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

edoh+ and afaenia
20 January 2021
Entertainment
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

NBT
10 January 2021
Entertainment, Videos
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!

NBT
7 January 2021
Entertainment, Videos
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
Entertainment
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
Entertainment
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

NBT
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
Entertainment
If you are visual kei lovers just like us, chances are you have a strong interest in fashion and even Japanese apparel and accessories brands. What if we told you that your inner desire to express yourself thro...

JROCK NEWS 5th Anniversary: Special message from CHOKE

edoh+, Dorian and afaenia
5 December 2020
Entertainment, Site News
What's rocking, boys and girls? Today, we have a special treat for you coming from the band CHOKE! Vocalist REON, bassist B5, and guitarist KVYA NONO gathered outdoors for a special message for us. After con...

JROCK NEWS 5th Anniversary: Special message from nano

edoh+
4 December 2020
Entertainment, Site News
Donning a super chunky bang hairstyle, and wrapped up in an oversized hoodie and leather jacket, we have a special message from bilingual singer nano! They took a moment out of their busy schedule to send us a ...

JROCK NEWS 5th Anniversary: Special message from fox capture plan

edoh+ and Dorian
30 November 2020
Entertainment, Online Concert, Site News
Instrumental jazz-rock trio fox capture plan dropped their wonderful album DISCOVERY earlier this month and have been busy bees performing in an amazing temple. Sitting in front of traditional shoji (translucen...

Comme des Garçons’ tribute to Sakanaction’s Ichiro is now available

edoh+
29 November 2020
Entertainment
The collaboration project by fashion company Comme des Garçons and SWITCH magazine "People of the Year" has just dropped their collection on November 28. Featuring front-man Ichiro Yamaguchi from Sakanaction am...

JROCK NEWS 5th Anniversary: Special message from taama (ROACH)

edoh+
25 November 2020
Entertainment, Site News
Hot and fresh from Okinawa, vocalist taama from ROACH is here to drop a comment for our anniversary. We'll give him a solid 10/10 for his happy face which brightened up our day, so let's have a listen! https...

Rummaging for gold in CDJapan’s Black Friday sale

edoh+
21 November 2020
Entertainment
It's that time of year we've all been waiting for to bag a bargain, so what does CDJapan have in store for us? They've started their Black Friday sale already, so we rummaged the pile of discounted goodies in t...
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