Reports: Japanese Music Events

Anybody who has witnessed a MUTANT MONSTER show live, will not be surprised by the following review, but if like some in attendance that evening, this is your first time...

Birmingham has seen a surge of Japanese music events in these past few years, hosting such groups as Necronomidol, 2& (Double And), Screaming Sixties and even BABYMETAL, but it's safe...

On the second Saturday of April, in the second largest city in the Ruhr area, Essen, Germany, people were greeted with gloomy and chilling weather. The city was relatively quiet...

The audience of De Zwarte Ruiter seemed ready for a night of rock and roll on Saturday, 23 February. The venue was already packed while the guys of garage rock...

Rock band Frederic (フレデリック) had performed for a sold-out Zepp Tokyo on the 20th of February already, but the day after there was another sold-out show in the same venue....

Who remembers D=OUT from the old days when they performed in Europe in 2009? To this very day, the Visual Kei band is still active with a lot of shows...

While it is raining cats and dogs outside, an interesting evening is planned in the cosy hall of The Kroepoekfabriek. It's a Sunday evening in February, but it doesn't bother...

On Thursday, 22 November 2018, the concert of G.L.A.M.S took place at the Dolhuis in Dordrecht. A small group of fans started lining up early already, some dressed neatly and...

16 November 2018, Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands. Most of the people are shopping, or eating in the city centre. Almost nobody who knows what is about to happen...

13 November 2018. In the same place as Crossfaith blew the roof off one month before this show, it is now their fellow countrymen LOVESBITES’ turn to shake up the...

On 8 November, Ikebukuro Chop was dedicated to November Heaven, a musical listening session with four performances by musicians from the visual kei world. November Heaven is part of the...

Shin-daita FEVER. That is the location for a school festival after school on a cloudy 7th of November in Tokyo and also the translation of the title of the event,...

Just at the end of the summer of 2018, PLASTICZOOMS announced that Tom Takanashi, guitarist and band member of the group for 6 years, will leave the band after a...

11 October 2018, in front of a small concert hall, stands a small group of metalheads, waiting for a night of hard slamming and moshing, because Crossfaith is in the...

In a city which has seen occupation by Spanish, French, and German invaders, a small festival for Japanese music, food, and culture went by seemingly unnoticed.  Passers-by within 500m of...

X JAPAN’s third-straight night of sold-out concerts — X JAPAN LIVE IN JAPAN 2018 THREE DEEP RED NIGHTS AT MAKUHARI MESSE — was suddenly cancelled on 30 September due to...

The theme of Abunai! this year was focused on gaming, in particular, the kitsune (fox), which is also the main mascot of Abunai!. In Japan, a kitsune is seen as...

It is that time of year for us in the UK, Hyper Japan festival launched again in London. For those of you unaware, Hyper Japan is an event promoting all...

The Summer of 2018 will be remembered as the time Europe melted. Experts say that the reason it is so hot is because of reckless industry, deforestation, and our need...

Shortly before the performance at AnimeCon, the biggest anime convention in The Netherlands, NECRONOMIDOL had an opportunity to give a short performance in the city centre of The Hague. The...

BABYMETAL. The group that consists of three cute girls, being SU-METAL on lead vocals and MOAMETAL and YUIMETAL as background vocals. On 5 and 6 June, they played at Ronda,...

Moth in Lilac plays a very groovy, rhythmic style of metal. M9N (pronounced Mokkyun) on drums, NaluchaRos on base and Lisa-13 on guitar provide various pulsing beats. Lisa’s guitar style...

Garage rock power trio Guitar Wolf toured Europe last March and April, with shows in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany to show off their loud and noise-influenced...

During the weekend of April 7 and 8 the 5th edition of TomoCon was held in Oss. And of course AVO was there to report. There was something for everyone again...