Japanese hard-rock band Band-Maid is returning to the limelight after several years away. Band-Maid has kicked off a new era with its newest album, Epic Narratives, released on September 25, 2024, as ...

Babymetal is perhaps the most divisive group we write about. Their naysayers call them posers, saying they don't really like metal or play their own instruments. Well don't worry naysayers… Japan has ...

On April 4, BAND-MAID released their new song, “Ready to Rock,” the opening theme for the TV anime Rock Is a Lady’s Modesty. The raging, breakneck instrumentals and emotional vocals that are the ...

The track is being featured as the opening theme song for ZENSHU, an original TV anime series produced by MAPPA. By Billboard Japan BAND-MAID kicked off 2025 with a new digital single called “Zen,” ...

PRS Guitars has unveiled a new signature guitar for Kanami Tono of Japanese hard-rockers BAND-MAID, applying a fresh twist on the Maryland-based high-end guitar brand’s trademark birds inlay and an ...