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Smelling The Coffee With SUMMER From KITSUNEVI
Heavy metal music is alive and well in Japan.
For a country more recognised for being conservative and polite when it comes to social interactions, the amount of talented, unrecognised and socially unacceptable bands doing the rounds is almost unfathomable.
Over six previous visits to Japan with different touring bands I have witnessed everything from jazz to metal to rock to acoustic, but if there is one common denominator it is the universal wealth of talent that seems to be dripping from the corners of every live house you visit. A quick tally comes to around 120 live Japanese bands I have…
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