It's really too bad that the Japanese metal scene seems so closed
to the rest of the world.
Every once in awhile a
Loudness
breaks through, but there are just too many established bands that get
little exposure outside their homeland.
Case in point: Outrage, an accomplished speed/thrash band that has
been releasing albums pretty steadily ever since the mid-eighties, often
on major labels, yet they just aren't well known away from Japan.
Based on their latest, self-titled effort, that's a shame, as they
take a very obvious early
Metallica vibe
(right down to very Hetfield-ish vocals)
and run with it, but this is less a retro cash-in and more a case
of a solid, mature band doing prime thrash right.
Current Members
Naoki Hashimoto
vocals
Yousuke Abe
guitars
Yoshihiro Yasui
bass
Shinya Tange
drums
Discography
OutrageEP 1987Polydor
Under Control of Law
Death Trap
Edge of Death
Step on It
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Black Clouds 1988Polydor
Curtain of History
Under Control of Law
Slowly but Surely
Black Clouds
Bring Him Back
Eos
Edge of Death
Peyote
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Blind To Reality 1989Polydor
Blind to Reality
In His Steel Claw
Call of the Hunter
Nowhere to Turn
Name Your Poison
Game of Greed
What the Meaning of Freedom
Lookin' at Time
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
The Great Blue 1990Polydor
Just Believe in Me
Rusty Door
Fall to Disorder
The Day of Rage
Voyage of...
..Clay Liner
The Truth
Great Blue
Bearing Down
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Outrageous CompilationCOMPILATION 1991Polydor
Curtain of History
Under Control of Law
Black Clouds
Blind to Reality
Name Your Poison
Game of Greed
Just Believe in Me
The Day of Rage
Bearing Down
My Final Day
Veiled Sky
Love Song
The Final Day 1991Polydor
My Final Day
Madness
Follow
Wings
Sad Survivor
Visions
Veiled Sky
River
Fangs
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Spit 1993WEA
Mr. Rightman
Faith
To You
The Smoke
How Bad?
The Key
Never Make the Same
Live my Life
Inner Strength
Eagle
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Life Until Death 1995East West
Megalomania
Vanishing Fully From the World
Undertrow
Midnite Carnival
In Union with Earth
Echo
Draggin' Me Down
You Suck
Concrete Mirror
Argument
Live Until You Die
Popcorn Song
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Days Of Rage 1986-1991COMPILATION 1995Polydor
Under Control of Law
Blind to Reality
Madness
Just Believe in Me
Curtain of History
River
Veiled Sky
The Day of Rage
Name Your Poison
Edge of Death
Black Clouds
My Final Day
Love Songs
Step on It ('86 demo)
Who We Are 1997East West
Broken Man
Let My Ass Go
The Ladder
After All
World Slow Down
Stuck Together
Shadow
We Suck
Descent
Who We Are
Lash Me to the Wheel
Donkey Ride
Naoki Hashimoto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
It's Packed!LIVE 1997East West
Donkey Ride
Under Tow
Broken Man
Madness
Megalomania
Under Control of Law
Death Trap
Edge of Death
Step on It
Volume OneEP 200130 Min
This Zombie Nation
Brain Storm
Tough Shit
Oceano
A.T.B.
Tonight is the Night
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Play LoudEP 200230 Min
Ethiopia
Six Feet Down
We Know - You Don't
Denial
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
24-7 200230 Min
Round 1
Panic Rider
Feed the Habit
Dial Tone
5 P.M.
Spider
Tear 'em Up
Commit It
Buried Alive
Song I Hate
24-7
El Cielo
Jane's Roses
Five-o-Three
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Nagoya Noise Pollution OrchestraCOMPILATION 200330 Min
Crush your Head
Madness (Re-Mix)
Bring him Back 2003
Tick, Tick, Tick
Fangs
The Day of Rage (live)
Midnight Carnival (live)
Blood, Guts & Beer (live)
My Final Day (live)
Edge of Death (Demo)
Core of Tragedy (Death Trap) (Demo)
Rock! Rock! Rock!
Just Believe in me (live)
River (live)
The Truth - Whiskey in the Jar (live)
Sunny Daze
Panic Rider (live)
Blind to Reality (live)
DeadbeatEP 2004JVC
Deadbeat
Diamonds to Dust
Deadbeat (Alternative Mix)
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
Cause For Pause 2004JVC
Bleed Out
Deadbeat
Outta Change
China Doll
Cat & Nines
Do it Again
Annihilist Existentialist
Mental Asylum
I Can See for Miles
Big Mouth
Hit and Run
La Luna del Desierto
Yousuke Abe
Yoshihiro Yasui
Shinya Tange
The Curtain Of History - Old Whores And EncoresVIDEO 2007