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Interview with Hatsune Miku band at Magical Mirai 2019

Oct 15, 2019

Last week we covered Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2019, an event that combines a big exhibition in conjunction with a bunch of concerts. What's special about these concerts is that the star of the show Hatsune Mi...

Highlights from Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2019

NBT

Oct 12, 2019

Entertainment, Report and review, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

The annual event Magical Mirai honors the digital characters from the software company Crypton Future Media, such as Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin/Len and more. This time around, taking place in bot...

ROACH’s upcoming work is being produced by Crystal Lake’s drummer

NBT

Oct 12, 2019

New Look, Releases

The hardcore punk band ROACH is currently working on their upcoming production which hasn't officially received a title yet, but with a recent tweet by Gaku Taura, the drummer of Crystal Lake, we now know it's ...

amazarashi receives 4 awards at Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity

NBT

Oct 6, 2019

Entertainment

amazarashi is constantly on a quest to enlight people on social issues that surround the modern society. Bringing them to the surface by combining technology, emotions, and even philosophy. Their recent efforts...

saji drops first single “Tsubasa” since rebranding from phatmans after school

NBT

Oct 3, 2019

Anime, Music Video, Releases

saji will release their new single Tsubasa (ツバサ) on October 23. The peaceful track will join as the ending theme song for the basketball anime Ahiru no Sora which just started airing on TV and streaming platfor...

ROACH calls for wall of death in music video “Breathe”

NBT

Oct 1, 2019

Music Video, Tour and event

ROACH brings chaos to Taipei, Taiwan at rock festival ROCK IN TAICHUNG, where the members perform the song Breathe to a pumped-up crowd! In the middle of the song, vocalist taama prepares the audience for a wal...

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION serves preview of speedy song “Chronos”

NBT

Sep 29, 2019

Anime, Music Video

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (SDF) has revealed more details of its single Chronos and at last, also dropped the preview of the title-track in the form of a short version music video. As previously described by SDF, ...

the GazettE ends world tour, reveals concert and 2 audiovisual works planned for 2020

NBT

Sep 25, 2019

Releases, Tour and event, Videos

the GazettE has been working hard during the one year and two months that it took for them to finish the world tour, performing in Japan, North America, South America, Europe, and Asia—a total of 61 performance...

Buying music at Comiket, Japan’s biggest fan convention

NBT

Sep 25, 2019

Doujin, Entertainment, Report and review

Earlier this summer, the JROCK NEWS team headed over to Japan's largest fan convention, Comiket, a biannual event focused on doujin (self-published) goods. This may include work by illustrators, authors, techni...

Interview: DEVILOOF’s first major step towards world domination

NBT, Mazohyst_Kyo and afaenia

Sep 23, 2019

Interview

DEVILOOF recently confirmed their upcoming European tour which will take place in 2020, a long-awaited announcement that many fans have been excited for! As we were way too eager, we decided to head to the band...

MIKU EXPO 2020 EUROPE dates and locations revealed!

NBT

Sep 17, 2019

Tour and event, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

The virtual diva Hatsune Miku will once again make her appearance in Europe and has slated dates for January 2020! With today's announcement, it has been revealed that the lucky cities are London, Paris, Berlin...

STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION’s first release in 3 years “Chronos” featured in anime “Shokugeki no Souma”

NBT

Sep 14, 2019

Anime, Releases

RON's solo-project STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION is finally back in action with a new single Chronos, which is featured as the opening theme song for the anime Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara. Expect to see this rele...

Interview: the GazettE unveil thoughts on family, fans and friendship

edoh+ and NBT

Aug 20, 2019

Featured, Interview

Trudging our way through the drizzly streets of London, it made us wonder how the GazettE felt about the rainy welcome back to the city after so many years. We were given the opportunity to meet with them the s...

ELFENSJóN 2nd story “ASH OF ROUGE” unfolds in dramatic symphonic EP

NBT

Jul 22, 2019

Doujin, Releases, Videos

ELFENSJóN will be releasing their second work ASH OF ROUGE on August 12 after previously introducing the impressive EP EINHERJAR last year. The new release is an EP referred to as the circle's "2nd story" and i...

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