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Report: HARU NEMURI delivers wild and unpredictable performance!

Nov 4, 2022

Japanese poetry rapper HARU NEMURI resumes SHUNKA RYOUGEN - NORTH AMERICA TOUR 2022 with a surreal live performance at Trees in Dallas, TX. On October 15, an unpretentious brick-and-mortar building in the perfo...

Report: ONE OK ROCK holds nothing back for North American tour finale

Bri

Oct 29, 2022

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On Thursday, October 20 alternative rock band ONE OK ROCK returned to the Hollywood Palladium for the final performance of their Luxury Disease North American Tour 2022. The tour marks the band’s first time bac...

Report: BAND-MAID dominates the Golden Gate City on US TOUR 2022

Nori

Oct 25, 2022

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Ravenous patrons encircled The August Hall, the crisp San Francisco air filling their lungs as they counted down the hours to Friday night’s “Okyu-ji” table service. For the metal mistresses of BAND-MAID, live ...

Report: 20th-anniversary tour showcases MIYAVI’s evolution

Erica

Oct 21, 2022

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On October 5, MIYAVI returned to The State Theatre near Washington DC. This show kicked off his 20th-anniversary tour, a whirlwind circuit spanning 18 cities across North America.MIYAVI played at this venue...

Report: BAND-MAID turn Aftershock Festival into hard-rock Japanese café

G Andrew White

Oct 13, 2022

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A bright sun shines on the Coors Light stage at the Aftershock Festival as BAND-MAID arrives for a small and dedicated crowd. Starting earlier than scheduled on a hot October 9 in Sacramento, CA, the all-female...

Report: NEMOPHILA shred at Aftershock Festival, announce North America tour

G Andrew White

Oct 10, 2022

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On Friday, October 7 at Aftershock Festival 2022, NEMOPHILA took on the U.S. West Coast from the DWPresents stage. This explosive event at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA featured a meteoric list of metal and ...

Review: JROCK NEWS jockeys over BAND-MAID’s EP “Unleash”

G Andrew White and Nori

Sep 29, 2022

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Japan's extraordinary hard-rock headliners BAND-MAID let loose the next chapter in their musical conquest with the eight-track EP Unleash, available worldwide since September 21. Coming in under 30 minutes, the...

Report: NEMOPHILA kicks ass at Whisky a Go Go part 2

G Andrew White

Jul 13, 2022

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On July 1 NEMOPHILA, in their first international performance, stepped onto the stage of the world-famous venue Whisky a Go Go. Confidently, they stood before a sold-out house with fans hypnotized and stunned i...

Review: Earthists’ album “Have a Good Cult” displays beautiful side of metalcore

NBT

Jul 4, 2022

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The metalcore band "Earthists." has delivered quite an interesting work this time, to say the least. The latest entry is the album "Have a Good Cult" which was fully released on June 22. Binding together melodi...

Review: DIR EN GREY forges brazen album “PHALARIS”

Nori

Jun 30, 2022

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DIR EN GREY’s 11th studio album PHALARIS bares the richest culmination of metal from the Osaka quintet’s quarter-century career. Contrasting the battering ram blitzing throughout its predecessor The Insulated W...

Review: Is DIR EN GREY’s album “PHALARIS” the next step for an ever-changing band?

Mazohyst_Kyo

Jun 24, 2022

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This is so familiar. But why?The second the intro to DIR EN GREY's latest album PHALARIS kicks in, I feel like I am being ripped back into a better time. For the first time in a while, I can honestly say th...

Review: Is Yoshiki’s energy drink “Real Gold XY” really revolutionary?

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Omatsu

Jun 22, 2022

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Back in May, the legendary drummer and leader of X Japan, Yoshiki, teased and claimed that with the Coca-Cola collaboration project, we would allegedly be able to witness something "revolutionary". A week later...

Report: Mary’s Blood reign supreme in final show

afaenia

Apr 25, 2022

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Bringing a chapter to a close is never easy. How do you adequately convey all that you have achieved during that time? Mary’s Blood has, over the course of 13 years, released seven full-length albums and two mi...

Review: Omnibus album “Chaos Collection” finds harmony in chaos

Erica

Jan 13, 2022

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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...