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Yoshikitty currently top 5 in Sanrio ranking, cast your vote now!

May 14, 2020

Sanrio character ranking 2020 is underway and through its mid-term results announced on May 12, we were able to see Yoshikitty surging to top five in its worldwide ranking. Not only that, but it sits even highe...

fox capture plan’s artful music video “Curtain Call” features Yosh (Survive Said The Prophet)

NBT

May 13, 2020

Music Video

After being teased with a lyric video last month, instrumental band fox capture plan has now released the full music video for the single Curtain Call, and of course, it features Yosh on vocals, the lead singer...

JROCK NEWS featured in visual kei magazine “Vijuttoke”, following partnership expansion

NBT

May 11, 2020

Site News

Together with the leading visual kei magazine "club Zy.", JROCK NEWS has expanded its alliance and partnered up with the magazine Vijuttoke. The triple collaboration was made official on Vijuttoke's 98th volume...

MAKE MY DAY’s acoustic EP “NAKED” comes with heartfelt songs

NBT

May 6, 2020

Music Video, Releases

Tokyo-based MAKE MY DAY released the acoustic EP called NAKED on May 3. Along with this deliverance, the band unveiled the emotional music video For Freedom taken out of the EP. The footage are extracted from t...

GACKT teaches you how to train your penis (no girls allowed)

NBT and afaenia

May 5, 2020

Entertainment, Videos

We don't know if this was just a matter of time, but here it is: GACKT has recorded a video teaching you how to grow your penis through a penis workout. It's so intense that GACKT says it's limited to only men,...

Virtually visit the grave of hide (X Japan): Visual kei pioneer and eternal inspiration

NBT and afaenia

May 2, 2020

Entertainment

It’s been if(new Date().getFullYear() >= 2020) { document.write((new Date().getFullYear() - 1998) + ' '); } else { document.write('22 ') } 22 years since we lost hide (Matsumoto Hideto), on May 2, 1998. The le...

nano shares instrumental track for “Freedom Is Yours 2020”, and it’s free to use!

NBT

May 1, 2020

Releases

Last week nano shared the music video Freedom Is Yours 2020 which featured nearly 500 artful submissions from friends and fans. The global music project was an initiative that nano started in order to show supp...

How MIYAVI was talked into buying this suitcase with 1 phrase

NBT

Apr 30, 2020

Entertainment, Videos

MIYAVI was recently featured in a video at GQ Japan, a men's magazine with a focus on fashion and culture. The samurai guitarist was invited to talk about 10 essential things in his life, among wireless earbuds...

Band life in Japan vs Hong Kong, with Ivan (Survive Said The Prophet) and Anton (tfvsjs)

NBT

Apr 27, 2020

Entertainment

YouTube channel "anthology.space" shared an insightful discussion between guitarist Ivan Kwong from the Japanese rock band Survive Said The Prophet, and drummer Anton Fung from the Hong Kong math-rock band tfvs...

nano gathers hundreds of fans for “Freedom Is Yours 2020” project

NBT

Apr 26, 2020

Music Video

Earlier this month nano began its "Freedom Is Yours #StayHome Project” to unite everyone during harsh times, asking fans and friends to contribute in order to create an audiovisual work that would send a strong...

“Curtain Call” lyric video, symphonic gem by fox capture plan and Yosh (Survive Said The Prophet)

NBT

Apr 23, 2020

Music Video, Releases

The instrumental band "fox capture plan" and Yosh from Survive Said The Prophet are ready to put their new collaborative work on display! The new song Curtain Call has received a lyric video and brings the symp...

Get hyped for MIYAVI’s album “Holy Nights” with its intro song!

NBT

Apr 20, 2020

Music Video, Releases

MIYAVI is about to drop one of his most anticipated and hyped album Holy Nights on April 22! As we're approaching its release date, the tense album-opening song "Holy Nights (Intro)" was shared on YouTube today...

Crossfaith introduces EP “SPECIES” along with psychedelic music video

NBT

Apr 18, 2020

Music Video, Releases

JROCK NEWS was first to report when Crossfaith teased a new EP through our interview last month. Now, the band has officially introduced the release which is called SPECIES, a heavy work bringing five tracks to...

Sawano Hiroyuki makes us emotional with anime piano medley

NBT

Apr 15, 2020

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Another treasure that popped up from the almost worldwide quarantine—due to COVID-19—is the beautiful medley played on the piano by composer Sawano Hiroyuki, responsible for soundtracks in hit anime like Gundam...

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