Doom (Japanese band)

For the British crust band, see Doom (UK band).

Doom
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Thrash metal
Years active	1985–2000
Labels	Victor/Invitation (1990–1999)
Past members
Takashi "Taka" Fujita Shigeru "Pazz" Kobayashi Masami Chiba Koh Morota Jouichi "Joe" Hirakawa

Doom was a Japanese thrash metal band by former Zadkiel members Takashi and Koh. 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). The group released their first EP Go Mad Yourself! in 1986, and the debut album No More Pain followed in 1987. Despite having very much broken English included in their lyrics, 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.

Members

• Takashi "Taka" Fujita - vocals, guitar (Zadkiel, former live guitarist for The Mad Capsule Markets, Warpigs, currently support for J)
• Shigeru "Pazz" Kobayashi - drums (Gastunk)
• Masami Chiba - bass (Shellshock)

Former members

• Jouichi "Joe" Hirokawa - drums (United, Zadkiel, Warpigs)
• Koh "Pirarucu" Morota (b.1963-d.1999) - fretless bass (Zadkiel, Schaft, Egora Dorami)

Discography

• Go Mad Yourself! (EP, 1986)
• "Why!?/Last Stand to Hell" (single, 1986)
• No More Pain (full-length, 1987)
• Killing Field (EP, 1988)
• Complicated Mind (full-length, 1988)
• Incompetent... (full-length, 1989)
• Human Noise (full-length, 1991
• Doom VI - Illegal Soul (full-length, 1992)
• Split 7 w/ Hedgehog Split (split album, 1994)
• "Freakout" (single, 1995)
• Where Your Life Lies!? (full-length, 1999)

External links

• Doom FAQ
• Doom at Encyclopaedia Metallum