 George Pimentel/Getty Images The H Collective has partnered with prolific Japanese composer and musician YOSHIKI on the next installment in the xXx franchise, xXx 4 starring Vin Diesel. The film will feature a theme song with music written by Yoshiki. xXx 4 is in pre-production with casting currently underway, and principal photography set to commence this year.
 HYDE, the lead vocalist for two of Japan's biggest rock bands: L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS. announced earlier today that not only will he release a new album this Spring, but that HYDE and his band are set to join In This Moment for a series of U.S tour dates beginning May 7 in Louisville, KY and wrapping-up May 24 in Kansas City, MO!
 It's a very merry Christmas for fans of Japanese Rock and Visual Kei as we have some really big news regarding the GazettE!
 With an upcoming appearance at Katsucon in Maryland, and a lot of word of mouth, we were lucky enough to recently catch up to Visual Kei band LANTANA and ask them a few questions regarding their formation, their inspirations, their upcoming overseas appearance, and more! If you're a fan of Visual Kei that comes with a tinge of melodic rock that isn't afraid to get loud, and even dark, then this is a band you're going to want to check out!
LANTANA first began their activities in July of 2015 and in December of the same year released their first mini album and held a Tohoku region tour. In February of 2016, they held their first sponsored event. With their next sponsored events held consecutively in June, July, and August. LANTANA released their 1st single in 2017 and it was followed by their second in May with their first oneman event that July. In February of 2019, LANTANA will perform at Katsucon for the event’s 25th anniversary in National Harbor, MD.  Fans of X JAPAN's YOSHIKI have cause to rejoice as he recently announced on his social media that his upcoming concert with HYDE (of L'arc~en~Ciel) will be livestreamed!
 We're very pleased to announce that our friends at FAKE STAR will be bring visual kei band ACME to first-ever U.S. show at Anime Milwaukee next February!
 YOSHIKI and HYDE unveiled the long-awaited full version of the new Attack on Titan theme song, “Red Swan”, on Music Station Ultra Fes 2018, broadcast September 17 on TV Asahi in Japan.
 X JAPAN played a special concert as the headliner of TV Asahi Dream Festival 2018 at Makuhari Messe on September 15 in Chiba, Japan. The band gave the audience of 15,000 an advance look at the band’s energetic performance just two weeks before they kick off their three-day series “X JAPAN LIVE IN JAPAN 2018 THREE DEEP RED NIGHTS AT MAKUHARI MESSE” on September 28 for 100,000 fans.
 We've been hearing a lot about ACME lately and we were lucky enough to see CHISA this past July at Anime Expo in Los Angeles during his appearance at the Fashion Show. When given the opportunity to interview the entire band we jumped at it and now we bring it to you! Hot off the release of their first full-length album, "Zesshou Ouka", ACME's unique sound, look, and concept are sure to draw you in. Don't take our word for it though, check out the interview and then follow some links to their MVs and more to see just what makes them stand apart in a somewhat crowded scene!
 Flying to Tokyo for Halloween? Then you're going to want to stop by ZEPP TOKYO and to check out this amazing Penicillin x DEG x Mejibray x A9 supergroup, Shinya BAND! Featuring HAKUEI from Penicillin, MiA from Mejibray, and Saga from A9, all apparently backing Shinya of DIR EN GREY!
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