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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...

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...

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News

KizunaAI reawakens after 3 years, unveils ‘Kamone’, hints at live show

ONE OK ROCK unleash ‘DETOX’—A soundtrack for a fractured world

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

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

ONE OK ROCK unleash ‘DETOX’—A soundtrack for a fractured world

matsuri ’25: Japanese Music Experience LOS ANGELES

News

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

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