On Thursday, 22 November 2018, the concert of G.L.A.M.S took place at the Dolhuis in Dordrecht. A small group of...
Read moreDetails16 November 2018, Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands. Most of the people are shopping, or eating in the city...
Read moreDetails13 November 2018. In the same place as Crossfaith blew the roof off one month before this show, it is...
Read moreDetailsOn 8 November, Ikebukuro Chop was dedicated to November Heaven, a musical listening session with four performances by musicians from...
Read moreDetailsShin-daita FEVER. That is the location for a school festival after school on a cloudy 7th of November in Tokyo...
Read moreDetailsJust at the end of the summer of 2018, PLASTICZOOMS announced that Tom Takanashi, guitarist and band member of the...
Read moreDetails11 October 2018, in front of a small concert hall, stands a small group of metalheads, waiting for a night...
Read moreDetailsIn a city which has seen occupation by Spanish, French, and German invaders, a small festival for Japanese music, food,...
Read moreDetailsX JAPAN’s third-straight night of sold-out concerts — X JAPAN LIVE IN JAPAN 2018 THREE DEEP RED NIGHTS AT MAKUHARI...
Read moreDetailsThe theme of Abunai! this year was focused on gaming, in particular, the kitsune (fox), which is also the main...
Read moreDetailsIt is that time of year for us in the UK, Hyper Japan festival launched again in London. For those...
Read moreDetailsThe Summer of 2018 will be remembered as the time Europe melted. Experts say that the reason it is so...
Read moreDetailsShortly before the performance at AnimeCon, the biggest anime convention in The Netherlands, NECRONOMIDOL had an opportunity to give a...
Read moreDetailsBABYMETAL. The group that consists of three cute girls, being SU-METAL on lead vocals and MOAMETAL and YUIMETAL as background...
Read moreDetailsMoth in Lilac plays a very groovy, rhythmic style of metal. M9N (pronounced Mokkyun) on drums, NaluchaRos on base and...
Read moreDetailsGarage rock power trio Guitar Wolf toured Europe last March and April, with shows in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, France,...
Read moreDetailsDuring the weekend of April 7 and 8 the 5th edition of TomoCon was held in Oss. And of course...
Read moreDetailsThe final show of Takayoshi Ohmura’s METAL PARADOX tour started as so many concerts do; in a long line of...
Read moreDetailsOne of the best parts of going to see a metal concert is that often, the headlining band is the...
Read moreDetailsThe rock band ONE OK ROCK returned to The Netherlands, after almost a year, on December 21. The band started...
Read moreDetailsIt's always difficult to draw in a large crowd on weekdays unless it's a musician or band with world fame....
Read moreDetailsIf European VK fans are used to seeing MIKARU & G.L.A.M.S in their countries, as he just wrapped up his...
Read moreDetailsPLASTICZOOMS was performing live in the Netherlands for the second time on Thursday 9 March. P60 in Amstelveen this time...
Read moreDetailsFor most Boris fans the album PINK is a favorite, for the band this meant the breakthrough. Because this album...
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