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Watch Reol’s wholesome 1-hour acoustic live before it’s gone

1 March 2021

Late in the evening of February 28 in Tokyo, Reol livestreamed an acoustic performance on YouTube labeled under the hashtag #れをるをでんぱとう (#REOLWODENPATOU). The stream lasted an hour consisting of roughly nine son...

nano collaborates with RPG game “Touhou LostWord”

NBT and Rin

26 February 2021

Doujin, Game, Videos

nano provides vocals for the collaborative work Tsuki to Izayoi that will join the smartphone RPG game "Touhou LostWord", and also shared comments on the project itself. The fantastic vocalist nano who rose ...

Ikimonogakari soars again with single “BAKU”, opening theme for “Boruto: Naruto Next Generations”

NBT

24 February 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Ikimonogakari officially releases its 33rd single BAKU today, on January 24, featured as the opening theme song for TV Tokyo anime "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations". Previously released digitally on January 18,...

4s4ki pre-launches self-produced EP “UNDEAD CYBORG” with “Mega Jokki”

NBT

22 February 2021

Music Video, Releases

Singer-songwriter 4s4ki (Asaki) released her first full-length album back in December 2020, but she's now back with a fresh new wave of songs via the self-produced EP, UNDEAD CYBORG, scheduled for a March 3 dig...

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Interview with CDawgVA: Becoming a visual kei star with help of ACME

NBT

19 February 2021

Interview

The Youtuber CDawgVA, also known as "Connor", recently shared a very interesting video that introduces visual kei. But for him to actually get a good grasp of the whole movement, Connor ended up becoming a visu...

Ryo (girugamesh) adds English subtitles to all studio videos!

NBT

8 February 2021

Entertainment, Videos

Ryo has added English subtitles to all of his educational studio videos on YouTube. Besides sharing cover songs on YouTube, Ryo, the former girugamesh drummer, has also started to become more active in creat...

Ryo (girugamesh) invites to home studio room tour

NBT and afaenia

1 February 2021

Entertainment, Videos

We've seen Ryo—former drummer of girugamesh—do plenty of videos on YouTube, but for the first time, we get an in-depth look into what gear and tools he uses from a day-to-day basis in his home studio. After ...

Cazqui and SID collaborates in “Zakuro” by Fantôme Iris from BanG Dream!

NBT

31 January 2021

Game, Videos

Cazqui and SID have joined hands for the song Zakuro (ザクロ), performed by Fantôme Iris in the mobile rhythm game "ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream! AAside" ("AAside" for short). In the surprising event, we find Cazq...

the GazettE announces first album in 3 years and new song “BLINDING HOPE”

NBT

29 January 2021

Releases, Videos

the GazettE has uploaded a preview revealing its new song BLINDING HOPE which is going to be available for streaming and download on March 10. Alongside the exciting news, they step it up by announcing its firs...

Yoshiki debuts Disney documentary in the U.S.

NBT

22 January 2021

Videos

Yoshiki, drummer and co-founder of X Japan, is debuting his long-awaited Disney documentary "My Music Story: YOSHIKI" on Friday, February 5. Late last year in 2020, Yoshiki premiered his Disney+ original doc...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

19 January 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

Earthists. premiere chaotic, uncontrollable “DAWNSHADOW” music video

NBT

13 January 2021

Music Video, New Band

Earthists. has finally released its chaotic music video DAWNSHADOW! We've been eagerly waiting for it since late November 2020, back when the digital single was first released. Officially premiered at Knotfest....

GACKT trolls Youtuber “The Anime Man” in interview

NBT

10 January 2021

Entertainment, Videos

In 2019, we got a YouTube documentary with HYDE by the channel Abroad in Japan, and only a few days ago, Youtuber CDawgVA did coverage on visual kei with ACME. Surprisingly, today we were greeted by another Jap...

Youtuber “CDawgVA” joins ACME for 2 days, and on stage!

NBT

7 January 2021

Entertainment, Videos

The British Youtuber who now lives in Japan, "CDawgVA", or also known as Connor, recently joined ACME for two days in order to discover more about this thing called "visual kei"—I bet you never heard of it befo...

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