The Absent Trail of an Echo and My Future Plagued by Surrender

Debase and Degrade were a short-lived band from Tokyo, most notably known for Hirotatsu (from 3cmtour, Killie) playing drums. Besides the...

I can't remember where this came from. Maybe I bought it in Japan? This compilation has a very eclectic mix of bands, from wild thras...

Here's an odd little compilation that I got from Nitro Mega Prayer when I did a trade with them. It's a weird amalgam of metalc...

Nitro Mega Prayer started releasing stuff back in the early 2000's (the earliest thing I have is from 2002) and went through several ...

Strange Over The Sun (SOTS) is a weird nut to crack. This album came out in 2003 on Imomushi Records, probably most popular for releasing...

After Toe's amazing debut, Songs, Ideas We Forgot , they followed it up with a remix album which, in my opinion, is the best thing th...

When I was studying in Japan, I would spend hours every night in the computer lab, following link pages, finding new bands. I would usuall...

First of all, this isn't that other Rise And Fall. This is the Japanese band and they do not play metalcore. Now that that's out ...

Well, I had a little bit of a break last week. Sorry about the weird posting-ness. I'm going to try and get back on schedule this wee...

First, sorry this is late. It's been a bit of a lazy week for me. Ugh.... Now then, I got this CD one night after a show at EMSeven...

Not a lot of info exists on Fugüe. Even when this release was announced, I was kind of confused by the pick. You're doing a series, a...

I'm pretty sure I picked up this CD on my trip to Japan in 2003. During that trip, I caught a 3cm tour show at Koiwa EM Seven. It was...

Do I know a lot about this band? No. Did my scanner do something weird to the colors of this cover because it was printed weird? Yes. Wil...

One of my favorite releases out of Japan and a total luck buy. Kana-shibari was a short-lived band, 2/3 non-Japanese. The singer sounds...

Just a short one today. Here's a one song promo thingy I picked up from Curve. I'm not sure the year on this, because there's...

A random demo I picked up in 2003. I didn't know what to expect, but Nervous Light of Sunday play some awesome melodic, new school ha...

I don't have much information around this demo. I picked it up somewhere while in Japan in 2003. Neoteny (or is it Neoteny64. I don...

I don't really remember how I got this demo. The year was 2003, so it could've been when I was touring with Gauge Means Nothing. ...

Here's a little blast from the past. When I first started the I've Come For Your Children distro in 2003, I put together a sample...

Gauge Means Nothing (GMN) is a band that is extremely important to me and played a huge part in my life. When I was studying in Japan i...