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![PIG (Raymond Watts) | Live-Report @ Kōenji HIGH, Tokyo [JP] (2026)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PIG-Koenji-High-2026-29-1080x675.jpg)
Two sold-out nights at Koenji HIGH. A reunion with Motokatsu that closed three decades of unfinished...
![D’ESPAIRSRAY | Live-Report @ Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo [JP] (2026)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DESPA_VMJ-1080x675.jpg)
While HIZUMI often jokes that he only ever brings the rain, something he even joked about that night, what...
![LUNA SEA | Live-Report @ Ariake Arena, Tokyo [JP] (2026)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/LUNASEA-VMJ-1080x675.jpg)
LUNA SEA | The Syzygy of March 12th, 2026: A moment of realignment, poised to flourish into a new Spring....
![lynch. | Live-Report @ Tokyo Garden Theater [JP] (2025)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/lynch2026.jpg)
The Fire and the Phoenix: lynch. marks 20 years with a big production at Tokyo Garden Theater (Japan) There...
![INORAN | Live-Report @ Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO, Tokyo [JP] (2025)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/INORAN-shibuya20254-1080x675.jpg)
Returning to this space framed the final performance like a completed circle: not a repetition, but a...
![NUL x Luv PARADE – “SYNCROSS” | Live-Report @ Shibuya REX, Tokyo [JP] (2025)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/LuvPARDE-REX4-2025.jpg)
It was a crossroads. A reunion without calling itself a reunion. A collision of futures shaped by the same...
![TOOL | Live-Report @ K-ARENA, Yokohama [JP] (2025)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TOOLcoversmall.jpg)
There are bands that tour Japan and then there are bands that seem to belong here. TOOL fall firmly into the...
![INORAN | Live-Report @ Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO, Tokyo [JP] (2025)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/INORAN-SHIBUYA.jpeg)
With charisma, warmth, and his undeniable drive for connection, INORAN showed that Niraikanai -Rerecorded is...
![DER ZIBET | Live-Report @ Kōenji HIGH, Tokyo [JP] (2025)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DZ3-1080x675.jpg)
Many good musicians, many familiar faces, many different emotions — all in one place! DER ZIBET’s 40th...
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![DER ZIBET, FAR-EAST PHALLUS KICKER, VERTUEUX | Live-Report @ ROCK JOINT GB, Tokyo [JP] (2022)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/der-zibet-17-1080x675.jpg)
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![THE MORTAL | Live-Report @ NHK HALL, Tokyo [JP] (2015)](https://visualmusicjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/themortal03.jpg)
THE MORTAL’s performance was elevated by the grandeur of these meticulously designed lighting effects, which danced in...