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KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (1/3): Symphony of The Vampire

雪 (Yuki) April 12, 2024 No Comments 🌸 KAMIJO 🎵 耽美系 (Tanbi Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 pop 🎶 rock

Bonjour! (I have never opened an article with this greeting before, but it’s somewhat “on brand” so I will just apologize for any cringe that might have happened there.) Anyhow, you’ve probably heard the news about KAMIJO’s upcoming European tour “The Anthem” that’s taking place in June of this year,

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DEVILOOF // DAMNED: Is there any hope for the DAMNED?

雪 (Yuki) June 23, 2023 No Comments 🌸 DEVILOOF 🎵 ラウド系 (Loud Kei)🎶 metal 🎶 metalcore

DEVILOOF announced the release of their new EP “DAMNED” last year already, but this time it wasn’t “just” a new release, “DAMNED” would also mark the major debut for the group through Tokuma Japan Communications.
The original release date was planned for March 1, but ended up being postponed to April

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FORBIDDEN // “To us “FORBIDDEN” is the name of the future we’re aiming for.”

雪 (Yuki) April 26, 2024 No Comments

FORBIDDEN is the newest musical project of guitarist 凛 (Lin, ex. brodiaea, Lilith, Affective Synergy, solo) and vocalist 鋲 (Byo, ex.SCREW, KHRYST+, solo). The duo launched their project in late December of 2023, but has already released three digital singles since: “FEARLESS”, “NIGHT RULER” and

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KAMIJO // Behind the Mask (1/3): Symphony of The Vampire

雪 (Yuki) April 12, 2024 No Comments

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MIRAI // “Music crosses borders.”

雪 (Yuki) April 7, 2024 No Comments

It’s been a while since we last featured Angels’ Temptation, but that doesn’t mean the members have just been sitting around and doing nothing. Our last time featuring them unfortunately had some sad news about a member leaving the group, and it has been a bit quiet in terms of new music coming from the

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

雪 (Yuki) March 1, 2024 No Comments

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.”

雪 (Yuki) February 23, 2024 No Comments

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