Mitsuru Tabata leaves, Jyonson Tsu joins Acid Mothers Temple (+two new albums!)
It was announced on Saturday that Mitsuru Tabata (or Mitsuko☆Tabata as he was recently known) is leaving Acid Mothers Temple by the end of 2017. Tabata, who besides his massive…
R.I.P. Chu Ishikawa (1966-2017)
It was just reported on the official Der Eisenrost fb page, that Chu Ishikawa the internationally renowned industrial music legend died on the 21st of December. While he was mostly…
Boris EU tour in 2018 + two new videos!
After the first round in August and the US and Japanese leg, Boris will return to Europe yet again with their album release tour for Dear. This time they will…
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…
New EP and music video from Qujaku
Sometime after their European tour and our interview, Qujaku kinda disappeared for a while: ever since mid-summer there weren't any news posted on their official or facebook site and rarely…
New solo project from Mono’s Taka: Behind The Shadow Drops + EU tour!
Mono's leader & composer Takaakira "Taka" Goto announced last year that he will start a new solo project, but for a long while there wasn't any further info about until…
Merzbow & Pándi Balázs takes Northern Europe in October!
The duo of Merzbow and Balazs Pándi will return to Europe yet again, this time for a short trip to the northern regions of Europe: - Finland, Helsinki: Ääniwalli -…
Three new releases from Contagious Orgasm!
Hiroshi Hashimoto's industrial / noise / experimental project Contagious Orgasm is very active nowadays with three new releases out in a matter of a few weeks: a new tape, a…
Grim’s Jun Konagaya returns with his third solo album!
Grim's upcoming 10" was only announced recently (as I posted about it last week), but it is already time for more new material from Jun Konagaya! Besides his ritual industrial…
Japanese New Music Festival with Tsuyama, Yoshida & Kawabata in Europe NOW!
It is a bit late as the tour already started two days ago, but the crazy Japanese New Music Festival, a traveling showcase / music circus which features three underground…