Bring Me The Horizon bring Nex_Fest to the boil
REPORTEDLY PLANNED FOR several years but postponed due to the pandemic, Nex_Fest Tokyo is the inaugural, Bring Me The Horizon-curated all-day event, bracketed by smaller Nex_Fest Extra shows around Japan. HANABIE draw a huge early crowd, setting the festival’s tone for fusing Eastern and Western sounds into something larger than the sum of its parts.
Metalcore riffs hit with galvanising force, Tousou’s Eastern melodies have aMaidenmatching scope, and Warning!!’s brazen mix of styles are given a madcap thrill-ride urgency that’s embodied by frontwoman Yukina’s hyperactive, crowd-goading presence. Their first European and US shows have clearly helped them up their game.