Interview

18 October 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 July 2022

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

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

1 July 2022

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

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...

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Interview: MAN WITH A MISSION speaks out on the world today through music

5 June 2022