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Mary’s Blood goes on hiatus in April 2022

Dec 21, 2021

Japan's leading ladies in heavy metal, Mary's Blood, has announced a break in their current activities from April 2022. They will be holding their last live performance at Toyosu Pit, Tokyo on April 9, 2022, be...

sleepyhead to cease activities in early 2022

afaenia

Dec 9, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

Takeru (former vocalist of SuG) announced that his solo project "sleepyhead" will officially conclude activities following its fourth-anniversary tour next year.Following the release of the short novel Sent...

REVIVAL OF THE ERA disbands early next year

Sizergyia and echo

Dec 1, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive, New Look, Releases

REVIVAL OF THE ERA (ROTE) has announced that they will disband after their one-man show at Shibuya CYCLONE on March 20, 2022.The band's official statement doesn't provide context as to why they are disbandi...

SILENT SIREN to take a break at end of the year

G Andrew White

Oct 25, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

SILENT SIREN announces hiatus after their final performance of the LIVE TOUR 2021 "FAMILIA" on December 30. While this is an unexpected announcement from the all-female band, they want to let fans know that thi...

BABYMETAL ends an era, only the FOX GOD knows when they’ll be back

NBT

Oct 10, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

BABYMETAL announced back in August that they will be sealed and disappear from our sight after concluding its "10 BABYMETAL LEGENDS" project, and won't be back until that seal is broken.Today on October 10,...

GACKT suspends all activities due to life-threatening illness

NBT

Sep 9, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

GACKT goes on indefinite hiatus due to an illness described as "some kind of a neurological disorder" that "triggers a sudden dysphonia". Because of this, GACKT has not been able to use his voice, faints at tim...

LOVEBITES on hiatus with departure of bassist Miho

G Andrew White

Aug 17, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive, Lineup change

Unfortunate news from LOVEBITES as the band will go into hiatus following the exit of bassist Miho.In the statement made on the band's official website, Miho mentioned how it was a really hard decision to m...

SCAPEGOAT to disband in December 2021

Sizergyia and Peertje

May 8, 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

SCAPEGOAT has announced that they will disband after their SCAPEGOAT LAST ONEMAN TOUR "END ROLL" tour final performance on December 1 at TSUTAYA O-EAST. The official statement published on their website doesn't...

Satoshi speaks out about girugamesh’s disbandment

NBT and Dorian

Nov 24, 2020

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

Vocalist Satoshi, formerly in the popular rock band girugamesh recently spoke out on Instagram revealing his thoughts on the quartet's disbandment, and why he previously created the short-lived solo project RED...

NAZARE to disband due to vocalist Mio’s personal issues

NoMusicNoReason and afaenia

Aug 22, 2020

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

NAZARE will be disbanding at the beginning of next year after the NEMOPHILA tour final taking place at Shibuya WWWX on January 11, 2021. The band reached this conclusion after vocalist Mio expressed his wish to...

12012 resumes activities with 6 members!

NoMusicNoReason and afaenia

Jun 24, 2020

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

No, it's not a dream! 12012 has finally returned from its five-year hiatus! Last Sunday, the members summoned their fans to hear them out on an undisclosed matter via TwitCasting. Little did they know the band ...

POIDOL disbands, releases last single “link.”

Sizergyia and afaenia

May 19, 2020

Disband/Hiatus/Revive, Releases

POIDOL announced on May 13 that they will disband after their last one-man tour titled "Period.", with the final performance scheduled to take place on November 29 at Shinjuku BLAZE.The reason for the disba...

VERSAILLES rules as “EMPEROR” with first single in 8 years!

Midnight

Mar 21, 2020

Disband/Hiatus/Revive, Releases

VERSAILLES has announced it is orchestrating a new single titled, EMPEROR, scheduled to arrive on July 15! This will be the first single in eight years since the release of ROSE in 2012 before the band went int...

DADAROMA goes on hiatus for a second time

Sizergyia and Dorian

Mar 19, 2020

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

DADAROMA has announced that they will enter its second hiatus after the tour final performance on May 20, which unfortunately coincides with Yoshiatsu's birthday. The tour in question is "DADAROMA ONE MAN TOUR ...