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Aimer’s single “Ref:rain” uncovers in visually stunning trailer for Koi wa Ameagari no You ni

Nov 2, 2017

Update 2017-01-12: More details have been unveiled, click here to view the latest information.With the release of the first extensive trailer for the anime Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (Love is Like after the ...

EGOIST’s mysterious countdown hits 0, unveils album GREATEST HITS 2011-2017 “ALTER EGO”

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Nov 1, 2017

Anime, Releases, Videos

EGOIST's mysterious countdown which started on October 27 finally reached its final moment earlier today, ending exactly at 09:00 JST, on November 1! The mystery revealed ended up being EGOIST's upcoming and fi...

Interview: How rock saved Yoshiki’s life but destroyed his body

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Oct 24, 2017

Featured, Interview

On a dark and cold evening of October 19 in the capital of Sweden; our mission today was to meet arguably the biggest rock star in Japan's history, the one and only, Yoshiki of X Japan! He was here today to pro...

ONE OK ROCK’s Ryota is now a proud father to a baby girl!

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Oct 22, 2017

Entertainment

A little less than a year ago, bassist Ryota of ONE OK ROCK announced his sudden marriage with Michelle who surprisingly revealed to be Avril Lavigne's sister! The news came as a shock, but the couple seems to ...

MORRIGAN’s Europe tour message for JROCK NEWS readers

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Oct 11, 2017

Featured, Tour and event, Videos

We're finally closing in MORRIGAN's first Europe tour that will take place throughout the month of November! The guys are excited to meet the fans abroad and thus, they've filmed a short little message for the ...

Flashy and dramatic moves in Sengoku Jidai’s heroic “Doukeshi” preview

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Oct 10, 2017

Music Video

With the recent member reveal of Sengoku Jidai (The age of civil wars), the band takes it to the next step by releasing a music video preview for Doukeshi, extracted from the long-awaited first album, Uijin – F...

Ticket giveaway: MORRIGAN 1st European tour “BLACK WING”

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Oct 9, 2017

Featured, Tour and event

We have partnered up with Kinetic Vibe and V STAR PROMOTION to give you a chance to win one of the three tickets we're handing out for MORRIGAN's European tour this November! Of course, this also means you will...

Revisiting the impressive clip “GACKT speaks Chinese with Vivian Hsu”

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Oct 8, 2017

Entertainment, Videos

Sometimes the internet is a nice place, sometimes it's not. Kind of like a tsundere (cold and hot) character you'll find in anime but on a whole other level. With YouTube recently they've been a bit too much ts...

mafumafu packs all of his best qualities in “Ashitairo World End” album preview

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Oct 7, 2017

Doujin, Music Video

mafumafu just released an extensive preview of his long-awaited original album Ashitairo World End, just a few day before we hit October 18—the release day!The preview runs through all 16 tracks included on...

Aimer’s high-spirited song “ONE” will get you in a good mood!

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Oct 5, 2017

Music Video

To followers of Aimer, you are most likely aware how her husky voice usually couple itself with more sentimental songs. But not this time! The latest material from Aimer's upcoming triple A-side single titled "...

One last EP “Endless EP” from REOL before their disbandment!

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Sep 30, 2017

Doujin, New Look, Releases

Before REOL's disbandment that will take place by the end of October, the trio has announced they will release an EP fittingly titled Endless EP, out on October 11, to bring an endless closure to their collabor...

Sawano Hiroyuki joined by SUGIZO at life-size Gundam special ceremony

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Sep 28, 2017

Anime, Entertainment

The special ceremony for the life-size Gundam statue earlier this week was met with a few key individuals to celebrate its assembly completion! Sawano Hiroyuki, Tielle, SUGIZO amongst other notable entities too...

SEVER BLACK PARANOIA makes a return with brutal song “Phoenix”, from “FLYING LEAP EP”

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Sep 25, 2017

Music Video, Releases

It's been quite some time since we had some dark electrocore sweep into our ears, with SEVER BLACK PARANOIA's return after more than a year of silence, that is about to change with the new self-recorded EP "FLY...

Sengoku Jidai’s legendary visual kei members revealed!

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Sep 16, 2017

New Band, New Look, Releases

Ever since The age of civil wars (Sengoku Jidai) released their first single Kyoukaranbu/Jyoushou in February earlier this year, they've been using illustrated characters to represent themselves, and the secret...

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