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DEVILOOF puts halt to European tour “Beyond Proof”

27 March 2020

DEVILOOF has unfortunately put a halt to their European tour “Beyond Proof” that would otherwise have taken place between April and May 2020. As with many other concerts, this is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pan...

RON (STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION) in charge of music for “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” spin-off

NBT

22 March 2020

Anime, Releases, Videos

As revealed in the brief announcement, RON—the mastermind behind STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION—is in charge of the upcoming music for the spin-off anime series "The Slime Diaries", based on the popular anime "That Tim...

Toshl of X Japan tries new vegan pudding while dressed as pudding!

NBT

19 March 2020

Entertainment

After starting a new band called Y!BAND, Toshl is switching over to something even more serious! Have you ever wanted to see Toshl dress up as a pudding while eating pudding? If yes, then you're in for a treat ...

Jazz-rock trio “fox capture plan” collaborates with Yosh from Survive Said The Prophet

NBT

17 March 2020

Releases

fox capture plan, an instrumental trio that plays jazz-rock, revealed its upcoming single Curtain Call featuring vocalist Yosh from Survive Said the Prophet. The lead track Curtain Call comes with lyrics writte...

Watch WagakkiBand perform “Bring Me To Life” with Amy Lee (Evanescence)

NBT

7 March 2020

Music Video

The collaboration plans, which WagakkiBand and vocalist Amy Lee from Evanescence started back in 2018, is finally bearing fruit! With WagakkiBand's performance Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 having taken place o...

Exclusive: Crossfaith reveals new EP featuring very special guest!

NBT

5 March 2020

Featured, Releases

In our latest interview with Crossfaith, the band revealed an unannounced EP that will be joining their discography this spring. As vocalist Ken explains, the upcoming EP will bring five songs to the table and ...

Interview with Crossfaith: Living off the life force of heavy music

NBT

3 March 2020

Interview

Crossfaith has been hitting a massive amount of location for the European tour Synchronicity Tour 2020 and for the first time, they decided to make a stop in Sweden where we were honored to spend a lovely time ...

KAMIJO uncovers impressive art for single “Persona Grata” and more details

NBT

28 February 2020

Releases

KAMIJO has at last revealed the new artwork for the single Persona Grata, the last piece of the sensational trilogy series. In conjunction, the tracklist has partially been made public and its April 29 release ...

Many concerts canceled in Japan upon government request to battle coronavirus

NBT

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 ...

Giveaway: STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION signed posters

NBT

24 February 2020

Featured

To celebrate STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION's (SDF) upcoming first overseas concert and first album STEREO DIVE, we are giving away not one, but four posters signed by the frontman RON. For a chance to win, please foll...

Powerhouse doujin collaboration “Veiled” includes ELFENSJóN, MuryokuP, Godspeed, myu!

NBT

22 February 2020

Releases, Videos

An unimaginable work has just surfaced with the announcement of Veiled, a collaborative album that brings four amazing doujin circles together (self-published groups) in order to craft and complete five themati...

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION to hold first overseas concert!

NBT

18 February 2020

Tour

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (SDF) which is fronted by composer and singer RON, released the first album STEREO DIVE earlier this month and also successfully completed his first live show just a couple of days ago. T...

nano shares new song “INSIDE MY CORE” prior to best-album release

NBT

17 February 2020

Releases, Vocaloid

nano adds another energetic and lively song to their discography with INSIDE MY CORE, a new song taken out of the upcoming best-album titled "I". So far we only have the short version available but as indicated...

Fans of all ages explain why they like BABYMETAL

NBT

13 February 2020

Entertainment, Interview

The unique concept of "kawaii metal" is something that started spreading with the inception of BABYMETAL. Combining the cute with the contrasting metal has proven to be quite a successful idea, enough so to sel...

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