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)