Entertainment

8 February 2021

Ryo has added English subtitles to all of his educational studio videos on YouTube. Besides sharing cover songs on YouTube, Ryo, the former girugamesh drummer, has also started to become more active in creat...

I took a vocal lesson with Japan’s first scream coach MAHONE!

Dorian

4 February 2021

Metalheads know it better than anyone: screams and growls require skills. But when self-learning isn’t enough, “Who you gonna call?”, scream specialist MAHONE! His motto? “Anyone can scream”! Today, I will ...

Interview: Day in the life of a Japanese translator

edoh+, afaenia and Dorian

2 February 2021

Entertainment, Interview

Can all the readers who can't speak or read in Japanese fluently put their hands up? If you're here, chances are you're interested in Japanese music and enjoy listening to bands who do not speak your native ton...

Ryo (girugamesh) invites to home studio room tour

NBT and afaenia

1 February 2021

We've seen Ryo—former drummer of girugamesh—do plenty of videos on YouTube, but for the first time, we get an in-depth look into what gear and tools he uses from a day-to-day basis in his home studio. After ...

Sono (Matenrou Opera) beautifully covers L’Arc~en~Ciel’s “winter fall”

edoh+ and afaenia

20 January 2021

Originally released in 1998, winter fall was L'Arc~en~Ciel's first-ever number-one single on Oricon charts, as well as being the first single with drummer yukihiro officially in the band. 23 years later after i...

Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks

Sizergyia, afaenia, Dorian, Mazohyst_Kyo, Midnight, G Andrew White, NBT, NoMusicNoReason and edoh+

19 January 2021

Entertainment, Music Video

The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the bright side, however, releases from our favorite artists ke...

GACKT trolls Youtuber “The Anime Man” in interview

10 January 2021

In 2019, we got a YouTube documentary with HYDE by the channel Abroad in Japan, and only a few days ago, Youtuber CDawgVA did coverage on visual kei with ACME. Surprisingly, today we were greeted by another Jap...

Youtuber “CDawgVA” joins ACME for 2 days, and on stage!

7 January 2021

The British Youtuber who now lives in Japan, "CDawgVA", or also known as Connor, recently joined ACME for two days in order to discover more about this thing called "visual kei"—I bet you never heard of it befo...

Taste MIYAVI’s sake at the Mercedes-Benz restaurant in Tokyo

edoh+

5 January 2021

You read that correctly. The famous car company owns a restaurant, and from January 6, MIYAVI's sake will be served at their Mercedes me Tokyo "UPSTAIRS" restaurant in Roppongi. Tentatively, the announcement...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

30 December 2020

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2020

24 December 2020

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

This year hasn't been too stable for the anime industry with the COVID-19 pandemic taking place, causing massive delays and uncertainties for many of the studios. If you like the music we featured on this list,...

Amazing visual kei designer items, when fashion meets music

Dorian

14 December 2020