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)
I'm in search of 200MPH – Sampler 0606.