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Japanese heavy metal musical groups. Power metal musical groups by nationality.
- Lazy
- Marino
- Precious
- Outrage
- Corrupted
- Kuni
- Liv Moon
- Light Bringer
- Blood Stain Child
- Nokemono
Origin: Osaka, Japan Year Formed: 1973 Lazy began as a high school band comprised of five friends going by the stage names of Michell, Suzy, Funny, Pocky, and Davy. In 1978 they signed with RCA and were pushed by the label to become a Japanese answer to pop rock acts such as the Bay City Rollers and released multiple albums under this forced style....
Origin: Osaka, Japan Year Formed: 1979 Heavily influenced by the earliest bands in the NWOBHM movement of the U.K., Marino were way ahead of the game in Japan, forming in Osaka in 1979 and releasing their earliest music that same year. Perhaps the first pulls-no-punches, pure heavy metal band in Japan, Marino played an aggressive heavy metal that a...
Origin: Tokyo, Japan Year Formed: 1986 Precious were a band that appeared early and set the bar high for the many Japanese power metal bands who appeared in the years following. One of the most popular bands attached to the Mandrake Root label, their album To Glory We Steer has continually been considered a Japanese metal classic ever since its rel...
Origin: Nagoya, Japan Year Formed: 1982 One of Japan's earliest and best known thrash metal pioneers, Outrage had a sound heavily influenced by bands such as Metallica throughout the 1980s, achieving reasonable popularity at the time. While most thrash bands experienced their biggest success in the 80s, Outrage are a rare case of a classic thrash b...
Origin: Osaka, Japan Year Formed: 1994 One of Japan's best known extreme metal acts, Corrupted have been a staple of Japan's underground metal scene for many years, performing an unmistakable, bone-crushing sludge/doom metal. A reclusive and incredibly private band, they opt to let their music speak for them. With six critically acclaimed studio al...
Origin: Tokyo, Japan Year Formed: 1986 One of the longest running solo careers in Japanese metal, Kuni has long been regarded as an important figure in the scene, and one of Japan's finest metal guitarists. His albums have featured numerous American friends despite his career being exclusively based in Japan; he has also been featured at numerous m...
Origin: Tokyo, Japan Year Formed: 2009 If there's one woman who could probably be called Japan's symphonic metal queen, I'd say it's Akane Liv, who along with her band Liv Moon has become a mainstay in Japan's modern symphonic/power metal scene despite only having started activities relatively recently in 2009. With a lovely and absurdly powerful v...
Origin: Tokyo, Japan Year Formed: 2011 In my opinion one of the finest power metal bands Japan has ever seen, they unfortunately disbanded right as they seemed to be teetering on the edge of stardom. With one of the best front-women to ever lead a Japanese metal band and a dizzying technical prowess instrumentally, surpassed by few within the genre...
Origin: Osaka, Japan Year Formed: 2000 Blood Stain Child were one of the more popular Japanese metal bands internationally during the 2000s. The band rose to prominence through combining a sound influenced by that of bands like Children of Bodom and In Flames, together with trance elements. While there were a bunch of other melodic death metal band...
Origin: Tokyo, Japan Year Formed: 1977 If they weren't around for such a short amount of time with just one album to their name, they would easily be much higher on this list. Nokemono were one of the biggest players in early Japanese metal music, and one of the first to release a full-length album that was predominantly heavy metal, preceding a wh...
Probably the most well known Japanese power metal band in the West. They went through a vocalist change in 2010 and both vocalists are amazing in their own right. They have a more neoclassical and proggy sound compared to the average power metal band. Albums before 2010 feature Yama-B, who has a more aggressive sound.
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- Anthem. Anthem is the most consistent among the best Japanese Metal bands and that is by a long shot. Sure, some bands have sold more than them or others might be better regarded, but they are pure consistency.
- X-Japan. Most people think of X-Japan when talking about the best Japanese metal bands and for a good reason: they have a great combination of personality, quality, and aesthetics.
- Loudness. Regarding the best Japanese metal bands, Loudness is quite comfortably the most known in the West. They were one of the few Asian bands to break into the American market in the 80s, and their legacy remains today.
- Galneryus. Japanese metal and anime have a long history of working together and Galneryus is a great example of that. They were already one of the country’s biggest Power Metal bands, but their song “Hunting for Your Dream” showed up as the ending for the 2011 Hunter X Hunter anime and they grew even more!
- X Japan. X Japan is a Japanese heavy metal band that formed in 1982. The band has released five studio albums, with an upcoming sixth announced marking their first release since 1996.
- Loudness. Loudness is a Japanese heavy metal band that formed in 1981. The band has released twenty-eight studio albums, with their latest “Sunburst” released in 2022.
- Babymetal. Babymetal is a Japanese kawaii metal band that formed in 2010. The band has released three studio albums, with their upcoming comeback album “The Other One” announced for 2023.
- Sigh. Sigh is a Japanese avant-garde metal band that formed in Tokyo in 1989. The band has released twelve studio albums and four EPs. They are known for their experimental and eclectic style, which incorporates elements of black metal, world music, classical music, jazz, and more.
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304 listeners. Power metal act from Tokyo, Japan, formed in 2005. Probably best known for having guitarist Gentaro Satomura in the band. Storm Rider released…. Browse the top japanese power metal artists to find new music. Scrobble songs to get recommendations on tracks you'll love.
