Doom (Japanese band)

Doom is a Japanese thrash metal band by former Zadkiel members Koh and Jouichi. Formed in Tokyo in 1985, the first line up included Takashi "Taka" Fujita (vocals/guitar), Koh "Pirarucu" Morota (fretless bass) and Jouichi "Joe" Hirokawa (drums).

Doom
OriginTokyo, Japan
GenresThrash metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal
Years active1985–2000, 2014-present
LabelsVictor/Invitation (1987–1991)
Websitehttp://doom-real.com/
Members
  • Takashi "Taka" Fujita
  • Shigeru "Pazz" Kobayashi
  • Yukiya Abe
Past members
  • Masami Chiba
  • Koh Morota
  • Jouichi "Joe" Hirakawa
  • Takatoshi Kodaira

History

The group released their first EP Go Mad Yourself! in 1986, and the debut album No More Pain followed in 1987. The group gained a lot of popularity and signed to the Japanese label Invitation. The band continued to release many more albums and even played a gig in the United States at CBGB's in October 1988. On May 7, 1999, founding member Koh was found dead, having apparently drowned. They released their final album Where Your Life Lies!? in November 1999, before officially disbanding in August 2000.

In 2014, Fujita and Pazz were joined by Casbah/Skull Smash bassist Kodaira for a short 15-minute set at a tribute event for United bassist Akihiro Yokoyama, who died that May. Doom later announced they would re-form, and had their first full performance on January 12, 2015 at Club Citta in Kawasaki.[1][2]

On the 14th of December, 2015, it was announced on the band's official Facebook page that they had recorded a new album called Still Can't The Dead,[3] they revealed the artwork as well. The new album is set to be released on March 2, 2016. Later that month, the band revealed the track list on their Twitter account.[4]

Members

Current members
  • Takashi "Taka" Fujita – vocals, guitar (1985-2000, 2014-present)
  • Shigeru "Pazz" Kobayashi – drums (1990-2000, 2014-present)
  • Yukiya Abe – bass (2019-present)

Former members
  • Jouichi "Joe" Hirokawa – drums (1985-1990)
  • Koh "Pirarucu" Morota – bass (1985-1994; died 1999)
  • Masami Chiba – bass (1994-2000)
  • Takatoshi Kodaira – bass (2014-2019)

Supporting musicians
  • Yoshiki Hayashi – drums (live - 1985)
  • Naruyoshi Kikuchi – saxophone (guest – 1991)

Timeline

Discography

Albums

Singles
  • Why!?/Last Stand to Hell (1986)
  • "Freakout" (1995)

EPs

Compilations
  • No More Pain - Complete Explosionworks Session (2015)
  • Instruction Manual... 1988-1991 (2016)

Compilation appearances
  • "You End.Get Up! You" - Skull Thrash Zone Vol.1 (1987)
  • "Doom's Day" - Skull Thrash Zone Vol.1 (1987)
  • "Will Never End" - Dance 2 Noise 003 (1992)
  • "1st Wild Thrush Of Fear" - Rad (1993)
  • "Parasite" - Dance 2 Noise 006 (1993)
  • "The Scraps Screamed" - New Konservatiw (1994)
  • "Afraid..." - Extreme Hot Candy the News from Far East Loud Scene (1994)
  • "Taste" - The Nightmare Runs (1995)

Video Albums
  • Insomniac Days -The History of DOOM- (2017)

References
  1. "Violent Attitude". Violent Attitude. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. 別府 伸朗 (28 October 2014). "DOOM / 藤田氏インタビュー". Metallization (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. "DOOM - Timeline Photos | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  4. "五毒弦 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
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