DEVILOOF released ‘GAMUROU’, their first single since signing to Universal Music Japan’s Virgin Music, on October 7th, with Enterprise Earth’s Travis Worland on guest vocals. That night, frontman Keisuke joined Lorna Shore for ‘Prison of Flesh’ at Toyosu PIT, where DEVILOOF opened the first show of the New Jersey deathcore band’s four-date Japan tour.
For the ‘GAMUROU’ video, the band headed to Izu Gokurakuen, a Buddhist afterlife attraction in Shizuoka filled with dioramas of hell. Hiroyuki Kondo, who also directed the ‘INSHU’ video starring actor Tadanobu Asano, brings its figures to life in stop-motion to match the hell concept behind the song.
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DEVILOOF have also shared footage of Keisuke joining vocalist Will Ramos for ‘Prison of Flesh’ during Lorna Shore’s headline set. The song opens Lorna Shore’s 2025 album ‘I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me’, which takes its name from one of the song’s lines. Ramos has said the track deals with his family’s history of dementia.
When the tour was announced in May, Keisuke said the offer to support every Japanese date had come from Lorna Shore’s side, and that DEVILOOF would go all out under their JAPANESE DEATHCORE banner. The band announced in September that the tour would also host the first live performances of ‘GAMUROU’.
Enterprise Earth made their own Japanese debut in July with a one-off show at Shibuya CYCLONE, where DEVILOOF were the only support. ‘GAMUROU’ is DEVILOOF’s first new music since ‘INSHU’ in January 2025, and their first release since drummer Nao joined at the start of the year.
DEVILOOF stay on the tour through to Nagoya on October 13th, fitting in JILUKA’s MAD PIT FES 2026 at CLUB CITTA’ in Kawasaki on October 9th. They then head to Seoul for WALPURGISNACHT with Madmans Esprit at Westbridge Live Hall on October 25th, before their one-man show Gokuraku at Shibuya Stream Hall on December 12th.
DEVILOOF
GAMUROU
Release Date: 07/10/2026
Label: Virgin Music (Universal Music Japan)
Stream: All platforms
About DEVILOOF
DEVILOOF are a four-piece deathcore band formed in Osaka in 2015. The current line-up consists of Keisuke (vocals), Ray (guitar and vocals), Daiki (bass), and Nao (drums). Their music sits at the most extreme end of visual kei, drawing on deathcore, slamming brutal death metal, grindcore, technical metal, and Japanese musical motifs. The band introduced themselves with EP 'PURGE' in 2016, followed by debut album 'Devil’s Proof' in 2017. Second album 'Oni' arrived in 2019, bringing a stronger Japanese character into their sound and imagery. Its track 'GouZinZanGoku' became an early international gateway to DEVILOOF, while third album 'DYSTOPIA' followed in 2021. DEVILOOF made their major-label debut through Tokuma Japan Communications in 2023 with EP 'DAMNED'. Digital single 'Everything is all lies' and EP 'Song For The Weak'. followed before 2025 single 'INSHU' pushed the band back towards the dense, technical brutality of their earlier work. Actor Tadanobu Asano appeared in its music video. Their overseas activity has included a Latin American tour in 2024 and their first European tour in 2025, which included a main-stage appearance at Spain’s Resurrection Fest and their London debut. In Japan, Keisuke supplied death vocals to THE ALFEE’s ‘Teinei Kotoba Death!’ and later joined the veteran band on stage at Osaka-jo Hall. Nao officially joined DEVILOOF in January 2026. That September, the band transferred to Universal Music Japan’s Virgin Music label, continuing to present themselves internationally under the banner ‘JAPANESE DEATHCORE’. Their first release through Virgin Music, ‘Gamurou’, is due on October 7th, 2026.
Dates and tickets
| Date | Location | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2026 | Shibuya Stream Hall, Tokyo, Japan |
