Last time I was in Tokyo, we visited a metal shop somewhere in Shinjuku I think. That made me really curious about how the scene is there. It got me to the T0kyo Gig guide, which only lists 3 concerts (there’s probably more). Some people seem to mention this club, though some say it’s mostly punk. There’s a BIG difference. Then I see a few places and I think “gosh, should be really hard to like this music over there“. Asian metal sucks just about as much as US metal (no offense). So I’m not exactly looking for live houses. Then I came across this one, which looks more like a bar type thing. The name has me doubting. But at least it says metal once in this months schedule. Now this is starting to look like what I mean.
It seems I was right about the RockInn, this site says “don’t ask for more extreme stuff, they don’t have it“. Either that list on the metaltraveller’s site is way not representative or Tokyo needs more metal hangouts. I would rather listen to house music than the softer “alternative, classic rock, rock” kind of stuff. That’s not tr00. Also: goth clubs or something are out of the question. They usually end up listening to something that’s between metal and electronic. I just hate to attach “Industrial” to goth because it does not make sense to me. Basically it’s boring house music as far as I’m concerned, though occasionally I like some of it.
Naw! I mean long hair, head banging, moshing. But not a joint where they play piggy squeel constantly. You know, that chaos that people call raw black metal or pure death. It’s not even music. Like, an entire evening of this I could not stand.
Saizou is their mascot!
If anyone reads this and knows a good metal hangout in Tokyo spill them piggy guts.