Midnight, Author at JROCK NEWS

GIGAMOUS goes 360° in their new music video of “Boku no CARICATURE Kowashite Moyasu.”

Nov 9, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew6S2QtvRFgGIGAMOUS' (ギガマウス) eighth single, Boku no CARICATURE Kowashite Moyasu. (僕のCARICATURE、壊して燃やす。), came out today, on November 9! Also out today is the new music video fo...

Yugiri (DaizyStripper) covers songs by X-JAPAN, SID, Oda Kazumasa and more for his mini-album, “DREAM LOVERS”

Midnight

Nov 2, 2016

Releases

Rounding off the fifth phase of DaizyStripper's 10th anniversary project, decade, is vocalist Yugiri's (夕霧) mini-album of covers songs, DREAM LOVERS. The mini-album is composed mostly of tender songs performed ...

November 2016 — release schedule

Midnight

Nov 1, 2016

Monthly Release Schedule

Welcome to November! I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween, and that you're ready to treat yourselves to some new Jrock. The first day of releases sets the tone for what is going to be an overall good mon...

Fan votes determine part of the tracklist for Matenrou Opera’s best album, are your favorite songs included?

Midnight

Oct 18, 2016

New Look, Releases

On July 22, following Matenrou Opera's one-man live, Hishou (飛翔), the band announced a best album and a mini-album to be simultaneously released on October 19. Previously we talked about PHOENIX RISING, now we'...

October 2016 — release schedule

Midnight

Oct 14, 2016

Monthly Release Schedule

Hey guys, how have you been? Sorry for the wait on the release schedule for October! There's still plenty of fresh music to look forward to this month, and loads of time to catch up with what you might've misse...

Deviloof’s guitarist Ryuya will depart from the band following their first one-man live

Midnight

Oct 2, 2016

Lineup change

More bad and good news, guys. Lets' get the ugly part over with first. The young and promising Deviloof delivered upsetting news today in an announcement about their guitarist Ryuya (竜弥), who's decided to depar...

Catch a snippet of Matenrou Opera’s new sound through a preview of “PHOENIX RISING”!

Midnight

Oct 1, 2016

Releases, Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtOhDQVipGEMatenrou Opera (摩天楼オペラ) is on the verge of releasing their new mini-album PHOENIX RISING and, in typical J-rock fashion, they've published a quick digest to their Y...

Ongaku Senkasha, the publisher of SHOXX magazine has filed for bankruptcy

Midnight

Sep 22, 2016

News

Ongaku Senkasha—the publisher of visual kei magazine SHOXX, Pick-up Voice, ARENA37°C, and various other publications—filed for bankruptcy on September 20, 2016 and will discontinue to operate. The company is re...

Tsubasa and RYO:SUKE confirm what will come of the LOTUS and WING WORKS now that Lolita23q is back

Midnight

Sep 22, 2016

Band status, Disband/Hiatus/Revive

The Jrock community has been abuzz with excitement since Lolita23q announced their comeback with the original line-up. But fans of RYO:SUKE's solo project, WING WORKS and the LOTUS have been wondering what will...

Matenrou Opera is reborn in their new mini-album “PHOENIX RISING”

Midnight

Sep 21, 2016

New Look, Releases, Tour and event

Matenrou Opera (摩天楼オペラ) will release a new mini-album titled PHOENIX RISING on October 19!Today the band unveiled their new look, the tracklist and the cover art, which is a portrait of the members and res...

September 2016 — release schedule

Midnight

Sep 3, 2016

Monthly Release Schedule

Wednesday: is this anyone else's favorite day of the week, purely for the fact that most Jrock CDs and DVDs/BDs are released then? I could run on and on about why this this day is so grand but, since you're rea...

Exclusive interview with Deviloof, visual kei’s most brutal band

Midnight

Sep 2, 2016

Featured, Interview

When you hear the name Deviloof, words that follow often include brutal, violent and fastest. Theses ideas are expounded upon in their music, where the band puts on a full display of blistering fast riffs, heav...

UNDER FALL JUSTICE restores a relic in their cover of La’Mule’s “Knife”!

Midnight

Aug 31, 2016

Music Video, Releases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PBSAcYEX7EUNDER FALL JUSTICE released their first album Minikui Kyozetsu (醜い拒絶) on August 31 in two types. Among the 12 songs on the CD is their cover of La'mule classic, Kn...

ELYSION’s drummer will depart at the end of August

Midnight

Aug 30, 2016

Lineup change

After being together for about a year, ELYSION announced that their drummer, CRIM (空里夢), will depart from the band following their presents live Barairo no Jinsei (薔薇色の人生)〜La vie en Rose〜 at Shibuya REX, on Aug...

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