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Boundaries have been broken and borders dissolved forever in the world of metal, but there tends to remain a stylistic East/West divide that few bands have convincingly bridged. BRIDEAR manage much ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Brimming with big riffs and even bigger hooks all tastefully laced with ...

“Girl Power” has never been as apparent in music as in Japan right now. While many of these groups are poppy idol groups put together by a management team (there are said to be over 3,000 such groups ...

*This program was first broadcast on November 10, 2024. Join May J. for Japanese music! This week: BRIDEAR (a five-piece all-female heavy metal band with a growing fanbase in Europe) and Matsuura ...