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Tuesday, 2 September 2025

BARRICADE - Abolition - (Love & Hope Records -Belgium - 1994)

 

Barricade was a Japanese hardcore punk band from Sapporo, Hokkaido.I this EP they shoot at us 3 killing tracks of pure raging Hardcore punk in the best japanese tradition.The vinyl comes in paper sleeve that folds out into a 14" x 21" sheet containing band info and Japanese Kanji. I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it. 

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Saturday, 28 June 2025

KATHODE/VOIDD - Split 7inch -(MCR Company-Japan-1997)


 Another 7inch by the very prolific Japanese label MCR company.This time with kathode from USA and Voidd from Japan, both bands playing a raw form of metallic crust punk. It came out with an insert reporting lyrics and info. 1000 copies were pressed back in 1997. Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 23 November 2024

Crocodileskink / Força Macabra - Crocodileskink / Thrashcore E.P. - (DIY Records-Japan-1997)


 Legendary split EP with  Crocodileskink from Japan and Força Macabra from Finland. The music is crust as fuck with anarco lyrics. The label is the famous Japanese D.i.Y. Records  owned by Ryuji Asada of Battle Of Disarm. You find these tracks as waves. Enjoy it.

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A1Crocodileskink*Discrimination
A2Crocodileskink*Meanless War
A3Crocodileskink*Total Failure
B1Força MacabraCegos Por Ódio
B2Força MacabraTu Pagas
B3Força MacabraCrucificados Pelo Sistema
Fold-out paper sleeve with lyrics inside. It includes two inserts: one with Força Macabra's lyrics translated into English and Japanese, and one with Crocodileskink's lyrics translated into Japanese. Crucificados Pelo Sistema is a cover of a Ratos De Porao song.









Thursday, 1 February 2024

v.a.-Final Noise Attack - (MCR Company-Japan-1994)


 Great 7inch compilation released by the legendary Japanese MCR company !! 4 bands from Japan playing furious HC punk and Crust,the folded cover sleeeve reports info and lyrics and I left these tracks as waves. Crust as fuck!

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A1    Defiance – Violation Of Human Rights
A2    Defiance – Never Be Decieved
A3    Reason Why – Contradiction
B1    Condemned – Remember
B2    Condemned – Depends On Bloody Human
B3    Despair – The Free World
B4    Despair – No Face


 

Friday, 5 January 2024

v.a.- Shizuoka City Hard Core - (MCR Company-Japan-1991)


 Flexi 7inch compilation with bands from Shizuoka,the label is the famous MCR Company!!1.500 copies pressed back in 1991.Enjoy it!!

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A1    Mental (10)–    ネコ
A2    Mental (10)–    Your Life Is...
A3    The Rustler (2)–    How To Live
A4    The Rustler (2)–    Like A Beast For Myself
B1    Innocents–    Esper
B2    Innocents–    Agony
B3    Nibbles (2)–    Out Cast
B4    Nibbles (2)–    1/5 Oz

 

Saturday, 9 December 2023

v.a.-Transcendency- (Discrete Records-Japan-1996)


 Triple 7inch compilation by the Japanese Discrete Records: A hardcore punk label from Nagoya-shi in Aichi, Japan that was started in 1992 and run by 240key aka Jun Nishiwaki. A good bunch of bands playing furious HC Punk. Each Band has half page inside the booklet/cover sleeve. You find here all the tracks as waves. Enjoy it!!

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A1    Zone (7)–    Outside
A2    F.I.O.M.–    In A Daze
B1    Complete Exclude–    Relic
B2    Kamui (6)–    Same
C1    Extinct Government–    Nuclear
C2    Daston–    Rush And Charge
D1    Gaizi–    ミチ
D2    Spike Shoes–    Proud Of Punkrock
E1    Beyond Description–    Leech
E2    Raise Cain–    HIV
F1    Dooms Day–    Initiation
F2    Self Destruct (6)–    Fruitless Revolution



Wednesday, 29 November 2023

v.a.- Best Run Fast Vol 2 - (MCR Company-Japan-1991)


 7inch compilation by this old and legendary Japanese label !! 4 bands smashing furious HC punk songs.Idora makes a deviated cover of the famous Helter Skelter,and this is enough to make this 7 inch special.I left these tracks as waves for you all Hardcore Punks fanatics.Enjoy it.

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Friday, 17 November 2023

ZONE - Win Back To Sanity - (HG Fact-Japan-1994)


 Zone is a Japanese hardcore band from Iwata, Shizuoka.This 7inch was released in 1994,print run of 1000 copies.They play a raw form of HC punk,the recording is pretty good and  it comes out with a folded cover sleeve reporting some info and the lyrics.

HG Fact Inactive Japanese hardcore, punk and noise label. Operated by Tadashi Satoh. Their website used to be at http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/hgfact/ but is not online anymore, old versions can be found at https://archive.org/web/ (all info from Discogs).I left these tracks as waves! Enjoy it.

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Thursday, 9 November 2023

v.a.- Unknown Hardcore Drunkers Vol. 2 -(MCR Company-Japan-1991)


 Legendary double 7 inch compilation with fantastic Japanese bands.It comes with a booklet,each band has a page,therefore we find here also graphix,lyrics and addresses.1500 copies were pressed back in 1991,I guess it is hard to find nowadays. Enjoy it.

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A1    Noise Distraction–    Edge
A2    The Semetary–    どあほ
A3    C.O.S.A.–    Acceleration
B1    Over Dose–    Mother And Child
B2    Bad Taste (5)–    P.M.A.
B3    Heidegger (3)–    悟一
C1    Stress (28)–    Make Poison
C2    Hellchild–    The Blank Time
D1    白痴–    Find One's Way
D2    Beyond Description–    The Abyss Of Despair
D3    Ouch (3)–    Hit




 


Tuesday, 17 October 2023

v.a.- Mie City Hardcore - (MCR Company-Japan-1994)


 Fantastic 7 inch compilation with 4 Japanese bands playing angry HC Punk. It was released by the MCR company back in 1994. The folded b/w cover sleeve reports info and graphics. 700 copies were pressed and it is long gone now. I left these tracks as wave. Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 23 September 2023

IDORA– To Life, To Movie, To Lie, To Die -(MCR Company-Japan-1991)

4 tracks of raw and angry HC punk  on this  7inch by the Japanese Idora! This release comes with lyric insert in Japanese and English! MCR Company is a Japanese hardcore punk label that has been in operation since 1983, their offical webpage is here. I left these songs as waves.Enjoy it.

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Tuesday, 29 August 2023

CONCLUSION - 零ノ目醒め -(Overthrow Records-Japan-2004)


 Conclusion is Japanese band playing a personal form of furious HC Punk! This 7inch is crafted with 3 fantastic tracks,the cover sleeve reports lyrics in Japanese language and info in english. Enjoy it.

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Thursday, 3 August 2023

v.a.- Statics - (CCI Recordings-Japan-1995)


 Great compilation with a bunch of cutting-edge artists playing experimental electronics!!CCI Recordins was Japanese label run by Ryoji Ikeda. Now Defunct. Enjoy it.

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Tracklist

1    Darrin Verhagen–    Soft Ash
2    Akira Yamamichi–    Phenomenized Soundscapes
3    Ryoji Ikeda–    Untitled
4    Jim O'Rourke–    Sinking Lights In Lambeth   
5    Kazuhiko Kinami–    Le Banquet Céleste
6    Alan Lamb–    Beauty (Short Version)
7    Christophe Charles–    Undirections/Stationary    8:03
8    Paul Schütze–    Sleep IV
9    David Toop–    Iron Perm
10    Andrew Lagowski* & Toru Yamanaka–    Rain


















 

Saturday, 3 June 2023

DEATH COMES ALONG - Heavy Psychedelic Schizoid God - (Mangrove-Japan-1994)


Death Comes Along is a side project of the HC punk band Crow.They play a sort of heavy psychedelic music mixing art-rock, noise, death industrial, avant-garde, and weird experimental jingles. 

As a kind of reference the cover sleeve reports: Funeral March for Amebix, The Mob, Dirt, Antisect, Crude SS, MB, SPK, F.T.B., Diamanda Galas, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Amon Duul, Bodkin, Black Sabbath, German Oak- Dedicated to Edward Gein.

 This statement might help you to understand the influences that, in a way, helped to shape their music. Not an easy listening yet full of surprises. Big thanks to Gianluca for lending me this fantastic piece of vinyl, I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it!

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Thursday, 30 March 2023

UNARMED/MINDSUCK - Split 7inch - (MRC-Japan-1996)

 

 

Legendary split 7 inch with Unarmed from Sweden and Mindsuck from Japan.Great d-beat crust punk from the last century and the label is the famous MRC from Japan.A fantastic split 7 inch ,1000 copies printed back in 1996 and sold out now, here as wave-file, it should make happy all the crust community around the globe.Enjoy it.

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Saturday, 31 December 2022

MORBID ORGANS MUTILATION -War - (Rødel Records-Germany-1993)


 7 tracks on this 7 inch by the Japanese band Morbid Organs Mutilation! Fast HC Punk with a brutal grindcore voice and powerful drums.The folded cover sleeve reports a few info and dystopian graphics.

Rødel Records is a German grindcore and crust label founded by Detlef Sternkicker. Its Facebook page is here. I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy the grinding-to-the-core music.

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Side A recorded live July 26th 1992 in Kokubunji, Morgana.
Side B recorded live December 30th 1991 in Yuigahama, Los Angels.

Track A3 is a Doom cover.
Track B3 is an Extreme Noise Terror cover.
A1
Revenge
A2
Carry On Vomiting
A3
Multinationals
B1
Violence?
B2
Dying Message
B3
Carry On Screaming
B4
Eternal Napalm Torment

Thursday, 3 November 2022

解剖室 [Kaiboushitsu] 邪 [Evil] - (HG Fact-Japan-2010)


 Masterpiece Full lenght Album by this amazing band from Japan,I have already, posted their 7ich 髑髏 [Skull] released in 2008 by the same label. Their unique style of heavy deranged HC Punk will make happy all the lovers of certain powerful music. Only 700 copies were printed back in 2010,it is ,very possibly, already hard to get.

 解剖室  Kaiboushitsu - Translates as "autopsy suite": Featuring members of Crow / Death Comes Along / Grave New World / Last Bomb. Japanese punk band named after The Stalin song, heavily influenced by The Stalin and ADK Records bands such as Kikeiji or Masturbation. Their 2010 album "邪" (Yokoshima) is said to be an homage to The Stalin's classic "虫" (Mushi) album. 

HG Fact Inactive Japanese hardcore, punk and noise label. Operated by Tadashi Satoh. Their website used to be at http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/hgfact/ but is not online anymore, old versions can be found at https://archive.org/web/

To enrich this post I have included a video of a live show @Earthdome on 15 June 2014 in Tokyo. Big thanks to Gianluca for lending me this fantastic piece of vinyl,I left these tracks as waves. Enjoy it!

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Monday, 3 October 2022

解剖室 [Kaiboushitsu]-髑髏 [Skull]-(HG Fact-Japan-2008)

 解剖室  Kaiboushitsu - Translates as "autopsy suite".

 Featuring members of Crow / Death Comes Along / Grave New World / Last Bomb. Japanese punk band named after The Stalin song, heavily influenced by The Stalin and ADK Records bands such as Kikeiji or Masturbation. Their 2010 album "邪" (Yokoshima) is said to be an homage to The Stalin's classic "虫" (Mushi) album. 

HG Fact Inactive Japanese hardcore, punk and noise label. Operated by Tadashi Satoh. Their website used to be at http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/hgfact/ but is not online anymore, old versions can be found at https://archive.org/web/ .(all info from Discogs)  click me


 

Monday, 5 September 2022

v.a.- 磁気墓地 [Magnetic Cemetery]-(Vicious Fanclub-C70-France-2018)


 Fantastic compilation of old Japanese HC Punk bands active on the end of the 80s  and early 90s. Many obscure acts yet great music, the quality of the various recordings changes from excellent to mediocre but overall is pretty good. The folded cover sleeve reports info and some pics. If you are into old school HC punk, get this, you`ll love it. 22 Bands, 37 Songs, on a C70.

Enjoy it.

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A1Bat BonesEvil Eyes
A2Bat BonesSlash The Time
A3Bat BonesI Give You Pain
A4Bat BonesNo Mercy
A5Nightmare (6)Positive Fact
A6Nightmare (6)Fun To Death
A7CrückNever
A8CrückOur Minds
A9Hedge Hog (2)Advance
A10Hedge Hog (2)Oh My God
A11IdoraLondon Calling
A12Jelly BeansDiffer
A13Living VantageListen
A14Living VantageFoolish Dream
A153 Under Bad ChoiceNo Face
A16Griffin FZDuck Fight
A17Griffin FZBen Johnson
A18Griffin FZSamba
A19Sic Death Slaughter*Wild Men
B1MacrofargeMasayume
B2MacrofargeMurder
B3MacrofargeOne Morning
B4SuperdumbBusiness
B5SuperdumbScandal Of Asshole
B6Slang (6)Hard Crack
B7Slang (6)Worthless Guy
B8Me♀ss*Give Away
B9SlaverGive A Groan
B10SlaverWild Savage
B11Raise CainMan Eat Dogs
B12Final JasonBeyond Control
B13Final JasonCop
B14Pig SlaughterPrayer
B15Pig SlaughterMoralism Sucks!
B16Yellow LabelMad Cap Like Rat
B17Final CountStupid Life
B18NaüseaReality
B19NaüseaDon't Leave Me
B20Sic Death Slaughter*No Reader


Saturday, 27 August 2022

v.a. - The Choice Is Mine - (XPX-Japan-1988)

 

Old sampler with japanse punk bands released by Izumi Kubo (of XPX & Profane Existence Far East).
On regular tape. Yellow foldout sleeve.Orange sleeve version is a German bootleg made by Total Noise Tapes. B&W sleeve version with a red 見本 ("sample") stamp is an official promo copy from XPX.   
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A1SlaverMind To Bad
A2SlaverFighting Your A Go!
A3Spitfire (18)Thrash
A4Spitfire (18)Minor Threat
A5Spitfire (18)Spitfire
A6Spitfire (18)Pop
A7Spitfire (18)Fire
A8Mad Conflax*Freezing Cold
A9Mad Conflax*Creazy Action
A10Fuck GeezDrink
A11Fuck GeezMy Way
A12Fuck Geezでっち上げ? 真実?
A13Fuck GeezGo Or Stop
B1Raise Cainレミング
B2Raise CainS.e.x.
B3Raise CainSecond
B4Raise CainMan Eats Dogs
B5NaüseaKeeps
B6NaüseaReality
B7NaüseaDespair
B8NaüseaDon't Leave Me
B9NaüseaBelieve Yourself
B10Sic Death Slaughter*Wild Men
B11Sic Death Slaughter*No Reader
B12Sic Death Slaughter*Seven Teen
B13Sic Death Slaughter*Noise