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Futakuchi Mana doubles the attitude in Utsu-P cover song “Not Photogenic”

7 April 2022

The one-of-a-kind screaming and metal VTuber, Futakuchi Mana, has released her long-awaited cover song "Not Photogenic" on April 1. Originally by the metal Vocaloid producer Utsu-P, this cover was first teased ...

Imperial Circus Dead Decadence brings forth 1st album in 11 years

NBT, afaenia and Peertje

6 April 2022

Doujin, Releases

The doujin metal circle Imperial Circus Dead Decadence (ICDD) is finally ready to bring forth its third album after 11 years since its last full album. The upcoming album took six years to complete, includes 13...

VTuber Mori Calliope makes major debut with single “CapSule”

NBT

5 April 2022

Doujin, Music Video, Releases

Virtual YouTuber (VTuber) and singer Mori Calliope takes the next step in her career by signing with the major record label Universal Music Japan (UMJ). The same family of labels that previously housed worldwid...

Interview with Void_Chords: Creating Tribe Nine’s anime theme song “Infocus”

NBT, afaenia, Rin and Peertje

30 March 2022

Anime, Doujin, Interview

Multi-talented Ryo Takahashi, who goes under the name "Void_Chords", is a musician with expertise in more areas than our fingers can count up to. Mainly, he is credited as a composer, arranger, guitarist, and b...

Shoohey tastefully performs Kanata Lab’s dystopic song “Strap Half Broken”

NBT

25 March 2022

Doujin, Music Video

Vocalist Shoohey gives his tasteful interpretation of Kanata Lab's song Strap Half Broken by sharing a vocal cover of it, a song originally performed by Hatsune Miku. Shoohey's rendition truly captures the help...

UNDEAD CORPORATION incorporates Latin beats in “Fake”, a fierce metal single!

NBT

22 March 2022

Doujin, Music Video, Releases

UNDEAD CORPORATION is back with a fierce single title Fake that incorporates Latin beats! The single is a heavy piece that merges conventional with unconventional metal structures, allowing the song to stay fre...

SiM unveils all instrumental playthroughs of “The Rumbling”, Attack on Titan theme song

NBT

20 March 2022

Entertainment, Music Video

The reggae-punk band SiM recently started receiving worldwide attention thanks to the opening theme song "The Rumbling" that appears in the shounen anime “Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2” (Shingeki no Kyoji...

Kaishin no Ichigeki reunites this spring for nostalgic concert

NBT and Peertje

17 March 2022

Online Concert, Tour, Videos

One of the coolest Japanese Edo-inspired metal bands, Kaishin no Ichigeki (快進のICHIGEKI), was sealed away from the world when they decided to suspend activities back in 2015. However, with the upcoming planned c...

Interview with Rimi Nishimoto (Poppin’Party) and Haruka Kudo (Roselia): “BanG Dream! changed my entire life”

NBT, Narine, Rin and Peertje

15 March 2022

Interview

Last year in 2021, ANIPLUS Café held an online meet-and-greet "ANIPLUS Online Café" with two charming members from the "BanG Dream!" franchise. Joining the event was bassist Rimi Nishimoto who voices the charac...

SiM puts out epic Attack on Titan music video “The Rumbling”!

NBT

3 March 2022

Anime, Music Video

The wait for SiM's most epic music video is finally over as they've just put out the band version music video for The Rumbling! Besides the members displaying a splendid performance, what elevates the epicness ...

Unlucky Morpheus promises sophisticated yet wild album “evolution”

NBT

2 March 2022

Doujin, New Look, Releases

Unlucky Morpheus has announced a new album titled "evolution" which goes on sale on April 27! This is the band's first album in about two years since "Unfinished" was released back in 2020. With the recent reve...

BABYBEARD sings about stepping on LEGO in “PIENNIZER” music video

NBT

23 February 2022

Music Video

BABYBEARD has taken the Japanese expression "pien" (ぴえん) to the next level through the music video PIENNIZER! The expression which represents the pleading face-emoji (🥺) is quite trendy among the younger genera...

Okiku directs Reol’s sombre music video “Mutant”

NBT

18 February 2022

Doujin, Music Video

Reol's latest music video Mutant from the recent mini-album Dai Rokkan—without sugarcoating it—is somewhat depressing. But on the contrary, we are overjoyed to see movie creator Okiku contributing again through...

MISTRESS OF THE DARKROOM uncovers dark song “Sovereign”

NBT

17 February 2022

Music Video, Releases

The anonymous band MISTRESS OF THE DARKROOM made itself first known to the world late last year, revealing “Black Death" or formally "bubonic plague" as its thematic concept. Following the footsteps of the dark...

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