Matenrou Opera Archives

Japanese rock and pop livestreams to check out in May

5 May 2022

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 ...

Matenrou Opera’s “Owaranu Namida no Umi de” single delivers sorrowful words

Ziggy

25 July 2021

New Look, Releases

Matenrou Opera announce their new single Owaranu Namida no Umi de. Translating into a sorrowfully named song, "In the Sea of Endless Tears". The single will be available to purchase from August 25. Owaranu N...

KAMIJO streams online world tour “Queen of Versailles -LAREINE-“

Nexus

4 February 2021

Online Concert

KAMIJO reveals the date and time of the live broadcasts constituting his online world tour "Queen of Versailles -LAREINE-". The performances will happen on March 26 and March 27 across various time zones. Th...

Sono (Matenrou Opera) beautifully covers L’Arc~en~Ciel’s “winter fall”

edoh+ and afaenia

20 January 2021

Entertainment

Originally released in 1998, winter fall was L'Arc~en~Ciel's first-ever number-one single on Oricon charts, as well as being the first single with drummer yukihiro officially in the band. 23 years later after i...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

19 January 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

Matenrou Opera’s guitarist JaY departs with final livestream concert

Midnight and Dorian

12 December 2020

News, Online Concert

It has been announced that guitarist JaY will withdraw from Matenrou Opera on December 14. On the same date one last live titled MATENROU OPERA CHRONICLE 2016-2020 will be held, commemorating his four years in ...

Immerse in these Japanese livestreams this November

Midnight

30 October 2020

Online Concert, Tour

While countries around the world have eased covid related restrictions, the days of safely attending musical events in person are still far away. As frustrating as this situation continues to be, we are fortuna...

Matenrou Opera moves to self-owned label, “ether corporation”

Midnight and Dorian

2 August 2020

News

Some exciting and new developments have taken place with Matenrou Opera (摩天楼オペラ)! On August 1, the band announced it has begun operating independently of its former label Bellwood Records. Moreover, the group h...

Matenrou Opera’s “Chronos” gets a music video and early release

Midnight

13 April 2020

Music Video, Releases

Anticipation continues to mount as we approach the release of Matenrou Opera's (摩天楼オペラ) EP Chronos, on April 22! The music video for the lead track builds on the excitement with gorgeous visuals and its impress...

Matenrou Opera tells romantic tale through EP “Chronos”

Midnight and Dorian

6 April 2020

Music Video, Releases

Matenrou Opera (摩天楼オペラ) will release its EP, Chronos, on April 22. As the date draws near a music video preview comes too, as well as snippets of each song. We touched briefly on the theme of the EP, which turn...

Matenrou Opera unveils more details for EP “Chronos”!

Midnight

29 March 2020

New Look, Releases

Since February we knew Matenrou Opera's (摩天楼オペラ) EP Chronos would be up for grabs on April 22, in regular and limited edition. It was exciting news at the time, but now we've got even better news to share! The ...

Matenrou Opera schedules “Chronos” EP and live DVD/BD for early 2020

Midnight

14 February 2020

Releases, Tour

Matenrou Opera (摩天楼オペラ) is in the early stages of developing a new EP titled Chronos, scheduled to arrive on April 22. In addition to that, more details of the previously disclosed DVD and Blu-ray of the HUMAN ...

SYU from GALNERYUS puts Fuki on vocals for “Reason”, an explosive power metal extravaganza

NBT

23 January 2019

Doujin, Music Video, Releases

Guitarist SYU from the band GALNERYUS reveals his new masterpiece Reason in form of a music video, featuring strong vocals by Fuki who is a big name in the Japanese doujin metal scene. The music video was relea...

Matenrou Opera’s drummer Yu sadly announces to retire

Midnight

5 February 2018

News

A tragedy befell Matenrou Opera's (摩天楼オペラ) drummer, Yu. On February 4, at CLUB JUNK BOX the talented percussionist revealed that he suffers from a painful medical condition called occupational dystonia. The sta...