Review

13 January 2022

In October 2021, Chaotic Harmony set on a mission to crowdfund “Chaos Collection”: a 13-track omnibus album gathering 13 visual kei bands from Japan. While the omnibus includes previously released songs, it als...

Report: MIYAVI storms the State Theatre in Washington DC

1 December 2021

Review, Tour

In June, MIYAVI announced his first North American tour in almost two years spanning 19 cities across the US and Canada. On October 29 MIYAVI played an intimate show near the US capitol at the State Theatre in ...

Report: HYDE creates art in motion at Heian Shrine

7 August 2021

HYDE celebrated his 20th anniversary as a solo artist with a two-day concert at Heian Shrine in Kyoto, on July 31 and August 1. The dazzling event entertained a live audience and was also streamed virtually wor...

Report: PENICILLIN pulls off adrenaline-fueled show for “Atarashii Yado” tour final

3 July 2021

PENICILLIN held their final live concert for their "Atarashii Yado 2021"-tour at Shinjuku ReNY on May 22, 2021. Due to social distancing measures, the live performance was limited to 200 attendees and was also ...

Review: Japanese/Irish rock band Clarity puts forth EP “In the Light of Lies, Pt. 2”

Sizergyia

5 May 2021

Releases, Review

Clarity released their second EP titled In the Light of Lies, Pt. 2 on May 5, a follow-up to their In the Light of Lies, Pt. 1. The tracklist features four songs in total including the previously released True ...

Review: BRIDEAR offers “Bloody Bride” album for metal matrimony

G Andrew White

29 April 2021

Releases, Review

You are cordially invited on May 7 to the wedding of hard rock and prog metal by BRIDEAR with Bloody Bride. The third full album by the heavy metal band proposes a sonically aggressive celebration with you. Lik...

Report: Schwarz Stein sparks fireworks in “Type of another cell” livestream

22 April 2021

On April 16, electronic duo Schwarz Stein held a socially distanced concert Type of another cell at Shibuya Rex. Thanks to the advent of Internet streaming, fans around the world could attend the live performan...

Report: Explosive online live with Roselia and RAISE A SUILEN “Rausch und/and Craziness -interlude-“

NBT

29 December 2020

Two of the most powerful bands from the “BanG Dream!” family (franchise) have once again joined forces, but this time for their very first livestream concert together! The juggernaut show that took place on ...

Report: amazarashi’s depressing livestream brings hope to our future

NBT

22 December 2020

The world isn’t the same anymore. Living in a pandemic state has not only taken a toll on us concertgoers but also greatly affected passionate musicians such as amazarashi. To express such dissatisfaction and d...

Report: Former visual kei artists return to stage for “ARGONAVIS AAside Live Royal Fes 2020”

NBT

31 October 2020

Sharing the large stage at “Live Royal Fes 2020” on October 10 is five male-fronted bands from the line-up of “ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!”, a franchise active within anime, games, music, and more. With each act...

Report: Streaming MAN WITH A MISSION’s 10th anniversary show

Ziggy

18 September 2020

Featured, Online Concert, Review

Toilet break? Check. Drink and snacks? Check. Fully-charged laptop battery? Check. Volume to the max? Check. If you were a regular attendee of live music events, following streamed concerts may have become ...

Report: Ending summer with a bang at “BanG Dream! 8th LIVE”!

Mazohyst_Kyo

3 September 2020