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Toshihiro Takeuchi - vocals
Kazuo Amaya - guitars
Kouichi Kawakami - guitars
Hiroki Motono - bass
Takeshi Hattori - drums
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Genre: Thrash Metal
Origin: Japan
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It is GENOCIDE that dominated '80's Japanese heavy metal scene as "Japanese big three occult heavy metal bands" with SABBRABELLS and CROWLEY.
Their history goes back to 1979. In those days, TAKEUCHI (vo) and AMAYA (g) which were members of a local hard rock band SHOCK left the band because they wanted to play harder and heavier music than SHOCK. And they formed new band named GENOCIDE. They started a rehearsal at studio, but the member of a band was changeable in the early days. In 1980, KAWASAKI (b) and NISHIMOTO (dr) joined the band and several original songs as GENOCIDE were composed. They started live activities around their own territory in the end of 1981, and their twin lead guitar style were established when MATSUI (g) joined in 1982. The sound was born under the influence of BLACK SABBATH, FLOWER TRAVELIN' BAND (Japan), and of course the bands of Ne
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