This autumn, Visual-kei newcomers BLAZE invited six of their senior bands to a series of 2MAN lives in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro district. As part of the 2MAN LIVE BATTLE “Kyōmei” [2MAN
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Berlin, early September 2024, and we feel a bit of a breeze. Yet, we don’t experience the beginning of autumn, but peak summer temperatures above thirty degrees. It’s climate change
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