COVID-19 Archives

Symphonic metal band LIV MOON returns with album “OUR STORIES”

15 October 2022

Back in May, we reported about the symphonic metal band LIV MOON picking up activity again and promising an album sometime this year. Now, with the latest announcement, it seems like the seeds sowed back then w...

Interview: SCANDAL reflects on touring challenges and looking forward

G Andrew White and Nori

19 September 2022

Interview, Tour and event

On July 15, SCANDAL made the fourth stop on their North America WORLD TOUR 2022 "MIRROR" in Atlanta, Georgia. JROCK NEWS was in the crowd. This tour, previously planned for 2020 but delayed by the COVID-19 p...

GACKT successfully returns from hiatus

NBT

30 July 2022

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

After entering an indefinite hiatus last year due to a severe illness, GACKT stopped all activities to focus on recovery. Today, GACKT successfully livestreamed the event "GACKT:RE birthday special", hosted by ...

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

NBT

22 April 2022

Music Video, Online Concert, Vocaloid

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 and event

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

Tour and event

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 and event

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 and event

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

Band status

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 ...

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