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DIR EN GREY join Sick New World 2025 line-up with Metallica, Linkin Park, and more

15th October 2024

UPDATE 30/11/2024: Sick New World 2025 has been cancelled. DIR EN GREY will make their first U.S. festival...

JILUKA to support Imminence on 2025 ‘Return of the Black’ North American tour

15th October 2024

JILUKA have announced they will be joining Swedish metallers Imminence on their 2025 North American tour. French metalcore...

NIGHTMARE announce ‘The WORLD’ European tour 2025 for 25th anniversary

15th October 2024

UPDATE: Munich, Budapest, Warsaw, and Madrid dates have been cancelled. Visual kei mainstays NIGHTMARE have just announced a...

CHANMINA produced talent competition ‘No No Girls’ begins airing

14th October 2024

‘No No Girls’, the talent audition series produced by CHANMINA and BMSG, has begun airing via YouTube. The...

BOOKOFF celebrate Record Day with limited-edition turntable

BOOKOFF celebrate Japan’s Record Day with limited-edition turntable

11th October 2024

Japan’s second-hand retail giant BOOKOFF is tapping into the vinyl revival with the launch of its own portable...

DIR EN GREY announce LA 'VULGAR' and 'Withering to death.' shows

DIR EN GREY to perform ‘VULGAR’ and ‘Withering to death.’ live in Los Angeles

9th October 2024

Visual metal powerhouses DIR EN GREY have announced their first U.S. shows in over five years, with performances...

Amaiwana teams up with Maki Nomiya for dream Shibuya-kei collaboration

9th October 2024

Retro pop princess Amaiwana has teamed up with the “Queen of Shibuya-kei” herself, Maki Nomiya, for the track...

lynch. frontman HAZUKI delivers cabaret vibes in single ‘Ma no Yume’

8th October 2024

HAZUKI, lead singer of Nagoya rockers lynch., has unveiled his latest solo MV ‘Ma no Yume’ (‘Demon’s Dream’)....

Kenshi Yonezu to perform in Europe and U.S. for 2025 ‘JUNK’ world tour

8th October 2024

Kenshi Yonezu has revealed details for his first-ever world tour, set to begin in early 2025. The acclaimed...

DYGL return with new EP ‘Cut the Collar’, channeling raw energy and ’90s alt-rock

6th October 2024

Tokyo indie rock quartet DYGL have returned with their latest EP, ‘Cut the Collar’, on October 4th. The...

News

Arlequin drop new video despair-fuelled single ‘Chi wo Kayowasero, Sono Inochi Subete ni.’

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

Watch ‘BABYMETAL Legend – 43 The Movie’ in cinemas across Europe next week

Events

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

matsuri ’25 global stream announced – Ado, YOASOBI & ATARASHII GAKKO!

Hitsujibungaku to tour West Coast on first US headline run

Features

What is CEIPA? The organisation behind matsuri ’25 and MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN

Yoshiki honours David Lynch: A look back at their surreal collaboration on X Japan’s ‘Longing’

The best music collaborations out of Japan this year

Live Reports

(ARCHIVE) An Cafe live in London (2014): The oshare kei icons’ last UK show

NANO & MADKID live in San Francisco: Rock and pop collide on joint US tour

Phantom Siita live in San Jose: Retro horror meets idol pop

Interviews

Minori Nagashima – serval DOG – interview: “After dropping out of middle school… that’s when I picked up the guitar”

NIGHTMARE interview: Visual kei legends talk 25 years, DEATH NOTE fame, and first European tour

tricot reflect on first anime theme ‘Call’ for You Are Ms. Servant and 15 years in music

What is CEIPA? The organisation behind matsuri ’25 and MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN

Crossfaith return to Download Festival for first time in over a decade

DIR EN GREY to perform ‘VULGAR’ and ‘Withering to death.’ live in Los Angeles

News

DIR EN GREY join Sick New World 2025 line-up with Metallica, Linkin Park, and more

JILUKA to support Imminence on 2025 ‘Return of the Black’ North American tour

NIGHTMARE announce ‘The WORLD’ European tour 2025 for 25th anniversary

CHANMINA produced talent competition ‘No No Girls’ begins airing

BOOKOFF celebrate Japan’s Record Day with limited-edition turntable

DIR EN GREY to perform ‘VULGAR’ and ‘Withering to death.’ live in Los Angeles

Amaiwana teams up with Maki Nomiya for dream Shibuya-kei collaboration

lynch. frontman HAZUKI delivers cabaret vibes in single ‘Ma no Yume’

Kenshi Yonezu to perform in Europe and U.S. for 2025 ‘JUNK’ world tour

DYGL return with new EP ‘Cut the Collar’, channeling raw energy and ’90s alt-rock