Second Wave Japanese Screamo: 2002 - 2006 | Playlist and Full Discography

Japanese Screamo Disc Guide Part 2.5

The Second Wave has many excellent releases to check out. If you read through the essentials list in a previous post and wanted to hear them all together, here’s a playlist of the 15 essential releases from the Second Wave of Japanese Screamo:

Second Wave Screamo Essentials Playlist [YouTube]

The Second Wave of Japanese screamo bands were much more prolific than the First Wave (as you can see below). This full discography took a lot of research and even resulted in a few new bands being added to the list (e.g. Emprise, Nice Middle).

I’d love to hear your thoughts, so leave a comment below!

Second Wave Screamo Full Discography

+8 [Tokyo]

• 1st Demo (CDr | 2004)

• Various - Electrical Diskahoric Soundtrack (CD | 2006)

• ALUMINIUM (CD | 2007)

1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal [Kitakyushu]

• 1000 Travels Of Jawaharlal (CD | 1999)

• 4Songs Demo (Cassette | 1999)

• split with Minority Blues Band (CD/LP | 2000/2021)

• split with Bowfura (CD | 2000)

• Owari Wa Konai (CD/LP | 2003)

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

• split with Aghast (10"/CD/CDr | 2004)

• Various - The Bastards Can't Dance - A Tribute To Leatherface (CD | 2004)

• Various - Dixiéme Anniversaire De Fragment Music Assieds-Toi Et Écoute Bien / Un Pulso A La Escena Volumen Cinco (2xCD | 2004)

• Various - Punk Rawk Explosion #14 (CD | 2004)

• Various - Article Of Parade (2xCD | 2007)

• Owari Wa Konakatta (CD + DVD | 2016)

24inch [Aichi]

• 24inch (Cassette | ?)

3cm Tour [Tokyo]

• Demo (CDr | 2002)

• split with Umbra (CD | 2003)

• split with After Forever (CD | 2004)

• Various - A Crucible At The Small State (CD | 2005)

• The Day Light Embraces The World, Maintaining Its Distance (2xCD | 2007)

• 4 seasons 12 months (CD + DVD | 2008)

• split with Mirror / Balloons (DVD | 2013)

Aeroscream [Sapporo]

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

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

• Never Stop! (CD | 2004)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.13 (CD | 2004)

• Various - 黄昏賛歌3 (2xCD | 2011)

• split with Peach Fuzz (CD | 2015)

After Forever [Chiba]

• Demo Tape (Cassette | 1999)

• Demo 2000 (CDr | 2000)

• Demo 2002 (CDr | 2002)

• Various - My Notebook Is Full Of Scribbles (CDr | 2002)

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

• split with 3cm Tour (CD | 2004)

• split with Khmer (LP | 2013)

• Discography (CD | 2021)

Amok [Mie/Kyoto]

• 1st Demo (Cassette | 2002)

• 2nd Demo (Cassette | 2003)

• Emersion Downfall Acoustic (CD | 2004)

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

• 3rd Demo (CDr | 2005)

Anchor [Niigata]

• キズ (CD | 2001)

• Demo (Cassette/CDr | 2001)

• split with Stubborn Father (7" | 2002)

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

• Various - Yamagata Underground Festival - Do It (DVD | 2006)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.47 (CD | 2009)

• Various - IMC Killer Tunes (CD | 2012)

• 深層 = Shinsou (CD/Cassette | 2016/2017)

• Various - Till Your Death Vol. 3 (CD | 2016)

Anode [Tokyo]

• Anode (7" | 1999)

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

• Anode (2x7" | 2001)

• Anode (7" | 2004)

• 孤高の存在 (CD | 2007)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.35 (CD | 2007)

• Various - Cosmicnote Sampler 2009 (CD | 2009)

• 負の新種 (CD | 2009)

• Demo (Cassette | ?)

Arrastrandose [Tokyo]

• Demo 2001 (Cassette | 2001)

• Various - New Found Hope (CD | 2002)

• Various - Tokyo Hardcore Documentary (VHS | 2002)

• 陽の色褪せた場所から (CD | 2004)

• Various - Real Shit From The Underground (CD | 2004)

• split with マシリト / 小手 (CD | 2005)

• split with Vagerke (CD | 2007)

Beirut5 [Osaka]

• Postal (Cassette | 2000)

• Cube Of Void (CDr | 2001)

• split with Beryneck (CD | 2002)

• A Machinic Exodus (CD | 2003)

• Various - Radio Cookie Scene 0016 March / February 2004 (CD | 2004)

Beryneck [Nagoya]

• Beryneck (7" | 2001)

• split with Beirut5 (CD | 2002)

• Trio Ensemble (CD | 2002)

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

• Beryneck (Cassette | ?)

Blue Sky Resemble Sorrow [Osaka]

• 1st Demo Tape (Cassette | 2001)

• Wish For The Sky (Cassette | 2001)

• split with Nitro Mega Prayer (CD | 2002)

• Various - Heartstrings (CD | 2002)

Bright And Dark Side [Tokyo]

• split with Underdrive (Cassette | 2004)

• split with Shoutmoskva (CDr | 2006)

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... Vol. 2 (CD | 2006)

• split with Underdrive (Cassette | ?)

Butch [Fukuoka]

• split with High-Hopes (7" | 1999)

• Break It Make It (CD | 2000)

• Green CDEP (CD | 2001)

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... (CD | 2004)

• Partition (CD | 2004)

• Various - After All, It's All Bollocks : Fukuoka City Punk-Rock Compilation (CD | 2005/2006)

Cleaner [Saitama]

• Various - oto Records (2xCD | 2003)

• Shikisai Tenkan (CDr | 2003)

• 03,09,27 (CDr | 2003)

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

• split with Gantz (CD | 2004)

• Various - This Is Your Life (LP | 2004)

Cloudegg [Tokyo]

• 1st DEMO ep (CDr | 2000)

• 2nd DEMO ep (CDr | 2000)

• 3rd DEMO ep (CDr | 2002)

• 4th DEMO ep (CDr | 2002)

• Various - oto Records (2xCD | 2003)

Debase And Degrade [Tokyo]

• To Err Is Human (CDr | 2003)

Dip Leg [Okayama]

• split with Struggle Minds (CD | 2001)

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

• The Sympathy Without Love (CD/Cassette | 2004/2005)

• Various - What'd You Expect For Free? (Vol. 23) (CD | 2005)

• Various - Sound Or Music Continuo (CD | 2005)

• No One Is Hurt In A Place Of Love (CD | 2006)

• Various - This Is Not A Break Up (CD | 2006)

• Various - Awkward Kidz Issue 10 (CDr | 2006)

Egoist For Men [Tokyo]

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

• God Martini / Egoist For Men (CDr | 2003)

• Pearl Wink ★ Testa Di Ali (CDr | 2004)

• split with Neoteny (CD | 2005)

Elevation [Tokyo]

• Demo (CDr | 2003)

• A-Hospitality (Live at Heaven's Door 2004.07.23) (CDr | 2004)

• Various - The Central Point Of... 2 (CD | 2005)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.24 (CD | 2005)

• Neotext (CD | 2005)

• Kyusyu Limited Edition (CDr | 2005)

• Video (VHS | 2005)

• Various - Electrical Diskahoric Soundtrack (CD | 2006)

• Various - 真珠 Jerk Off Rec Compilation (CD | 2006)

• F.A.B.L.E. (CD | 2007)

• Various - Central Point Of... 3 (DVD | 2007)

• Various - A Place In Space (CD | 2008)

Emprise [Sendai]

• Light Emanates From Here (7" | 2003)

• Green Caterpillar And Peace - Inthe (CDr | 2008)

End All [Sapporo]

• Various - Each Other Ground (CD | 1998)

• Seven Lies.Eight Wishes (CD | 1999)

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

• Various - Indies Magazine Vol.31 (CD | 2000)

• Various - Straight Up Records Sampler Vol. 2 (CD | 2000)

• Demo '01 (Cassette | 2001)

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

• split with No Hitter (CDr | 2002)

• Demo 2002 (Cassette | 2002)

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

• Various - Inspiration From Forest (CD | 2003)

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

Enforce [Tokyo]

• Demo (CDr | 2001)

• Various - My Notebook Is Full Of Scribbles (CDr | 2002)

• Various - Surplus Suppression 3 (CD | 2002)

• Limited Introduction Demo (CDr | 2002)

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

Five Kinds Square [Yokohama]

• Demo (Cassette | 2001)

• split with The Ladderback (CD | 2002)

• Various - Enigmatic Progressive Sampler Vol.2 (CD | 2002)

Flash Light Experience [Osaka]

• Demo (Cassette | 2003)

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

• Alpha (CD | 2004)

Forget Me Not [Ehime]

• 響き消える (Cassette | 2003)

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... (CD | 2004)

• split with The Oxide (Cassette | 2004)

• 3songsCDep (CD | 2005)

• Various - My Vision's Like An Old Film. Shaky (CD | 2005)

• Various - Doors (CD | 2006)

• Various - Yamagata Underground Festival - Do It (DVD | 2006)

• Various - Article Of Parade (2xCD | 2007)

• 3つの終り (CD | 2009)

• Various - 震災復興支援音盤 (CDr | 2011)

• Water (CD | 2013)

• Various - Confidence (2x7" + CD | 2017)

Fountain Of Rich Aroma [Tokyo]

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... Vol. 2 (CD | 2006)

• Fountain Of Rich Aroma (CD | 2007)

• split with Imozoku (7" + CDr | 2009)

• Demo (CDr | ?)

Gauge Means Nothing [Tokyo]

• Demo (Cassette | 2000)

• Various - What Color Do You See? (Cassette | 2000)

• Various - My Notebook Is Full Of Scribbles (CDr | 2002)

• Various - Inspiration From Forest (CD | 2003)

• The Absent Trail Of An Echo And My Future Plagued By Surrender (LP/CD | 2003)

• split with Tiala / Cohol (Cassette | 2003)

• split with My Precious (Cassette/CD | 2005)

• The Last Song (CDr | 2005)

Habit [Tokyo]

• Various - Electrical Diskahoric Soundtrack (CD | 2006)

• Society Lost (CD | 2009)

Harogen Lump [Kobe]

• 1st Demo Tape "Self Determination" (Cassette | 2000)

• 2nd Demo Tape "Imaginate Solid Option" (Cassette | 2001)

• Various - Enigmatic Progressive Sampler Vol.2 (CD | 2002)

• un-ground Peace (CD | 2003)

• Various - Go-Go Sessions (CD | 2003)

• Harogen Lump The Movie 2003 (VHS | 2003)

I Eat Me [Osaka]

• Demo (CDr | 2003)

• Various - Tribute to MoriMori - Somewhere in Time (CD | 2019)

Imozoku [Tokyo]

• split with Fountain Of Rich Aroma (7" + CDr | 2009)

Joy [Niigata]

• Sound With Joy (CD | 2004)

• ジョイは危険予知。 (CD | 2005/2007)

• Various - Tokyo Sound System 2 (2xLP | 2005)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.21 (CD | 2005)

• Various - 鬼人奇才 (CDr | 2005)

• split with Exithippies (8" | 2006)

• split with Rise And Fall (CD | 2006)

• Various - Less Than TV Basic Concepts: Strange (CD | 2007)

• Various - Tomorrows Gone Magazine Vol.4 (CD | 2007)

• バンド・ウィズ・ジョイ (CD | 2007)

• Various - Tokyo Sound System 1+2=3 (2xCD | 2007)

Kana-shibari [Tokyo]

• Demo Tape (Cassette | 2002)

• Live And Demo Tracks(02) (CDr | 2002)

• Live Tracks(02) (CDr | 2002)

• 金縛り高円寺20000V (CDr | 2002)

• A Nation Of Fisherman In Search Of A Hook (CDr | 2003)

• Various - This Is Pop! (CD | 2004)

• Miereneuken (CDr | 2004)

KiLLi [Yokohama]

• A GiFT FROM iNSOMNiAC (CDr | 2004)

• split with Wet The Bed (CD | 2005)

• Various - SCHOPS vol.1 (CD | 2006)

Lhasa [Tokyo]

• split with Raein / Daïtro (CD | 2004)

• Everlasting Days (DVD | 2006)

• Demo (CDr | ?)

Nemo [Tokyo]

• Nemo (CDr | 2002)

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

• Various - This Is Pop! (CD | 2004)

• Recorders (CD | 2004)

• Nemoの見た4つの悪夢 (CD | 2004)

• Various - Yamagata Underground Festival - Do It (DVD | 2006)

• split with Niumun (CD | 2007)

• シンカイシャク55355 (CD | 2008)

• split with Tiala (CD | 2008)

• Various - Meteonight (DVD | 2010)

Neoteny [Tokyo]

• Demo Tape (Cassette | 1999)

• Neoteny (CDr | 2000)

• 僕の三日月 (CDr | 2000)

• split with Egoist For Men (CD | 2005)

• Discography (Digital | 2020)

Nice Middle

• Various - Enigmatic Progressive Sampler Vol.3 (CD | 2003)

Nitro Mega Prayer [Kobe]

• Nitro Mega Prayer (Cassette | 2001)

• split with Blue Sky Resemble Sorrow (CD | 2002)

• Various - Surplus Suppression 3 (CD | 2002)

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

• The Reason Of Hers Smile (CD | 2003)

• Various - Gods Child Music 2004 Sampler (CD | 2004)

• Various - The Central Point Of... 2 (CD | 2005)

• Songs Of Hypocrisy (CD | 2005/2006)

• split with Balboa (CD | 2005/2006)

• Various - Will You Check This Picture? (DVD | 2005)

• Various - The New Scheme Scene 1: "Camellia" (DVD | 2005)

• Various - Yamagata Underground Festival - Do It (DVD | 2006)

• Various - Cosmic Note & Imperium Recs Spring 2006 Label Sampler (CD | 2006)

• Various - Trust Your Souls Vol.3 (CD | 2006)

• Various - Article Of Parade (2xCD | 2007)

• Various - Cosmicnote Sampler 2009 (CD | 2009)

Note [Tokyo]

• Milkstand In Urban Station (CDr | 2004)

• I Left A Note For My Friend Who Was Out (CD | 2006)

Realized [Sapporo]

• Demo Tape (Cassette | 2001)

• 2001.11.18 at Klub Counter Action (CDr | 2001)

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

• 1st (CD | 2003)

• 2nd (CD | 2004)

• Live (CDr | 2005)

• 3rd (CD | 2007)

• split with Enslave (LP | 2008)

• 2nd (reissue) (Cassette | 2008)

• Single (CDr | 2008)

• Various - Hardcore Ball 9 (2xCD | 2010)

• split with Compulsion To Kill (Cassette/CD | 2016/2017)

• 4th (CD | 2020)

Remainasit [Tokyo]

• Various - Nameless Flames (CD | 2003)

• Various - Nameless Flames (VHS | 2003)

Revival Sleep [Kobe]

• Various - Doors (CD | 2006)

• Various - Article Of Parade (2xCD | 2007)

Rhetorical Parade [Tokyo]

• Black Sheep Black Spring (CDr | 2006)

Rise And Fall [Sendai]

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

• Rise And Fall (CDr | 2002)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.10 (CD | 2003)

• Ill Dance My Dance (CD | 2003)

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

• split with Joy (CD | 2006)

• Demo (Cassette | ?)

Same Place Empty [Nagoya]

• 1st Free Demotape (Cassette | 2002)

• Various - Daytrip Video Schedule : 2003年1月号 (VHS | 2003)

• 2nd Demo (CDr | 2004)

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... Vol. 2 (CD | 2006)

Snore [Tokyo]

• Various - Nameless Flames (CD | 2003)

• Various - Nameless Flames (VHS | 2003)

• 哀しみの終わりへ... (CD | 2004)

Sora [Tokyo]

• Demo (CDr | 2004)

• Various - Doors (CD | 2006)

• Various - Electrical Diskahoric Soundtrack (CD | 2006)

• 耳鳴りとその訳 (CD | 2008)

• Special DVD For Disk Union (DVDr | 2008)

• いつかのテープレコーダー (CD | 2009)

• 灯台の上で待つ (CD | 2012)

Strange Over The Sun [Kitakyushu]

• The City Is Changing For Better Or Worse (CD | 2003)

• Various - After All, It's All Bollocks : Fukuoka City Punk-Rock Compilation (CD | 2005/2006)

Stubborn Father [Osaka]

• A Road That Leads To Nowhere (CD/Cassette | 0/2002)

• 1st Demo (Cassette | 1999)

• See Your Way (Cassette | 2000)

• split with Anchor (7" | 2002)

• Various - This Is The Life Vol. 6 (CD | 2002)

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

• Various - 毘沙門 = Bishamon (CD | 2004)

• Various - Friends In Need (A DIY Compilation To Benefit A Shelter For Homeless Animals In Moscow, Russia) (CDr | 2005)

• The Game For Bridging The Gap (CD | 2006)

• Various - Real Japanese Underground 2007 (3xCD | 2007)

• split with R3-N7 (CD | 2012)

• 2002-2012 (Cassette | 2014)

• split with Trikorona (CD | 2014)

• split with Altar Of Complaints / SeeK / Thetan (LP | 2015)

• Stubborn Father (CD/2xCD | 2019/2021)

• Various - Tribute to MoriMori - Somewhere in Time (CD | 2019)

The Black Line Fever [Tokyo]

• Demo (CDr | 2003)

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

• The Black Line Fever (CDr | 2005)

The End [Sendai]

• Various - Zero - Spirit Not Dead (CD | 2002)

• The End (Cassette | 2004)

The North End [Tokyo]

• The North End (CD | 2003)

• Various - Enigmatic Progressive Sampler Vol.3 (CD | 2003)

• 1st demo CD-R "白い世界" (CDr | 2003)

• Various - 果実 (CD | 2003)

• 3songs (CD | 2005)

• 4songs (CD | 2006)

• Various - Out Of This World 3 (2xCD | 2007)

• 幻想平和にさよなら (CD | 2008)

• I Am Japanese! (CD | 2008)

• Reading Mix (CD | 2009)

• Various - ...Out Of This World 4 (CD | 2009)

• LIVE MIX 2010 LIMITED EDITION (CDr | 2010)

• LIVE MIX 2010 LIMITED EDITION VOL.2 (CDr | 2010)

• LIVE MIX 2010 LIMITED EDITION VOL.3 (CDr | 2010)

• LIVE MIX 2013 LIMITED EDITION (CDr | 2013)

• LIVE MIX 2013 LIMITED EDITION FOR OSAKA (CDr | 2013)

• Various - Cosmicnote10 (CD | 2014)

• Balance (CD + 7" | 2015)

The Oxide [Shimonoseki]

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... (CD | 2004)

• split with Forget Me Not (Cassette | 2004)

• Not Expression Already (CDr | 2004)

The Sun [Sapporo]

• Pop Silence '02 (CD | 2002)

• split with Discotortion (CD | 2003)

• Various - Inspiration From Forest (CD | 2003)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.24 (CD | 2005)

• Twist, Swingin’ & Percussion Instrument (CD | 2006)

• Various - Hardcore Ball 7 - Japanese Hardcore Compilation (CD + DVD | 2006)

• Various - A Japanese Compilation CD-R (CDr | 2007)

• Q (CD | 2007)

• 3 Songs (7" | 2008)

• Various - Cosmicnote Sampler 2009 (CD | 2009)

• Mass Of The Dead Songs (CD | 2009)

• Various - Hardcore Ball 9 (2xCD | 2010)

• Twelve Inch Six Songs (LP + CD + All Media | 2012)

• split with My Chord (7" | 2013)

The Urban Department Of Monotone [Tokyo]

• split with Grass Under Stars (CDr | 2004)

• Monochrome Landscape EP (CDr | 2004)

• 1st Demo Tape (Cassette | ?)

• 2nd Demo Tape (Cassette | ?)

• 足跡の上 (VHS | ?)

Tiala [Tokyo]

• split with Gauge Means Nothing / Cohol (Cassette | 2003)

• 2 Song Demo (CDr | 2004)

• split with Utarid (CD/7"/Cassette | 2004/2005)

• Various - The Central Point Of... 2 (CD | 2005)

• 2 Song Demo 2005 (CDr | 2005)

• Heap (CD | 2007)

• split with Nemo (CD | 2008)

• split with Deepslauter / Shift (CD | 2008)

• Various - Indies Issue Vol.39 (CD | 2008)

• Various - Post Flag (CD | 2008)

• Various - Get Drunk More Fuck -A Tribute To Dead Kennedys- (CD | 2010)

• Dirty Floor In Bright (CD | 2010)

• Various - Shinon Mindshocking (CD | 2010)

• Various - More Smell For Music (CD | 2014)

• Epitome (CD | 2015)

Umbra [Tokyo]

• Myeyeslie (7" | 2002)

• split with 3cm Tour (CD | 2003)

• 5 songs discography (CDr | 2004)

• Various - A Crucible At The Small State (CD | 2005)

What Ever Film [Yamagata]

• 1st Demo (CDr | 2002)

• Various - oto Records (2xCD | 2003)

• 2nd Demo (CD | 2003)

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

• Various - Yamagatacity Underground (CD | 2004)

• What Ever Film (CD | 2005)

• Various - Yamagata Underground Festival - Do It (DVD | 2006)

• Various - Juana Vol. 1 (DVDr | 2006)

• Various - Article Of Parade (2xCD | 2007)

• split with TG.Atlas (CD | 2007)

• Various - Here Comes The Bottom Line... Vol. 3 (CD | 2007)

• Various - Juana Vol. 2 (DVDr | 2007)

• Various - Stand Our Ground 2010 (CD | 2010)

• Various - Confidence (2x7" + CD | 2017)

• フミシメテススメ (LP | 2017)

Wreck [Tokyo]

• Demo (CDr | 2005)

Yarmulke [Kyoto]

• Yarmulke (CD | 2006)

• One Theater In Square (CD | 2008)

• Yarmulke (DVDr | 2008)

• The Complete Discography (2xCD/2xCassette | 2021/2022)

Zegen [Hamamatsu]

• 1st Demo (CDr | 2005)

• 2nd Demo (CDr | 2005)

• Various - Paradise Drivin' (CD | 2006)

• Anosakakoereba (CD | 2006)

• World Wall Beyond (CD | 2007)

いくら僕がぎゃーと叫んでも空は高い [Tokyo]

• 1st Demo (CDr | 2006)

• Various - ラスト・ワルツ (CD | 2007)

• Silent Space (CD | 2008)

んぬっぺ [Saga]

• 海溝 (CDr | 2002)

• Various - Live&Club Space Daytrip 無料配布Cd付スケジュール 2003年1月号 (CD | 2003)

• Various - Decade of 助川徳郎 (CDr | 2004)

• 包容 (CDr | 2004)