History & Biography Tokyo-based Hashida Kosuke (ex-World End Man) had an album called Justifiable Homicide through Horror Pain Gore Death in 2024. His style was compared to Napalm Death and Nasum. A new mini-album was called Outrage and available through HPGD on February 14th 2025. Outrage was also the name of a Japanese yakuza film series. The act was on a wrestling compilation, courtesy of HPGD, in 2025. The same label made the act's Moment Of Silence mini-album available in January of 2026.
Reviews KOSUKE HASHIDA - OUTRAGE - HORROR PAIN GORE DEATH 
Holy hell! I was listening to a couple of death metal CDs prior to getting to Outrage and this mini-album (eleven tracks, but each mostly one and a half to two minutes long) makes those heavy, fast and brutal bands feel staid, slow-poke and tired in comparison. The band of the Japanese guitarist hits it out of the metal park with more energy than the entire Japanese company party at the karaoke bar. It is especially stunning because expectations were low, given how this act is billed as a solo endeavour, which made this listener imagine a drum machine, an unbalanced mix and a musician trying different vibes and tempos. Heck, titles like Killed 'Em All and Seek & Kill made me think the worst. No one needs another Metallica admiring poseur. None of those things came true. This is a headrush speedy thriller from start to finish with real instruments, real production and a no-nonsense approach to metal. The vocals are 100% strident. Get a, cough cough, 'symphonic metal' (a.k.a. K&F keyboards & female vocals) wimp fan within 100 meters of this and she will turn to goo slime and die instantaneously.
Vader, Deicide, Napalm Death or Sinister, take your pick. Kosuke Hashide is their musical equal and offers unbridled gratification. These songs are commandments in deathrash metal. Corruption Of Faith, mid-album, does Slayer suddenly and Hungry Again hints at crossover and hardcore. Nothing wrong with those detours, but for the most part this record is a speed fest of the highest caliber that owes allegiance to my comparison list above. Heck, Legitimate Murder has the perfectly leaden heavy riff and blast beats too. Hashida Kosuke is the real deal. - Ali "The Metallian"
KOSUKE HASHIDA - MOMENT OF SILENCE - HORROR PAIN GORE DEATH
This one-man band remains one of the more surprising. The sheer power and brutality in this non-stop assault is unexpected and remarkable. Hashida Kosuke has come up with another EP length release of 14 songs barely passing the 20-minute mark. The Cultist starts it off and it is immediately clear that the grinding is set to destroy. There is very little let up in the album, there are barely any moments where one can breathe. The promo for this album uses barrage to describe this album and for once it is not hyperbole. It is near impossible to name one song that would be the highlight as the blast is as constant as it can be. Hints of crossover, hardcore and thrash can be heard sporadically and a bit more in the closer Tokyo Calling but this is first and foremost grinding brutality delivered in a very straightforward manner. Tokyo Calling stands out from the songs before it just by its title alone, plus its short solo. Songs like Left In Pieces, Reason To Kill and Slaughtered Again leave less doubt as to the style and direction of this album. Anything from Napalm Death to Brutal Truth can be cited as benchmarks and influences for Moment Of Silence. The promo should have also included that the listener is left wanting more and this would not be wrong. The vocals are as constant and to the point as the music itself. The cover art depicts a man shooting himself in the head. Moment of silence for the listeners' ears? - Anna Tergel
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