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…
The fin. releases first new album in more than three years [Updated!]
The dreamy pop-rock group The fin. will be back next week with There, their first full length album since 2014's Days With Uncertainty. Its 13 tracks will include some familiar…
Babymetal’s 2018 World Tour will take to group to US in May and to Europe in June!
Babymetal, one of the strangest and internationally most popular Japanese acts will take their weird mixture of heavy metal and idol pop around the globe one more time and after…
DJ Krush: upcoming new album and EU tour! [Updated with album info!]
DJ Krush had two major announcement the during the last coupe of days, one about his upcoming tour and one about a new album! So, let's see the details: As…
m-flo is back! But… who or what is m-flo?!?
During the last couple of months one of the most talked about news at Japanese entertainment sites was the long awaited return of m-flo, one of the most unique, interesting…
A new reissue of Corrupted’s classic, Nadie
While we are still waiting for the first new Corrupted record in ages, that is due out this Friday, Throne Records, a Spanish label just dropped a reissue of one…
Koda Kumi: AND – new album from the JPop diva
Yesterday Koda Kumi released a new music video from a track called Party, promoting her upcoming album AND that will be out at the end of the and which will…
The rocker maids of Band-Maid return with new album
The rocker maids of rock / metal group Band-Maid are back with a new album, World Domination that will hit the stores in Japan next week and will also get…
Keiji Haino teams up with Sumac for a brand new album
Keiji Haino was always fond of working with others, just last year he released four collaborative albums and he is starting the new year with another one of and it…
Metalcore heroes – an interview with Crystal Lake’s Ryo
This interview was arranged back in 2017, when Crystal Lake played its tour final in Vienna on the 30th of October, wrapping up its first ever European tour. So, well,…