Releases

9 November 2022

Arlequin celebrates 10 years as a band in 2023 and to commemorate the momentous occasion, they'll release a best-of album titled ARLEQUIN 10th Anniversary Best '- Anthology -' on December 21. Accompanying this ...

Cazqui’s Brutal Orchestra’s “THE BUTTON EYES” music video serves epic collaboration

9 November 2022

Cazqui's Brutal Orchestra is back and in a big way! The solo project, abbreviated as CBO, headed by Cazqui (NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST, nekomanju), released its first music video for an unreleased song THE BUTTON EYES...

New visual kei loudcore band “DAMNED” impresses with “VELTRO” single

2 November 2022

Music Video, New Band, Releases

The new visual kei band DAMNED, established by former members of VELTRO, publishes its first single and music video under the new band. The title of the single is confusingly named "VELTRO" and was released yes...

Interview with Sick²: Diving into the pure chaos of digital rock

Erica, Dorian and Omatsu

30 October 2022

Interview, Releases

Digital rock band Sick² is a band of duality. They're instantly recognizable by their flashy, eye-catching costumes and upbeat melodies. Yet when you dive deeper into their lyrics, you're often met by darker th...

BabyKingdom goes gothic for “Darklament” music video

25 October 2022

BabyKingdom's single Darklament (ダクラメント) releases on November 2, with themes of monasteries and exorcism. What brings these themes together is the title track's gothic music video, illustrating a darker and he...

BABYMETAL’s comeback single “Divine Attack – Shingeki -” is viciously good!

20 October 2022

Music Video, Releases

As promised by BABYMETAL, October commences the group's comeback roadmap that is packed with important events. And today, we receive the first punch through the digital single, Divine Attack - Shingeki -, offer...

Dolly launches final single “cell.” before disbandment

Bri

19 October 2022

Disband/Hiatus, Releases

Visual kei band Dolly announced the release of a new digital single "cell." which will be available October 22, coinciding with their 17th anniversary release party. The announcement comes with a new visual of ...

Symphonic metal band LIV MOON returns with album “OUR STORIES”

15 October 2022

Releases

Back in May, we reported about the symphonic metal band LIV MOON picking up activity again and promising an album sometime this year. Now, with the latest announcement, it seems like the seeds sowed back then w...

Fukuro’s “Bakemono Watashi ni wa” music video celebrates Halloween with psychedelic imagery

14 October 2022

The day of October 31 ends the month on Halloween, undoubtedly the spookiest celebration of the year, and the band Fukuro is here to embrace it with their music video for "Bakemono Watashi ni wa". Said song is ...

ACME fully remasters songs in new album “Resisted temptation”

Erica

13 October 2022

Releases

Visual metal core band ACME will release a full album for the first time in three years. New album Resisted temptation will be released on November 23, 2022. The album will be released digitally, but physical C...

BABYMETAL returns from hiatus with exciting album and side story

12 October 2022

Releases

BABYMETAL resumes activities with a new album called "THE OTHER ONE", while also teasing a never-before-seen "other side of BABYMETAL"-story that ties in parallel worlds. BABYMETAL is finally about to br...

sukekiyo’s “Mosaic Shoujo” music video makes blood look cute

Erica

7 October 2022

Music Video, Releases

sukekiyo's latest music video Mosaic Shoujo (モザイク少女) premiered on October 7 at 20:00 (JST). The song comes from the audio-visual collection AMOR, due out later this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDg...

New cyberpunk band “+ELEVEN” rises from ashes of LOKA