BAND-MAID serves up online performance for canceled Budokan show
BAND-MAID's recently canceled its Nippon Budokan OKYU-JI concert mainly due to the spread of coronavirus in Japan. But do not let this be upsetting as...
Royz presents turbulent “IN THE STORM” music video
Royz will start the year with their 20th single IN THE STORM out on March 10 and has wasted no time in publishing its turbulent music video. Turbulent...
Yoshiki debuts Disney documentary in the U.S.
Yoshiki, drummer and co-founder of X Japan, is debuting his long-awaited Disney documentary "My Music Story: YOSHIKI" on Friday, February 5.
Late l...
Crack6 teases extremely exclusive “Break The Darkness” single
Crack6, a project of PENICILLIN's guitarist Chisato, recently shared a video teasing song previews off of their newest single, Break The Darkness. The...
Best Jrock music of 2020: JROCK NEWS staff picks
The year 2020 saw the coronavirus pandemic take center stage, making this year feel longer than usual as we isolated indoors for months on end. On the...
Leo Ieiri sings through 4 seasons in “Sora to Ao” music video
Leo Ieiri is about to drop her 17th single Sora to Ao on January 20, features as the main theme song for the comedy TV drama series Uchi no Musume wa,...
XANVALA dispenses a heavy dose in “Janome” music video
Following the release of the music video's preview, XANVALA has now unlocked the full music video for their upcoming single Janome prior to its releas...
LiSA’s explosive single “dawn” features in anime “Back Arrow”
LiSA demonstrates why she's at the top of the music charts once again by providing an energetic music video for her new hit single dawn released on Ja...
Arlequin previews soothing “Ichijiku” music video
Arlequin has revealed the music video preview for Ichijiku. Voted first place by fans to be turned into a music video, the now revealed final song is ...
lynch.’s music video “ALLIVE” solidifies band’s unity with side-by-side performance
lynch. finished up the year 2020 with its absolutely phenomenal digital single ALLIVE released on December 23. This single was meant to commemorate th...
Earthists. premiere chaotic, uncontrollable “DAWNSHADOW” music video
Earthists. has finally released its chaotic music video DAWNSHADOW! We've been eagerly waiting for it since late November 2020, back when the digital ...
GACKT trolls Youtuber “The Anime Man” in interview
In 2019, we got a YouTube documentary with HYDE by the channel Abroad in Japan, and only a few days ago, Youtuber CDawgVA did coverage on visual kei w...
Youtuber “CDawgVA” joins ACME for 2 days, and on stage!
The British Youtuber who now lives in Japan, "CDawgVA", or also known as Connor, recently joined ACME for two days in order to discover more about thi...
HYDE drops full-length “DEFEAT” lyric video for Devil May Cry 5
HYDE ended 2020 on a high as he released single DEFEAT digitally on none other than December 25, doubling up as a Christmas Day present.
It was bac...