Introducing nu-metal band, E.T
E.T is a Japanese rock band with nu-metal and screamo influences from Tokyo who formed back in 2010. Their current lineup is made up for four members: vocalist Hiro (浩), bassist Issei (一星), drummer Asei (亜星), a...
New band LOST WORLD releases first single “Mahoro Shiro Kuro Homa”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ihZvAjx6iQFirst making live appearances in October of 2015, LOST WORLD (ロストワールド) are a recent, on-the-rise visual kei act who have just put out their first official single Mah...
L’Arc~en~Ciel Yukihiro’s announces solo project “Acid Android” one-man live
Acid Android is a solo project by Yukihiro, the drummer of L'Arc~En~Ciel which started back in 2001. You'll notice the activity is often in during the short breaks that L'Arc take, and so the most recently live...
Introducing ANOMIY, a new band featuring ex-AYABIE’s Kenzo as the vocalist!
A new band called ANOMIY has emerged from the multi-talented KENZO, and they have already announced their first release Appetizer to be released on February 17!Aside from KENZO, this new band will be formed...
MEA, the Jrock band from Indonesia
You may have recognise MEA as the visual kei band from Indonesia who will be playing at the Cure World Visual Festival.The four piece band from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, they debuted in March 2013 ...
Discover Jrock Bands: Grimoire, Rides in ReVellion and Vexent
Welcome once again, to another edition of Discover Jrock Bands in which as the name suggests, the JROCK NEWS team introduces you to newcomer bands we find interesting. Today we will cover the band Grimoire (グリモ...
HOLLOWGRAM and STEREO.C.K couples up for “HOROCOPES 2016” tour
HOLLOWGRAM and STEREO.C.K have announed a coupling tour “HOROSCOPES 2016" consisting of three shows in Japan in the middle of March. HOLLOWGRAM have recorded a video comment below with "first shot" so we imagin...
Cure magazine invites foreign bands to “World Visual Festival”
Cure magazine which specializes in Japanese rock and visual styling has announced "Japanesque Rock Collectionz Cure - Cure World Visual Festival-" for April 30. What's so special about this show is that they ha...
NIA announces European Tour and new single “PRAYER”
New band NIA, short for "New Improve Ansia" will be touring Europe in for two weeks from April 7—April 25. They have confirmed concerts in Germany, France, Belgium and Netherlands!These guys were formerly k...
Who Is BigBear? The Guy Who Remixed girugamesh’s Bonus Track
We suppose a lot of you have already taken a listen to the new girugamesh album chimera, and wonder what the deal was with the last track "BigBear Remix from gravitation" (listen to it below). It felt a little ...
go!go!vanillas’ “Super Worker” Is an Ode to Working Ladies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQyGGZeQ4rgIt's the first time time we've heard of go!go!vanillas so let's have a look at their achievements and history so far. The rock band which debuted in 2013 is made of ...
Introducing HATE, a New Band Featuring Ex-members of My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND & NAINE
Good news for the fans of NAINE and My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND, as former members of both bands have teamed up to create a new unit called HATE (Howl At The End)!The band will be composed of vocalist hiLo and ...
MY BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND Reborn as TenTen’s Solo Project!
A couple of days ago MY BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND, who last year lost four members at once, uploaded a new group picture of what seems to be all-new members for the band! However they are not official, but rather su...
THE ALTERNATIVE. New Project by Saga and Nao from A9
THE ALTERNATIVE, a project formed by Saga and Nao to showcase their skills as musicians, covering some older A9 songs you do not usually hear at the official A9 shows. The most exciting part is that they will a...