You Must Hear 7
japanese metal
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Japanese metal, or heavy metal music from Japan, emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. It is characterized by fast-paced guitar riffs, powerful drumming, and aggressive vocals, often incorporating elements of traditional Japanese music. The lyrics frequently explore themes of Japanese mythology, history, and culture, and the genre has evolved over time, with a significant boom of all-female metal bands in the 2010s.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 1983 | 44 Magnum | Danger | |
| 37 |  |
1984-01-21 | Loudness | Disillusion～撃剣霊化 |
| 13 |  |
1984-07-01 | Loudness | disillusion english version |
| 10 |  |
1985 | Jet Maybe | テンペスト / ミスティー・トリップ |
| 20 | |
1985 | Jet Maybe | Jet Maybe |
| 18 |  |
1986 | Genocide | FIRE DOLL |
| 72 |  |
1986-04-02 | 聖飢魔II | THE END OF THE CENTURY |
| 80 |  |
1986-11-21 | 聖飢魔II | 地獄より愛をこめて |
| 76 |  |
1988 | Genocide | Black Sanctuary |
| 91 |  |
1988-05-21 | Dead End | Shambara |
| 65 |  |
1989-10-13 | Gargoyle | 禊 |
| 1 |  |
1990 | Magenda | マジェンダ・ファースト |
| 6 |  |
1990-11-25 | Aion | Magma |
| 51 |  |
1993-06-09 | Guillotine Terror | Black Rebel Storm |
| 7 |  |
1993-10-25 | Sperma | 女神転生 |
| 60 |  |
1994-08 | Harkenkreuz | Horstwessel |
| 28 | 1994-10-25 | 高崎晃 | 気 | |
| 35 |  |
1994-12-01 | Volcano | Spring Of Life |
| 14 |  |
1995-02-08 | United | N・O・I・Q |
| 67 | 1995-09-25 | 黒蝪蝶 | 遺書剥奪 | |
| 17 | 1996 | 屍忌蛇 | STAND PROUD!-All For Heavy Metal | |
| 38 |  |
1996 | Blasdead | Another Dimension |
| 34 |  |
1996-01-26 | Youthquake | YOUTHQUAKE |
| 4 |  |
1996-06-08 | Warning | Roar |
| 24 |  |
1997 | Various Artists | Devil Must Be Driven Out With Devil |
| 68 |  |
1997-04-01 | Azrael | Run for the Night |
| 50 |  |
1998 | Aiming High | Metal Fighter Squadron |
| 40 | 1998-09-23 | 六三四 | Far East Groove | |
| 89 |  |
1998-10-16 | SEX MACHINEGUNS | Sex Machinegun |
| 25 |  |
1999 | Dead End | shámbara [+2] |
| 19 |  |
1999-04 | Wolf | Wolf |
| 57 |  |
1999-08-30 | 鐵槌 | 日本狼 |
| 8 |  |
2000 | Gorgon | Back Street Killers - The Street Light Years 1995 - 2014 |
| 85 |  |
2000 | Sabbat | Satanasword |
| 3 |  |
2001 | Letticia | Midnight Dancer |
| 61 |  |
2001-01-21 | Azrael | King of the Steely Nation |
| 52 |  |
2001-07 | Silex | ARISE |
| 15 |  |
2001-08-07 | Loudness | Best of the Original |
| 9 |  |
2002 | Gorgon | The Soundhouse Tapes Part 3 |
| 23 | 2002-04-10 | アニメタルレディー | Animetal Lady Marathon Ⅱ | |
| 79 | 2003 | Azrael | Sunrise in the Dreamland | |
| 55 |  |
2003-05-04 | Sound Horizon | Seisen no Iberia |
| 54 |  |
2003-09-18 | Youthquake | EVOLUTION OF NEW ORIENTAL METAL |
| 12 |  |
2004 | Gorgon | Heavy Metal Fever II |
| 45 | 2005 | 福山芳樹 | FUKUYAMA FIRE!!!～A Tribute To Nekki Basara～ | |
| 93 | 2005-09-13 | Abigail | Ultimate Unholy Death | |
| 43 |  |
2005-10-21 | アニメタル | ANIMETAL MARATHON VII ～戦え! メタル・ヒーロー～ |
| 44 |  |
2006 | Magnesium | Time tells no lies / Over the rainbow |
| 39 | 2006-05-25 | 生沢佑一 | 人、神、機 -Man God Machine- | |
| 53 |  |
2006-07-12 | Galneryus | Beyond The End Of Despair… |
| 42 |  |
2007 | Preludio | Preludio |
| 82 |  |
2007-09-12 | Viscera Infest | Sarcoidosis |
| 41 |  |
2007-11 | Headlight | Wild Racing |
| 99 |  |
2008-02-06 | meth. | by all means - BELIVER |
| 5 | 2008-05-11 | UNIONS JADE | Chrysoprasos | |
| 70 |  |
2008-07-16 | Versailles | NOBLE |
| 31 |  |
2009-09-16 | -OZ- | VERSUS |
| 83 |  |
2009-09-16 | 44MAGNUM | 44Magnum |
| 21 |  |
2010 | Rekion | 刃 進み行く／美しき瓦礫の山 |
| 66 |  |
2010 | Kissing the Mirror | LIGHT THROUGH THE NIGHT |
| 69 | 2010 | Azrael | Dream On | |
| 95 |  |
2010-02 | Luzmelt | Swallowed scenery |
| 63 | 2010-05-28 | My material season | Mind of you fragile in vitriform | |
| 29 |  |
2010-08-14 | GUNBRIDGE | PRIVILEGE/MEANS TO LIVE |
| 33 |  |
2011-01-20 | Kuni | Rock |
| 30 |  |
2011-03-13 | Rigor Mortis | Grave New World |
| 48 |  |
2011-05-01 | Lightning | Brave Heart Re-birth |
| 36 |  |
2011-10-12 | Return | Unholy Thrash Metal |
| 74 |  |
2011-12-14 | Lightning | Justice Strike |
| 62 |  |
2012 | Galneryus | ALSATIA/CAUSE DISARRAY |
| 75 |  |
2012 | Veiled in Scarlet | Idealism |
| 92 |  |
2012-01-11 | Suicide Ali | Sarau Fue to Yakusoku |
| 32 | 2013-09-04 | Galneryus | The Ironhearted Flag, Vol.2: Reformation Side | |
| 84 | 2013-09-04 | AvelCain | 自責の筵 | |
| 90 |  |
2013-12-30 | Demetori | le Grimoire De reve |
| 47 |  |
2014-12 | OZIGIRI | 電子粉砕神罰 -Digital Grinding Retribution- |
| 71 |  |
2015 | IRON ATTACK! | HEAVEN'S SWORD |
| 73 | |
2015 | IRON ATTACK! | Star Dust |
| 77 |  |
2015 | IRON ATTACK! | BURN IN HELL |
| 49 | 2015-03-18 | Gotsu Totsu Kotsu | Retributive Justice | |
| 78 | 2015-08-11 | 鬱P feat. 赤飯 | IDOLATRY | |
| 58 |  |
2015-08-12 | FATE GEAR | A Light in the Black |
| 88 |  |
2016-10-19 | Abigail | The Final Damnation |
| 2 |  |
2016-12-07 | Silex | Silence In Explosin |
| 59 |  |
2017 | G.A.T.E.S. | Back From The Grave |
| 87 |  |
2017-03-15 | Bridear | Rise |
| 64 |  |
2017-04-25 | X Japan | BLUE BLOOD |
| 26 | |
2017-05-17 | Silex | EVERLASTING SYMPHONY |
| 56 |  |
2017-05-24 | Rie a.k.a. Suzaku | Don't hide your face |
| 96 |  |
2017-07-24 | DEADLIFT LOLITA | Kimi Terasu Sairiumu |
| 86 |  |
2017-11-08 | Demetori | Determinism&DestruKction |
| 98 |  |
2018-02-10 | DEADLIFT LOLITA | Pump Up JAPAN |
| 100 | |
2018-02-10 | DEADLIFT LOLITA | SIX PACK TWINS |
| 94 |  |
2018-08-22 | Broken By The Scream | AN ALIEN'S PORTRAIT |
| 46 | 2018-10-24 | Gotsu Totsu Kotsu | The Final Stand | |
| 22 |  |
2019-06-05 | Ningen Isu | Shin Seinen |
| 97 |  |
2019-10-09 | Broken By The Scream | Noisy Night Fever |
| 11 |  |
2023 | Various Artists | HEAVY METAL FORCE III |
| 16 | 2023 | Various Artists | SKULL THRASH ZONE VOLUME I | |
| 27 |  |
2023-06-14 | Amusie | Heavy Metal Doctors |