Eyehategod spreads the sludge metal gospel
Eyehategod shouldn't have lasted three decades. "I was there when we started the band and if you had told me back then that we were going to be still going on 30 years later ... to say that this band would've been the one that ...
'Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal': A triumphant artistic manifestation of Babymetal hits
"Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal," illustrated by G.M.B. Chomichuk, is a surreal multigenre manga that elaborates on "kawaii metal" band Babymetal's origin story.
Heavy metal in Japan: Love of craft runs deep
Although 2017 is the Year of the Fire Rooster, fire is not the only element destined to influence the next 12 months. Each of the 12 Chinese zodiac years is governed by one of five elements: wood, fire, earth, water and metal, resulting in ...
Renet Japan Group Inc., a major dealer in second-hand goods based in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, is stepping up efforts to collect and recycle mobile phones and computers so it can forge Olympic medals out of recycled goods. Similar moves in the private and public sectors ...
Resistance is futile to Babymetal's ascent
Babymetal — "Metal Resistance" (Toy's Factory) Ever since Western metalheads got word of the existence of metal-idol trio Babymetal, questions regarding the group's authenticity have come up. To anyone familiar with Japanese pop music, this isn't an issue; like all idols, the trio is a ...
Faith No More marks return with first album in 18 years
Faith No More bassist Bill Gould likes to think of the band's new record as an aging actress. "Sure, her body's getting a little older, but she's not afraid to show it; she's still sexy," he said during a recent interview in New York City, ...
As McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) reels from a string of food safety incidents, authorities in Kagoshima Prefecture revealed Thursday they a report was received in August last year about a metal fragment found in french fries sold at one of the burger chain's stores. The ...
Metal act Gotsu Totsu Kotsu swap vikings with samurai to instill fear in fans
When pop fans hear the words "death metal," they may cringe as they imagine songs about nails in the neck or impalements by bands with names like Cannibal Corpse and Dying Fetus. What may not spring to mind are songs about feudal Japan.
