Metal from the frozen north: an interview with GYZE
Melodic death metal outfit GYZE is one of the most promising emerging acts in Japan's metal scene nowadays and besides getting more and more popular at home, they also have…
Shoegaze, noise and psychedelia: an interview with Qujaku
Qujaku (formerly called The Piqnic) ranks amongst the most interesting acts to come from Japan the last couple of years and their heavy, noisy, yet trippy mixture of shoegaze, psychedelic…
Broken Doll: anniversary, new album and EU dates
Broken Doll is a pop punk band from Tokyo, that plays a typically Japanese version of melodic punk rock with high pitched, JPop-inspired female vocals. And now they are celebrating…
“Pale Blue” – The fin. premiers new track!
Just a month or so passed since dreamy pop-rock group The fin. uploaded a new track called Afterglow to soundcloud (and a bunch of other streaming services) and now they…
Boris European tour in August!
I recently posted about the amplifier worshiping band's upcoming album, due out mid-July and since then they announce that they will also return to Europe to support the album! The…
Heavy metal meets visual kei: an interview with Matenrou Opera
A few days ago, just about the same time this email interview was to be published, Matenrou Opera announced that they are cancelling their European tour. So, for a while…
Man With A Mission returns to Europe for a short tour
Man With A Mission, a band that claims to be a pack of half-human / half-wolf creatures, created by a certain Dr. Jimi (read the whole messy background story at…
Visual kei band Matenrou Opera will finally return to Europe this summer! [Update: Tour cancelled!]
Just before the end of their current tour with Versailles (read my interview with them here) French tour promoter company B7Klan announced another visual kei band for this year: Matenrou…
Endzweck in Europe in August! [Updated]
Endzweck will finally return to Europe in August!! The screamo hardcore band that formed in 1997 was quite active internationally for a while, but then, about 10 years ago they…
TsuShiMaMiRe @ Dürer Kert, Budapest, 2017.05.16
When I saw TsuShiMaMiRe's excellent show in Tokyo last September, I had absolutely no idea that in just a bit more than half a year I will be working with…