I used to collect this stuff pretty heavily. I was practically subscribed to certain distros to sell me one of everything...for years. And I lived off selling this collection for a whole year after the dot-com bust.
I second the recommendation of Lip Cream, Deathside, Rose Rose, SxOxB, and Outo.
I'd like to add...
S.D.S.
Voidd
Paintbox
Unwise
Slight Slappers
Exclaim
Toast
Ego Fix
Vivisection
Shikabane
DxRxY
Flash Gordon
While it wasn't until the mid-80's that most North American bands on the punk side of the punk/metal divide would incorporate metal elements (e.g. D.R.I., Desecration, the Accüsed, etc.), in Japan, there was no such taboo, and as early as G.I.S.M. in 1981, there was thrashy metallic HC punk that was very much "punk" in ethos.
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