BAND-MAID - JROCK NEWS

Three Jrock bands jolt America live at Aftershock Festival 2022

6 April 2022

Once again, Jrock shakes up America at Aftershock Festival 2022 with three amazing bands from Japan. The festival happening at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California will see Crossfaith and NEMOPHILA perform ...

BAND-MAID US TOUR 2022 sells out in 5 American cities

G Andrew White

6 March 2022

News, Tour

Update 2022-4-3: Due to the vast majority of shows selling out, BAND-MAID has added two more. October 30 American Dream East Rutherford, NJ November 1 House of Blues Chicago, IL Origina...

Top 25 anime opening and ending songs 2021

NBT

31 December 2021

Entertainment

It was an amazing year of anime with many new adaptations like "Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi" and the awaited returning ones such as "Re:zero"! We also saw original anime like "Sonny Boy", showing how a seemingl...

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...

BAND-MAID lights up heavy music video “Sense”!

G Andrew White

26 October 2021

Music Video

Today, BAND-MAID officially released the single Sense in all its glory. Not only is it available for purchase but you can also listen to it via streaming services, or watch the music video on YouTube! Get re...

BAND-MAID hints at epicness with theme song “Sense” for anime “Platinum End”

G Andrew White

6 September 2021

Anime, Releases

BAND-MAID has scheduled its single Sense for an October 27 release, in conjunction, it will serve as the opening theme song for the psychological and supernatural anime Platinum End. A highly anticipated anime ...

MIYAVI and BAND-MAID appear in Netflix movie “Kate”

NBT

5 August 2021

Entertainment

The first official trailer of the Netflix movie "Kate" reveals an action-packed story that takes place in a Japanese setting. As such, we are able to observe a handful of Japanese actors alongside protagonist M...

Miku Kobato changes to Jpop as cluppo for “PEACE&LOVE”

G Andrew White

1 April 2021

Music Video, New Look, Releases

Miku Kobato of BAND-MAID fame flies solo as JPop idol, cluppo, with the release of single PEACE&LOVE. While the debut is truly her new solo project, quite obvious given the timing that it is an April Fools'...

Herman Li (DragonForce) invites BAND-MAID to Twitch stream

G Andrew White

23 February 2021

Entertainment, News

BAND-MAID guitarists Miku Kobato and Kanami will be special guests on Twitch with DragonForce's Herman Li this Friday. A few weeks ago, the guitarist and songwriter for British metal band DragonForce made an...

BAND-MAID serves up online performance for canceled Budokan show

G Andrew White

25 January 2021

Music Video, Online Concert

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 they will deliver the event by livestream on February 11 at...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2020

NBT, afaenia, Mazohyst_Kyo, G Andrew White, Ziggy, edoh+ and Sizergyia

30 December 2020

Entertainment

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a crazy year, right? There's a lot of canceled concerts and a whole load of things that affected the scene. Despite all the setbacks, we've seen the music indus...

BAND-MAID surprises with performance of new song “After Life”, from upcoming album

G Andrew White

16 December 2020

Online Concert, Releases

Over the weekend during BAND-MAID's ONLINE OKYU-JI livestream, they performed the new song After Life for the very first time, a track you'll find on their next album, "Unseen World". Briefly introduced by voca...

Japanese livestreams to check out in December

Midnight

5 December 2020

Online Concert, Tour

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...

BAND-MAID boots up with theme song “Different” for anime “Log Horizon 3rd Season”

G Andrew White

3 November 2020

Anime, Releases

BAND-MAID is to release the single Different on December 2, and it will join in as the opening theme for NHK E-TV anime Log Horizon: Entaku Houkai which starts broadcasting in January 2021. The title-track will...

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