X Japan’s Toshi teams up with rapper AK-69 for an unexpected collaboration
It seems that lately Japanese singers try to outdo each other in unexpected team-ups. Just think about rapper Sky-Hi's song with hippie indie cuties Czecho No Republic (which turned out…
New mini album from Satsuki, followed by a European tour
Satsuki, a vocalist working on the visual kei scene will return to Europe at the end of March to launch a tour, promoting his latest release, a mini album called…
New album from Buck-Tick out today!
One of Japan's most unique and longest running rock bands Buck-Tick released its latest album, today. It followed two recent singles, Babel, that came out back in November and Moon…
Tsushimamire’s latest tour starts today… and it has the best tour name ever!
Even though Tsushimamire just finished its latest European tour a few weeks ago they are already back for more! This latest detour will start today in London with a club…
BananaLemon drops its first proper music video for Girls Gone Wild
The girl group part of the JPop market was dominated by an endless line of indistinguishable teeny idol units for a long, long while (as I already wrote about it before),…
Weightlifting and power metal: new album and music video from Her Name In Blood
Her Name In Blood will return with a new album early next month called Power which will be their first full-length release since Bakemono that came out back in 2016.…
Boris with Merzbow @ Roskilde Festival this summer!
Boris just finished its EU tour with Amenra (live report here!) and Merzbow also played in Europe recently, but they will be returning to the continent in this time together!…
Cornelius is back with a beautifully bizarre video for The Spell of a Vanishing Loveliness
It's been quite a while since Mellow Waves, the latest full length by Cornelius was released last June, but he still keeps his fans on the edge of their seats…
Boris @ A38, Budapest, 2018.02.26
During their recent tour with Amenra, the Belgian sludge / doom / post rock group Boris finally returned to Budapest after long, long years. The first time they played here was…
Lovebites goes to Wacken Open Air and releases new EP
While several Japanese acts performed at Germany's prestigious metal festival Wacken Open Air in the past, including Girugamesh, Dir en grey or D'espairsRay, power metal quintet Lovebites will make history…