Merzbow's 2015 Concert History

Merzbow (メルツバウ) is an experimental music project created in Tokyo in 1979 under the direction of musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美). Since 1979, Akita has formed two record labels and has contributed releases to numerous independent record labels. As well as being a prolific artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde music and post-modern culture.

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 16, 2015
Incubate Festival
"Incubate Festival" / Kimya Dawson / Merzbow / Full of Hell / Sun Araw / Zs / The Glockenwise / Primitive Man / Dengue Fever / Melvins / Hundred Waters / Ensemble Economique / To Live & Shave In L.A. / ZA / Bast / Cartographer / Shit and Shine
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Various Venues Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Sep 15, 2015 –
Sep 18, 2015
Incubate Festival
"Incubate Festival" / Full of Hell / Jeffrey Lewis / Merzbow / Useless Eaters / Dan Mangan + Blacksmith / Tearist / Melvins / Gilla Band / Rats On Rafts / The Weather Station / Newmoon / White Jazz / Partisan / The Vickers / Samuel Kerridge / Esplendor Geometrico / King Midas Sound Meets Fennesz / Lumerians Show all bands
  Setlists
Various Venues Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Sep 14, 2015 –
Sep 20, 2015
Incubate 2015
Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Mr. Scruff / Surfer Blood / Neneh Cherry / Sun Kil Moon / Melvins / Mercury Rev / Great Lake Swimmers / Hundred Waters / Kevin Morby / Converge / Daedelus / Girlpool / Husky / Cayucas / Dan Mangan / JEFF the Brotherhood / Maze / Sóley / Adam Green / The Soft Moon / Gabriel Garzón-Montano / Julianna Barwick / Norman Blake / This Is The Kit / Alcest / Mark Kozelek / Dengue Fever / Torres / La Luz / Fennesz / Laurel Halo / Hookworms / Junior / Lady Lamb / No Joy / Factory Floor / Eternal Summers / Cabaret Voltaire / Vök / The Weather Station / East India Youth / Giant Sand / Happyness / Errors / The Warlocks / Wand / Plastician / Jaakko Eino Kalevi / Sun Araw / Outfit / Three Trapped Tigers / YAK / The Rebel / EF / Sylvain Chauveau / Sophia / King Dude / King Midas Sound / Indian Jewelry / Full of Hell / Merzbow / Acid Arab / Helena Hauff / Tess Parks / Ed Rush / Perc / The Ex / Brutus / Peach Kelli Pop / Willard Grant Conspiracy / Jennie Abrahamson / Arve Henriksen / Empyrium / Powell / Destruction Unit / Lumerians / Tarwater / Idaho / Noveller / Meg Baird / Terakaft / Circuit Des Yeux / Primitive Man / Of the wand & The moon / Kathryn Joseph / Camera / Spectres / K-X-P / Useless Eaters / Blank Realm / Turzi / Hans-Joachim Roedelius / Dope Body / Paula Temple / DRALMS / Shit and Shine / Victims / Totally Mild / The Ruins of Beverast / Anton Newcombe / Orlando / Death & Vanilla / Lakker / Secrets of the Moon / Corrina Repp / Lusts / Zs / Grave Pleasures / Esplendor Geometrico / Tearist / Za! / Dornenreich / Rocketnumbernine / J.C. Satàn / Wynn / Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat / Lower / Yast / Bad Breeding / Bölzer / Rats On Rafts / PC Worship / Ensemble Economique / Radar Men From The Moon / Evol / JESSICA93 / Fumaça Preta / Black To Comm / Russell Haswell / Xosar / Leafcutter John / Priests - DC / Monophona / The Black Heart Rebellion / Beastmilk / Truss / Forward Strategy Group / Uma / Disentomb / Eric Chenaux / Klara Lewis / Yussuf Jerusalem / Necros Christos / Rapoon / Daggers / Cristobal and the Sea / Picture / Andrew Hung / Barbarisms / The Glockenwise / Happy Meals / Heretic / Emptiness / Throats / SHINING (NOR) / Vales / Newmoon / The Vickers / Samuel Kerridge / Group Rhoda / Go!Zilla / Toner Low / Cocaine Piss / Iguana Death Cult / M185 / Maurice Louca / Dehumanized / Burial Hex / Los Pirañas / Vision Fortune / Veil Of Light / Terrible Truths / Beasts / Lemontrip / We Never Learned to Live / Perfume Advert / Giobia / NHK'Koyxen / Izegrim / Rocky Marsiano / Spires That In The Sunset Rise / Khyam Allami / Islam Chipsy / vermin womb / Basic House / Sex Swing / A Thousand Fuegos / Nate Hall / Moaning Cities / Sun Worship / Ekman / Sly & the Family Drone / Speedtrap / Bleaching Agent / Wanda Group / Cairo Liberation Front / Profligate / Rites Wild / Radare / Napoleon Gold / Nick Klein / Teethgrinder / Good Throb / Partisan / KETEV / Blue Crime / The Outskirts / Selvhenter / Dead Neanderthals / uKanDanZ / Entrapment / Lean Left / Hella Comet / Alexander Rishaug / Drowned / Oblivionized / Onmens / Mind Rays / Banganagangbangers / Sterling Roswell / To Live And Shave In L.a. / FUZ / Dirk Serries / Yasunao Tone / Roedelius Schneider / Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams / Sunpower / Those Foreign Kids / Polaroid Fiction / Snob / James Welburn / Tamarin Desert / Jochen Arbeit / VVOVNDS / Bloodrocuted / Jad Fair & Norman Blake / IIVII / Deuil / Crowd Of Chairs / Canute / El Yunque / Mia Zabelka / White Jazz / Yamantau / Hand of Dust / TV Wonder / Hoek / Richie Dagger / The Mary Hart Attack / Youff / Sam Aaron / Alex Mclean / Zazazozo / Razen / Reinier Van Houdt / Monnik / Fckn Bstrds / A Million Squeeks Will Do You No Harm / Pure Muna / Coàgul / Zentralheizung of death des Todes / Umungus / Landverraad / Josh Graham / Doop vs Subp Yao / System Overthrow / Rob Gordon / Ful / Barchan / Die Wirklichkeit / Fire! (SE) / Norah Lorway / Droppings / Camargue / Jesus Police / Miguel Alvarino / Afework Nigussie / Dwellings & Druss / Silenxce / Hun Bed / Köhn (BE) / Arend B. Blauw / Koen Nutters / PAND7090 / Tarantino (Netherlands) / Afghan Gold / Liquid Loft / Bow Aether Group / DJs Goe Vur In Den Otto / Renaat Show all bands
  Setlists
Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
May 13, 2015
"Red Bull Music Academy Festival" / Merzbow / Pharmakon / Prurient

Red Bull Music Academy Festival

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Experimental
Experimental Rock
Noise
Industrial
Noise Rock
Japanese
Drone
Dark Ambient
Free Improvisation
Drone Metal
Experimental Electronic
Power Electronics
Sound Art
Post-Industrial
Harsh Noise
Japanoise
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2014 2 concerts
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has Merzbow had?

Merzbow has had 36 concerts.

What genre is Merzbow?

Merzbow is most often considered to be Experimental, Experimental Rock, Noise, Industrial, Noise Rock, Japanese, Drone, Dark Ambient, Free Improvisation, Drone Metal, Experimental Electronic, Power Electronics, Sound Art, Post-Industrial, Harsh Noise, and Japanoise.

When was the last Merzbow concert?

The last Merzbow concert was on September 15, 2023. The bands that performed were: Merzbow / Defiled / Nepenthes / Hebi Katanna.

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