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

Japanese Screamo Disc Guide Part 1.5

Ryan H Lewis
Aug 15, 2023
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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)

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