Switch Style’s debut full-length, produced by Don Fury — known for his work with Helmet and Quicksand — and mastered by Howie Weinberg, whose credits include Nirvana and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Not a bad room to be working in.
The sixth full album from Shellshock, formed during the early days of domestic thrash metal.
Japanese metal band Survive, formed in 1998, documents an aggressive international touring history.
1988 collaboration between Osaka hardcore band S.O.B. and noise unit Hijokaidan, reissued after years out of print.
Japanese loud-scene album that has yet to be surpassed.
A Japanese underground metal compilation featuring Ground Zero, Doom, X, Jurassic Jade, and more.
UNITED's 1992 second album, reissued — driving riffs crossed with weeping melodies.
A Japanese hardcore compilation featuring active bands from Kantō, Kansai, and Miyagi.
Tatsuya Yoshida's drum-and-bass duo Ruins plays music that defies genre and rewards obsession.
Tokyo's Zeni Geva have been making brutally confrontational noise rock since 1987, and they deserve your full attention.
Tokyo post-hardcore outfit Survive Said The Prophet have been building something real since 2011. Here's why you should care.
Tokyo's The Mad Capsule Markets built one of Japan's most aggressive digital hardcore catalogs—and the world mostly missed it.
Tokyo metalcore outfit Pay money To my Pain hit hard, hit clean, and left a mark on Japan's heavy underground that hasn't faded.