Size: A5 Page count: 224 pages

The main theme of "Headbang Vol.17" is "Japanese Metal that the World Envies"!
The main color page is a 21-page, in-depth report on BABYMETAL's SU-METAL triumphant return performance "Baptismal Rites," which was held at Hiroshima Green Arena on December 2nd and 3rd, 2017, and is already being touted as a "legendary live performance" that BABYMETAL fans around the world are envious of!
Headbang, which has been watching BABYMETAL for five years, will delve deeply into this legendary live performance, which can be declared as the best production in BABYMETAL's history.

Also, the monochrome pages feature reviews of 100 "Japan's Metal Albums That the World Envies/Can Be Proud of" and long interviews with six of the most important figures in "Japan's Metal," including Kenji Ohtsuki of Kinniku Shojo Tai/Tokusatsu and SYU of GALNERYUS!
Making full use of its 95 pages, Headbang introduces a wealth of "Japanese metal that the world envies."

[CONTENTS]
Tribute to MIKIO FUJIOKA

BABYMETAL "LEGEND-S -Baptism Ceremony-"
Live Report 2017.12.3 Hiroshima Green Arena

The editor-in-chief of "Headbang" talks about the still-reliving afterglow and impact of BABYMETAL's "LEGEND-S -Baptismal Ritual-"

X HIROSHIMA was invincible in Hiroshima.

LOVEBITES
London Performance Report 2017.11.27 Underworld, London, England

Ningen Isu Live Report: Roar from Another Dimension ~Release Commemoration Solo Tour~ 2017.11.19 Zepp DiverCity Tokyo

THE Kanmuri Live Report Porno Super Express 2017 2017.12.23 Kyoto Pulse Plaza
THE Crown Emergency Interview

Everything about SLEEP's Japan tour

Column ~ BOH's divine ramen, a once-in-a-lifetime taste of metal restaurant Yasunario Metal Meal! ~ Headbang Demae Iccho!! ~
Bill's exclusive interview with Headbang
GOLDEN YEARS MOTORHEAD, FOREVER!!! 'Fast' Eddie Clarke RIP

Japanese metal that the world envies

An interview with the most important figure in "Nippon Metal": Kenji Otsuki (Kinniku Shojo Tai/Tokusatsu)

100 "Japan's Enviable/World-Class Metal Albums" [Part 1] 80s

Interview with the Most Important Person in "Nippon Metal" Part 2
George (LADIESROOM) Interview

Interview with the Most Important Person in "Nippon Metal" Part 3: Shigeru Kosugi (CEO of Howling Bull Inc.)

100 "Japan's Enviable/World-Class Metal Albums" [Part 2] 90s

An interview with the most important figure in "Nippon Metal": Mirai Sichuanshima (SIGH)

100 Japanese Metal Albums That the World Envies/Can Be Proud of [Part 3] 2000s

Interview with the Most Important Person in "Nippon Metal" Part 5
SYU (GALNERYUS) Interview

100 "Japan's Enviable/World-Class Metal Albums" [Part 4] 2010s

Interview with the Most Important Person in "Nippon Metal" Part 6: Kazuo Sumida (CEO of Katana Music Co., Ltd.), the 5th LOUDNESS

"The Men Who Drive Japan's Metal Labels" Part 1: An Interview with Tadashi Hamada of Daymare Recordings

Robb Flynn (MACHINE HEAD) Interview

Series: Reading Extreme Metal Masterpieces Part 2: BATHORY "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark"

Column - BRITISH METAL WAYS
Column ~ Loneliness is a Traveling Companion - Column on a Solo Camping Trip by Shinji Wajima (Ningen Isu) ~ Column on Mary's Blood SAKI's Devil Fanatic Diary ~ Column on the Vice Principal's Stray Metal Hunter ~ Column on the Kanda Ogawamachi Fantastic Film Festival ~ Column on the Headbang University Liberal Arts Required Reading Column ~ Column on the Magnificent World of Tsubana Rock ~ Column on the Encyclopedia of Showa Pro Wrestling Records ~ Column on Ichikawa Satoshi's Drinker's Diary Beyond ~ Column on Menma and Chiaki's Banggal Hell Scenario ~ Column on Fujiki TDC's V☆H☆S LOVER
Column - We're back in Hiroshima

CARCASS News New Year Special Edition: Interview with Bill Steer (CARCASS)

2018 Winter Headbang Disc Review 32