Beyond Description: The Robotized World – new full length from the thrash / crossover group!
Beyond Description is a four-piece band, that formed in 1988 and that is known for its highly political, anti-capitalist lyrics and its shift from the early, more hardcore oriented sound…
Tokyo 2016 #11: Endon, Unarm, Collapse Society, Preparation Set, Belgrado (SP) @ Earthdom, 2016.09.17
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. In Japan (just as…
Kikagaku Moyo’s European tour dates for June, 2017!
After last year's extensive touring around the world, the young psychedelic rock group Kikagaku Moyo will hit the road again this summer when they will return to Europe for another long…
Tricot: watch the full Budapest show from the band’s 2016 EU tour online!
The crew of A38, Budapest's popular club-on-a-ship often films the shows at their venue, but for long, long years these concert videos were only broadcasted on local TV and never…
Tokyo 2016 #9: Nudge ’em All, Casablanca, Eichi Miyamoto @ Koenji High, 2016.09.12
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. While my last trip…
Systematic Death @ Obscene Extreme 2017! [Updated!]
While the World's best and biggest grindcore / extreme hardcore Festival, the infamous Obscene Extreme probably won't ever top last year's lineup of Japanese bands when Melt-Banana, Death Side, Palm…
Shadows announces new single, Chain Reaction and its first full album!
Shadows, the melodic punk / hardcore group formed by ex-FACT members (check out the in-depth interview with them here!) will be back with two new releases this Spring! First, they…
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…
Tokyo 2016 #8: TsuShiMaMiRe, Kinoco Hotel, Kids N Cats (AT) @ Fever, 2016.09.12
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. A week after the…
Galmet – the metal girls will be back in Europe in March!
All female metal band Galmet (stylized as G∀LMET) will go on a European tour for the third time (after 2015 and 2016) in the second half of March. The group,…