Michiro Endo died in a Tokyo hospital while battling pancreatic cancer on April 25, 2019, aged 68.
They released a cover of Jaguar ‘s “Axe Crazy” as a limited edition 7-inch vinyl EP, backed with a cover of “Baphomet” by Angel Witch, on April 24.
On 24 April 2019, it was announced that Guitar Wolf’s latest album, Love & Jett , would be released
On April 20, 2019, Aldious began the national 45-date Evoke Tour with alternating guest vocalists R!N ( SawanoHiroyuki [nZk] ) and Saki ( Cyntia ).
On April 1, 2019, Babymetal announced they would be releasing their third album later that year.
On 31 March 2019, Coldrain announced a new One Man Tour, which would be the subsequent headline show for the newly titled album called The Side Effects . The September tour would include 11 shows at 10 venues across Japan.
The band announced that their greatest hits album, Nucleus , which will feature English-language versions of their songs, will be released on 29 March 2019 by Nuclear Blast Records. On 17 December 2018, the band released “Black Empire”, originally sung by Eizo Sakamoto and now by Yukio Morikawa, as the…
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In March 2019, the Pillows announced their participation on the tribute album for UNISON SQUARE GARDEN’s 15th anniversary as a band, covering the song “Shoegazer Speaker”. It was released on 24 July.
In an interview with JRock News on February 13, 2019, Yoshiki said, “X Japan’s album is actually completed. It took over 10 years to record, I’m looking for the perfect timing to release it.”
and returned to work the following month.