ALBUM REVIEW: Ryujin – Ryujin


The new year is off to a good start because Ryujin’s shining new self-titled album Ryujin (Napalm Records) is about to be released. Continue reading


ALBUM REVIEW: Pyrithe – Monuments to Impermanence


So, we have got to sit down and talk about how subgenre crazy the extreme metal world has become. It seems like with every week that goes by another fresh batch of new “subgenres” enter the metal lexicon. You see Deafheaven can’t be filed under Black Metal because they’re really a Post Existential Crisis Alternative Shoegaze Latte outfit. Ice Nine Kills’ early stuff was metalcore, but nowadays they’ve drifted over to Slasher Showtunes. I wish good luck to whoever has to classify whatever Pyrithe’s Monuments to Impermanence (Gilead Media).

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Yoshiki’s “Yoshikimono” Selected By Tokyo National Museum For Special Kimono Exhibition


 

World-renowned artist and singer Yoshiki will see his “Yoshikimono” line appear at an exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum from June 30th to August 23rd. The Tokyo National Museum’s special “KIMONO” exhibition will include “Yoshikimono” designs from the Japanese superstar. Yoshikimono 2020 designs represent “The Modern Era” In Collaboration with American comic book icon Stan Lee and Japanese Anime Attack On Titan. The Stan Lee comic book Blood Red Dragon, was created by Lee and based the comic on Yoshiki.Continue reading