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BOOM BOOM SATELLITES Announce Their Last Ever Release

2nd June 2016

After a strong music career spanning over 2 decades, electronic rock duo BOOM BOOM SATELLITES have announced that their new EP...

PHOTOS: BAND-MAID and Amatsuki, MCM London Comic Con, 28/05/2015

1st June 2016

PHOTOS: BAND-MAID AND AMATSUKI, MCM LONDON COMIC CON, 28/05/2015 Reaching record numbers, this year MCM London Comic Con...

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST Announce First European Tour DEIMOS

31st May 2016

Metalcore heavy hitters NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST announced during the last show of their nationwide VANADIS one-man tour that they’ll...

SAND Join Nasty For UK Debut This October – Taste of Anarchy 2016

30th May 2016

SAND, Osaka’s infamous hardcore tyrants, are set to play their first UK shows with Belgium beatdown troop Nasty...

KEMURI Join Less Than Jake on Fireball UK Tour This October

22nd May 2016

Ska-punk legends KEMURI have announced their first set of UK support slots this October as part of the...

PHOTOS: Otoboke Beaver, Japan Underground, London, 03/05/2016

8th May 2016

PHOTOS: OTOBOKE BEAVER, JAPAN UNDERGROUND, LONDON, 03/05/2016 “We are Japanese very cute and sexy girl band” states frontwoman Accorinrin...

PHOTOS: Crossfaith, Electric Brixton, London, 31/03/2016

25th April 2016

PHOTOS: CROSSFAITH, ELECTRIC BRIXTON, LONDON, 31/03/2016 Last year, Osaka giants Crossfaith proved they’re still on top of their...

PHOTOS: THE TOMBOYS, The Pipeline, London, 25/03/2016

9th April 2016

PHOTOS: THE TOMBOYS, THE PIPELINE, LONDON, 25/03/2016 Last month THE TOMBOYS (formally NoName) took to The Pipeline for...

mouse on the keys Return As Part Of 2016 European Tour

21st March 2016

Tokyo’s experimental jazz threesome mouse on the keys will make their way back to the UK in April...

Coldrain Crossfaith AA= Free The Monster

AA= Release New Single FREE THE MONSTER Featuring Masato (coldrain) + Kenta Koie (Crossfaith)

20th March 2016

On March 18th AA= dropped the third releases in a series collaboration singles, FREE THE MONSTER, featuring guest...

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News

L’Arc-en-Ciel bring Shibuya demolition site to life in ‘YOU GOTTA RUN’ music video

DIVERS CROIX turn a “LOST CHILD” in a home improvement store into a VK epic

BUCK-TICK start new chapter with symbolic music video for ‘Raijin Fujin – Resonance’

Events

NANO and MADKID unite for joint North American tour in 2025

Japanese alt-pop act CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE to make UK festival debut at TGE 2025

Ichiko Aoba sets 2025 world tour and new album ‘Luminescent Creatures’

Features

The passing of Sayuri: A tragic loss for Japan’s “oxygen-deprived” generation

Petit Brabancon’s new EP ‘Seven Garbage Born of Hatred’ delivers raw nu-metal experience from rock heavyweights

Who is mei ehara? The Tokyo artist debuting in America with Faye Webster

Live Reports

mei ehara live in Berkeley: A mesmerizing debut on Faye Webster’s US tour

HARU NEMURI live in San Francisco: Unleashing riot grrrl fury Stateside

D=OUT vocalist KOUKI live at Visual Kei Night: VK fans unite for a special London performance

Interviews

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

Interview with KAMIJO: From European tour highlights to the epic sound of ‘VIOLET DAWN’

INTERVIEW: Helsinki Lambda Club to touch down in the UK for ‘HLC AIRLINES’ tour

BUCK-TICK start new chapter with symbolic music video for ‘Raijin Fujin – Resonance’

L’Arc-en-Ciel bring Shibuya demolition site to life in ‘YOU GOTTA RUN’ music video

Ado leaves London fans spellbound from the shadows at UK debut

News

BOOM BOOM SATELLITES Announce Their Last Ever Release

PHOTOS: BAND-MAID and Amatsuki, MCM London Comic Con, 28/05/2015

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST Announce First European Tour DEIMOS

SAND Join Nasty For UK Debut This October – Taste of Anarchy 2016

KEMURI Join Less Than Jake on Fireball UK Tour This October

PHOTOS: Otoboke Beaver, Japan Underground, London, 03/05/2016

PHOTOS: Crossfaith, Electric Brixton, London, 31/03/2016

PHOTOS: THE TOMBOYS, The Pipeline, London, 25/03/2016

mouse on the keys Return As Part Of 2016 European Tour

AA= Release New Single FREE THE MONSTER Featuring Masato (coldrain) + Kenta Koie (Crossfaith)