Machina

Former Evanescence guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray went on to form this rather less cloying post-grunge band with Phil Taylor, previously better known as the frontman for Future Leaders of the World. Expect muscular riffing and minimal goth operatics when the group hit Shibuya's Chelsea Hotel for the second of two Tokyo dates, with local support including D.O.G.S. and Rain When I Die.