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Get stoked for free livestream “HATSUNE MIKU Digital Stars 2022” with Utsu-P and more

22 April 2022

The company behind Hatsune Miku, Crypton Future Media, has been increasing its efforts to bring live music to fans around the world during the ongoing pandemic. One of the efforts that have continued to this da...

Three Jrock bands jolt America live at Aftershock Festival 2022

G Andrew White

6 April 2022

Tour

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 ...

Interview with HAKUEI and KAMIJO: A talk between 2 charming musicians

Dorian and Rin

11 March 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 ...

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...

Interview with SiM: Creating Attack on Titan’s opening theme song “The Rumbling”

NBT

15 February 2022

Anime, Interview

The reggae-punk band SiM recently surprised the world by unveiling its song "The Rumbling". Not only was this song accommodated to the popular anime “Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2” (Shingeki no Kyojin), b...

girugamesh’s first song in 6 year, “engrave”

NBT

30 January 2022

Music Video, Releases

For the first time in six years since girugamesh's disbandment, the band is once again united for the release of its upcoming song engrave. This completely new work is said to have a "loud sound" and "catchy me...

SCANDAL adds more cities for “SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022”

G Andrew White

29 January 2022

Tour

SCANDAL announces new dates for the North America leg of their SCANDAL WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR". New stops and dates were added for Boston, Chicago, Vancouver, and Seattle. In all, nine cities to catch these po...

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu joins Coachella festival lineup alongside Billie Eilish

NBT

21 January 2022

Tour

The pop icon from Harajuku of all things kawaii, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, is set to perform at the 2022 "Coachella Music and Arts Festival" in California, US! She will be performing on the same day as the American si...

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...

girugamesh teases something for year 2022

NBT

27 December 2021

News

girugamesh just shared a message via the YouTube channel, MAVERICK DC GROUP, teasing some kind of activity for February 1, 2022. The video titled "A Message from girugamesh" is quite vague when it comes to any ...

Interview with NECRONOMIDOL: Vanguards of idols

NBT, Narine and Peertje

7 December 2021

Interview

NECRONOMIDOL is an idol unit with many unique qualities that make them stand out, especially among the cookie-cutter performers we normally come across. Describing themselves as an "ultra-dark" unit, there is a...

Report: MIYAVI storms the State Theatre in Washington DC

Erica

1 December 2021

Review, Tour

In June, MIYAVI announced his first North American tour in almost two years spanning 19 cities across the US and Canada. On October 29 MIYAVI played an intimate show near the US capitol at the State Theatre in ...

Interview: Chaotic Harmony provides behind-the-scenes look at omnibus album “Chaos Collection”

Erica

1 December 2021

Interview, Releases

In October, music promotion company Chaotic Harmony started a crowdfunding campaign to bring a Jrock omnibus album to international fans. The omnibus album project, titled Chaos Collection brought together 13 b...

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