Japanese metal recommendations

sabbat666 · Post by **sabbat666** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:35 am

Haha no. Poikkeus. A Japanese HC punk band that sings in Finnish.
The shirt is from the jacket of their first EP.

Ernest Thesiger · Post by **Ernest Thesiger** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:01 am

sabbat666 wrote:Poikkeus. A Japanese HC punk band that sings in Finnish.

In Finnish? Excellent. Since there's been a Japanese band with Spanish lyrics (Corrupted) & Finns shouting in Portuguese (Força Macabra), that can only be a natural progression.

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:28 am

sabbat666 wrote:Haha no. Poikkeus. A Japanese HC punk band that sings in Finnish.
The shirt is from the jacket of their first EP.

Lol, most fans of j-rock from vk-fangirls to x japan-maniacs know that band in Finland and probably listen to it just because it's kinda funny that there's a band in Japan that writes lyrics in finnish.

Although I doubt they understand HC punk music.

If my memory serves me, there's more than one J-punk band singing in Finnish or am i wrong?

sabbat666 · Post by **sabbat666** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:08 pm

Oh really? ive never met a fangirl who knows who poikkeus are. usually they are just straight up punk fans.
the truth is they are actually fucking awesome raging hardcore punk. i dont really mind what language they sing in since for the style of punk they are you wouldnt be able to tell anyways.

there are a few other punk bands that sing in Finnish in Japan, yeah.
I'm pretty sure Framtid did.

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:18 pm

And Laukaus. I don't like 'em too much though.
Btw, Poikkeus means Exception.

Popa_Iuda · Post by **Popa_Iuda** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:09 pm

Sniper - very nice traditional heavy metal with 2-3 speedy songs on their 2 albums...
Breeze Least - their ST is a fantastic epic metal album
Kings
Hellen
Rajas
Mell Rose - melodic heavy metal
Belzebul - very obscure band released just one single, speedy heavy metal songs, enjoyable..
Reaction - classics
Sabbrabells - classic heavy/power metal
Mein Kampf - another obscure one released a single named Speeder in 1985

anthares · Post by **anthares** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:08 am

sabbat666 wrote:Haha no. Poikkeus. A Japanese HC punk band that sings in Finnish.
The shirt is from the jacket of their first EP.

Ahh! Nice Riistetyt ripoff cover!
Actually there was another Japanese punk band CONCLUDE which also sung in finnish. They also toured Finland about 8 years ago.

jman · Post by **jman** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:48 pm

Framtid didn't sing in any language but English, but their name is Swedish for "future" (it comes from Sound of Disaster song).
For Japanese Metal I enjoy the punk metal bastard sounds of bands like GISM, SDS, MOBS, and G.A.T.E.S. Unfortunately most traditional Japanese metal sounds like tepid imitations of US metal for me.
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The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:26 am

jman wrote:Unfortunately most traditional Japanese metal sounds like tepid imitations of US metal for me.

Huh, I've heard much more NWOBHM and JUDAS PRIEST -influenced Japametal.
Then again there were bunch of melodic/sleazy and glammed up bands.