While J-pop and J-rock currently dominate Japan’s mainstream charts, a louder, heavier countercurrent has been surging beneath the surface. Metal — along with subgenres like metalcore and nu-metal — ...

Billboard JAPAN talked with the four members about their feelings on having celebrated their 10th anniversary and about their new EP. By Billboard Japan HANABIE., a four-member band that celebrated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's 7am and Hanabie are loitering on the concrete outside Stansted Airport. While there's nothing glamorous about the scene, the ...

Japanese metalcore breakout HANABIE. has unveiled an extensive run of Spring 2026 North American headlining dates, marking the band’s biggest U.S. and Canadian tour to date. The run opens March 13 in ...

Japanese metalcore band Hanabie announced their 2024 tour with special guests Outline in Color joining across all dates on the tour and Left to Suffer performing on most dates. Produced by Live Nation ...

I admit it. I am one of those Western Japanophiles hypnotized by the history, culture, arts and many other things in Japan. Music has been, without a doubt, a big part of that. Among the Japanese ...

Erm, hello? Are you hearing this right now? I fear HANABIE. has done it again. Tokyo metalcore legends HANABIE. are back and out to destroy on their brand-new single, “Spicy Queen.” When was the last ...

They spoke with Billboard Japan about their experiences around the world & about how that turned their attention to their hometown of Tokyo. By Billboard Japan HANABIE. is an all-woman nu-metal band ...

HANABIE. have announced a brand-new EP, HOT TOPIC. Due out on January 28, the five-track release from the Harajuku-core quartet – vocalist Yukina, guitarist/vocalist Matsuri, bassist Hettsu and ...

Alternative artist Kim Dracula and harajuku-core trailblazers HANABIE. have announced their 2025 co-headline tour across North America. Produced by Live Nation, the 24-date run kicks off on Wednesday, ...

Japanese ‘Harajuku-core’ act HANABIE. came to the City of Brotherly Love over the weekend and they did so with Nekrogoblikon and Enterprise Earth in tow. Having photographed HANABIE. before, we ...

HANABIE., a four-member band that celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2025, has recently released a new EP, HOT TOPIC. When they formed the band, the members were still in their teens, but in the ...