Haino / Merzbow / Pándi trio, OOIOO & Afrirampo in Europe!
One of the best and most interesting Japanese noise release from last year was a trio recording, out on UK's Rare Noise by Japanese noise / experimental legends Merzbow, Keiji…
Endon: Through The Mirror – complexity meets brutality
Talking about the differences between their first album, Mama and their brand new follow up, Through The Mirror, Endon's singer, Nagura Taichi said in a recent interview with The Japan Times…
Crossfaith’s tour dates in UK, Ukraine, Ireland and Russia!
Crossfaith, the hottest export of Japan's metalcore scene will return to Europe for two separate tours, supporting some old friends. First they will go on a UK tour with Bury…
Towa Tei returns with new album and 7″ single! [Updated!]
Towa Tei released his latest album, CUTE back in 2015 and since then he mostly kept himself busy as a member of all star super group Metafive (check out the…
Tokyo 2016 #13: FOAD, Make My Day, Last Day Dream, Gokuraku Jodo, Hone Your Sense @ Cyclone, 2016.09.18
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. For the last evening…
GYZE – melodic death metal, ongoing European tour and upcoming album!
The melodic death metal band started back in 2009 in Hokkaido, under the name Suicide Heaven, but then they moved to Tokyo, changed their name to GYZE and that was…
Qujaku’s new 10″ EP and longest EU tour to date!
Back in 2015 when Qujaku (still under their old name, The Piqnic) played a totally out-of-the-blue show in Budapest during their first, short European tour, I went to check them…
Rock legend Hiroshi Kamayatsu passes away at 78
Legendary rock musician Hiroshi Kamayatsu (かまやつひろし) died at the age of 78 on the 1st of March after a battle with cancer. Born in 1939, he rose to fame in…
Heaven In Her Arms: new album, re-issue and EU tour!
The guys from progressive hardcore group Heaven In Her Arms keep themselves extremely busy nowadays and in the next few months they will have a new album and a re-release…
ENA continues his Divided series with two new releases
Despite its Japanese name, Horo, a part of Samurai Music Group is a German label, based in Berlin, however they do have one prominent Japanese producer in their roster: who…