BAND: Bridear LABEL: AVEX Trax REVIEWER: Aaron Birkin FIND MORE INFO HERE: https://bridear.jp/ PICK UP MUSIC HERE Setting stages alight with their melodic brand of...
Originally formed in 2015, Japanese crossover thrash metal band Punbaa has just released this killer animated music video for a new track entitled ‘Freaking Out’....
Asian punk rock legends Shonen Knife recently held a show in their hometown of Osaka (we LOVE Osaka!), and today the band has released a...
From genre-defying to genre-defining, over the last 30 years, SKiN GRAFT Records has curated a collection of music that would seem at home nowhere else. SKiN GRAFT initially...
Esprit D’Air is a Japanese electronic rock/metal solo project led by vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, Kai. As featured on Billboard, HuffPost, Loudwire, BBC Radio, Kerrang!...
We love when anything accidentally just comes across our socials…Japanese alt-rock band Subway Dream may be a newly formed band (apparently formed in 2020!), but...
Our buddy Ladybeard used to haunt the streets and shows of our city right here in Hong Kong. When he realized, highly intelligently, that if...
One of our favorite photographers from out here in Asia who has been documenting the Japanese hardcore scene for years is Teppei Miki. He’s recently...
Japanese doom metal band 不幸(Fucho) have returned with two new tracks under their new name Prodigal Man. The tracks were recorded at a home studio and...
Our old buddy Ladybeard is finally back! He’s roaring back with a brand new band called Babybeard and has today released their debut track. The...
Go listen to new Japanese powerviolence band Guede tear it UP on the first track off their upcoming debut EP ‘Folie a Deux’. CRAZY. Folie...
Japanese post punk band M.A.Z.E. have released their brand new album (streaming below) and a killer new music video both out on Lumpy Records. Check...
Japanese power metal band Bridear has released their second album ‘Bloody Bride’ on UK/EU label Setsuzoku Records. “The album features overwhelming power and technique, melodious,...
Yo…fans of Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, Turmoil…all those great 90’s hardcore-metal bands that pushed the envelope into more angular territory – go check out...
Japanese beatdown band Nishikino have unveiled their 2 track debut – the jams are heavy! If you’re fans of Japanese bands like Kruelty, Friendship, hardcore...
Japanese screamo band Sans Visage should be very familiar to our readers…the band has toured through Asia before and their drummer always stays connected with...
Tokyo Hardcore Punk Band Klonns have released their new 7″ single 《AMON/GEHENNA》 via Black Hole on March 31st 2021. Track 1 “AMON” features HATE of the hardcore punk...
Laying low since their last Japan tour with their Beijing hardcore brothers Struggle Session in late 2019, notorious Kansai deviants Chikan Chef are back with...
This is really cool! FOAD Records is about to release an all-English book documenting the Kansai hardcore scene featuring Ishiya of Death Side and Forward...
Japanese label Break The Records have announced AND unleashed a brand new record by a brand new band called Roccon. Shit’s HARD!!! Founded by the...