BAND-MAID – Brand New MAID (Review)
BAND-MAID Brand New MAID Review by David Cirone BAND MAID has made a point in recent interviews of celebrating the contrast (sometimes they cContinue reading…
Category: J-Rock
The pulse of Japan’s rock and visual kei scenes. From the legendary longevity of arena-filling icons to the worldwide tours of modern rock innovators, we provide in-depth news and first-hand reports on the genre’s most influential and enduring performers.
GazettE – Los Angeles 2016 at Wiltern Theatre (Live Report)
the GazettE Wiltern Theatre – May 3, 2016 Live Report by Nhu Nguyen Full disclosure: I am a fan of the GazettE. I have had the pleasure of seContinue reading…
ONE OK ROCK – Self Help Festival 2016 (Live Report)
ONE OK ROCK Self-Help Festival 2016 Live Report by Christina Aoun Self Help Fest 2016 – This year’s punk-rock/heavy metal festival was heldContinue reading…
JILUKA – Interview (2016)
JILUKA Interview by Shannon McNaught April 30, 2016 JILUKA has been making waves in the indies visual kei scene since 2013 with their distincContinue reading…
BAND-MAID extends world domination to Mexico in October
Japanese rock band BAND-MAID continue to spread their powerful combination of Akihabara-maid-cuteness and hard-rock-sound across the world with thContinue reading…
J-Pop Summit announces Silent Siren and GARNiDELiA for July festival
J-POP SUMMIT 2016 has announced its first line-up of music artists set to perform this year. This summer’s festival will be highlighted by a 3-dContinue reading…
BABYMETAL – METAL RESISTANCE (Review)
BABYMETAL METAL RESISTANCE Review by David Cirone BABYMETAL’s METAL RESISTANCE, the follow-up to their 2014 cross-cultural smash BABYMETAL, rContinue reading…
BAND-MAID – the non-fiction days (MV)and behind-the-scenes
BAND-MAID fights fire with metal in their new music video “the non-fiction days”, taken from the upcoming album Brand New MAID. The video was recoContinue reading…
BAND-MAID at Sakura-Con 2016 (Gallery)
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BABYMETAL slays on Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Japanese metal phenoms BABYMETAL brought the Fox God’s power down on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s New York audience and millions of open-jContinue reading…