Reports: Japanese Music Events

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...

The final show of Takayoshi Ohmura’s METAL PARADOX tour started as so many concerts do; in a long line of people shivering in the rain and wind. Soon-to-be audience members...

One of the best parts of going to see a metal concert is that often, the headlining band is the only one I know, and there will be one or...

The rock band ONE OK ROCK returned to The Netherlands, after almost a year, on December 21. The band started in 2005 and later this year they released their eighth...

It's always difficult to draw in a large crowd on weekdays unless it's a musician or band with world fame. S!N isn't an unfamiliar name for the utaite fans, but...

If European VK fans are used to seeing MIKARU & G.L.A.M.S in their countries, as he just wrapped up his 4th Europe tour, July 8th was a special date: the...

PLASTICZOOMS was performing live in the Netherlands for the second time on Thursday 9 March. P60 in Amstelveen this time was the venue location for the band that is known...

For most Boris fans the album PINK is a favorite, for the band this meant the breakthrough. Because this album was released 10 years ago it was celebrated with a...

Saturday the 3rd of December was a time to celebrate AVO's early Christmas party with the guys from X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus in CC Muziekcafé Amsterdam! It was a night...

On Thursday 17th November there was a special occasion in Amsterdam. The IDFA (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) will be held from 16th till 27th November and will be showing variating...

When it was announced that NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST would visit The Netherlands, a lot of fans were pleasantly surprised. This due to the fact not a lot of Visual Kei acts...

On Thursday, 23 April the short European tour of REMNANT started in 330 LIVE in The Hague. The ones familiar with REMNANT know that this group consists out of three...

Full house for the final show of LOKA's international tour, on December 20th, at Shimokitazawa Garden. After their long journey in South Asia and Europe, the four guys of LOKA...