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…
“From that moment, all our worries disappeared” – an interview with HANABIE.
This email interview with HANABIE. was conducted in November, 2025, around the time the band played its second show and first ever club show in Budapest, Hungary. The show took place…
Genre-bending, loud rock and a brand new album – an interview with Paledusk
Paledusk released its first full album today, so this is a perfect time to finally share the interview conducted a few weeks ago in a small dressing room, just a…
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…
Over Kill: The Purge
It is often a problem with Japanese trap acts that they start out with hard-hitting tracks, then, as they are getting more popular, they start to tone down their sound…
Crossfaith: AЯK
With its first longer release after quite a few years, Crossfaith first gives fans exactly what they have been waiting for: their own unique brand of brutal and fun metalcore,…
Crystal Lake adds new members, drops a music video and announces EU tour!
Crystal Lake made several important announcement recently, so let's see what's up with Japans metalcore legends: They started off by dropping a music video for a brand new track called…
“Kids Still Want A New Acid” – a new remix EP from Crossfaith!
Crossfaith was always very fond of the EP format, they released many of those throughout the years and they just dropped another one yesterday! This one is a digital only…
Crystal Lake: new album with old gems, a recent single and membership changes!
Metalcore band Crystal Lake returned with a new album which is not really new actually, as it contains re-recorded songs from the band's early releases. They started back in 2002 …