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A Thing That Died With Time: Introduction Let’s go back in time 23 years to 2002. The world then knew nothing of YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, or any other
In 2013, DIR EN GREY released the EP THE UNRAVELING, transitioning seven of their old pieces into their present style in addition to the title track. Classics including Karma, MACABRE and Bottom
JILUKA’s European tour leg of their JILUKA K4RMA WORLD TOUR in June 2024 was sold out really fast, feeding right into the thirsty Visual-kei fans’ thirst. So, what’s the logical
Rising from a deep slumber, we are thrilled to share that EN.CORE ROCKS is back from its long winter dormancy. Spring has recharged our spirits, and we are returning with
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
Visual-kei is not dead. The heydays for V-kei artists succeeding overseas seemed long over, with the pandemic cutting off the last threads that held the scene together. Sure, long-established artists
KAMIJO, solo artist and also well-known in the Visual-kei community as the vocal of the famous Tanbi-kei* Symphonic Metal band Versailles, held a stunning, sold-out live performance in Cologne on
EN.CORE ROCKS ARCHIVE: KAMIJO is hard to miss when you are looking at the history of Visual-kei. Not only did he take part in the first boom of the genre
For the first time, female K-Pop idol group Billlie [빌리] came touring Europe in 2024 under the tour title Our FLOWERLD (Belllie’ve You). Berlin was their second show in Europe
