Gig Reviews

Loudness keeps celebrating their 80s glory days while at the same time showing that they still got it.

As Epica finally stood on a stage in Tokyo on Thursday night, they were met with obsessive devotion from an audience happily dancing in a hurricane of symphonic metal.

Graham Bonnet returned to Japan for a headline tour with a difference. A magical night with Graham Bonnet Band and Alcatrazz in Tokyo.

Thrash metal heroes Testament are on top of their game as they tour Japan once again.

With five albums below their belt, Swedish melodic rockers Dynazty finally came to play for the band’s Japanese fans. And what a Japanese live debut it was.

Loudness finishes off a great year with a sold-out performance in Roppongi and a knockout set-list decided by the fans.

Sensational first-ever gig in Japan by classic American rock band New England. Few other classic rock bands have the songs, the musicianship and creativity that this band has.

Spiritual Beast’s annual mini heavy metal festival in Tokyo was yet again a splendid weekend of metal.

Arch Enemy’s Michael Amott makes a triumphant return to Tokyo with Spiritual Beggars – 1970s-inspired hard rock at its best.

Roppongi Rocks summarises this year’s Loud Park festival which took place at Saitama Super Arena.

German power metal veterans Helloween shook Roppongi with a lesson in how power metal is done properly.

Birmingham’s finest, Napalm Death – quite possibly the best band in the world right now – returned to Tokyo for a grindcore knockout.