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,...
YOOOOO…check out Japanese powerviolence band NEGATIVE SUN on their menacing debut EP ‘Menticide’ streaming now below. https://www.instagram.com/negativesunjpn MENTICIDE by NEGATIVE SUN
Stoked for Japanese metallic hardcore band STAINED who have just released a brand new track entitled ‘Bloody Rose’. The song comes off the band’s debut...
Japanese metallic hardcore band STAINED have dropped a music video for a new track entitled ‘Bloody Rose’. The track comes off their brand new album...
While we’re on the Japanese metalcore tip, check out the young guns in VIEW FROM THE SOYUZ who are all about that early 00s melodic...
If you’re a fan of the late 90s to 00s metalcore sound of bands like Poison the Well, Shai Hulud, Undying, then you should already...
HUGE news…Japanese death metal/hardcore band KRUELTY have been working their fucking asses off and today it’s paid off. The band has been signed to CLOSED...
Photo Credit: PE-SK TRUE FIGHT‘s City Lights Tour successfully concluded with their tour final at Mito LIGHTHOUSE on September 14th! This tour took them to...