Hirofumi Asamoto of Ram Jam World passes away
After spending over two years in coma, following a tragic bicycle accident, musician and producer Hirofumi Asamoto passed away on the 30th of November, 2016 at age 53. Over his…
Melt-Banana: EU tour and split 7″ with Napalm Death!
This release actually came out about a week ago, so I am a bit late with it, but it is so cool, that I decided to write about it anyways:…
Crystal Lake’s True North gets a worldwide release and three new videos!
As previously reported, veteran metalcore band Crystal Lake came out with a new album, called True North just a couple of days ago and since the original post, it was…
The fin. returns with a new EP with four remixes
The fin., the dreamy indie pop group from Kobe (that just finished its UK tour a few days ago) released a quite interesting collection of remixes last week: Through The…
Giga Noise – an overview of the next generation of Japanoise from Alchemy Records
Back in May a mini festival called GIGA NOISE took place at Tokyo's Akihabara Goodman club featuring mostly lesser known noise acts from all over Japan as part of an…
Vamquet: debut album from the all star goth / new wave project
Vamquet, a new project by Kai (from legendary, but long gone goth rock band Art Marju Duchain), Közi (formerly of Malice Mizer and Eve Of Destiny, nowadays active with ZIZ, Dalle,…
New live recording from Merzbow & Balázs Pándi’s duo out on Cold Spring!
This was totally out of nowehere: about two months ago, when Merzbow and Balazs Pándi did a short UK duo tour (that I wrote about here), their gig in Manchester…
Goth-Trad is back with a remix for Bristol’s The Pop Group!
Goth-Trad just released his latest album, Psionics (well, its pre-order only limited version at least, the regular version will be out sometime later), but he is already back with more…
New split cassette from Moja and Russia’s Rape Tape!
Moja is a bass & drums duo from Tokyo, playing an excellent, noisy, chaotic fusion of indie rock, punk and jazz. They formed in 2007, released three albums since and…
New video from goth rock heroes Madame Edwarda
During Japan's golden age of gothic rock & post punk in the early / mid '80s, Madame Edwarda was one of the best bands around, but, just like most of…