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Metalcore
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Metalcore Artists
Tours & Events
SiM “HOOMAN AFTER ALL WORLD TOUR”
World Tour
4 Sep 2026–16 Feb 2027
Artist: SiM
OPTIMIZE = OPTDEMISE JAPAN TOUR 2026
Japan Tour
6 Oct–9 Dec
Artists: coldrain | AFTERVOID
Crystal Lake presents TRUE NORTH FESTIVAL 2026
Japan Festival
Artist: Crystal Lake
European Crusade 2026
Europe Tour
27 Nov–20 Dec
Artists: Half Me | Lastelle | Prompts | Kora Winter
HOSHIKUMA MINAMI NOVA TOUR
Japan Tour
2–9 Dec
Artist: Hoshikuma Minami
Sable Hills “Homura Japan Tour 2027”
Japan Tour
7–17 Jan
Artist: SABLE HILLS
Latest News
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… 
KIZU reveal Nippon Budokan return as mystery countdown hits zero during Zepp Haneda encore KIZU will return to Nippon Budokan on February 27th, 2027 for their final performance before partially suspending band activities. The visual rock… 
coldrain team with Masato’s longtime influence Bert McCracken on ‘POISON’ coldrain have joined forces with The Used frontman Bert McCracken for new single ‘POISON’, a singer Masato has named as one of… 
From Crystal Lake fan to frontman, PK officially joins as new vocalist Crystal Lake have confirmed PK, the Korean-born frontman of Tokyo metalcore band Prompts, as their new vocalist and a full member. The… KIZU release long-awaited “1st LAST ALBUM” and music videos for ‘AMATELAS’, ‘Hajimari’ KIZU have released their long-awaited “1st LAST ALBUM” ‘Gokuraku yori Gokujou no Ame’, and revealed the music videos for ‘AMATELAS’ and ‘Hajimari’.… 
ONE OK ROCK, Paledusk, Awich, and CHICO CARLITO unite as YAO for Red Bull’s new series Red Bull IN-YO! Awich, CHICO CARLITO, ONE OK ROCK, and Paledusk have come together as YAO for the first installment of Red Bull IN-YO!, a… Interviews & Features
The 10 best visual kei songs of 2025 In 2025, more eyes were on visual kei than at any point in the 2020s so far. Between an influx of international… 
Crystal Lake interview with John Centorrino: “A side of me that I’ve been fighting to show my whole career” Joining Crystal Lake during a full reset, vocalist John Robert Centorrino stepped into one of the most closely watched chapters in the… 
Crystal Lake interview with YD: “Believe in yourself. Believe in your bandmates” Few bands in modern metal have weathered as much internal change while maintaining such a clear sense of purpose as Crystal Lake.… 
The 11 best Japanese metal songs of 2025 Across metalcore, deathcore, extreme metal, and whatever you want to call what Paledusk are doing, Japanese heavy bands have been breaking new… 
Top 10 best anime songs of 2025 Anime music covered a wide range in 2025. Arena-scale themes backed major films, left-field opening choices sent viewers digging through back catalogues,… 
DAMNED interview: Entering JUKAI and taking visual kei loudcore to Europe Formed in September 2022, DAMNED are an independent metal visual kei band built on the concept of “visual kei loudcore”, combining the… Live Reports
Paledusk and Knosis live in London: Two of Japan’s loudest exports tear up The Dome Paledusk’s last London appearance was at The O2, opening for ONE OK ROCK in front of thousands. Seven months on, the Fukuoka… 
Crystal Lake live in London: One of the last nights of the Centorrino era There is something in the Crystal Lake formula that makes them instantly recognisable. Pure punishment — aggressive guitars, vicious breakdowns, meteoric drums… 
DAMNED live in London: Fanservice, breakdowns and Nando’s chants close EU tour debut Rising visual kei metalcore act DAMNED made their first leap overseas with the JUKAI tour. On December 7th, 2025, the band wrapped… 
coldrain live in London: OPTIMIZE era lands with full force in Camden Six years after their last London headline show, coldrain walked back into Camden looking far more battle-hardened than when they last squeezed… 
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… 
BABYMETAL live in London: A 15-year climb culminates in landmark show at The O2 Fifteen years ago, BABYMETAL emerged from the most unlikely of places: a school-themed idol group whose members were barely in their teens.… 