Gig Reviews

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.

Oh, what a night! Michael Schenker Fest with a reunited MSG on stage gets a lot of love in Tokyo.

Spiritual Beast put on a great night of heavy metal in Tokyo with Canadian traditional heavy metal act Skull Fist and Italian thrashers Ultra-Violence.

German heavy metal band Primal Fear returns to Tokyo and delivers a German heavy metal knockout.

Brilliant live comeback by Arch Enemy’s original line-up onstage in Japan. Bleeding terrific old-school death metal!