Coldrain, Noisemaker, Revnoir @ Barba Negra, Budapest, 2025.12.06.
It was almost exactly ten years before this shows when I saw Coldrain for the first time: in late October, back in 2014, when they played in Vienna, at a…
HANABIE. @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2025.11.23.
HANABIE. became one on the biggest international sensations to come out of Japan in the last couple of years: their completely unlikely blend of extreme metalcore and cheesy J-Pop went…
Mono @ Turbina, Budapest, 2025.11.24.
You would think that it is kind of difficult to write anything new about a Mono show. I mean, the band's been touring Europe for over 20 years now. This…
One OK Rock, Paledusk @ Budapest Arena, Budapest, Hungary, 2025.10.30.
One OK Rock, one of Japan's biggest rock bands just wrapped up its European tour, which wasn't just another EU tour, but also a very important landmark for them. The…
Qujaku @ A38, Budapest, 2025.08.27.
This August Qujaku finally returned to Europe, after being away from the continent for several years.: following their 2018 tour, they released one more EP in 2019 (the excellent In Neutral) and…
The beginning of a New Era – an interview with Crossfaith
During their latest tour Crossfaith returned to Budapest to play a sold out show at Dürer Kert on : it was their third time in the city, but their first…
Miyavi @ Barba Negra Budapest, 2019.10.21
The first time Miyavi played here in Budapest was in October, 2009, so now, this October, when he returned almost exactly 10 years later it wasn't just another chance to…
Bo Ningen @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2019.10.12.
Bo Ningen, that's been around for ten years now, comes from a very unique background: the band was formed by four young Japanese guys living in London, so it is…
One OK Rock @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2019.05.19
In these last couple of years One OK Rock became one of the biggest, most popular Japanese acts worldwide. They formed in 2005 and they started to become popular overseas…
Mono @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, Hungary, 2019.04.21.
I saw Mono for the first time back in 2003. It was during their very first European tour, just after the EU release of their second album, One Step More…