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BABYMETAL hits 100 million views with “Gimme chocolate!!”

Mar 9, 2019

Today, BABYMETAL just passed 100 million views on their catchy song "Gimme chocolate!!". In the five years that it has been up on YouTube, the video garnered over 770,000 likes and almost 100,000 comments!R...

MIYAVI headlines at Anime Boston 2019

NBT

Mar 8, 2019

Tour and event

It has been announced that MIYAVI will be taking the stage at Anime Boston 2019, the annual three-day convention that focuses on anime and pop-culture. On April 19, MIYAVI will serve as the main attraction at t...

New clothing shop “SHIBUYA Zy.” aspires to elevate visual kei in the heart of Shibuya, at the reborn “MAGNET by SHIBUYA109”

NBT

Mar 8, 2019

Entertainment

JVK Co., Ltd., the company behind the largest visual kei website “club Zy.”, is opening a visual kei retail shop on March 20 together with their partner "Powered By Parsons Co., Ltd.". The store will be called ...

NoisyCell drops music video “Toumei” as album “Focus” releases!

NBT

Mar 6, 2019

Music Video, Releases

Last time we explored NoisyCell, we looked at how their music seemed to be walking towards a more cheerful sound—judging by the available songs at the time from the mini-album Focus. At last, the mini-album is ...

Report: Hatsune Miku’s sold-out show in London captivates massive crowd!

NBT

Mar 5, 2019

Report and review, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

Back in December 2018, Miku Expo took place in Europe for the first time ever and was held in three locations: Paris, France; Cologne, Germany; and London, U.K. We at JROCK NEWS were lucky to attend the mesmeri...

Bassist Qs removed from Vivarush after breach of contract

NBT and Dorian

Mar 2, 2019

Lineup change

Bassist Qs of Vivarush has been dismissed from the band after violating the terms of his contract. The announcement was made earlier today on the KERBEROS ENTERTAINMENT's twitter, the band's record label, along...

WagakkiBand’s “Senbonzakura” hits 100 million views

NBT

Mar 2, 2019

Doujin, Music Video, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

Today, the eight-piece unit WagakkiBand finally hit their 100 million views milestone on the music video, Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)! The video was uploaded five years ago on YouTube, in 2014, and ...

NoisyCell’s uplifting “Ryuusei no Machi” music video, from mini-album “Focus”

NBT

Feb 27, 2019

Music Video, New Look, Releases

NoisyCell is gradually walking towards the release date of the upcoming mini-album Focus, along the way we have been able to hear two of the cheerful songs, Kyougen Mawashi, and Toumei. Today the four-man band ...

Explore the naughty side of Reol in “Utena” music video

NBT

Feb 25, 2019

Music Video, Releases

Reol has revealed her new naughty music video, Utena, taken from the upcoming work Bunmei EP. Utena is one of the four new tracks that will become available with the EP on March 20, in which Reol worked togethe...

HIZUMI shares video message on collaboration with GAN-SHIN

NBT

Feb 22, 2019

Entertainment, Videos

It's been a really long time since we last seen a video message from HIZUMI himself, the former vocalist of the legendary visual kei band D'espairsRay. This time around, HIZUMI is here to bring us a special mes...

Crystal Lake grazes the bitter side of life in “Devilcry” music video

NBT

Feb 21, 2019

Music Video, Tour and event

While we're a few months past the release of Crystal Lake's latest album Helix, the band has not stopped their activities relating to the album as they just put out a music video for the ninth track, Devilcry. ...

Interview with Keita, CEO of Vivarush’s record label KERBEROS ENTERTAINMENT

NBT

Feb 19, 2019

Interview

As Vivarush started gaining popularity across the globe, we wanted to know more about their success. We were lucky enough to sit down with Keita to find out more, the CEO of Vivarush's record label "KERBEROS EN...

GRANRODEO’s theme song “Setsuna no Ai” for Bungo Stray Dogs 3rd season

NBT

Feb 18, 2019

Anime, Releases

The fabulous rock unit GRANRODEO has revealed that their upcoming single Setsuna no Ai will be featured as the opening theme song for the third season of the action anime, Bungo Stray Dogs. The single is schedu...

ONE OK ROCK European Tour 2019 “EYE OF THE STORM”

NBT

Feb 15, 2019

Tour and event

Not only did ONE OK ROCK recently release their new album Eye of the Storm, but they are also about to start their North American tour. However, European fans don't have to envy those in America, as the band ju...

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