COVID-19 - JROCK NEWS

BAND-MAID serves up online performance for canceled Budokan show

25 January 2021

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...

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LOVEBITES brings “GLORY, GLORY, TO THE WORLD” in 3rd EP

NoMusicNoReason and afaenia

12 January 2021

Releases

While we were locked inside during the toughest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the members of heavy metal band LOVEBITES spent their time recording new material to follow up their third full album Electric Pe...

DIMLIM teases new music with drastic visual change

NoMusicNoReason

11 January 2021

New Look, Releases

DIMLIM just held its livestreaming show PREMIUM SHOW -Let's talk about the essence- on January 9 where they announced a new song will be released in spring 2021. They have also unveiled a brand new look drastic...

DIR EN GREY welcomes the year with 32nd single “Oboro”

NoMusicNoReason

7 January 2021

Releases

DIR EN GREY starts the year right with exciting news as the band's 32nd single Oboro (朧) is scheduled to be out this spring 2021. Further details are yet to be disclosed so we must wait patiently for the band's...

Youtuber “CDawgVA” joins ACME for 2 days, and on stage!

NBT

7 January 2021

Entertainment, Videos

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 this thing called "visual kei"—I bet you never heard of it befo...

CHOKE embraces change with single “Hack to the basic”

Mazohyst_Kyo

31 December 2020

Releases, Videos

CHOKE is closing out this year with one last single, Hack to the basic—available since December 25. The band's recent set of releases have had a strong focus on life as we have come to know it now. We are all t...

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...

NUL. releases first album “TRIBRID ARCHIVE” at last!

NBT

28 December 2020

New Look, Releases

NUL. is finally getting out the long-awaited first album, TRIBRID ARCHIVE! It will be distributed both digitally and physically, with the digital release set for January 9, 2021, and the physical release hittin...

Report: amazarashi’s depressing livestream brings hope to our future

NBT

22 December 2020

Online Concert, Review

The world isn’t the same anymore. Living in a pandemic state has not only taken a toll on us concertgoers but also greatly affected passionate musicians such as amazarashi. To express such dissatisfaction and d...

Interview: STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION shares insight on “ALPHA”, Moriarty the Patriot theme song

afaenia and Dorian

21 December 2020

Interview

Whilst this year has hit pause on many things in our lives, it hasn’t slowed down the formidable musical force that is STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION (SDF). We recently had the opportunity to catch up with frontman ...

One Eye Closed’s touching ballad “With How I Feel”, a single about unrequited love

NBT

20 December 2020

Music Video, Releases

One Eye Closed snuggles us into the holiday season with its first ballad "With How I Feel". The song comes as a single and is released today alongside its music video. The newly JPU records-signed band, One ...

Interview: How RAZOR’s drummer NIKKY is the start of something new

Sizergyia, Dorian and afaenia

8 December 2020

Interview

There is this unforgiving aggressiveness prevalent not only in RAZOR's music but also in their live performances, playing a massive part in the band's identity. That continues to be the case even with the new d...

amazarashi holds profound 1st livestream concert, makes us reflect on life

NBT and afaenia

6 December 2020

Online Concert, Releases

amazarashi is holding its first livestream concert on December 12 for domestic fans, and a delayed viewing for overseas fans on December 20 that comes with additional English subtitles. The livestream and its c...

MAKE MY DAY delivers destructive single “Singular Points”

NBT

6 December 2020

Music Video, New Look, Releases

MAKE MY DAY is back in action with the new single Singular Points, released on December 2. It's a heavy piece with a destructive force that is visualized in the form of a lyric video, published on the same day ...

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