竜神 (RYUJIN) // (2/2) “I would like to introduce Samurai Metal around the world!”

Last week we already published part one of our interview with 篠本竜司 (Shinomoto Ryuji), in which we spoke about the reason behind the change from GYZE to 竜神 (RYUJIN), as well as 竜司 (Ryuji)’s musical history and his international ambitions as a Japanese metal musician.

Since 竜司 (Ryuji) was so open about

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竜神 (RYUJIN) // (1/2) “I thought this was my fate, and became a dragon god.”

We have quite a treat for you today, one that we have been working on for quite some time. Perhaps you might have heard of 竜神 (RYUJIN) already, but in case you haven’t, here’s a (very quick) rundown:
竜神 (RYUJIN) is the newest musical incarnation of 篠本竜司 (Shinomoto Ryuji), who you might also recognize as

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ANCIENT MYTH // New live Blu-ray: “Attracted to the MYTH”

ANCIENT MYTH will release their first Blu-ray, “Attracted to the MYTH”, on January 10, 2024.

This Blu-ray contains (nearly) the entire live show held at 渋谷Star Lounge (Shibuya Star Lounge) on January 8 2023, and features songs from the album “ArcheoNyx” and mini-album “Ambrosian

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Little Lilith // Ghost Tour 2023 in Europe

Little Lilith is an all-female metal band from Japan, existing out of LILLY on vocals and violin, ERIKA on guitar, SHIORI on bass and YUKI on drums.

We’re pretty sure that most of you have no idea who these girls are, so please allow us to give you a short history lesson before we get to the tour information.

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // New single “Kingdom” announced

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced their new digital single “Kingdom” will be released on October 15.

The single will be available digitally on streaming services like iTunes and Spotify, but there will also be a CD version containing an extra instrumental track of the title song.

 

“HYPERTENSION

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FATE GEAR // “European Tour 2023” at Baroeg

The second stop of FATE GEAR’s “European Tour 2023” was for Rotterdam, where the girls rocked the Baroeg with their steampunk metal ensemble, giving the audience a good impression of what they have in store for the other Dutch dates in Amersfoort and Sittard the following two days.

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // New single “Despise” announced

Back in May we already speculated that NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST might release something new after their announcement of a live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” in clubasia. A name like that doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it?

And it turns out that we were right! It’s right

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // “RELEASE PARTY” at clubasia announced

NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced a new live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” at Shibuya clubasia on July 9 2023.

Not much information has been released so far, but it looks like the band is planning to release a new single* (don’t quote us on this, there is not enough information to fully

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BRIDEAR // “Decide to Survive” European Tour 2022

Following the release of their new album “AEGIS OF ATHENA” last April, BRIDEAR will be returning to Europe this September for a short tour, playing a total of 8 shows in 5 different countries!

 

Band profile

BRIDEAR exist out of KIMI on vocals, AYUMI and MOE on guitar, HARU on bass and

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NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // Creating a new world with “ARGOS”

Following their “counterattack” in 2020 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST released a new mini-album called “The Wasteland” as well as a single called “THE ONE”, both releases including their new guitarists Valtz and Yu-taro. The addition of these two guitarists seems to have filled the band with power and determination,

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