Nagoya City Hardcore

Artist: Various
Title: split
Release: 2009
Label: Prank Records, Agipunk Records, MCR Company

Track List:
1. 九狼吽 - Soul Head
2. 九狼吽 - The World
3. 九狼吽 - Bastards Law
4. Reality Crisis - Engrave
5. Reality Crisis - Rise Again Make Your Burning
6. Reality Crisis - Sucidal Law
7. Zilemma - Alone Soldier
8. Zilemma - ヒビカセロ
9. Zilemma - 紫 -Descry February Ver-
10. D-Clone - We Make Next Generation
11. D-Clone - Hatred
12. D-Clone - Darkness
13. Demolition - Hell Angel's Destination
14. Demolition - Rising Thunder
15. Demolition - Life in Black

Holy fucking shit. I love this compilation. Everything about it. Every song is is perfect blazing fast hardcore punk. The artwork (by Sugi) makes it abundantly clear what you're getting yourself into and is punk as fuck to top it off. The booklet it comes with is surprisingly high quality with lots of huge photos. My favorite being the one on the back of an upward looking view of what I assume are the stairs leading into the main punk hangout in Nagoya City. I've only had my copy for a couple of weeks and I can already tell this is going to be something that I gush over every time I look through my records.

I still can't believe I actually got a copy of this. Especially since I ordered it so long after it came out and it was limited to 1000 copies. I got my copy from No Idea Records. If you're lucky they might still have some left. DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS.

I decided I'm not even gonna try and pick a favorite track on this. It's just too hard to choose. Nagoya must be a happenin' city because when these are your local bands you're doing something right.

While doing a bit of research on this compilation and on Nagoya's scene I came across this blog run by what I assume is a member of Nagoya crust band Disgust. It appears to mostly just be a place for information on upcoming local shows. It's totally worth checking out just for the flyers though.

I really wish I had a scanner big enough to capture the LP sleeve and the giant booklet in one scan. I'd have to stitch multiple scans together and I've never had that turn out very well.

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Kakumei 2

Artist: Various
Title: Kakumei 2
Release: 1991
Label: MCR Company

Track List:
1. Misery - Total Destruction
2. Misery - Born, Fed... Slaughtered
3. Misery - Falling of Darkness
4. Fearless Vampire Killers - Dazzle
5. Fearless Vampire Killers - Bike
6. Fearless Vampire Killers - I'm a Believer
7. Fuck Geez - Stay Free
8. Fuck Geez - Wasted Land
9. Fuck Geez - 葛藤と矛盾
10. Spermbirds - I Might Kill You
11. Spermbirds - Hiding
12. Spermbirds - Dangers of Thinking
13. Don Don - Politics
14. Don Don - Cleopatra's Dream
15. Don Don - Love Song
16. Cox-Orange - Don't Throw Your Life Away
17. Cox-Orange - Nosy Neighbours
18. Assfort - No Reason
19. Assfort - Not Have a Leg to Stand On
20. Assfort - Keep My End Up
21. Nessun Dorma - Follow the Crowd
22. Nessun Dorma - Hardsell
23. Nessun Dorma - Meathead
24. Idora - Self Defence
25. Idora - Not Communication

Another international compilation by MCR Company. Assfort was the only band on this I'd heard of before. Misery reminds me a lot of Amebix.

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Fucking Noise Terror

Artist: Various
Title: Fucking Noise Terror
Release: 1996
Label: Sound Pollution Records

Track List:
1. Toxic Noise - Asinine Power
2. Toxic Noise - Uncertainty Life
3. Systral - Insignificant
4. Jack with Killer - Black Sheep
5. Jack with Killer - Conflicting Character
6. Jack with Killer - Wait for a Change
7. In/Humanity - Teenage Suicide... Do It
8. Hail of Rage - Unheard / In Vain
9. Hail of Rage - Cleansed
10. Wounded Knee - Usual Man
11. Genocide SS - Untitled
12. Genocide SS - Untitled
13. Genocide SS - Untitled
14. Damnable Excite Zombies - I Hate
15. Damnable Excite Zombies - Eight Roads
16. Sarcasm - Ghouls
17. Sarcasm - Sour
18. Sarcasm - Watching
19. Disassociate - Their Freedom
20. Visions - Evil Minds
21. Visions - Imperial State Terror
22. Haymarket - Police Acedemy
23. Haymarket - Slaphappy
24. Haymarket - Sucker / My Life as a Hamster / Hole Boy
25. Society Gang Rape - Terminal Abuse
26. Society Gang Rape - Drown in the Pit
27. Frequent - Chinese Fire Drill
28. Frequent - Same
29. Frequent - Fall into a Groove
30. Diskonto - Som Flugor
31. Diskonto - Ta Ert Ansvaret
32. Diskonto - Kopiöst / Hatet Gror

Pretty sweet international compilation of crusty hardcore. Put out in the States by Sound Pollution and distributed in Japan by MCR Company.

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Kamikaze Attacked Amerika / Yankee Bombed Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Artist: Various
Title: Kamikaze Attacked Amerika / Yankee Bombed Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Release: 1996
Label: Sound Pollution Records, MCR Company

Track List:
1. Insane Youth - The World Has Reached It's Worst
2. Ottawa - Desensitized
3. Ottawa - A Million Reasons
4. Ottawa - Cycle
5. Anti Authorize - It's Time for Change
6. Final Warning - Death Sentence
7. Senseless Apocalypse - About the War
8. Senseless Apocalypse - White Hassles
9. Suppression - Machines of War / Dick Fear
10. Disclose - Burned Alive
11. Mankind - Strategic Deterence
12. Balzac - Day the Earth Caught Fire
13. Spazz - D.J. Tinkle Fingers / Diplomatic Services
14. Addiction - Survivors
15. Monster X - Battle Fatigue
16. C.F.D.L. - Let You Know
17. C.F.D.L. - Tofu Song
18. Quadiliacha - Think About It
19. Masskontroll - Winds of Genocide
20. Violent Pain - Feel for a New Age
21. Bleed for Freedom - Sukiyaki

I must say, it warms my heart a little when I think about relations between the US and Japan over the last several decades. Considering the awful shit that went down between our nations it's a wonder we don't hate each other. Whenever I see a band from Japan playing in America everyone around me is always super excited they made the trip. I imagine the feeling in Japan is very similar when our bands play over there. With broken Japanese and broken English I've had the privilege to communicate with a few dudes touring the country from Japan and have been left with the impression that their respect and excitement about our hardcore is just as great as ours for theirs.

Anyways, enough sentimental talk. This here is a compilation of Japanese and American crusty hardcore. Real great stuff. Kinda the same deal as the next post, Sound Pollution in the states and MCR Company in Japan.

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