History & Biography Tokyo’s Jurassic Jade is a female-fronted thrash metal band formed in 1985 after being Rebel Power for two years. Jurassic Jade, along with Casbah and Outrage, is one of the forerunners of thrash metal in Japan. The band’s singer is the only one who continuously wears a ghostly white make-up. The band issued a demo tape called Complete Death in 1985, which was circulated in the underground. This was followed by the Live At Explosion! EP and the Heavy Metal Force split shared with Saber Tiger and X-Japan.
The band has been covered by Sabbat (Japan) and issued a retrospective compilation called The Early Years 1985-1988 in 2000. 25 Years Of Aggression And Agony was a 2010 DVD. An EP, called Kiten, was issued in 2014. The live footage was culled from a variety of concerts.
Nyx Filia was the title for a new Jurassic Jade album in 2023, which was issued through Bang The Head Records. There was a video for the song Black Cats In The Dark Room. The quartet was opening for Pornostate and appearing at Rising Metal Above in 2023. Kiku, who reportedly was in the UK, died in 2023. Natsuki Tamura (formerly of Rose Rose) became the guitarist in 2024 replacing Nob who had left the year prior. The group was billed at Tokyo Brutal Fest in 2024. The year ended with a Tokyo concert with Bereaved, Eizo Japan, Love machine Tokyo, Pornostate and others.
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