Japan Underground Digest: Week 42

On the weekend of October 18-20, there's some grind & hardcore in the South of Japan, but some *gnarly* speed up North in Hokkaido.

I dig this flyer’s design, and all of the logos. Very unusual.

Sorry for being so absent, folx, got nothing but excuses. Good ones, I think, but excuses nonetheless. Wanna know more? Check out one of these 2 other Substacks I run:

MKUltraman

or

Akiyaz Compass

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Then there’s

JP Vinyl

but honestly I haven’t even gotten around to anything but creating the account and pagination, no actual posting yet (but if you want to tell me what kind of vinyl you want delivered to you once a month, check it out anyway ^_^;)

Blah blah blah, you want shows, I get it. So check out the deets on this überschau up in the Great Witchy City of Japan’s magnificent North, Sapporo, Hokkaido.

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The Bands

• Döraid (Metal Punk, Tokyo)

• Rising Fall (Heavy, Tokyo)

• Butterfly (Hardcore, Sapporo)

• Riffana (Heavy, Sapporo)

• Birth Ritual (Metal Punk, Sapporo)

• Revenger (Heavy, Sapporo)

Lay down yr souls to the god rock and rooooooooll, Birth Ritual. What a fuckin’ band. Total riff destruction. Hooks that the Cenobites’d be jealous of. I’ve only seen them, what, like 2 times live because I’m not often in Sapporo and they’re not often not in Sapporo, but good golly do I pick up what they lay down.

Döraid’s a great companion band for them, and probably the closest thing Tokyo has to offer to Birth Ritual’s excellence. I also think Rising Fall’s a good pairing, though they definitely fall more heavily on the Heavy side than the others.

The others? Sound great, haven’t seen them before.

The Venue: Zippy Hall

Zippy “hole” ≠ “hall” except when it’s in カタカナ

I have never been here, but it’s probably pretty excellent given it’s hosting this fuckin’ ripper of a show so shut up and go!

But Wait, There’s More!

Those links should show you a pretty good time. But if you want an even better time including maps, bar and hotel recs, and more concerts, sign up as a paid subscriber!