9mm Parabellum Bullet キューミリ パラベラム バレット Genre
Alt-rock
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Alt-rock Artists
9mm Parabellum Bullet キューミリ パラベラム バレット 
Age Factory エイジファクトリー 
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション 
Azavana 
BugLug 
Cö shu Nie コシュニエ 
DEZERT 
GUMMY グミ 
Hitsujibungaku 羊文学 
Hoshikuma Minami 星熊南巫 
I’s 
KANA-BOON カナブーン 
Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師 
Le Biwa Beaucoup Beaucoup 琵琶ぼくぼく 
Luv PARADE 
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS 
MILLENNIUM PARADE 
Minori Nagashima – serval DOG – 
MONAKA 
Mrs. GREEN APPLE 
NANO ナノ 
ONE OK ROCK 
PEOPLE 1 
rubens リュベンス 
Sakanaction サカナクション 
Sheena Ringo 椎名林檎 
SPYAIR スパイエアー 
Sunsoogirl 三四少女 
Survive Said the Prophet 
THE MOTEL 
XANVALA ザンバラ Tours & Events
XANVALA HALLOWEEN TOUR “ZOMVALA 2026”
Japan Tour
24–31 Oct
Artist: XANVALA
XANVALA TOUR 2026 “CRITICAL”
Japan Tour
7 Nov–20 Dec
Artist: XANVALA
Age Factory presents “twilight 2026” at Nippon Budokan
Tokyo Show
Artist: Age Factory
HOSHIKUMA MINAMI NOVA TOUR
Japan Tour
2–9 Dec
Artist: Hoshikuma Minami
Latest News
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Hoshikuma Minami enlists Kenta Koie and Crystal Lake’s YD for heavy new single ‘NOVA’ Hoshikuma Minami has released ‘NOVA feat.Kenta Koie’, a new single featuring Crossfaith/AFTERVOID frontman Kenta Koie, written with Crystal Lake guitarist YD. The… 
Age Factory share ‘Vein’ and ‘ERROR’ videos directed by Post Malone and Tohji collaborator Anton Reva Age Factory have teamed up with Tbilisi-based artist Anton Reva (savemymind) on music videos for ‘Vein’ and ‘ERROR’, the two tracks from… THE MOTEL’s viral ‘NO’ tops Japan’s iTunes Alternative chart amid AI questions Japanese indie alt-rock band THE MOTEL have taken their latest track ‘NO’ to No. 1 on Japan’s iTunes Alternative chart, days after… 
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London debut shows why Britain’s alt-rock crowd should care about Hitsujibungaku Tokyo alt-rock unit Hitsujibungaku made their UK debut at Hyper Japan on Saturday, July 19th, performing to a full house at Olympia… NANO interview: How imperfection and persistence shaped ‘aИomaly’ and her long-awaited UK debut More than ten years into her career, NANO, one of the most recognisable voices in the anime music sphere, is stepping into… Live Reports
Hitsujibungaku live in London: A sold-out finale shows a band finding their footing in the UK Hitsujibungaku closed their first European tour in London on October 24th at a sold-out O2 Academy Islington. It capped a seven-city sprint… 
ONE OK ROCK and Paledusk live at the O2 Arena: DETOX tour brings Japanese rock back to London’s biggest stage Ten years ago, Japanese bands didn’t headline The O2. On October 15th, ONE OK ROCK became the third to do it in… 
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS start 2025 UK and Europe tour with new track and bigger crowds MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS launched their 2025 UK and Europe tour on Saturday night with their first-ever Brighton performance, opening a… 
Hitsujibungaku live in San Francisco: Calm intensity and full hearts at August Hall Japanese alternative rock trio Hitsujibungaku brought their mix of stormy riffs, dreamy melodies, and quiet emotional punches to the August Hall in… 
Kenshi Yonezu live in London: A full-circle set for a new audience on first world tour Kenshi Yonezu made his UK debut in London on Sunday March 30th, opening the western leg of his JUNK WORLD TOUR at… 
NANO & MADKID live in San Francisco: Rock and pop collide on joint US tour On January 27th, fans lined up outside the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco to catch NANO and MADKID on the… 