Mary's Blood Archives

Mary’s Blood cements legacy in visual-audio release of live performance “The Final Day ~Countdown to Evolution~”

25 July 2022

Before entering hiatus earlier this year, metal queens Mary's Blood gave us a blazing hot send-off performance "The Final Day ~Countdown to Evolution~" at TOYOSU PIT. Thankfully, for those who were unable to at...

Report: Mary’s Blood reign supreme in final show

afaenia

25 April 2022

Report and review

Bringing a chapter to a close is never easy. How do you adequately convey all that you have achieved during that time? Mary’s Blood has, over the course of 13 years, released seven full-length albums and two mi...

Interview: MARI of Mary’s Blood looks back before hiatus

afaenia

26 March 2022

Interview

Formed in 2009 and finding its current lineup in 2012, the all-female Mary’s Blood can only be described as a metal powerhouse. Following the release of their 6th studio album, the self-titled Mary’s Blood, in ...

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...

Mary’s Blood goes on hiatus in April 2022

G Andrew White and afaenia

21 December 2021

Disband/Hiatus/Revive

Japan's leading ladies in heavy metal, Mary's Blood, has announced a break in their current activities from April 2022. They will be holding their last live performance at Toyosu Pit, Tokyo on April 9, 2022, be...

Mary’s Blood joins with ANIMETAL producer for self-titled album

edoh+

28 September 2021

Music Video, Releases

Queens of heavy metal, Mary's Blood, will be dropping their self-titled album Mary's Blood on November 5—but you can receive it earlier in October if pre-ordered via JPU Records! This will be the sixth album un...

SHOW-YA assembles Jrock’s leading ladies for livestream festival

G Andrew White

12 April 2021

Online Concert

Japan's all-female heavy metal band, SHOW-YA, returns with their rock festival on April 29 with an attending audience but also available to livestream worldwide! The annual event SHOW-YA PRODUCE NAON NO YAON...

Ladies of NEMOPHILA radiate heavy metal in “OIRAN” single

G Andrew White

8 March 2020

Music Video, New Band, Releases

Heavy metal queens, NEMOPHILA has introduced themselves to the world of heavy metal with their very first single OIRAN! The low budget video looks as if they started filming during a rehearsal session. Yet, it'...

The decade of Jrock girl bands

G Andrew White

29 December 2019

Entertainment

In the decade of 2010, there has been a noticeable "girls band boom" where Japanese female musicians have stepped onto the international stage to rock as hard as the boys do. This fascinating phenomenon of musi...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2019

NBT

26 December 2019

Entertainment

With our end-of-the-year artist ranking, we've always tried to stay somewhat objective in which bands we include. However, this year we decided to reach out to you, the people reading this right now! We asked y...

METAL MATSURI is London’s first all-Japanese heavy metal festival

edoh+

3 September 2019

Tour and event

METAL MATSURI boasting a huge collection of Japanese bands on October 4–5, 2019 at O2 Academy Islington London, headlined by Mary's Blood on the first day then Unlucky Morpheus on the second. Special guest host...

Mary’s Blood announce first show aboard in UK and international version of “CONFESSiONS”

edoh+

1 September 2019

Releases, Tour and event

The UK gets tonnes of love when it comes to Japanese rock bands, and it's no different this round as Mary's Blood will be gracing London’s O2 Academy Islington on October 4–5 this year headlining METAL MATSURI ...

Snowfall plus Jrockers equals hilarious snowmen

edoh+

26 January 2018

Entertainment

A couple of days ago, heavier-than-usual snowfall hit Japan, causing an avalanche of snow pictures on Twitter. Some were tasteful shots of the unblemished snow with a twinkling backdrop of city lights, but scro...

Discover Jrock Bands: Female vocalist edition!

edoh+

20 September 2016

New Band

Rock music including Jrock is an area often dominated with male musicians, so once in a while on Discover Jrock Bands we would like to show you some note-worthy female Jrock bands. We love hearing a girl screa...

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