龍-RYU- // “I don’t want to be a part of the masses, I want to be unique.”

Near the end of 2018 I spoke to 龍-RYU- about his now former project “OROCHI”, a project he had started 15 years ago to combine his love for music and traditional Japanese culture into a “samurai rock” band which had their first performance here in The Netherlands all the way back in 2011. (And various other

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David // Pre-order tickets for the show in Paris are available now

As from today (January 5) until January 31st you can pre-order tickets for SUI’s 3rd anniversary show on April 11 in Paris!

While the venue in Paris has not been announced yet, tickets are already available for €15,- (regular entry). For an additional meet and greet a ticket upgrade is available

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ice // “I was attracted to the Visual Kei genre because of the visual expression and ROCK.”

You might recognize ice from “Black Gene For the Next Scene”, a rather well known ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) band lead by the former bassist of ヴィドール (Vidoll), Rame. Black Gene For the Next Scene, often shortened to “BFN” due to the length of the project’s name, combined electronica with pop, rock and a twist

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Madmans Esprit // Your support helps them release a Blu-ray

After the release of their latest single “Seoul” Madmans Esprit set out on a short tour to promote the single, finishing with a oneman live show on November 24, 2019 in Seoul, Korea.

This concert was filmed with a total of 6 camera’s, and the band would absolutely love to release it

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DIR EN GREY // A view into “The World of Mercy”

Last year DIR EN GREY delighted the fans with new material in the form of the “人間を被る” (Ningen wo Kaburu) single and the full album “The Insulated World”, of which the latter was a great example of DIR EN GREY’s “shock value”, even after so many years of them

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TAKA // The creation of an Alphamily through Alpha999

Alpha999 (pronounced as Alpha-three-nine) is the solo project of vocalist TAKA, the former singer of LEG’end PRIMe. Aside from being a vocalist TAKA also works as a model, and he has been the DJ of the popular radio show “DOUBLE BILLION” for a while as well. All of this adds up to quite an impressive portfolio

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VII ARC // Halloween in Dordrecht (Powered by Songbirds 078 Festival) at DOOR

During the “Halloween in Dordrecht” event VII ARC came to DOOR in Dordrecht on October 26 to play their show for the fans, but in a different outfit than they normally wear on stage…

We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos on our

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Madmans Esprit // New single “Seoul” is set to release in October

Madmans Esprit are about to release their new single, titled “Seoul”, on October 17, 2019!

After the European tour to promote the EP “glorifying suicide” a few changes have been made to the lineup backing up the mastermind behind Madmans Esprit: 叫號 (KYUHO). Instead of a mixture

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ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) // ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019 (support) at Musicon

During the “ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019” ソメイヨシノ (Somei Yoshino) was the support act for ZEROSHIKI during their stop at the Musicon in Den Haag on October 7, where they played their show for the fans who had been waiting outside for most of the afternoon already.

We also went to check out their performance,

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ZEROSHIKI // ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019 at Musicon

During their “ZEROSHIKI Euro Tour 2019” ZEROSHIKI stopped at the Musicon in Den Haag on October 7 to play their show for the fans who had been waiting outside for most of the afternoon already.

We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos

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