But where did this unique style come from, and how much influence has the heavy metal niche had on its creators? Image from: The Open Gaming Society in Japan The anime-themed metal band Animetal — ...

J. for Japanese music! This week: four-piece heavy-metal band HAGANE, who've rebooted with new members; and four-piece idol group Momoiro Clover Z, who've worked on many songs for anime hits. [00:15] ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...

From the popularity of flamenco in Japan to African heavy metal bands, discover the unique ways cultural diffusion occurs ...

Richard Magarey, better known as Ladybeard, is a cross-dressing pro wrestler and a heavy metal singer from Adelaide who’s made it big in Japan. Ladybeard is a Japan-based Australian wrestler ...

The October issue of the monthly Japanese-language magazine, which specializes in hard rock and heavy metal, was released to an aging and shrinking core readership. The musical genre has fallen ...

LIVELEGEND 19991997 APOCALYPSE is the second live video release by the Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal The album contains live footage of two shows entitled Legend 1999 and Legend 1997 named ...

Although they cannot claim to be the most successful of '80s Japanese heavy metal bands (not by a long shot, that would have to be Loudness), Earthshaker could well be the most stable, having retained ...