Report: BAND-MAID service across America
At every BAND-MAID concert, the maids welcome their fans as "masters and princesses" to a service where the entrée is a huge helping of hard rock. Yet...
Report: Celebrating 20 years of anime music at “Lantis Matsuri 2019 ~ARIGATO ANISONG~”
It was an overcast Sunday in Chiba and the station area was busy just as one would expect on a weekend. But not just with the usual crowd of shoppers—...
Report: Experiencing NUL.’s explosive and flashy show in Tokyo
August 16 found us in the winding streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, joining the line outside Shibuya Rex in the sweltering mid-summer heat to enter the trio'...
Interview: MAN WITH A MISSION devours big ideas for rock
The enigmatic wolves from Tokyo take a bite and leave a mark while on the road. They successfully completed the North America stretch of their Chasing...
Giveaway: the GazettE tour final celebration with fanart by MYSANO
To celebrate the GazettE's tour final of "WORLD TOUR 19 THE NINTH", Germany based illustrator MYSANO will be sponsoring a wonderful giveaway featuring...
Report: BABYMETAL fuel high-energy show in Dallas
"Are you ready to headbang?" That was the announcement over the speakers from the video montage that played as BABYMETAL took to the stage of South Si...
Buying music at Comiket 96, Japan’s biggest fan convention
Earlier this summer, the JROCK NEWS team headed over to Japan's largest fan convention, Comiket, a biannual event focused on doujin (self-published) g...
Interview: DEVILOOF’s first major step towards world domination
DEVILOOF recently confirmed their upcoming European tour which will take place in 2020, a long-awaited announcement that many fans have been excited f...
Report: DEVILOOF unleashes chaos upon RizM in Tokyo
The August 13 "RYTHME OF X BEAT vol.1" performance at RizM was one shared by many talented acts, such as WING WORKS, CHOKE, DEXCORE, breakin’ holiday,...
Interview: the GazettE unveil thoughts on family, fans and friendship
Trudging our way through the drizzly streets of London, it made us wonder how the GazettE felt about the rainy welcome back to the city after so many ...
Review : BAND-MAID resonates with “endless Story” as uplifting anthem
Imagine to be all alone and not feel lonely. To be lost on a remote island and reminisce about moments from your past. In BAND-MAID’s new song, lead s...
Report: DADAROMA absolutely smash it at Japan Expo Paris 2019
When DADAROMA initially dropped the music video for Oboreru Sakana nearly five years ago now, it undoubtedly left its mark on the world. For me, it co...
Report: ACME brings thrilling performance to Long Beach, California
2019 has ACME rocking more than ever as they bring their music overseas! Following a performance at A-Kon in Texas in late June, the band made their n...
Report: BABYMETAL makes long awaited London return
I can’t imagine there are many people in their early twenties that could manage—not only two massive one-man arena shows but also a performance at one...