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Report: Former visual kei artists return to stage for “ARGONAVIS AAside Live Royal Fes 2020”

31 October 2020

Sharing the large stage at “Live Royal Fes 2020” on October 10 is five male-fronted bands from the line-up of “ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!”, a franchise active within anime, games, music, and more. With each act...

Morfonica and Poppin’Party stream one-man concerts worldwide!

NBT

30 October 2020

Online Concert

Morfonica and Poppin'Party hold respective worldwide online streams between November 6-8. The latest addition to the BanG Dream! family, Morfonica, recently held its first one-man concert "Cantabile" and is ...

Enjoy 15 free online concerts by Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM)

NBT

30 October 2020

Online Concert

Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM) is launching a showcase of 15 artists through three days of free livestream concerts on YouTube, between November 4–6. The annual convention which normally serves as a ma...

mafumafu explains reason for revealing his face for “Hitomodoki” music video

NBT and afaenia

27 October 2020

Music Video

On the day of mafumafu's birthday, October 18, a new song Hitomodoki was released with an accompanying music video. This was really interesting in several ways, for instance, it is the first music video mafumaf...

Deviloof sadly cancels European tour “BEYOND PROOF EUROPE TOUR 2020”

NBT

23 October 2020

Tour

Deviloof has officially canceled its European tour "BEYOND PROOF EUROPE TOUR 2020" which was scheduled for this year until the COVID-19 situation disrupted all of its plans. Kinetic Vibe, the tour organizer, ha...

Visiting Golden Bomber’s “Memeshikute” filming location

NBT and afaenia

21 October 2020

Entertainment

When Golden Bomber released the single Memeshikute in 2009, the four-man visual kei "air band" never expected the grand success they are living off today. It became such a major turning point that it put them o...

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST reveals new guitarists, mini-album “The Wasteland”

NBT

20 October 2020

New Look, Online Concert, Releases

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST reveals two new guitarists and an upcoming mini-album The Wasteland, in addition to its first online concert. The brand-new NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST has slowly been taking shape behind the eye...

BABYMETAL, Amy Lee featured in EP by Bring Me The Horizon

NBT

18 October 2020

Releases

BABYMETAL, Amy Lee (Evanescence), and other notable artists will be featured in the British rock band Bring Me The Horizon's EP "Post Human: Survival Horror", consisting of nine tracks that will be released on ...

Looking back at 10 years of BABYMETAL in special program

NBT

16 October 2020

New Look, Releases, Videos

BABYMETAL is amidst its preparation for the 10th anniversary and currently holding a "10 BABYMETAL YEARS TOURNAMENT" as we speak, asking fans to vote on Instagram to declare the top 10 fan-favorite songs to be ...

BABYMETAL rap battles to death in single “BxMxC”, now available worldwide

NBT

9 October 2020

Music Video, Releases

One of the songs that stood out from BABYMETAL's latest album METAL GALAXY, released last year, was the rap metal song BxMxC. Unfortunately, it was only included in the Japanese version, and not the internation...

fox capture plan’s album “Discovery” includes beautiful Linkin Park cover song

NBT

8 October 2020

Music Video, Releases

Modern jazz-rock instrumental band "fox capture plan" is ready to deliver its eight full album Discovery next month on November 4. Besides remixes and re-recordings of previous singles, along with the band's gr...

Powerhouse band sokoninaru joins London-based label JPU Records

NBT

1 October 2020

Music Video, Releases

sokoninaru is a band that has been making waves lately within the international Japanese rock scene because not only is its music aggressive and powerful, but also delicate with its male and female twin vocals ...

Yoshiki stars in new Disney documentary, awakens old memories of hide

NBT

1 October 2020

Entertainment

Yoshiki is starring in the original documentary "Disney – My Music Story: Yoshiki", currently premiering exclusively on the Disney+ Japan streaming service but will later receive an international release as wel...

Cancellation of HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2020 USA & Canada

NBT

1 October 2020

Tour

After prolonging the wait for the tour "Hatsune Miku Expo 2020 USA & Canada" several times due to COVID-19, the team behind Hatsune Miku, Crypton Future Media, has unfortunately released a cancellation stat...

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