Interview Archives

Interview: Tricot shares feelings on humanity, curses and silence

Jun 13, 2021

On June 2, math rock band tricot dropped a chaotic new single titled INAI (いない) and was the featured track for new TV series, Curse of Spring (春の呪い). We gathered around the digital table to speak to the ladies ...

Interview with Sena and bo_ya (the Raid.): Resilient ambition in a year of uncertainty

Peertje and Rin

Jun 12, 2021

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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 ...

Video interview: BABYBEARD lifts global spirits with adorableness and heavy metal

afaenia

Apr 27, 2021

Interview, JROCK ONSEN

Since it was announced in the summer of 2020 that Ladybeard was recruiting members for a new project, we have been waiting with bated breath to see what exactly would be born. Finally, BABYBEARD has revealed th...

Interview: Unraveling the dark and mysterious NANO

NBT and Narine

Apr 25, 2021

Interview, JROCK ONSEN, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

NANO has just released the self-produced mini-album ANTHESIS so we took the opportunity to not only speak about the album, but also NANO's mysterious past.Being bilingual, born and raised in New York, to la...

Interview with Sennzai: Emotions that fueled 10 years of beautiful music

NBT, Dorian, afaenia, Rin and Peertje

Apr 23, 2021

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🎌 ここをクリックすると日本語版が表示されます。(View in Japanese)オペラからEDMまで、ジャンルに問わず声を変化させられることができるSennzaiは間違いなく今注目のボーカリストだ。同人だけではなく、DEEMO、Arcaea、CHUNITHMなどの音楽ゲームシーンでも活躍している。クラウドファンディングが成功し、当初の目標金額100万円の236％を達成し、待望のアルバム「Redemptio...

Interview with Kiryu: Moving forward from a difficult year

Rin and Peertje

Apr 9, 2021

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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 ...

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Interview: Cö shu Nie reflects on decade of success and anime tie-ins

edoh+ and NoMusicNoReason

Apr 3, 2021

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Cö shu Nie recently released their single give it back, an emotional ballad selected as the ending theme to the popular anime TV show Jujutsu Kaisen. Since its digital release on January 22, give it back has al...

Interview with HAKUEI and Dancho (NoGoD): Two sides of visual kei

afaenia and Dorian

Mar 12, 2021

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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 ...

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Interview: BACK-ON reflects on 15 years of music and anime

edoh+

Mar 10, 2021

Featured, Interview

Can you believe it? Fifteen years. That's how long it's been since BACK-ON released their first ever single which was heard internationally thanks to its anime tie-in with Air Gear. The opening theme Chain was ...

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Interview with CDawgVA: Becoming a visual kei star with help of ACME

NBT

Feb 19, 2021

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The Youtuber CDawgVA, also known as "Connor", recently shared a very interesting video that introduces visual kei. But for him to actually get a good grasp of the whole movement, Connor ended up becoming a visu...

Interview: Day in the life of a Japanese translator

edoh+, afaenia and Dorian

Feb 2, 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...

Interview: How R!N adds soul to the heavy metal of Aldious

G Andrew White

Dec 27, 2020

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As the ladies of power metal Aldious prepare to release their next album Evoke II 2010-2020 and gear up for 2021, we had the opportunity to chat with R!N, their lead vocalist.While she just joined the metal...

Interview: STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION shares insight on “ALPHA”, Moriarty the Patriot theme song

afaenia and Dorian

Dec 21, 2020

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Whilst this year has hit pause on many things in our lives, it hasn’t slowed down the formidable musical force that is STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (SDF).We recently had the opportunity to catch up with frontman ...

Interview: How RAZOR’s drummer NIKKY is the start of something new

Sizergyia, Dorian and afaenia

Dec 8, 2020

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There is this unforgiving aggressiveness prevalent not only in RAZOR's music but also in their live performances, playing a massive part in the band's identity. That continues to be the case even with the new d...