Hybrid melodic punk and the legacy of FACT – an interview with Shadows
While Shadows - which plays a unique version of melodic punk rock with a bit of a hardcore and metalcore influence - is a pretty new band, that's only been…
Fight It Out: Most Hated – new album in February!
Fight It Out, Yokohama's beatdown style hardcore punk group will be back with its new, altogether third album next month! The band, known for its strongly NYHC influenced sound and…
Tokyo 2016 #4: Endzweck, Forward, Meaning @ Shindaita Fever, 2016.09.06
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. Three days after Chain…
Tokyo 2016 #2: Eternal B, Super Structure, Rockcrimaz, Numb, Fight It Out, Swag @ Antiknock, 2016.09.03
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. After the first night's…
Melt-Banana: EU tour and split 7″ with Napalm Death!
This release actually came out about a week ago, so I am a bit late with it, but it is so cool, that I decided to write about it anyways:…
Crystal Lake’s True North gets a worldwide release and three new videos!
As previously reported, veteran metalcore band Crystal Lake came out with a new album, called True North just a couple of days ago and since the original post, it was…
New video from deathcore band, Inception Of Genocide
Inception Of Genocide started back in 2014 and was formed by members of Make My Day, The Twisted Harbor Town and AstoLights. Make My Day, where singer Isam and bassist…
T.C.L – hardcore / metal group, featuring some local legends is back with its 2nd album!
There was a band called The Mad Capsule Markets, active between 1990 and 2006, which, after its early punk years, started to cross hardcore and electronic music, did quite revolutionary…
New album from Crystal Lake in November!
Crystal Lake, one of Japan's longest running metalcore bands (they formed back in 2002!) will release its forth full length album at the end of November. The release date ()…
New releases from Shadows and Joy Opposites!
One of the worst news to hit Japan's rock / metal / punk / whatever scene last year was FACT's disbandment announcement and to make it even worse it came…