Mad Capsule Markets

There are countless Western bands that manage to transcend differences of culture and language to become "big in Japan," but for some reason the reverse rarely holds true. Fortunately, The Mad Capsule Markets isn't the sort of group that takes "no" for an answer. Having spent over a decade forging its aggressive hybrid of hardcore punk, metal, and techno, they have amassed a formidable following in the Land of the Rising Sun. And now, with the Palm Pictures release of OSC-DIS [Oscillator In Distortion], The Mad Capsule Markets has fixed its sights on the United States and Europe. Listening to the 40-minute adrenaline rush of OSC-DIS, it’s not hard to hear how The Mad Capsule Markets has held its own live alongside hard-driving acts like Rage Against the Machine and Atari Teenage Riot. Originally released in Japan in 1999, the group's ninth full-length has spawned five hit songs at home: "Tribe," "Pulse," "All the Time In Sunny Beach," "Midi Surf," and "Good Girl." The lat ...more

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