Merzbox is a box set compilation by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It consists of 50 CDs spanning Merzbow's career from 1979 to 1997. 30 discs are taken from long out of print releases, while 20 are composed mainly of unreleased material. The box also contains two CD-ROMs, six CD-sized round cards, six round stickers, a poster, a black long-sleeve T-shirt, a medallion, and the Merzbook, all packaged together in a "fetish" black rubber box. It is limited to 1000 numbered copies. A Merzbox Sampler was released in 1997.
Pulse Demon is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, released 28 May 1996. The album was reissued on vinyl in May 2018 by Bludhoney Records, and again in November 2019 by Relapse, with a bonus track.
Venereology is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was inspired by death metal and grindcore.
Remblandt Assemblage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. This is the first Merzbow album to use tape manipulations. Only a few copies were made and distributed on cassette in 1981, but otherwise it was not widely available until being partially reissued on the Merzbox in 2000. The complete album was reissued as a double LP by Urashima in November 2016.
Metal Acoustic Music is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The name was inspired by Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music album. It was the earliest recorded Merzbow material available until OM Electrique was included in the Merzbox in 2000.
E-Study is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The titles stands for Ethnical Study.
Age of 369 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The title is a reference to Onisaburo Deguchi, the founder of Oomoto. Onisaburo claimed to be the Maitreya, which is Miroku in Japanese. 369 is Goroawase wordplay for Miroku. The original track titles are taken from Ultraman monsters.
Flesh Metal Orgasm is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow.
Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita. Merzbow is best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists.
Collection 005 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the fifth volume of the Collection series. The first five volumes were recorded for Ylem and consist of studio sessions with Kiyoshi Mizutani, then a member of Merzbow. However, Ylem went out of business before they could be released. Masami Akita then released them himself and recorded five more at home using previous Collection session recordings mixed with new material and effects.
Collection 004 is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is the fourth volume of the Collection series. The first five volumes were recorded for Ylem and consist of studio sessions with Kiyoshi Mizutani, then a member of Merzbow. However, Ylem went out of business before they could be released. Masami Akita then released them himself and recorded five more at home using previous Collection session recordings mixed with new material and effects.
Antimonument is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It was originally released as a picture disc LP and reissued on CD by Art Directe in 1991. The CD is now considered a bootleg since the label did not pay the artists.
Lowest Music 2 is a studio album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It features hand-manipulated tape loops, and is related to the releases Solonoise 1, Solonoise 2, and Live Performance Feb. 85. It was remixed and reissued in 1990 on cassette by Extreme, and was included in the Merzbox in 2000. The original recording was reissued on June 16, 2016 on LP by Urashima.
Merzbient is a boxed set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, it is composed of previously unreleased raw material recorded 1987–90.
Storage is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. Due to issues with sound quality, the original recording was edited for this release. The original full-length recording was issued in the Merzbox in 2000. The working title for the album was War Storage, which was later used for the track titles of the Merzbox version. The full-length version was reissued as a three-sided double LP in December 2016 by Menstrualrecordings.
Enclosure is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It is one of two cassettes made with raw material from Ecobondage, Vratya Southward being the second.
Pornoise/1 kg is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. Additional material from the sessions was released as Pornoise/Extra.
Mechanization Takes Command is an album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. The title is taken from Sigfried Giedion's book. It was released on cassette in 1983 and an edited reissue in 1989. It was partially included in the Merzbox. The full release was included in Lowest Music & Arts 1980–1983.
Merzphysics is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, it is composed of previously unreleased recordings from 1993–95.
Merzmorphosis is a box set album by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow, it is composed of previously unreleased recordings from 1995–97.
