COVID-19 Archives

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

Jan 30, 2022

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

Jan 29, 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

Jan 21, 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

Jan 19, 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

Dec 30, 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

Dec 27, 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 ...

Interview with NECRONOMIDOL: Vanguards of idols

NBT, Narine and Peertje

Dec 7, 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

Dec 1, 2021

Report and review, Tour and event

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

Dec 1, 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...

Livestream 16 concerts for free on YouTube at “TIMM online”

NBT

Oct 31, 2021

Online Concert

Tokyo International Music Market (TIMM) is back and will be holding its convention online this year again due to the pandemic. Just like last year, TIMM will be showcasing artists through a three-day online eve...

DaizyStripper strolls through darkness in “Ongaku ga Kieta Hi” preview

酒井菊奈 (Sakai Akina)

Oct 30, 2021

Music Video, Releases

On October 27, DaizyStripper released a preview for their upcoming single, "Ongaku ga Kieta Hi"! The preview opens with vocalist Yugiri staring deeply into the blank sky. Then, as if filming a documentary, the ...

Interview with Chihara Minori: How anime sparked a 17-year singing career

afaenia, Rin, Peertje and Dorian

Oct 18, 2021

Interview

With a career of 17 years under her belt, Chihara Minori is one of the most well-known and well-loved figures in voice acting and anisong. Though you may know her best as the voice of Yuki Nagato from Kyoto Ani...

Audio interview with Reita (the GazettE): Happiness in daily life

Peertje and echo

Oct 14, 2021

Interview, Videos

DaizyStripper collaborates with fans for single “Ongaku ga Kieta Hi”

酒井菊奈 (Sakai Akina) and afaenia

Oct 8, 2021

Releases

This month, five-piece visual kei giant DaizyStripper releases their latest single "Ongaku ga Kieta Hi". In a mold-breaking move, the band asked for fans' help creating content for the music video.In August...

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