G Andrew White, Author at JROCK NEWS

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

17 January 2020

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...

The rise of kawaii metal this decade

G Andrew White

25 December 2019

Entertainment, Music

This decade of Jrock cannot come to a close without covering its most unique creation. Which is to take the cuteness of a Japanese idol group and back them with a heavy metal band. An idea so crazy that it shou...

Review: “CONQUEROR” has BAND-MAID duelling on sound

G Andrew White

14 December 2019

Review

After several weeks of news about BAND-MAID, they serve up their ambitious third full album CONQUEROR. It weighs in with 15 songs that include most of the singles released since World Domination. Accordingly, o...

FEMM and BRATS flying in for Animé LA 2020

G Andrew White

5 December 2019

Tour

Animé LA has announced special musical guests for the 2020 expo with FEMM and BRATS, making their appearance in Los Angeles between January 9–12, 2020. This annual convention in California connects anime fans w...

SCANDAL breaks into full sprint for “GeGeGe no Kitaro” anime with “A.M.D.K.J.”

G Andrew White

3 December 2019

Anime, Music Video, Releases

Toei Animation selects SCANDAL's A.M.D.K.J. for the ending theme to spirit-monster themed anime GeGeGe no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎). The upbeat tune will be in the manga series starting January 2020. Yet little is known...

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BAND-MAID “The Dragon Cries”, a collaboration with David Bowie’s producer

G Andrew White

23 November 2019

Music Video, News, Releases

This month BAND-MAID pre-releases not one, but two singles from the upcoming album, CONQUEROR. First out was Rinne (輪廻) which means reincarnation, the hard-hitting track has been available on YouTube since Nove...

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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...

BAND-MAID serves “CONQUEROR” for third album

G Andrew White

18 October 2019

Releases

After wrapping up BAND-MAID's American concerts on the WORLD DOMINATION TOUR, a title for the third album is revealed as CONQUEROR. Public announcement from Revolver Records and Nippon Crown set December 11 for...

Review: BABYMETAL mixes world inspirations into “METAL GALAXY”

G Andrew White

17 October 2019

Releases, Review

One of the hotly anticipated releases this year is BABYMETAL's METAL GALAXY. An album standing on familiar ground while doubling down on their brand of "kawaii metal" that also finds inspiration from around the...

Report: BAND-MAID service across America

G Andrew White

9 October 2019

Featured, Review, Tour

At every BAND-MAID concert, the maids welcome their fans as "masters and princesses" to a service where the entrée is a huge helping of hard rock. Yet, at the halfway stop on the WORLD DOMINATION TOUR, it was t...

Interview: MAN WITH A MISSION devours big ideas for rock

G Andrew White

2 October 2019

Interview, Tour

The enigmatic wolves from Tokyo take a bite and leave a mark while on the road. They successfully completed the North America stretch of their Chasing the Horizon World Tour and sent fans into a feral frenzy wi...

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Report: BABYMETAL fuel high-energy show in Dallas

G Andrew White

27 September 2019

Featured, Reviews, Tour

"Are you ready to headbang?" That was the announcement over the speakers from the video montage that played as BABYMETAL took to the stage of South Side Ballroom in Dallas—at the halfway point across America in...

Kenshi Yonezu belts out a ballad in “Uma to Shika”

G Andrew White

12 September 2019

Music Video, Releases

Kenshi Yonezu's music video for Uma to Shika released on September 2 and it has garnered over 10 million views on YouTube in a week. At the start, we see the Tokyo skyline on a cloudy day. As Kenshi sings into ...

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