Burrn!バーン

metal magazine · Tokyo

Japanese name

バーン [WJA]

Founded

1984

City

Tokyo

Status as of 24 September 2026

monthly

Connections

7 edges, 7 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.047 (rank 28 of 324) · personnel only 0.000 (rank 284)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [W] (register)

Founded September 1984 (Shinko Music). Its review scores decided which Western acts broke in Japan; it gave Seikima-II's debut zero points and later put Mary's Blood second in its best new artist poll and Mari Hamada top of its vocalist poll. Masa Ito is the broadcast counterpart.

Connections

Influence

• influencedLoudnessラウドネスThe magazine and the band rose together1984
• influencedSeikima-II聖飢魔IIThe zero point review pushed the band toward a pop audience1985
• influencedConcerto Moonコンチェルト・ムーンBurrn! aligned press sustained the neoclassical scene1996
• influenced byMarty Friedmanマーティ・フリードマンJapanese TV and press presence made him the scene's translator to the West2003 to present
• influencedMary's BloodメアリーズブラッドSecond in the best new artist poll2010s

Labels, festivals, collaborations

• collaborationMari Hamada浜田麻里First Japanese musician to top the readers' vocalist poll2019
• collaborationWard RecordsワードレコーズThe physical metal market ecosystem1990s