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Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

Dec 26, 2019

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

Dec 23, 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Considering how hard it is to narrow down the greatest anime songs (anison) 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 abilitie...

British Youtuber spends a week with HYDE

NBT

Dec 22, 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

Dec 17, 2019

Entertainment, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

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

Dec 13, 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

Dec 12, 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

Dec 10, 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

Dec 7, 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

Dec 4, 2019

Band status, Entertainment, Music Video

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...

Interview with Rayark’s CEO: DEEMO -Reborn- brings you closer to its reality

Zephyr and NBT

Dec 3, 2019

Anime, Game, Interview

Many of you might be familiar with the critically acclaimed rhythm game "DEEMO" on Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch. Last month we got the opportunity to try out the reborn version of the game on Playstation 4...

MIKU EXPO 2020 USA & Canada tour dates

NBT

Dec 3, 2019

Tour and event, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

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 autumn, between September and October ...

nano to perform at HYPER JAPAN Summer 2020!

NBT

Nov 30, 2019

Tour and event

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

Nov 23, 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

Nov 18, 2019

Entertainment, Report and review, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

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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