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...
It is insane how talented Japanese melodic hardcore band SHADOWS is. The band has just dropped their THIRD full length ‘Dig’ and once again it’s...
Hanafi Hastoworo, also known as HIBERNATION PICTURES, is an Osaka based photographer known for his raw and immersive documentation of the hardcore scene. He has...
Established as one of metals most exciting up and coming acts, Japan-based metalcore outfit PROMPTS return with their second blistering single of the year, Edgerunner,...
Phenomenal Japanese youth crew band BRAVE OUT are back with a brand new promo release. The band stated, “We dropped this 4 track promo on...