Japanese crust and d-beat groups

Gallhammer () were a Japanese extreme metal group that drew on black metal, doom metal and crust punk. They formed in Tokyo in 2003 and released three studio albums.

Disclose were a Japanese D-beat band from Kōchi City, heavily influenced by Discharge. Their sound heavily replicates Discharge's style, with an increased use of fuzz and distortion guitar effects. The subject matter is also similar to Discharge, in that the songs' themes are primarily about nuclear war, and its horrific consequences. On 5 June 2007, Disclose frontman Hideki Kawakami died from acute alcohol poisoning .

was a Japanese punk metal band formed in Tokyo in 1981. Although the guitar style resembled heavy metal in many aspects, G.I.S.M. was one of the first Japanese hardcore bands, while at the same time drawing influence from the early industrial/avant-garde music scene—something uncommon in punk bands at that time.