Beast in Black – Blind and Frozen
So a lot of new music I discover is thanks to YouTube. I'm one of those guys who just leaves it on in a window and lets auto do its thing until I get sick of it. Popping up on one of those automatic switches...
Kamelot Annouce Spring 2018 Tour
Right on the backs of the monstrous Nightwish announcement are another one of my favorites, Kamelot. This tour will be in support of their upcoming album and starts mid April before arriving in San Jose at...
Nightwish Annouce Decades: World Tour 2018
Nightwish has announced one heck of a tour to celebrate their storied history. "DECADES: WORLD TOUR 2018" will start in the beginning of March and wind its way across America before heading overseas. The...
Anisong World Matsuri Announcements: Love Live, Idolm@ster
If you haven't noticed there's Japanese stuff that infiltrates this site from time. Most of the time it's metal or rock related. Sometimes it isn't (Hatsune Miku or some J-Pop act). This one is definitely...
BABYMETAL Solo show in LA announced
Babymetal will make a solo stop in Los Angeles in June. Get tickets while they're hot because they'll last at most a week but probably less. I think last time they lasted 3 days or less. If you don't make...
ONE OK ROCK To Tour America; New album “Ambitions” in January
Japanese band ONE OK ROCK has been coming back to America quite a few times on various tours across the country. It seems like coming under Warner Brothers has been a boon for them. They have just...
Evergrey and Seven Kingdoms to tour North America
This one is still in the formative stages (I hope) but expect dates to get filled out as time goes on. Seven Kingdoms and Evergrey will be touring together across the US. It's a rare occasion that Seven...
Sabaton announces “The Last Tour” for North America
No, it's not the final outing for the band. This is the latest tour for their latest album. Expect a lot of "The Last Stand" to be featured alongside staples like "Primo Victoria," "Ghost Division," and...
Yoshiki to accompany “We Are X” Showings
I learned about this one only a couple of days before it was set to happen but the X JAPAN documentary "We are X" will have band leader Yoshiki tour a bit of the US for some special showings. The documentary...
VAMPS Returns to San Francisco
J-Rock group VAMPS will be stopping by San Francisco once more as the opening act of their fall 2016 tour. They'll be only stopping by a few places in the US, two of them being in California, so it's...