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Reol gathers notable songs for mini-album “Dai Rokkan”

26 October 2021

Reol has recently started picking up the pace again with new music and even started learning contemporary dance. Within all these new activities comes the announcement of the second mini-album Dai Rokkan (第六感, ...

EGOIST pre-releases song “BANG!!!”, composed by Giga

NBT and Rin

16 October 2021

Releases, Videos

EGOIST has today pre-released its title track "BANG!!!" which serves as the opening theme song for the fantasy and card game anime “Build Divide: Code Black” (Build Divide: #000000). It's available for digital ...

Reol expresses single “Byakuya” through contemporary dance

NBT

15 October 2021

Music Video

After two moon cycles of wait, we finally have the music video for Reol's digital single Byakuya (白夜), or "White Midnight" which it is called in English. Fittingly published on midnight, on October 15, Byakuya ...

Mysterious masked band emerges “MISTRESS OF THE DARKROOM”

NBT

12 October 2021

Music Video, New Band, Releases

A new mysterious masked band "MISTRESS OF THE DARKROOM" has emerged from the dark that follows the concept of the "Black Death", the bubonic plague. It is the deadliest epidemic in history which is estimated to...

BABYMETAL ends an era, only the FOX GOD knows when they’ll be back

NBT

10 October 2021

News

BABYMETAL announced back in August that they will be sealed and disappear from our sight after concluding its "10 BABYMETAL LEGENDS" project, and won't be back until that seal is broken. Today on October 10,...

Hatsune Miku mobile rhythm game in English beta “Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!”

NBT

8 October 2021

Doujin, Game, Vocaloid

The mobile rhythm game "Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku" has started its English public beta for iOS and Android devices. The beta period will run from October 4, 15:00 (PDT) to October 19, 15...

the GazettE collaborates with FamilyMart for DIY print photos

NBT

1 October 2021

Entertainment, New Look

If you're a the GazettE fan and lucky enough to be in Japan right now, you can grab yourself some printed photos of the band at your nearest FamilyMart convenience store—all for an affordable penny too! the ...

EGOIST celebrates 10th anniversary with EP “BANG!!!”

NBT

29 September 2021

Anime, Releases

EGOIST will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a bang, as in its upcoming EP titled "BANG!!!". We'll see it in stores on November 30, the same day that the unit EGOIST was born. There will be a total of fou...

DEVILOOF pushes the limits with 3rd album “DYSTOPIA”

NBT and echo

23 September 2021

Releases

DEVILOOF announces its third album titled DYSTOPIA that is an evolution from their previous work. It's planned to be released sometime in November. Although the announcement was short, it was pretty sweet. W...

abstracts returns from hiatus, releases genre-bending single “New Breed”

NBT

18 September 2021

Releases

The djent and metalcore band abstracts has returned from its indefinite hiatus which commenced back in 2019. So far, two digital singles have been released, the familiar Siena, and the latest work New Breed whi...

Ryuji (The Brow Beat) plays Sasuke in Naruto stage play

NBT

17 September 2021

Anime, Entertainment, Online Events

Vocalist Ryuji from the band The Brow Beat, who also is an actor, will return as the character Sasuke in the upcoming Naruto stage play titled "Uzumaki Naruto Monogatari". It is the fourth play in the series an...

Golden Bomber members guest vampire visual kei anime “Visual Prison”

NBT

16 September 2021

Anime, Releases

Golden Bomber, known as the comedic visual kei "air band", will have two of their members guesting the vampire visual kei anime, Visual Prison. Specifically, bassist Jun Utahiroba and guitarist Yutaka Kyan will...

GACKT suspends all activities due to life-threatening illness

NBT

9 September 2021

News

GACKT goes on indefinite hiatus due to an illness described as "some kind of a neurological disorder" that "triggers a sudden dysphonia". Because of this, GACKT has not been able to use his voice, faints at tim...

ryo (supercell) creates opening theme with mafumafu, gaku for anime “takt op.Destiny”

NBT and Dorian

8 September 2021

Anime, Game, Releases

Composer ryo (supercell), along with vocalists mafumafu and gaku, are creating the opening theme song for the upcoming anime "takt op.Destiny" (pronounced "takt opus destiny"). It is an original anime combining...

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