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Spend Valentine with An Cafe’s vocalist Miku via online fan meeting

Jan 7, 2022

International fans of the veteran visual kei band An Cafe can rejoice to finally see new activity! In conjunction with the globally celebrated Valentine's Day, vocalist Miku will be holding an online fan meetin...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2021

NBT

Dec 31, 2021

Entertainment

It was an amazing year of anime with many new adaptations like "Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi" and the awaited returning ones such as "Re:zero"! We also saw original anime like "Sonny Boy", showing how a seemingl...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

NBT, Dorian, NoMusicNoReason, Erica, G Andrew White, Sizergyia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Ziggy

Dec 30, 2021

Entertainment

We're not sure if the world has gotten any better this year, however, thanks to the amazing music and related activities that kept our spirits up, we're ready to move on to the next year!To end this unprece...

girugamesh teases something for year 2022

NBT

Dec 27, 2021

Band status

girugamesh just shared a message via the YouTube channel, MAVERICK DC GROUP, teasing some kind of activity for February 1, 2022. The video titled "A Message from girugamesh" is quite vague when it comes to any ...

End-of-year giveaway: Signed Japanese music CDs from NeoKyo

NBT

Dec 26, 2021

Featured

The Japanese proxy service NeoKyo just ended their CD signing campaign, so if you missed out, here is your chance to win signed goods out of the selected Japanese artists. NeoKyo will pick two winners at random...

ONE OK ROCK drummer Tomoya starts off new YouTube channel with nostalgia

NBT

Dec 24, 2021

Entertainment

ONE OK ROCK's drummer Tomoya has started his solo YouTube journey through the newly created channel, TOMOYA STUDIO. With this, he intends to challenge himself with new things and states that he'll be posting va...

Get your CDs signed at Neokyo by Rides in ReVellion, FATE GEAR, MADKID, and more

NBT

Dec 22, 2021

Entertainment

The Japanese proxy service NeoKyo is currently offering signed CDs and goods which you can take part in until December 25. The procedure is similar to just buying for example a CD, but now you can choose to get...

Aimer’s empowering rock song “ONE AND LAST” features Nishino Nanase (ex-Nogizaka46)

NBT

Dec 10, 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Today, Aimer cracked open a new emotional rock song ONE AND LAST, taken out of the upcoming album Hoshi no kieta yoru ni (星の消えた夜に). An album compiling a bunch of Aimer's B-side tracks, scheduled for January 26,...

Hatsune Miku livestreams “MIKU BREAK ver.0.9”, combines street culture and dance

NBT

Dec 9, 2021

Online Concert, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

Hatsune Miku is once again bridging together worlds with a new event MIKU BREAK. Set to take place on December 12, "MIKU BREAK ver.0.9" is an in-person and livestream concert combining street cultures, such as ...

Interview with NECRONOMIDOL: Vanguards of idols

NBT, Narine and Peertje

Dec 7, 2021

Interview

NECRONOMIDOL is an idol unit with many unique qualities that make them stand out, especially among the cookie-cutter performers we normally come across. Describing themselves as an "ultra-dark" unit, there is a...

The visual kei rhythm game you’ve been waiting for, “EXTASY VISUAL SHOCK”

NBT and Rin

Dec 5, 2021

Game

A new visual kei focused mobile rhythm game, EXTASY VISUAL SHOCK, will hit the market soon. It features members from legendary bands X Japan, LUNA SEA, and GLAY. During its pre-registration period, fans have a ...

Experience rebellious Reol in music video “Boy”

NBT

Nov 27, 2021

Music Video

Following up on the announcement of the upcoming mini-album Dai Rokkan scheduled for December 15, Reol now reveals the lead track Boy through its music video directed by Kamoshita Daiki (鴨下大輝).While the sou...

ELFENSJóN grants fierce song “Naraku no majo” prior to album “EPHEMERA”

NBT

Nov 26, 2021

Doujin, Music Video, Releases

ELFENSJóN is at the end of its promotional month that leads up to the winter album EPHEMERA and has finally landed on the last big reveal, the fierce and explosive song Naraku no majo (Witch of Abyss)! As of No...

ELFENSJóN expands thrilling story with album “EPHEMERA”, unleashes song “Toge”

NBT

Nov 11, 2021

Doujin, Music Video, Releases

ELFENSJóN continues to bind thrilling stories together with music through its latest announced fourth album, "EPHEMERA"! The story remains within the world of ASH OF ROUGE where the two protagonists, brother an...

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