Video | Backstage interview with Mike Vescera’s Crash and Burn
Mike Vescera and his band sat down backstage in Tokyo with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson for a chat.
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Mindwars in Nakano
American thrash metal band Mindwars’ return to Japan became a victory lap.
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Mike Vescera revisited his past in Tokyo
Former Loudness and Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist Mike Vescera showed Tokyo he still got it.
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Video | Backstage interview in Tokyo with Mike Alvord of Mindwars
During Mindwars’ recent Japan tour, guitarist and vocalist Mike Alvord sat down backstage in Tokyo with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson to talk about touring Japan, playing Holy Terror songs, lyrical themes, the importance of releasing new albums and much more.
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Warlord in Tokyo
Mark Zonder brought his new version of Warlord to Japan. They did the legacy justice and proved that there is a future and not just a past for this terrific band.
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Video | Backstage interview in Tokyo with Warlord
Warlord’s co-founder Mark Zonder and his current six-person line-up of the band sat down backstage with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson in Tokyo.
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Left to Die brought Death back from the dead in Tokyo
Left to Die breathed new life into Death’s old-school Florida death metal. What a smashingly face-melting Death tribute this was!
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Arch Enemy’s Michael Amott on the new album: “All killer, no filler!”
Michael Amott, founder, leader, guitarist and songwriter of melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, met up with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson in Tokyo to talk about “Blood Dynasty”, Arch Enemy’s new studio album.
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Video premiere: Captain Black Beard “Read Your Mind”
Swedish AOR rockers Captain Black Beard are back with their new album “Chasing Danger”. Today we premiere the single “Read Your Mind”.
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Lovebites at Zepp DiverCity
Lovebites has become one of Japan’s best metal bands with its trademark twin lead-guitar attack. Their tour finale in Tokyo was a glorious homecoming.
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Arch Enemy “Blood Dynasty”
Michael Amott and his colleagues in Arch Enemy are not playing it safe with the new album. They take it to another level and throw in some twists along the way.
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Dark Tranquillity at Club Quattro
Gothenburg’s melodic death metal pioneers Dark Tranquillity returned to Japan a decade after their last shows here.
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Video | Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne: “Things have shifted a lot in the band”
When Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity returned to Japan for some shows after a decade, Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson met vocalist and founder Mikael Stanne backstage in Tokyo for a chat.
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