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Golden Bomber might have licked your newly bought album “Mou kohaku ni dashitekurenai”

28 December 2019

Golden Bomber keeps surprising us with shenanigans every time they release new music, and this time is no exception! To promote their latest album Mou kohaku ni dashitekurenai released today, December 28, the b...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

NBT

26 December 2019

Entertainment

With our end-of-the-year artist ranking, we've always tried to stay somewhat objective in which bands we include. However, this year we decided to reach out to you, the people reading this right now! We asked y...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2019

NBT

23 December 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Considering how hard it is to narrow down the greatest anime songs (anisong) every year, we decided to expand this year's list from 20 to 25 instead! It's been an amazing year of anime so to our best of abiliti...

British Youtuber spends a week with HYDE

NBT

22 December 2019

Entertainment, Videos

The YouTube channel Abroad in Japan, by the British youtuber Chris Broad, was lucky enough to spend six days with HYDE throughout his Zepp Tokyo concerts. In his journey condensed into 25 minutes, Chris manages...

Kenshi Yonezu’s “Lemon” hits 500 million views on YouTube

NBT

17 December 2019

Entertainment, Vocaloid

Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師) who began his musical career under the name "Hachi" (ハチ) has over the years released an incredible amount of hit songs, appearing in commercials, drama series, anime, and much more. Regardl...

MAKE MY DAY’s 2nd album “Mind Haven” is mosh worthy!

NBT

13 December 2019

Music Video, Releases

The Tokyo-based post-hardcore and metalcore band MAKE MY DAY has announced their second full album Mind Haven for a January 29, 2020 release. The upcoming album features some heavy songs which fans have already...

KAMIJO’s fierce and brave single “Symbol of the Dragon” depicts Napoleon majestically

NBT

12 December 2019

Releases

KAMIJO is preparing for yet another dramatic release with the single Symbol of the Dragon, the second release out of the planned trilogy. Like the first act of the theatrical series, TEMPLE -Blood sucking for p...

L’Arc-en-Ciel lets you stream 487 of its songs worldwide!

NBT

10 December 2019

Music Video, Releases

As promised by L'Arc-en-Ciel, the important news which they referred to last week has finally been unveiled! For the first time in history, L'Arc-en-Ciel has made 487 of its songs available on major streaming s...

DIR EN GREY’s Kyo features members of 6XT7 for “Madara Ningen” fashion brand

NBT

7 December 2019

Entertainment, New Look

Madara Ningen is the fashion brand by vocalist Kyo of bands: DIR EN GREY, and sukekiyo. In the latest clothing line-up, we are pleased to find the duo unit 6XT7 (sixty-seven) appearing as models for the printed...

L’Arc-en-Ciel opens YouTube channel and teases important announcement!

NBT

4 December 2019

Music Video, News

Fans worldwide can now enjoy L'Arc-en-Ciel's content through their newly launched YouTube Official Artist Channel. As of writing, the channel has gained about 100 thousand subscribers in just a day, with videos...

MIKU EXPO 2020 USA & Canada tour dates announced!

NBT

3 December 2019

Tour, Vocaloid

The celebration for Miku Expo's 5th anniversary has now been extended with the announcement of MIKU EXPO 2020 USA & Canada tour that will offer 15 concerts this coming spring, between April and May 2020. Ti...

nano to perform at HYPER JAPAN Summer 2020!

NBT

30 November 2019

Tour

Without a second to prepare, the popular Japanese culture convention HYPER JAPAN announced their first performer, and to our pleasant surprise, it was revealed to be the rock artist nano! This means nano will b...

Golden Bomber explains bandsman’s struggle in “Kubi ga itai” (My neck is sore)

NBT

23 November 2019

Music Video, Releases

Golden Bomber is here to yet again show a different side of visual kei. In this episode, the band reveals the trouble of being a visual kei bandsman in their latest music video Kubi ga itai which means "My neck...

Eating blue ramen at the sort of Hatsune Miku ramen shop

NBT

18 November 2019

Entertainment, Review, Vocaloid

The virtual pop star Hatsune Miku is an entity that appears in almost any medium you can think of. Her imprint stretches beyond music and is an influential character that even big companies want to have a piece...

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