Merzbow

A vegan straight edge noise project by Masami Akita. He joined the noise industrial scene in the early 80s and began releasing primarily on overseas labels. In the 90s, influenced by grindcore, he released an album on the death metal label Relapse. In the 2000s, he resonated with mego's "punk computer music" and was one of the first in Japan to adopt a laptop-based live performance style. In recent years, he has mainly been producing with analog equipment. Since around 2003, he has practiced veganism from the perspective of "animal rights." He creates works with birds and animals as themes.