Interview: Floor Jansen and Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish
Nightwish founder and musical mastermind Tuomas Holopainen and lead vocalist Floor Jansen sat down backstage with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson.
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Album review: Doomsday Ceremony “Black Heart”
Brazil’s Doomsday Ceremony is back with its second full-length album “Black Heart”. It gives us a successful combination of melodic heavy metal and extreme metal.
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Album review: Skeleton Wolf – blackened thrash from Indiana
American extreme metal band Skeleton Wolf will release its rather promising debut album in June.
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Album review: Murder Made God “Enslaved”
Brutal Greek tech death in a furious tempo is what we get on Murder Made God’s new album “Enslaved”.
Read MoreAlbum review: Texas Hippie Coalition “Dark Side of Black”
Texas Hippie Coalition gives us modern American hard rock with deep Texan roots on its new album, “Dark Side of Black”.
Read MoreGreat Canadian progressive power metal on Scythia’s new album
Canadian progressive power metal band Scythia is about to release its best album to date, “Lineage”.
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Entombed legend Nicke Andersson talks Imperial State Electric, MC5 and reuniting The Hellacopters
When Entombed’s legendary drummer Nicke Andersson recently visited Tokyo, he sat down for a conversation with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson.
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Album review: Phobocosm “Bringer of Drought”
Phobocosm is Canadian doom-paced dark death metal band from Montreal who will release their second album in May.
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Album review: Aborted “Retrogore”
Belgian extreme metal band Aborted is back with its ninth studio album, “Retrogore”.
Read MoreGig review: Nightwish – a Roppongi masterclass in symphonic metal
Finnish symphonic metal giants Nightwish returned to Tokyo as part of the Asian leg of their “Endless Forms Most Beautiful” world tour.
Read MoreAlbum review: I Am Noah “The Verdict”
I Am Noah is modern metalcore from Germany. The band’s debut album, “The Verdict”, is brutally angry and full of frustrated energy.
Read MoreAlbum review: Enthean “Priests of Annihilation”
Progressive black metal band Enthean from South Carolina in the US will release their debut album “Priests of Annihilation” on 20th May.
Read MoreGig review: Matt Heafy made a triumphant return with Trivium to his native Japan
Trivium gave its Japanese fans a dose of its powerful American hard rock when they once again played Tokyo as part of their Japan tour.
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