“Our life story saved lives”- an interview with Yoshiki
Yoshiki is a true living legend who had a deep and lasting influence on Japan's music scene: he is the founder, drummer, pianist and leader of cult band X Japan,…
Rapper Sky-Hi announces world tour, including two dates in Europe!
I mentioned recently that Sky-Hi, the rapper of JPop group AAA is popping up pretty much everywhere nowadays, as besides a couple of recent hip-hop collaborations, he just released a…
Two new albums from Acid Mothers Temple!
The main incarnation of Acid Mothers Temple, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso (check the live report from their current EU tour here) is back with two new albums,…
Eartaker – new project by Goth-Trad!
Japan's dubstep guru Goth-Trad just announced that he formed a new unit called Eartaker with singer Daisuck and Masayuki Imanishi, known for his experimental / noise recordings. He also announced…
Coldrain: R.I.P. – new music video for Fateless!
Post-hardcore group Coldrain just released its long-awaited new album this week (read more about it here) and yesterday they dropped another music video to promote it, this time for ,…
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO @ A38, Budapest, 2017.09.29
Acid Mothers Temple ranks amongst the biggest legends of the Japanese underground for a good reason. They've been around for ages, they play a very unique take on psychedelic rock…
Oreskaband, the all female ska group visits Europe for the first time!
After a couple of US tours during the last ten or so years, the all female ska group Oreskaband, that plays a unique, very lighthearted version of ska, sometimes wandering…
Games, pedals and weird lyrics – Melt-Banana interview
Melt-Banana is pretty much impossible to categorize, as their music is truly one-of-a-kind, but most people call them noisecore, which is kinda accurate actually. They've been playing their completely unique…
Karnage goes experimental on new release!
Karnage is back with a new release, but this time it is different from what we usually get from him. As instead of deep and heavy dubstep, now he dropped…
Crystal Lake: Apollo – new single with remix and live DVD out soon!
It was already announced that veteran metalcore band Crystal Lake will play in Europe at last, but before that they will also release a new single. The band says that…