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LITE WRAP UP ‘APPROACHES 4’ TOUR WITH LONDON AND PARIS SHOWS NEXT MONTH

29th July 2015

Next month, instrumental math rock four-piece LITE will take to Europe for the last dates of their ‘APPROACHES...

DIR EN GREY BASSIST TOSHIYA LAUNCHES STREET FASHION BRAND ‘DIRT 100% NATURAL DIRTY’

27th July 2015

Forever evolving, the members of experimental metal unit DIR EN GREY have a long history of stepping into...

RECORIDE KEEP SYNTHPUNK ALIVE WITH NEW ALBUM ‘FRESHLESS’

27th July 2015

FOR FANS OF: POLYSICS, Devo, Shinohara Tomoe Synthpunk may be growing old here in the UK since it’s...

DECAYS RELEASE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘SECRET MODE’

24th July 2015

Earlier this year it was announced that Die of DIR EN GREY fame would be stepping into new...

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION RETURN TO LONDON THIS NOVEMBER – WONDER FUTURE TOUR 2015

22nd July 2015

Globally acclaimed indie rock stars and No Nukes activists ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will return to London this November...

YOSHIKI AND TOSHI – HYPER JAPAN 2015 – LONDON – 11/07/2015 – REVIEW

15th July 2015

On March 12th 2016, a concert will take place that will go down in international music history: a...

CROSSFAITH RELEASE NEW VIDEO AND ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘XENO’

13th July 2015

Today Japan’s most prominent metalcore export Crossfaith released the lyric video for the title track of their upcoming...

THE BAWDIES – THE UNDERWORLD – LONDON – 07/07/2015 – REVIEW

9th July 2015

THE BAWDIES – THE UNDERWORLD – LONDON – 07/07/2015 – REVIEW You wouldn’t expect to see London’s #1...

DEMPAGUMI.INC GET THEIR FIRST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM RELEASE

8th July 2015

Alt idols Dempagumi.inc have confirmed that their 2015 album ‘WWDD’ will be getting it’s UK release this August...

GENERATIONS FROM EXILE TRIBE – O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON – LONDON – 13/06/2015 – REVIEW

22nd June 2015

GENERATIONS FROM EXILE TRIBE – O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON – LONDON – 13/06/2015 – REVIEW Like their peers, GENERATIONS...

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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’

Ado challenges societal rules with powerful new single ‘RuLe’

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

News

LITE WRAP UP ‘APPROACHES 4’ TOUR WITH LONDON AND PARIS SHOWS NEXT MONTH

DIR EN GREY BASSIST TOSHIYA LAUNCHES STREET FASHION BRAND ‘DIRT 100% NATURAL DIRTY’

RECORIDE KEEP SYNTHPUNK ALIVE WITH NEW ALBUM ‘FRESHLESS’

DECAYS RELEASE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘SECRET MODE’

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION RETURN TO LONDON THIS NOVEMBER – WONDER FUTURE TOUR 2015

YOSHIKI AND TOSHI – HYPER JAPAN 2015 – LONDON – 11/07/2015 – REVIEW

CROSSFAITH RELEASE NEW VIDEO AND ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘XENO’

THE BAWDIES – THE UNDERWORLD – LONDON – 07/07/2015 – REVIEW

DEMPAGUMI.INC GET THEIR FIRST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM RELEASE

GENERATIONS FROM EXILE TRIBE – O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON – LONDON – 13/06/2015 – REVIEW