Browse 74 metal and hard rock albums connected to the Japan scene in the 2010s, with detailed artist and album pages. Page 2 of 2.
An original EP first sold at Comic Market 91 on 29 December 2016 and put into national distribution through Canned music on 18 January 2017. Three tracks. The title song got one of the band's earliest official music videos and has been a fixture of their live set ever since.
Radiant A turns Aldious’s speed, vivid twin-guitar work and soaring vocal melody into a stronger sense of forward motion.
An early album that turns the attention around “Thrill” into a stronger and more defined rock direction.
Woman gathers Cyntia’s bright, extended vocals, technical guitar work and sparkling keyboards into accessible melody.
Under the Force of Courage builds Galneryus’s fast twin guitars, precise rhythm section and soaring high vocals into a large-scale drama that keeps its lift even across its longer songs.
A special album of 7 October 2015, built as two sides: covers of seven Japanese rock forebears, and five newly written songs.
The second original full album, first sold at M3-2015 Spring on 26 April 2015 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 13 May. Its songs are titled in German and French and its subject is the vampire. The CD holds six tracks, the streaming release five.
The band's first original single, sold at Comic Market 88 on 14 August 2015. Five tracks: the song itself and four versions of it with the vocal, the guitar, the bass and the drums taken out in turn. Disk Union put it into national distribution on 31 March 2018.
Dazed and Delight combines Aldious’s fluent twin guitars, clear melody and fast-moving rhythm.
Absolute World is Anthem's fifteenth studio album, released on 22 October 2014. It is the first record by the line-up that brought Yukio Morikawa back to the microphone for the first time since 1992 and made Isamu Tamaru a full member.
The debut album that collided idol pop with extreme metal language and introduced kawaii metal as a worldwide surprise.
An independent-era single on Gump Records, released before the major-label debut: the title song with "スリル" and "Summer Drive".
Limit Break combines Cyntia’s sparkling keyboards, soaring vocals and sharp twin guitars into melodic metal with real speed.
Dir En Grey's ninth album, released on 10 December 2014: sixteen tracks running 68:01.
Vetelgyus mobilizes Galneryus’s virtuosic guitar and keyboards, soaring high vocals and precise rhythm work.
The Sun Will Rise Again is the twenty-sixth Loudness album, released through Universal Music Japan on 4 June 2014 — the first studio record made after the band set up its own label in 2013. A remixed US edition followed in 2015.
The first original full album, sold at Comic Market 86 on 16 August 2014 and put into national distribution by Disk Union on 22 October. After six years of Touhou Project arrangement records it was the first Unlucky Morpheus album made entirely of their own songs. Seven tracks.
District Zero joins Aldious’s fluent twin guitars, bright melodies and headlong rhythm in a particularly focused form.
EVERGREEN re-records Blindman's key songs from its early years through the early 2000s with the then-current lineup, bringing out the band's melodic core.
The first mini album, out the year after the band formed; "Pray" and "Wing Of Hope" were still worth re-cutting twelve years later.
Lady Made combines sparkling keyboards, fluent twin guitars and soaring vocals to put melodic metal’s brightness in full view.
Outrage's eleventh album, out on 5 June 2013. It is the second since Naoki Hashimoto's return and follows directly from the self-titled record before it.
Burning Oath is Anthem's fourteenth studio album, released on 24 October 2012. It was their first for Universal Music Japan after leaving Victor, and Isamu Tamaru plays the drums on every track but one.
BLAZING CRISIS joins Blindman’s expressive vocals, fluent guitar lines and full choruses into dramatic melodic hard rock.
Endless World is Cyntia’s debut, combining bright twin guitars, fast rhythm and soaring female vocals.
The debut album in which Fuki and the four Gacharic Spin instrumentalists pack metal, hard rock, progressive turns and vivid pop color into ten songs.
Angel of Salvation brings together Galneryus’s high-speed guitar and keyboards, powerful high-register vocals and a grand approach that includes extended compositions.
2·0·1·2 is the twenty-fifth Loudness album, released by Tokuma Japan Communications on 22 August 2012, in the band's thirty-first year. The first pressing carried a bonus disc.
Determination joins Aldious’ bright twin guitars, speed-driven rhythm and soaring vocals into melodic metal with real lift.
Heraldic Device is Anthem's thirteenth studio album, released on 6 July 2011. It was their last studio record for Victor Entertainment and the high-water mark of the line-up with Eizo Sakamoto and Hirotsugu Homma.
Dir En Grey's eighth album, from 2011: fourteen tracks running 67:31, recorded between 2010 and 2011.
Phoenix Rising brings Galneryus’ fluent guitar, shining keyboards and high-reaching vocals together in power metal with a distinctly Japanese melodic sense.
Eve to Dawn is the twenty-fourth Loudness album, released on 14 September 2011. Akira Takasaki described it as guitar-driven and more aggressive than King of Pain, which had been built around the drummer. It reached No. 36 on Oricon.
Deep Exceed is Aldious’ debut statement, joining bright twin guitars, speed-driven rhythm and melodic vocals in a traditional melodic-metal frame.
Re-rise reaffirms Blindman’s melodic-hard-rock strengths through fluent guitar work, rich melody and flexible rhythm.
Resurrection opens a new chapter for Galneryus by gathering virtuosic guitar and keyboards, racing rhythm and soaring melody into one forward thrust.
King of Pain is the twenty-third Loudness album, released on 19 May 2010. It was the first full album with Masayuki Suzuki as drummer and reached No. 21 on the Oricon chart.