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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...

NAMIE AMURO – _GENIC – REVIEW

18th June 2015

Once a teen queen, now a veteran of the Japanese music industry, Namie Amuro is the seemingly ever-youthful,...

BO NINGEN BRING THE NOISE TO THE BAWDIES’ EUROPEAN DEBUT

17th June 2015

In a rather unexpected turn of events, London born acid rock foresome Bo Ningen will be joining swing...

VAMPS TO JOIN APOCALYPTICA ON SHADOWMAKER UK TOUR THIS NOVEMBER

16th June 2015

Quickly becoming familiar faces in the UK rock scene, hard rock duo VAMPS have announced they’ll be joining...

MIYAVI COVERS ICONIC MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THEME + ANNOUCES EUROPEAN TOUR

11th June 2015

Next month the new instalment in action spy series Mission Impossible, ‘Rogue Nation’, hits cinemas across the UK,...

BiSH (BRAND-NEW IDOL SHIT) FILL THE SHOES OF THEIR PREDECESSORS – SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM RELEASED

28th May 2015

Earlier this year Junnosuke Watanabe (WACK) announced the formation of BiSH (Brand-new idol SHiT), successors to outlandish idol...

MONO RETURN FOR THEIR SECOND EUROPEAN TOUR OF 2015 THIS WINTER

20th May 2015

In April MONO embarked on a 27-date European tour that wrapped up earlier this month which was followed...

THE DISASTER POINTS BRING STREET PUNK TO JAPAN – FIRST ALBUM ‘FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE’ ANNOUNCED

19th May 2015

FOR FANS OF: Dropkick Murphys, The Blue Hearts For decades Japan has been one of the world’s top...

GLIM SPANKY ANNOUNCE FIRST FULL ALBUM ‘SUNRISE JOURNEY’

18th May 2015

FOR FANS OF: Shina Ringo, Janis Joplin During their gig at the Tokyo Kinema Club on May 17th,...

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News

DEVILOOF to release ‘INSHU’, their “most brutal song to date”

ONE OK ROCK release DAIDAI-produced single ‘Puppets Can’t Control You’ ahead of 11th album ‘DETOX’

CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE announce second album ‘Whoop It Up’ for Spring release

Events

An Cafe vocalist MIKU to play intimate London show in February

KAMIJO adds South and North America dates to ‘-MASTERPIECE-‘ tour

NIGHTMARE cancel select dates on European tour due to production conflicts

Features

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

14 best anime songs of 2024: The hits and hidden gems that defined the year

Live Reports

REDLINE ALL THE FINAL Festival Highlights: 57 bands celebrate the end of an era

FACT live at REDLINE ALL THE FINAL: A monumental reunion

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

Interviews

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

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

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

DEVILOOF to release ‘INSHU’, their “most brutal song to date”

ONE OK ROCK release DAIDAI-produced single ‘Puppets Can’t Control You’ ahead of 11th album ‘DETOX’

News

DEMPAGUMI.INC GET THEIR FIRST INTERNATIONAL ALBUM RELEASE

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

NAMIE AMURO – _GENIC – REVIEW

BO NINGEN BRING THE NOISE TO THE BAWDIES’ EUROPEAN DEBUT

VAMPS TO JOIN APOCALYPTICA ON SHADOWMAKER UK TOUR THIS NOVEMBER

MIYAVI COVERS ICONIC MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THEME + ANNOUCES EUROPEAN TOUR

BiSH (BRAND-NEW IDOL SHIT) FILL THE SHOES OF THEIR PREDECESSORS – SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM RELEASED

MONO RETURN FOR THEIR SECOND EUROPEAN TOUR OF 2015 THIS WINTER

THE DISASTER POINTS BRING STREET PUNK TO JAPAN – FIRST ALBUM ‘FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE’ ANNOUNCED

GLIM SPANKY ANNOUNCE FIRST FULL ALBUM ‘SUNRISE JOURNEY’