garde metal band from South Korea that incorporates elements of visual kei into both their sound and aesthetics. The band started as the solo project by independent artist Kyuho in 20...

Madmans Esprit uncovers dark and heavy preview for 3rd album

Rin

27 September 2022

Releases, Videos

Korean visual kei project Madmans Esprit will release its anticipated third full-length album on October 22, titled "Naneun naleul tonghae ulileul boneun neoleul tonghae naleul bonda". A preview of the new albu...

Korean visual kei band Madmans Esprit hosts international livestream with math rockers cotoba

Erica

30 June 2021

Online Concert

Visual kei metal band Madmans Esprit and math rock band cotoba will have a co-headling concert on July 11, 2021. Following corona guidelines, offline tickets are reservation only with a capacity limited to 80. ...