Interview with Sick²: Diving into the pure chaos of digital rock Erica, Dorian and Omatsu 30 October 2022 Interview, Releases Digital rock band Sick² is a band of duality. They're instantly recognizable by their flashy, eye-catching costumes and upbeat melodies. Yet when you dive deeper into their lyrics, you're often met by darker th...
Interview with Jose Mangin: Metal Ambassador on Jrock and Jmetal G Andrew White 18 October 2022 Entertainment, Interview During our coverage of Jrock bands at Aftershock Festival 2022 in Sacramento, CA, we sat down with the official host, Jose Mangin. He is regarded as the most distinguished personality in hard rock and metal tod...
Interview with Madmans Esprit: Shaping brutal but warm album Rin 16 October 2022 Interview Madmans Esprit is an avant-garde metal band from South Korea that incorporates elements of visual kei into both their sound and aesthetics. The band started as the solo project by independent artist Kyuho in 20...
Interview: SCANDAL reflects on touring challenges and looking forward G Andrew White and Nori 19 September 2022 Interview, Tour On July 15, SCANDAL made the fourth stop on their North America WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in Atlanta, Georgia. JROCK NEWS was in the crowd. This tour, previously planned for 2020 but delayed by the COVID-19 p...
Interview: How touring abroad changed ACME’s worldview completely Erica 20 August 2022 Interview, Tour On July 18, visual metalcore quartet ACME played their first-ever concert in New York. ACME commanded a packed dancefloor, assaulting them with crisp, high-treble drums, chugging basslines, and melodic guita...
Interview with sources: Spanning the spectrum from classical to rock Erica 13 August 2022 Interview Neoclassical trio "sources" is unlike any other band in the Jrock scene right now. The instrumental band fuses classical music with genres spanning the spectrum from rock to pop. Now, newly signed to JPU Record...
Interview with blank paper: an enigmatic sensation from the future Erica and Peertje 1 August 2022 Interview Little is known about the enigmatic rock band blank paper, who will perform at Otakuthon in Montreal on August 5. All the general public knows is that it appears to not be human. A glance at blank paper's ba...
Interview: NEMOPHILA before kicking ass at Whisky a Go Go part 3 G Andrew White 24 July 2022 Interview, Tour Before NEMOPHILA took the stage at Whisky a Go Go on July 1, we had a sit-down chat with them. In person, their candidness and sweet personalities were charming and disarming. So, we had to find out how these i...
Interview with SUGIZO: “All humans should have a sense of love and harmony.” edoh+ 6 July 2022 Interview Hot on the heels of the recent release of SHAG's new album THE PROTEST JAM and Rebellmusik music video, we've been presented an opportunity to pick the brains of the mastermind behind the thoughtful album. I...
Interview with NEMOPHILA: “We are here to kick your ass!” part 1 G Andrew White 1 July 2022 Interview, Tour Making their first debut in America, NEMOPHILA prepares to perform a sold-out show at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, CA. As a crowd gathers on the Sunset Strip, there is much anticipation for thi...
Interview with HAKUEI and HIZUMI: Hardships as vocalists Dorian, Rin, Peertje and afaenia 1 July 2022 Interview This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. and Vijuttoke with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...
Interview with NOILION: Destined for ULTRAMAN’s theme song “3” NBT 7 June 2022 Anime, Interview, New Band NOILION is a new and unique trio produced by the electronic musician TeddyLoid. It consists of the bilingual high-tone vocalist LIO, the mysterious disc jockey (DJ) KILLIT, and the skilled video jockey (VJ) REA...
Interview: MAN WITH A MISSION speaks out on the world today through music G Andrew White 5 June 2022 Interview Japan's wolf pack of rock, MAN WITH A MISSION is unloading a sonic assault with the new album Break and Cross the Walls II featuring Blaze from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. For over a dec...
Interview with Void_Chords: Creating Tribe Nine’s anime theme song “Infocus” NBT, afaenia, Rin and Peertje 30 March 2022 Anime, Doujin, Interview Multi-talented Ryo Takahashi, who goes under the name "Void_Chords", is a musician with expertise in more areas than our fingers can count up to. Mainly, he is credited as a composer, arranger, guitarist, and b...
