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members Koh and Jouichi. Formed in

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in 1985, the first line up included Takashi "Taka" Fujita (vocals/guitar), Koh "Pirarucu" Morota (fretless bass) and Jouichi "Joe" Hirokawa (drums).

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

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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

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/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. On 14 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'', they revealed th
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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

* ''No More Pain'' (1987) * ''Complicated Mind'' (1988) * ''Incompetent...'' (1989) * ''Human Noise'' (1991) * ''Doom VI – Illegal Soul'' (1992) * ''Where Your Life Lies!?'' (1999) * ''Still Can't The Dead'' (2016)

Singles

* ''Why!?/Last Stand to Hell'' (1986) * "Freakout" (1995)

EPs

* ''Go Mad Yourself!'' (1986) * ''Killing Field'' (1988) * ''The Nightmare Runs with Cocobat'' (split ep, 1993) * ''Sure with Hedgehog'' (split ep, 1994)

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)

External links

Doom Official Site

References

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