Metal night «X-Metal: Golden Blood» at Blue Monkey Saigon

   Metal in Saigon is held together by small crews who build the stages for each other. One such night comes from X-Metal Production: four bands back to back in a bar across the river, with no token opener, each name getting a proper set. The poster also carries the logo of the label Bloody Roars Records, a name attached to a good part of the local heavy roster.

   The bill is Deletion, Mundane, Thánh Dực and Wừu. The room is Blue Monkey Saigon in Thao Dien, the bar the city's punk and metal scene treats as its main address and the venue behind most of the heavy nights that show up in local listings.

   The essentials:
Four bands in one night: Deletion, Mundane, Thánh Dực, Wừu
Advance tickets cost less than tickets at the door, while the door price includes a drink
Promoter: X-Metal Production, with Bloody Roars Records on the poster
The advance sales channel has not been named in the announcement

   If you listen to metal and want local bands at close range, this is the most compact way to do it: four groups in one evening, no running between venues. Newcomers to the genre can come along too, since four bands give you four different approaches in the same room.

   If you want the lower price, look for the advance ticket; if you simply turn up, the door ticket is still available and comes with a drink.

   Four heavy bands on one bill is not a frequent event in this city, and this bill is one of them.