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1	Thunder in the East (1985) more music like this by Loudness With 1985's Thunder in the East, Loudness were faced with the daunting challenge of conquering heavy metal fans outside their homeland of Japan for the first time. Knowing that their early sound might prove a tad too heavy and complex for American audiences, the foursome rose to the occasion by dispensing their most melodic compositions ever. Yet, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.91!
2	Withering to Death (2005) more music like this by Dir en Grey Japanese goth metal outfit Dir en Grey returns with 2006's Withering to Death, continuing their curious mixture of the apocalyptic themes of Scandinavian death metal, noisy industrial dance-rock à la Nine Inch Nails or Marilyn Manson, and the gleeful over-the-top theatrical qualities of '70s glam, particularly singer Kyo's falsetto shrieks, which ... see all copies from $11.24! new only from $12.77!
3	Lightning Strikes (1986) more music like this by Loudness The 1985 album Thunder in the East may have introduced Japanese metalheads Loudness to America, but Lightning Strikes was the album that introduced America to Loudness. Their first album conceived specifically for the U.S. market, Lightning Strikes was overseen by veteran metal producer Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth), who helped the band ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $9.20!
4	Anode (2001) more music like this by Otomo Yoshihide Experimental composer/improvisers have long had a fascination with developing systems that manage to combine the two. For example, a system of rules might be applied which constrains players within certain guidelines where, as long as they don't exceed certain boundaries, they are free to improvise. John Zorn' s game pieces such as Cobra come to ... see all copies from $8.75! new only from $14.22!
5	8186 Live (2005) more music like this by Loudness Designed to commemorate the band's five-year anniversary, this double disc isn't as ferocious as Live-Loud-Alive, but it definitely serves as a thorough overview of the group's history up to that point in time. On this 15-song, three-solo showcase, Loudness are tenacious in their delivery of some of the group's finest hits as well as a few fan ... see all copies from $18.45! new only from $18.45!
6	Gold and Green (2005) more music like this by OOIOO The stateside release of OOIOO's albums has been somewhat confusing, to say the least: Thrill Jockey issued their third album, Gold and Green, four years after its predecessor, Feather Float, was released domestically, and a year after the album that followed it in Japan, Kila Kila Kila, made its U.S. debut. Muddled time lines aside, Gold and ... see all copies from $14.14! new only from $14.14!
7	Blast Off! (1991) more music like this by The Blue Hearts One of the world's strongest markets for rock, Japan has its share of home-grown rockers. But because of the language barrier -- most of them record in Japanese -- few or none have been able to attract any attention in the U.S. In 1991, the obscure Portland, Oregon-based Juggler Records released this little-known CD by the Blue Hearts, a Japanese ... see all copies from $19.95!
8	Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles (2007) more music like this by Steve Aoki Hipster DJ-to-the-celebutantes Steve Aoki loves to flaunt all his celebrity friends (i.e. Lindsay Lohan and company) and quasi-celebrity "cool bands" he's down with (Klaxons, Justice). On his first mix album, oddly credited to him as if an artist album, Aoki gets to pull out all the "cool band" stops in his arsenal, both in the mix selections and ... see all copies from $15.41! new only from $15.41!
9	Polysics or Die!!!! Vista [CD/DVD] (2007) more music like this by Polysics Strangely, Polysics or Die!!!! Vista varies drastically from Polysics' earlier greatest-hits record, Polysics or Die!!! Only six songs from the previous disc make the cut of the new MySpace Records release, further proving that choosing a list of Polysics' best singles is no easy task. That said, this compilation seems to be better thought out and ... see all copies from $11.31! new only from $11.31!
10	Loudness (1992) more music like this by Loudness With the departure of vocalist Mike Vescera (off to join the ranks of Yngwie Malmsteen's band -- poor bastard), not to mention the loss of founding bassist Masayoshi Yamashita, Loudness' "American experiment" was officially over. Having failed to make any further headway in the States, despite their best efforts to play by the more commercial ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
11 view cover	Rough Guide to the Music of Japan [#1] (1999) more music like this by Various Artists If you conducted a really exhaustive study of Japanese musicians, you'd hear everything from religious Buddhist chanting and traditional shakuhachi and koto music to heavy metal, alternative rock and rap. Hip-hop, in fact, became huge in Japan in the 1980s. There is no metal or rap on The Rough Guide to the Music of Japan, but it does provide an ... see all copies from $17.90! new only from $17.90!
12 view cover	Hurricane Eyes (1987) more music like this by Loudness Heavy metal Japanese style, "Hurricane Eyes" was their best effort. Earlier albums were slightly tacky, while later efforts lost the chances of Loudness becoming a household name. The album was good and it didn't sound typically Japanese, American or European. John Book, All Music Guide see all copies from $8.74! new only from $8.91!
13 view cover	On the Prowl (1991) more music like this by Loudness In the 1980s, Loudness was one of the top heavy metal units in Japan, which was an extremely strong market for metal and hard rock. The band, however, never received much attention in the U.S., and On the Prowl was far from the commercial breakthrough the headbangers were hoping for. When this CD came out in 1991, Loudness had a non-Japanese lead ... see all copies from $2.38! new only from $5.94!
14 view cover	Soldier of Fortune (1989) more music like this by Loudness You can't blame Loudness vocalist Minoru Niihara for leaving the band after the abysmal Hurricane Eyes, but it's a shame he wasn't around for Soldier of Fortune, a far more potent and focused affair than its muddled predecessor. Reunited with producer Max Norman, Loudness thankfully stripped away the superfluous production gloss that sunk the band ... see all copies from $5.94! new only from $5.94!
15 view cover	Pop Tatari (1993) more music like this by The Boredoms Appearing in America after an initial Japanese release, and with a revamped track listing and song titles to boot ("Bocabola" is called that here only because somebody somewhere was worried about what a certain soft drink company might think of the original title), Pop Tatari definitely holds the crown as being one of the strangest things to ... see all copies from $8.45! new only from $12.56!
16 view cover	Hey! Bob! My Friend! (2001) more music like this by Polysics Creating an emotionally charged, compelling, yet insane piece of music, grant Polysics credit for sounding so unique and so wonderful. This three-piece from Japan contain the wit, the intellect, and the magic to twist and turn their instruments and melodies into one weird, yet interesting record entitled Hey Bob My Friend. "Loud" and "chaotic" ... see all copies from $6.69! new only from $11.48!
17 view cover	Kila Kila Kila (2004) more music like this by OOIOO Kila Kila Kila, finds OOIOO retreating somewhat from the elaborate psychedelia of Green and Gold, opting instead for a sparser, but just as hypnotic, sound as exemplified by the lovely, lighter-than-air "Ene Soda" and "Northern Lights." The album's lengthiest tracks, such as "Sizuku Ring Neng" and "Aster," showcase this direction. The latter song ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $14.47!
18 view cover	Marrow of a Bone (2007) more music like this by Dir en Grey Japan's Dir en Grey may have the retained the same lineup since their inception in 1997, but that's it. Musically they don't even sound like the same band. In the early days they associated themselves with Japan's Visual Kei movement, and the music tended to be frantically emotional and experimental; other than calling it "rock," it was ... see all copies from $8.79! new only from $8.79!
19 view cover	Shadows of War (2005) more music like this by Loudness With a little bit of maneuvering of the track list, this originally Japan-only release was essentially Lightning Strikes, the release from which American audiences first warmed up to Loudness. Their full-on rock showcase proves no worse for wear when translating lyrics into English and dispensing with the attempts to warm up to the commercial ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
20 view cover	Taiga (2006) more music like this by OOIOO In Japanese, Taiga means "big river"; in Russian, it's "forest." Both are apt descriptions for the dense, winding, jungle-like music OOIOO craft on this, their fifth album. Not to push the connection too much, but Taiga's multilingual meanings could also allude to the band's magpie-like ability to pick the most vital, interesting sounds from other ... see all copies from $14.14! new only from $14.14!
21 view cover	Once and for All (2002) more music like this by Loudness Wounded Bird had the good sense to reissue Loudness' quintessential live album -- originally issued by Warner Bros. in 1992 -- for a new generation of heavy metal fans. Hopefully, this will raise the profile of a group that continues to be woefully ignored by the Western metal world. Once and for All finds the group at its performing peak, ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $8.91!
22 view cover	Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo (2007) more music like this by Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. First the title: Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo is the central chant of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, a distinctly Japanese form of the religion that is 750 years old; it is practiced in a most orthodox manner at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, and is named after its founder, Nichiren Daishonin. What this has to do with the music is, in a sense, key -- though ... see all copies from $13.37! new only from $13.37!
23 view cover	The World Shopping with Space Ponch (2000) more music like this by Space Ponch see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.47!
24 view cover	Jealousy/Slap in the Face (2005) more music like this by Loudness An anomaly in the Loudness catalog, Jealousy is a six-song EP that finds the group unfocused and at the crossroads of their career. The song styles are diverse but wildly erratic when compared to the hard-driving discography Loudness had established up to this point. The guitar acrobatics of Akira Takasaki are still in good form, but that's about ... see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
25 view cover	Rockshocks (2005) more music like this by Loudness see all copies from $14.26! new only from $14.26!

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