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Report: Hatsune Miku excites fans with metal performance!

Jan 15, 2020

Report and review, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

Hatsune Miku who ended her first European tour in London 2018 is picking up from where she left off. With Miku Expo 2020, she started the tour in London, O2 Academy Brixton on January 11 and that’s exactly wher...

Review: “CONQUEROR” has BAND-MAID duelling on sound

G Andrew White

Dec 14, 2019

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After several weeks of news about BAND-MAID, they serve up their ambitious third full album CONQUEROR. It weighs in with 15 songs that include most of the singles released since World Domination. Accordingly, o...

Report: DIR EN GREY rocks Los Angeles with sold out show

Yaya28

Dec 12, 2019

Featured, Report and review

You read that right. It has been about four years since DIR EN GREY last toured North America, so as soon as the group announced their 2019 North American tour along with ticket sale dates, fans snatched ticket...

Report: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION supporting Feeder at Roundhouse London 2019

edoh+

Dec 6, 2019

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Feeder and ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION—two names we had no idea would come crashing together is every 90s' anime fan crossed with grunger's wet dream. It's a very niche group of fans, but I assure you that they ve...

Eating blue ramen at the sort of Hatsune Miku ramen shop

NBT

Nov 18, 2019

Entertainment, Report and review, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

The virtual pop star Hatsune Miku is an entity that appears in almost any medium you can think of. Her imprint stretches beyond music and is an influential character that even big companies want to have a piece...

GRANRODEO’s explosive and packed-out show in Tokyo!

NBT

Nov 13, 2019

Anime, Report and review

At the packed-out concert on August 24, GRANRODEO was performing on the stage at Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo, a venue with a capacity of 2500, located right next to the 20-meter tall mecha Gundam statue. Not only w...

Delicious and magical treat at BanG Dream cafe in Akihabara

Mazohyst_Kyo and NBT

Nov 7, 2019

Entertainment, Report and review

Right in the heart of Akihabara, we’re able to find the out-of-the-world venue, Princess cafe. This place is known for the numerous otaku (nerd) collaborations they have, no matter the time of year you go, ther...

Report: DEVILOOF and GYZE tribute ARCH ENEMY at Metal Square

Mazohyst_Kyo

Oct 27, 2019

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As with any multi-artist show, most artists with the most draw are saved for the later parts of the night. After clawing through the competition and rising up in the ranks, DEVILOOF has climbed towards the end ...

Photo report: MIYAVI at Islington Assembly Hall, London 2019

edoh+

Oct 23, 2019

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It feels like it's only been a short while since we spoke to MIYAVI when he visited London in April 2018, but this time we've come to attend the show and watch him take command of the stage in a fresh white sui...

Report: EREBOS steals the show at Metal Square in Shibuya

Mazohyst_Kyo

Oct 20, 2019

Report and review, Tour and event

About five minutes from Shibuya station, the conjoined Garret & Cyclone can be found. The venues are underground, in the literal sense. Basement level one is Garret and below that, Cyclone. On Monday, Octob...

Review: BABYMETAL mixes world inspirations into “METAL GALAXY”

G Andrew White

Oct 17, 2019

Releases, Report and review

One of the hotly anticipated releases this year is BABYMETAL's METAL GALAXY. An album standing on familiar ground while doubling down on their brand of "kawaii metal" that also finds inspiration from around the...

Highlights from Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2019

NBT

Oct 12, 2019

Entertainment, Report and review, Vocaloid/Virtual singer

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

Oct 9, 2019

Featured, Report and review, Tour and event

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

Oct 8, 2019

Anime, Report and 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...