Dress Up Town and Deshima Sounds aren’t “new” names for the Japanese (anime) music lovers here in The Netherlands. Both have been part of the lineup for TomoCon (and TomoFair) and Abunai! before, but this time it’s not a convention that requires some entertainment…
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JILUKA // US debut at Anime Week Atlanta
JILUKA already hinted a little bit towards a possible overseas performance in our recent interview with them, but at that time they couldn’t reveal us anything more than a suggestive hint.
That hint turned out to be their US debut, in the form of a performance at Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA), Georgia
Rides In ReVellion // New single 夜明け最前線 & oneman tour
Rides In ReVellion have only just finished their 8th anniversary oneman live show “∞-infinity-“ at GORILLA HALL OSAKA, and they’ve already announced both a new single titled “夜明け最前線” (Yoake Saizensen / Yoake Frontline) and a oneman tour titled “DAYBREAK FRONTLINE”.
The new single
FATE GEAR // “European Tour 2023” at Baroeg
The second stop of FATE GEAR’s “European Tour 2023” was for Rotterdam, where the girls rocked the Baroeg with their steampunk metal ensemble, giving the audience a good impression of what they have in store for the other Dutch dates in Amersfoort and Sittard the following two days.
DEVILOOF // Announces Latin America Tour 2024
DEVILOOF already dropped some hints a while ago through their official Twitter account, but it’s now official! The band will be visiting Mexico, Chile and Brazil between late May and early June of 2024.
At the moment only three dates have been announced, namely:
May 25: Mexico, CDMX
May 31: Chile,
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // New single “Despise” announced
Back in May we already speculated that NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST might release something new after their announcement of a live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” in clubasia. A name like that doesn’t leave much to the imagination, does it?
And it turns out that we were right! It’s right
DEVILOOF // DAMNED: Is there any hope for the DAMNED?
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
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // “RELEASE PARTY” at clubasia announced
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST have announced a new live show titled “RELEASE PARTY” at Shibuya clubasia on July 9 2023.
Not much information has been released so far, but it looks like the band is planning to release a new single* (don’t quote us on this, there is not enough information to fully
JILUKA // “Too much fakers, I show you who is G.O.A.T”
If you’re familiar with the modern ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) scene it’s quite likely that you have seen the name “JILUKA” at least once, or possibly have seen a photo or video from Sena’s YouTube channel. What we’re trying to say is that it’s quite hard to not recognize at least something from this group, be
Versailles // New single “VOGUE” announced
Versailles have announced that their new single “VOGUE” will be released on June 21, 2023!
“VOGUE” will be the first release for the group in 11 years, and will be released in three different types:
Limited edition A will contain a CD featuring two songs and their two instrumental