Established as one of metals most exciting up and coming acts, Japan-based metalcore outfit PROMPTS unleash pure mania on their latest single “Deceiver”, a concoction...
Emerging from Korea’s punk scene in 2018, WINNINGSHOT has built their sound on Skate Punk, Pop Punk, and Melodic Punk. Known for their upbeat melodies,...
Flying the flag of Japanese hardcore from the 80s, Japanese hardcore band SMASH YOUR FACE have just released a brand new album. “When we first...
Japanese post-black metal band ASUNOJOKEI have released a brand new album entitled ‘Think of You’. The album features a music video for ‘Zeppelin’ which fully...
From the depths of Japan’s underground rises a blasphemous anomaly: EXITIUM OF NEMESIS, a black metal entity conjured by three high school acolytes—Baphomet (17), Blaster...
Japanese skatepunk band VIDEO X have released their debut self-titled album. The album is inspired and influenced by 80s bands like Fugazi, Black Flag, Kill Your...
Osaka-based death metal band SUBCONSCIOUS TERROR have unleashed their latest EP, “Devoid of Seraphim”, a vicious blend of old-school aggression and uniquely Japanese brutality. With...
For fans of bands like KRUELTY…immensely downtuned, doomy, sludgy, hardcore, Japanese band BURDEN OF DESPAIR is for you. The band has just released their debut...
Formed back in 2008, Japanese melodic hardcore band ANOTHER STEP have finally released a new LP. The band states that this is the new LP...
Oh man…what a good day…long-running Japanese emotional hardcore band ENDZWECK have unleashed two SOLID tracks. The band carries on their trademark emo meets hardcore punk...
Japanese Oi! punk band DRYACID announces its debut Taiwan tour. The Fukuoka Oi! four-piece band will perform 2 gigs with local acts such as Mr.noproperty,...
Osaka-based hardcore band TIVE have released their new EP, ‘A Kindness Comparable to Nuclear Energy, and Akirame’. This marks the band’s second EP, featuring six...
Japanese Doom-Death/Hardcore band BURDEN OF DESPAIR announce to release the 1st full album, named ‘Confutatis -原罪神授-‘ on March 26th, 2025. In 2022, they were back...
Beatdown band from Tokyo NINE PERCENT have released their EP ‘Strong’ on UK label MENTAL VACATION RECORDINGS. Nine Percent hit the ground running since they...
ALPHOENIX is an innovative melodic death metal band based in Tokyo, Japan. While influenced by the Nordic scene, they fuse it with a uniquely Japanese...
KLONNS, representing “New Wave of Japanese Hardcore,” will hits Taiwan again in February. Last year, KLONNS returns with their debut album HEAVEN under IRON LUNG...
YOOOOOOO this is heavy AF. Check out Japanese hardcore 090 on their brand new 3 track demo unleashed on the world TODAY. The band has...
MEA CULPA is a hardcore punk band based out of Tokyo, with Japanese, Koreans, and American members. The martial law in Korea, enacted by Yoon,...
INTERVIEW | Beatdown Hardcore Guidebook JAPAN What a wonderful surprise! Kazutaka Miyamoto is the author of a brand new book entitled BEATDOWN HARDCORE GUIDEBOOK that...
Osaka-based hardcore band TIVE has released a music video for their new song “Ayy Ayy Ayy”. This video, the band’s first music video, was shot,...