the GazettE

If you are visual kei lovers just like us, chances are you have a strong interest in fashion and even Japanese apparel and accessories brands. What if we told you that your inner desire to express yourself thro...

Top 10 angriest Japanese rock and metal songs of all time

28 June 2020

We should have titled this piece, "The angriest Japanese rock and metal songs of all time so far as voted by our readers", but that's not as catchy. If you're in the need of a bit of music therapy, you're in t...

Interview with HAKUEI and Aoi (the GazettE): Mindset of a passionate musician

Dorian and afaenia

8 April 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. Welcome...

Interview with HAKUEI and Aoi (the GazettE): Drinking habits and visual kei rivalry

Dorian and afaenia

30 March 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. At Izak...

Our top 5 Japanese rock interviews

28 March 2020

Many of us have picked up reading to pass time, so to help some of us ease our way back into it we've put together a list of the most intriguing Japanese rock-related interviews we've had over the last couple o...

Many concerts canceled in Japan upon government request to battle coronavirus

26 February 2020

Japan, News, Tour

As reported by NHK WORLD-JAPAN, major gatherings such as sporting, cultural, and other events have now been requested to be canceled, an initiative of the Japanese government to battle the on-going coronavirus ...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

26 December 2019

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...

Giveaway: the GazettE tour final celebration with fanart by MYSANO

29 September 2019

Featured

To celebrate the GazettE's tour final of "WORLD TOUR 19 THE NINTH", Germany based illustrator MYSANO will be sponsoring a wonderful giveaway featuring illustrations inspired by the GazettE. This giveaway will e...

the GazettE ends world tour, reveals concert and 2 audiovisual works planned for 2020

25 September 2019

Releases, Tour, Videos

the GazettE has been working hard during the one year and two months that it took for them to finish the world tour, performing in Japan, North America, South America, Europe, and Asia—a total of 61 performance...

the GazettE release solemn visual ahead of THE NINTH tour final

Esme

27 August 2019

New Look

After spending over a year heating up venues across the world to promote their album NINTH, the GazettE are back in Japan preparing for their tour final next month. LIVE TOUR18-19 THE NINTH Tour Final "DAIKU" w...

Interview: the GazettE unveil thoughts on family, fans and friendship

edoh+ and NBT

20 August 2019

Featured, Interview

Trudging our way through the drizzly streets of London, it made us wonder how the GazettE felt about the rainy welcome back to the city after so many years. We were given the opportunity to meet with them the s...

LED lights taught me how to play “Filth in the Beauty” on guitar!

12 July 2019

Entertainment, Review

As music listeners and as fans, we're on a constant and never-ending mission to find even better music to enjoy. Since our music playlists are filled with such amazing songs that musicians spent countless time ...

the GazettE Instagram selfie challenge we didn’t realize we need

24 June 2019