The sound is irresistibly poppy, yet relentlessly heavy. The brainchild of Unlucky Morpheus and UNDEAD CORPORATION guitarist Jinya, the band begins with a formula of memorable high-speed…
While continuing to work in this vein on subsequent releases, the band, then composed of charismatic vocalist Kimi, inventive guitarists/songwriters Mitsuru and Misa, funky bassist Haru and…
BAND-MAID drummer Akane Hirose approaches rhythm as something of a chimera. Under normal circumstances, a rock band expects the drummer to provide a solid grounding in the…
Re:NO, the somewhat controversial vocalist of Aldious, departed in December 2018, after six years with the band. Re:NO herself had replaced the legendary Rami, who left the…
The cover of Rie’s album Kingdom of the Sun actually calls to mind the myth of the goddess, with Rie half-submerged in a green-blue sea, joyfully flipping…
She sits firmly in the tradition of extremely talented vocalists who have an uncanny gift of drawing the listener into their most intimate thoughts. Throughout history, the…
Clapton channeled the passion of the blues greats who inspired him. Like him, Saki also is able to absorb earlier guitarists’ styles and synthesize them into a…