Releases

26 January 2022

On January 26, four-piece visual kei band ACME released its first digital single of 2022, Enchanted. It is now available on all major streaming platforms and download. The digital single includes two tracks,...

Arlequin’s frenetic “MONSTER” music video smothers vocalist Aki’s face in paint

23 January 2022

Arlequin unleashes their third album titled MONSTER on February 9. The album's name MONSTER also serves as the opening title track, in which the band has revealed its frenetic and intense music video. That f...

MIYAVI sings opening theme song “Strike it Out” for anime “Tribe Nine”

22 January 2022

Anime, Releases

MIYAVI strikes into the anime world yet again! MIYAVI's highly-anticipated single Strike it Out is now the opening theme song for the currently airing anime series Tribe Nine. The single is now available on str...

a crowd of rebellion features 3 vocalists in song “Re:Create of the Re:d” from album “ABANDONSYSTEM__”

NBT

12 January 2022

Ahead of the 15th-anniversary limited mini-album release "ABANDONSYSTEM__" on January 19, a crowd of rebellion shared its latest music video "Re:Create of the Re:d" featuring a total of three vocalists! The ban...

SiM provides Attack on Titan’s heaviest theme song ever, “The Rumbling”!

NBT and Dorian

11 January 2022

Anime, Music Video, Releases

SiM performs Attack on Titan's opening theme song The Rumbling and switches to a new record label, Pony Canyon. In conjunction with the airing of the action anime "Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2" (Shing...

VORCHAOS starts off 2022 with album “Tear drop”

afaenia

4 January 2022

Releases

Starting the year of the tiger off with a roar, hard-rock and metal band VORCHAOS announced that they will release its fourth album Tear drop worldwide via digital subscription services on January 14. It will b...

NIGHTMARE’s first album in 7 years, “NOX:LUX”

3 January 2022

Releases, Tour

NIGHTMARE announced a new full album titled NOX:LUX is coming March 16, 2022. NOX:LUX is NIGHTMARE's first new album since reuniting in 2019. Its prior full album was Carpe Diem, released in 2015, making it the...

Fukuro’s “Seppun” music video presents delightfully jazzy retro number

29 December 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Fukuro, a band formed by DADAROMA's vocalist Yoshiatsu, has surprised fans by releasing a music video for an unreleased track Seppun. The retro-themed music video sees the band performing the delightfully ja...

UVERworld’s “AVALANCHE” music video captures members in slow-motion

28 December 2021

UVERworld released their single AVALANCHE on November 24 but have only recently uploaded its trippy music video. Shot on a helipad that overlooks the vibrantly-lit city at night, the music video for the atmo...

NEMOPHILA brings album “REVIVE” to international scale

G Andrew White

24 December 2021

Releases

After releasing the album REVIVE for the Japanese market on December 15, the nonstop heavy metal ladies NEMOPHILA are making this studio album available for international release via JPU Records on January 14, ...

DEXCORE’s music video “20” blends synth and rock in rooftop performance

23 December 2021

DEXCORE uploaded the music video for their song "20", leading up to the release of their first mini-album "-18-". "-18-" was released on December 22. A cool synthesizer riff introduces the track "20". Then, ...

hide-and-seek Dorothy’s wintry single “Neige chaleur” comes just in time for Christmas

19 December 2021

Releases

Just in time for Christmas, visual kei band "hide-and-seek Dorothy" releases their fifth digital single Neige chaleur on December 22. Neige chaleur will be released on streaming services such as Spotify, and...

Kizu’s unsettling music video “Strawberry Blue” brings lingering sense of death