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ALICE NINE. freezes activities to pursue personal growth

9 January 2023

Veterans of visual kei "ALICE NINE." announced an indefinite hiatus, which they are calling a "frozen period" starting September 3, 2023. According to the statement, translated below, the band plans to take thi...

Interview: Discovering the unexplored side of Alice Nine

Peertje, Dorian and Rin

19 January 2022

Interview

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. and Vijuttoke with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2021

NBT, Dorian, NoMusicNoReason, Erica, G Andrew White, Sizergyia, Mazohyst_Kyo and Ziggy

30 December 2021

Entertainment

We're not sure if the world has gotten any better this year, however, thanks to the amazing music and related activities that kept our spirits up, we're ready to move on to the next year! To end this unprece...

Alice Nine prepares for first online international fan meeting

Ziggy

21 May 2021

Online Concert

In recognition of Alice Nine's international fans during this challenging period, the band has announced their first online international fan meeting. The event will be held through the video communications pla...

Japanese livestreams to check out in December

Midnight

5 December 2020

Online Concert, Tour and event

We apologize for running late with this month's roundup of livestreams. As a note, you can still watch past-streams thanks to the playback feature which allows you to view "dead" streams days after a concert ha...

Alice Nine’s vocalist Shou becomes Cloud from “Final Fantasy VII”!

Midnight and afaenia

11 April 2020

Entertainment, Videos

Who needs to play the game Final Fantasy VII Remake when you can become the protagonist Cloud Strife himself? Well, sadly, many of us, considering we could never pull the look off as well as Alice Nine's very o...

Alice Nine mixes old and new in “TESTAMENT” from album “Fuyajou Eden”

NoMusicNoReason

24 March 2020

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Alice Nine will release their ninth full album, Fuyajou Eden, on April 29! The music video for TESTAMENT was recently released, giving us our first taste of the album. The band displays the experience they’ve g...

Alice Nine’s HIROTO makes special event appearance in Los Angeles

Ziggy

12 January 2020

Tour and event

Update 2020-01-16: Due to the "strict immigration screening" process, Hiroto has sadly canceled the event. The official announcement for this was published on Alice Nine's official website. Despite our full pr...

Vocaloids Rin and Len join Alice Nine in “Revolutionary Blooming” single

NoMusicNoReason

2 September 2019

Music Video, Releases, Vocaloid

Alice Nine unveiled more details on their long-awaited return with the upcoming single Revolutionary Blooming, which is now set to be released on October 23. The band surprised us with a Vocaloid version of the...

A9 rebrands as Alice Nine for “Revolutionary Blooming” single

NoMusicNoReason

19 August 2019

New Look, Releases

The name of the band previously known as A9 will evolve once again! The band announced their decision to revert their name back to the Japanese spelling they used at the very beginning of their career, アリス九號. (...

Did you know these Jrock artists and musicians are left-handed?

edoh+

16 April 2016

Entertainment

According a piece on wikipedia "Studies suggest that approximately 10% of the world population is left-handed. Among naturally left-handed Japanese senior high school students, only 0.7% and 1.7% of individuals...

THE ALTERNATIVE. New Project by Saga and Nao from A9

edoh+

18 January 2016

New Band, New Look, Tour and event

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...

School Themed JRock Music Videos

edoh+

15 October 2015

Entertainment

Ahhh, the Japanese classroom. The chime of the school bell, the one man desks with the flip top, the female students wearing sailor outfits—those are just some of the things we typically think of when it comes ...

Formerly “Alice Nine” Has Finalized their New Name!

edoh+

29 September 2015

Band status

The band formerly known as Alice Nine decided to break free from the visual kei label PS Company last year, which is a huge deal, as the band has been signed to this label for a whole decade! This move led to t...

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