Japanese Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Feature!

Looking back as the year 2009 is coming to an end, this year, as any other years, provided numerous occations to discuss hard rock and heavy metal music, represented by the movies such as "Global Metal" and IRON MAIDEN's "Flight 666," which raised a public sensation.

Also in Japan, handing down the hard-rock / heavy-matal spirit from generation to generation, vicious-tempered bands like such as Sex Machineguns, Maximum the Hormone, and Electric Eel Shock have been showing their performance with energy, for example. Their performance is one of the hottest topics with the recent reunions of veteran band LOUDNESS or EARTHSHAKER and the widespread of hard rock to the popular animes and games.

Take a look back at the history of Japanese hard rock and heavy metal. When you look at each of its era, 70's through the present, even though listed below are just a some of them, you should be surprised by the depth and broadness of the Japanese HR/HM music!


Lists of Japanese HR/HM Bands:

Around 70s    Around 80s              

Around 90s    Around 2000s


Listed below are the Japanese HR/HM bands from around 80s.

	Live Loudest At The Budokan '91 [SHM-CD] [Limited Release] LOUDNESS Release: 2009/12/23 | CD	within 3-5 days 3000yen
	Jaguar no Kiba [HQCD] [Limited Release] Akira Takasaki Release: 2009/03/18 | CD	within 3-5 days 2200yen
	Blind To Reality OUTRAGE Release: 2007/06/06 | CD	Out of Print 2095yen
	Midnight Flight Earthshaker Release: 2007/03/07 | CD	within 3-5 days 1429yen
	shambara +2 [SHM-CD] DEAD END Release: 2009/11/11 | CD	within 3-5 days 2381yen
	ANTHEM Anthem Release: 2005/06/22 | CD	within 3-5 days 1714yen
	Emotional Color [Cardboard Sleeve] 44MAGNUM Release: 2008/08/20 | CD	within 3-5 days 2381yen 2262yen (5% off)
	EZ [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] EZO Release: 2005/03/16 | CD	within 3-5 days 2381yen 2262yen (5% off)
	Aoi Yoru Shiroi Yoru Complete Edition DVD Box [Limited Release] X JAPAN Release: 2007/07/25 | DVD	within 3-5 days 20000yen 19000yen (5% off)
	GOLDEN BEST/BLIZARD NEVER ENDING DAYS BLIZARD Release: 2002/11/20 | CD	within 3-5 days 1886yen
	Akuma Nativity "Songs Of The Sword" [Regular Edition] SEIKIMA-II Release: 2009/09/16 | CD	within 3-5 days 3000yen
	The Endless Basis Terra Rosa Release: 2007/03/07 | CD	within 3-5 days 1429yen
	Silent Survivor (21st century ver.) / Heart of Madness (21st century ver.) KODOMO BAND Release: 2007/12/26 | CD	within 3-5 days 1200yen
	AROUGE - Bogyaku no Kikoshi - + 11 Rare Tracks AROUGE Release: 2004/12/24 | CD	within 2-4 weeks 3800yen 3610yen (5% off)
	SHOW-YA THE BEST SOUND & VISION - 20th Anniversary [CD+DVD] SHOW-YA Release: 2005/09/30 | CD	within 3-5 days 3333yen 3166yen (5% off)
	Live!! Sabbrabells Release: 2007/03/07 | CD	within 3-5 days 1429yen
	THE HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD - Kyoju Densetsu SABER TIGER Release: 2001/02/21 | CD	within 3-5 days 3619yen 3438yen (5% off)
	Reaction Final 20090411 REACTION Release: 2009/08/19 | DVD	within 3-5 days 3800yen
	Presence Presence Release: 2007/03/07 | CD	within 3-5 days 1429yen
	Action Action Release: 2008/03/12 | CD	within 3-5 days 2571yen 2442yen (5% off)
	Complete Best MARINO Release: 2001/06/27 | CD	within 2-4 weeks 2667yen 2534yen (5% off)
	Rock Nippon - Rolly Selection V.A. Release: 2007/01/24 | CD	within 3-5 days 2200yen 2090yen (5% off)
	A piece at time/Jiryu no Kakera LUSHEL Release: 2006/01/11 | CD	within 2-4 weeks 2000yen 1900yen (5% off)
	The Voice From Yesterday MAKE-UP Release: 2009/12/16 | CD	within 3-5 days 1429yen
	Interaction [Cardboard Sleeve] ACTION Release: 2008/08/20 | CD	within 3-5 days 2381yen 2262yen (5% off)
	LEFT EYE JURASSIC JADE Release: 2004/10/06 | CD	within 2-4 weeks 2190yen 2081yen (5% off)