Review — JROCK NEWS

Highlights from Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2019

12 October 2019

The annual event Magical Mirai honors the digital characters from the software company Crypton Future Media, such as Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin/Len and more. This time around, taking place in bot...

Report: BAND-MAID service across America

G Andrew White

9 October 2019

Featured, Review, Tour

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, at the halfway stop on the WORLD DOMINATION TOUR, it was t...

Report: Celebrating 20 years of anime music at “Lantis Matsuri 2019 ~ARIGATO ANISONG~”

afaenia

8 October 2019

Anime, Review

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—anime fans in their thousands, clad in bright shirts emblazo...

Report: Experiencing NUL.’s explosive and flashy show in Tokyo

afaenia

5 October 2019

Review, Tour

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's first live show which they appropriately titled "NUL. 1st ...

Buying music at Comiket 96, Japan’s biggest fan convention

NBT

25 September 2019

Doujin, Entertainment, Review

Earlier this summer, the JROCK NEWS team headed over to Japan's largest fan convention, Comiket, a biannual event focused on doujin (self-published) goods. This may include work by illustrators, authors, techni...

Report: DEVILOOF unleashes chaos upon RizM in Tokyo

Mazohyst_Kyo

10 September 2019

Review

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, and AIOLIN. Although there was a lot to be heard and some m...

Review : BAND-MAID resonates with “endless Story” as uplifting anthem

G Andrew White

15 August 2019

Music Video, Review

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 singer Saiki laments, "You can't relive the moment". As days ...

Report: DADAROMA absolutely smash it at Japan Expo Paris 2019

Sizergyia

24 July 2019

Featured, Review

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 completely came out of nowhere with its aggressive, destructiv...

Report: ACME brings thrilling performance to Long Beach, California

Yaya28

22 July 2019

Featured, Review

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 next stop for Long Beach, located in the state of California....

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Report: BABYMETAL makes long awaited London return

Charles Shepherd

18 July 2019

Featured, Review

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 of the UK’s most prestigious music festivals, all in three ...

LED lights taught me how to play “Filth in the Beauty” on guitar!

NBT

12 July 2019

Entertainment, Review

As music listeners and as fans, we're on a constant and never-ending mission to find even better music to enjoy. Since our music playlists are filled with such amazing songs that musicians spent countless time ...

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Photo report: Crystal Lake at Boston Music Room London 2019

Charles Shepherd

3 July 2019

Featured, Review

Crystal Lake is quickly becoming the hottest metalcore outfit to come out of Japan in the last few years, with a recent Download Festival appearance and now a sold-out London show under their belts, it's easy t...

Report: 4 acts that rocked Japan Night NYC 2019

Cindy Sibilsky

3 July 2019

Review

As the perfect way to usher in the summer season of concerts and activities in one of the world’s greatest cultural hubs—New York City—the annual Japan Day @ Central Park festival celebrated its lucky 13th year...

Review: Witness the evolution of Deviloof with “Oni”

Mazohyst_Kyo

28 June 2019

Review

Now, by no means would you be wrong in calling me an absolute Deviloof fanboy. I am a fan of the music first and foremost. I do not obsess too much over the daily lives of the bandmates. I would be lying, howev...