First Wave Japanese Screamo: 1993 - 2002 | Playlist and Full Discography

Japanese Screamo Disc Guide Part 1.5

I compiled a YouTube playlist of all the notable releases from the First Wave.

First Wave Japanese Screamo Essentials Playlist [YouTube]

One major purpose of the Japanese Screamo Disc Guide is to provide a roadmap for collectors and completionists to acquire the relevant releases from these bands. To this end, the guide will include a full (as complete as possible) discography of all the bands that contributed to screamo in Japan.

I have a pretty substantial collection, but there are many things (especially demos) that I don’t have complete information on. If there’s anything you see that’s missing or has incorrect information, please let me know!

And with that, here’s a discography of all the First Wave bands.

First Wave Screamo Discography

200MPH

• split with Cowpers (CD | 2001)

• Various - DVD ROCK 魂! ～エモーショナルロック編～ (DVD | 2003)

• 200MPH (CD | 2009)

• 200MPH Special Dvd Not For Sale (DVDr | 2009)

• Sampler 0606 (CDr | ?)

Atomic Fireball

• Youki (2x7" | 1995)

• Various - エレキの節穴～Electricholeye (2xCD | 1995)

• split with Faith Of Blind (7" | 1996)

• Negative (LP | 1996)

• Various - Analog Grotesque (CD | 1996)

• Belief (7" | 1997)

• Various - Digital Catastroph 1997 (LP/CD | 1997)

• Various - Skate All Day Drink All Night (7" | 1998)

• Various - Passed Days (CD | 1998)

• Various - DEA (LP | 1998)

• Strange Ways (LP | 1999)

• split with Frodus (7" | 1999)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.21 (CD | 1999)

• Various - dea (CD | 1999)

• Undivided EP (CD | 1999)

• split with Swarrrm (CD | 2001)

• Understand Demo (Cassette | ?)

Black Film Dance

• Various - Sapporo City Hard Core Ism (2xCD | 2002)

• John's Lp (CD | 2002)

• Various - Deny The Report 4 (CD | 2002)

• split with The Carnival Of Dark Split (CD | 2002)

• Demo (Cassette | ?)

Bomb's Not Food

• Various - Hard Core Ball ₂ Believe My Self Till The Last (CD | 1997)

• Various - Cool Or Sucks? (Cassette | 2000)

Bonescratch

• Various - No Fate (CD | 1995)

• Diaglam (CD | 1996)

• split with In/Humanity (7" | 1996)

• Various - Hard Core Ball (Close Your Reality) (CD | 1996)

• Various - Sweeping Away Sampler Vol.2 (CD | 1996)

• End Of Slide (CD | 1997)

• split with Sawpit (7" | 1998)

• Last Words Gone (LP | 1998)

• Various - Straight Up Records Sampler (CD | 1998)

• Various - Hard Core Ball 3 - Nothing Action Nothing Have (CD | 1998)

• Various - A Reason For Living 1999 - Japanese 32 Bands Comp.!! (3xLP | 1999)

• Various - Bloodsucking Freaks 2001 (2xCD | 2001)

• Various - Straight Up Days (3xCD | 2010)

• What's Up? Demo (Cassette | ?)

Cowpers

• Cowpers (7" | 1995)

• Metal Bowl CD (CD/LP | 1995)

• Various - Hard Core Ball (Close Your Reality) (CD | 1996)

• 4Giga (CD | 1996)

• split with Stuntman (7" | 1996)

• Various - Japanese Homegrown Vol. 2 (CD | 1996)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.5 (CD | 1996)

• Various - Digital Catastroph 1997 (LP/CD | 1997)

• Various - The Cycle Of The Moon (CD | 1997)

• Curve 2 (7"/CD | 1997)

• split with Him Kerosene (7" | 1997)

• Various - Passed Days (CD | 1998)

• Lost Days (LP/CD | 1998)

• split with Sweep The Leg Johnny (7" | 1998)

• Every Little Singles (CD | 1998)

• Rust Days (VHS | 1998)

• split with Naht (8"/CD | 1998)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.14 (CD | 1998)

• Various - We Love Butchers (Indie Version) - Bloodthirsty Butchers Tribute Album (LP/CD | 1999)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.39 (CD | 2000)

• 揺ラシツヅケル (CD | 2000)

• 斜陽 (CD | 2000)

• Various - Tribute To The Pixies (CD | 2000)

• split with 200MPH (CD | 2001)

• Various - Sapporo City Hard Core Ism (2xCD | 2002)

• Various - We Had Been There ~A Tribute To Beyonds~ (CD | 2002)

• Various - カミナリ走ル夏 -Motion Picture Soundtrack- (CD | 2003)

• Various - Straight Up Days (3xCD | 2010)

Creep

• My Self Portrait (CD | 1999)

• Various - Hardcore Marathon 2 (CD | 1999)

• Various - Ultra Coma (CD | 1999)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.32 (CD | 2000)

• Various - Change Charge (CD | 2001)

• Various - Super Sonics (Cassette | 2001)

• split with Karma Stench / Dig A Hole (CD | 2002)

• 2song demo (Cassette | ?)

Dance With Me

• Demo 1998 (Cassette | 1998)

• Demo 1999 (Cassette | 1999)

• 青 (CD | 2000)

• Various - ピント Case (CD | 2000)

• Demo 2003 (CDr | 2003)

• Demo 2004 (CDr | 2004)

• Demo 2005 (CDr | 2005)

• Various - Things You Own End Up Owning You 3 (CD | 2005)

• Punkrock Serenade (CD | 2009)

• Various - Japan 2015 (CD | 2015)

• Punkrock Struggle (CD | 2017)

Dig A Hole

• Dig A Hole (Cassette | 1994)

• Demo (Cassette | 1995)

• 2871996 (Cassette | 1996)

• Various - Hardcore Marathon 1996 Osaka (CD | 1996)

• Cleaner (CD | 1997)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.11 (CD | 1997)

• The Cost Of Digging EP (CD | 1999)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.24 (CD | 1999)

• Upset (CD | 2001)

• split with Creep / Karma Stench (CD | 2002)

• Ought To Know Demo (CDr | 2003)

• Out Of Time (Cassette | ?)

Dignity For All

• Various - Hard Core Ball (Close Your Reality) (CD | 1996)

• Various - Day By Day (7" | 1997)

• split with Wise Up (7" | 1997)

• Various - Straight Up Records Sampler (CD | 1998)

• split with Jejune (7" | 1999)

• Discography (LP | 2021)

Dove

• Everything Is Inside My Heart And Everything Is Same As Nothing (CD | 1997)

• Pessimistic Tourist (CD | 2000)

• split with Speak For Myself (CD | 2000)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.39 (CD | 2000)

• I'm Still Scared To Be Alone (7" | ?)

• Can you keep this order without punishment? (7" | ?)

Echo

• Surrealism Note (CD | 1997)

• split with Back Drop Bomb (LP/CD | 1997)

• Balance And Balance (LP/CD | 1998)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.13 (CD | 1998)

• Something Is Back (CD/7" | 1999)

• split with Kiwiroll (CD | 2001)

• Various - Chiba Notorious - Tribute To Nukey Pikes (Nukey Disc) (CD | 2001)

• Victor Four (CD | 2003)

• Various - Less Than TV Love Song Compilation - Tomodachi < Koibito ≤ TV (CD | 2003)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.7 (CD | 2003)

• Various - 狂イ咲ケ Meets Revolution (LP/CD | 2004)

• Various - Japanese Stereotype : How About You? (DVD | 2004)

• Bayside Vandalism (DVD | 2004)

• split with Super Dumb (Cassette | 2006)

• Local Hits (CD | 2008)

• Forever (CDr | 2009)

• サタンのチャンネル (7" | 2010)

• Various - Meteonight (DVD | 2010)

• Various - 2008-2009 生 5 (DVD | 2010)

Envy

• Breathing And Dying In This Place (CD | 1996)

• Various - Platform. Compilation (7" | 1997)

• Envy (Cassette | 1997)

• split with Endeavor (7" | 1997)

• split with Sixpence (7" | 1997)

• Various - No Fate III (2xCD | 1997)

• From Here To Eternity (CD | 1998)

• Various - For Ugly, For Beautiful Vol.3 (CD | 1998)

• split with No Side / Smash Your Face (VHS | 1998)

• Angel's Curse Whispered In The Edge Of Despair (CD | 1999)

• The Eyes Of Single Eared Prophet (CD | 2000)

• The Eyes Of Final Proof (7" | 2000)

• split with This Machine Kills (7" | 2000)

• Burning Out The Memories (10" | 2000)

• Various - Lucky Thirteen (LP | 2001)

• Various - Smash Hits And Licks (CD | 2001)

• All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead (CD/LP/CDr | 2001)

• Last Wish (7" | 2001)

• Various - Extend Sampler CD Volume: 2 (CD | 2002)

• split with Yaphet Kotto / This Machine Kills (CD | 2002)

• split with Iscariote (CD/10" | 2002)

• A Dead Sinking Story (CD/LP | 2003)

• Compiled Fragments 1997-2003 (CD/LP | 2005)

• Insomniac Doze (CD/LP | 2006)

• split with Jesu (LP/CD | 2008)

• Abyssal (CD/LP | 2008)

• Recitation (LP/CD | 2010)

• As Serenity Calls Your Name (Digital | 2011)

• Atheist's Cornea (CD/LP/Cassette | 2015)

• Alnair In August (7" | 2018)

• Definition Of Impossibility (10" | 2019)

• Last Wish Live At Liquidroom Tokyo (LP/CD | 2020)

• The Fallen Crimson (CD/LP | 2020)

• 20191214 (CD | 2020)

• Various - All Areas Volume 225 (CD | 2020)

• Seimei (10" | 2022)

Evil Powers Me

• Various - Taste (CD | 1995)

• Given / Swipe Dub (7" | 1996)

• split with Bakusocar (7" | 1996)

• Various - Nopowerliketheyouth (CD | 2001)

F.I.X

• 3 songs (CD | 2001)

Fall To Flake

• Various - No Fate III (2xCD | 1997)

• split with Tami / Moga The ¥5 (CD | 1997)

• Various - For Ugly, For Beautiful Vol.3 (CD | 1998)

• Various - Deny The Report (Cassette | 1998)

• Not On My Hand (Cassette | ?)

Ferocious Attack

• Various - Answer Records Compilation (LP | 1998)

• split with All Out (CD | 1999)

• Various - There Is Hard Core Making A Entry In 2000 (3xCD | 2000)

• Various - Daytrip Video Schedule : 2001年6月号 (VHS | 2001)

• Various - Light Your Way Compilation (CD | 2003)

• ed.ing (CD | 2004)

• Demo-3 (Cassette | ?)

Fragment

• Fragment (7" | 1997)

• Various - For Ugly, For Beautiful Vol.3 (CD | 1998)

• Various - Nothing But A Hardway (CD | 1998)

Gotta Move This Site

• 1st CD-R (CD-R | 2002)

• 2nd CD-R (CD-R | 2003)

Keri

• First Demo (Cassette | 1999)

• Second Demo (Cassette | ?)

Kulara

• 97 Fallen Leaves (Cassette | 1997)

• 98 In Summer (Cassette | 1998)

• 5 Pieces Songs (CD | 1999)

• A Naked Landscape (CD | 2000)

• Fragmental Remembrance A Switch Of Resurrection And My Hearing Vanished (CD | 2001)

• 1997-2001 Hue... . . . . . (2xCD | 2007)

• Kulara (DVDr | 2007)

Lost Gravity

• Demo (Cassette | 2002)

Man Friday

• I Am Faithful Sudordinate, But I Like Friday (Cassette | 1999)

• Search & Destroy What?ep (7" | 2000)

• Destroy Dawn cdep (CD | 2001)

• Destroy Me, Vibrate What? Cdep (CD | 2001)

• Various - Deny The Report 3 (CD | 2001)

• Various - Mangrove 2002 (CD | 2002)

• DISCO-graphy 1999-2001 (CD | 2007)

• Man★Friday★Last★Stand (VHS | ?)

• This Is Man★Friday★Man Many Live Shots 1999-2001 (VHS | ?)

Moonwalk

• Various - The Cycle Of The Moon (CD | 1997)

• Antiseptic November (Cassette | 1997)

• Milwaukee (Cassette | 1998)

• Alone Against (CD | 1998)

• Various - Cycle Of The Moon 2 (CD | 1999)

• Various - Pocket Silver Collection (CD | 1999)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.23 (CD | 1999)

• Various - Cool Or Sucks? (Cassette | 2000)

• Marginal Polarity (CD | 2001)

• Various - Seven Winters (CD | 2001)

Next Style

• split with Wise Up (7" | 1995)

• Various - Hard Core Ball (Close Your Reality) (CD | 1996)

• Various - Japanese Mosh Bulls (CD | 1996)

• Various - Ultimate Slow Beats (CD | 1996)

• Various - Peace And Love - A Japanese Punk Rock Compilation (CD | 1996)

• Pleasure Rage Sad And Comfort (LP | 1997)

• Six Season (CD | 1997)

• Various - Day By Day (7" | 1997)

• Various - Criminal Truth Hate Justice (CD | 1997)

• Various - Straight Up Records Sampler (CD | 1998)

• Photography (7" | 1998)

• split with Replay / Meaning Of Life (CD | 1999)

• Various - Better Done Than Better Said Sampler Cd-r 1 (CDr | 2004)

Nine Days Wonder

• Aluminium (7" | 1998)

• split with Bluebeard (7" | 1999)

• Various - Status 12 (CD | 2000)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.37 (CD | 2000)

• The Scenery Is In Disguise There (CD/LP | 2001)

• Various - Lucky Thirteen (LP | 2001)

• Various - Smash Hits And Licks (CD | 2001)

• Various - Mangrove 2002 (CD | 2002)

• Early Days Discography 1998 - 2000 (CD | 2016)

Plug

• Various - Hard Core Ball (Close Your Reality) (CD | 1996)

• N478255033H48324 (CD | 1996)

• Various - Ultimate Slow Beats (CD | 1996)

• Various - Peace And Love - A Japanese Punk Rock Compilation (CD | 1996)

• Various - Straight Up Records Sampler (CD | 1998)

• Resound (CD | 1998)

• Various - What's Ya Favorite Biscuit? (CD | 1999)

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.20 (CD | 1999)

Sawpit

• Sawpit (7" | 1996)

• Various - A Rigid Digits Production - A Tribute To Stiff Little Fingers (CD | 1996)

• Various - Ultimate Slow Beats (CD | 1996)

• Various - Peace And Love - A Japanese Punk Rock Compilation (CD | 1996)

• Various - Four Ugly ･ Four Beautiful (2x7" | 1997)

• Various - For Ugly, For Beautiful Vol.3 (CD | 1998)

• split with Bonescratch (7" | 1998)

• Various - Pickle Patch Compilation 1 (CD | 1998)

• split with Former Members Of Alfonsín (7" | 2001)

• 1993-1999 Anthology (CD | 2009)

• 1st Material (Cassette | ?)

Speak For Myself

• split with Dove (CD | 2000)

• The Old Wound Hurts Again (CD | 2001)

Swipe

• Various - Our Cards (CD | 1997)

• 3rd Demo (Cassette | 1997)

• Various - Platform. Compilation (7" | 1997)

• How Are You Hiroki? EP (7" | 1998)

• Various - Libérame (7" | 1998)

• Various - For Ugly, For Beautiful Vol.3 (CD | 1998)

• Where I Stand (Cassette | ?)

• Demo (Cassette | ?)

Tami

• Various - Our Cards (CD | 1997)

• split with Fall To Flake / Moga The ¥5 (CD | 1997)

• Various - For Ugly, For Beautiful Vol.3 (CD | 1998)

Tearduct

• 1st Demo Version 1.5 (8cm CD | 1999)

• 1st Demotape (Cassette | 1999)

• split with Popcatcher (CD | 2000)

The 100 Lots

• split with There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Cassette | 1999)

The Carnival Of Dark Split

• Demo (Cassette | 2000)

• Focus (CD | 2001)

• Various - 選り好み -Ameria Selected And Said 'It's Your Turn!'- (CD | 2002)

• Well Fed Fuck... Video (VHS | 2002)

• Various - Sapporo City Hard Core Ism (2xCD | 2002)

• split with Black Film Dance (CD | 2002)

The Meditations

• Various - Deny The Report 4 (CD | 2002)

• Various - 狂イ咲ケ (CD/7" | 2002)

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

• split with The 100 Lots (Cassette | 1999)

• IE (CD/LP | 2000)

• Various - Smash Hits And Licks (CD | 2001)

• Various - The Best Punk Rock In Japan Tomodachi (CD | 2001)

• split with Vanilla (10"/CD | 2002)

• SHOUTou (CD + DVD | 2009)

Undone

• split with The T.V. Dinners (Cassette | 2001)

Wall

• Various - Platform. Compilation (7" | 1997)

• split with Stand Still (7" | 1997)

• Crowd With No Face (7" | 1997)

• 1997 #1 voices (Cassette | 1997)

• Various - The Book Shelf Compilation... (CD | 1997)

• A Silent Voice Wanders The Sea Of Contradiction (CD | 1999)

Weed

• Trace / To Around Me (Cassette | ?)

Wise Up

• split with Next Style (7" | 1995)

• Various - Ultimate Slow Beats (CD | 1996)

• Various - Peace And Love - A Japanese Punk Rock Compilation (CD | 1996)

• Various - Platform. Compilation (7" | 1997)

• Various - Day By Day (7" | 1997)

• split with Dignity For All (7" | 1997)

Word

• Various - Smash Link Hard Core-師 零零参- (CD | 1999)

• Various - There Is Hard Core Making A Entry In 2000 (3xCD | 2000)

• Various - Come Across The Tremendous Strength (CD | 2000)

• 動きと綴音 (CD | 2001)

• 幾つかの感情と今 (CD | 2001)

• Neutral (CD | 2002)

• Various - BPR5000 Burst Tracks (CD | 2003)

• Various - Hungry For Carnage (CD | 2003)

• Plasticmusic (CD | 2006)