Seikima-II discography#Living Legend
{{Short description|Discography of the Japanese heavy metal band}}
The discography of the Japanese heavy metal band Seikima-II consists of 14 studio albums, 11 live albums, 29 singles and numerous compilations, many of which feature re-recordings.
Formed in 1982, Seikima-II released 12 studio albums before disbanding in 1999. Their first, Seikima-II - Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal, was released in 1985, reached number 48 on the Oricon chart and marked the first time a Japanese metal band sold over 100,000 copies.{{cite web| url = http://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_聖飢魔II_000000000009085/item_聖飢魔-〜悪魔が来たりてヘヴィメタる_5418063| title = 聖飢魔II~悪魔が来たりてヘヴィメタる : 聖飢魔II | work = HMV| language = ja| access-date = 2021-03-12}}{{cite web| url = https://okmusic.jp/news/113184/| title = 聖飢魔II、ヘヴィメタルをお茶の間に 布教させた初期の傑作『THE END OF THE CENTURY』 | work = OK Music| language = ja| date = 2016-02-17| access-date = 2021-04-11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130114738/https://okmusic.jp/news/113184/|archivedate=2018-01-30}} Their second, The End of the Century, was released the following year, reached number 5 and sold over 200,000 copies. The 1989 compilation of re-recordings, Worst, was the first Japanese metal album to reach number one on the chart.{{cite web| url = https://nikkan-spa.jp/1441761/3| title = 日本人のへヴィメタル蔑視を解消させた"歌謡メタル"が激動の1989年に残した爪あと| work = Nikkan Spa!| language = Japanese| date = 2017-12-30| access-date = 2021-03-12}} In total, the group has sold over 10 million records in Japan alone.{{cite web | title = Japan's SEIKIMA-II To Release 'Akuma Nativity - Songs of the Sword' Compilation| url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=123737| work = Blabbermouth.net| date = 2009-07-16| accessdate = 2021-03-12|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009085647/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=123737 |archivedate=2009-10-09}}
Seikima-II have had several limited-time reunions since 2005. Although live albums were typically recorded and released from these reunions, re-recordings such as the Akuma Nativity "Songs of the Sword" (2009) and Akuma Relativity (2010) albums and all new double A-side singles "Kōryōtaru Shin Sekai / Planet/The Hell" and "Noroi no Shananana / Goblin's Scale" (both 2016) have also been released. In 2022 the band released Bloodiest, their first album of new material in 23 years.
Studio albums
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!Title !Release date !Label !Oricon{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/225925/rank/album/|title=聖飢魔IIのアルバム売上ランキング|work=Oricon|language=Japanese|access-date=2022-09-24}} |
Seikima II - Akuma ga Kitarite Heavy Metal ({{nihongo2|聖飢魔II〜悪魔が来たりてヘヴィメタる}}) |September 21, 1985 |rowspan="8"|Fitzbeat (CBS Sony) |align="center"|48 |
The End of the Century
|April 2, 1986 |align="center"|5 |
From Hell with Love ({{nihongo2|地獄より愛をこめて}}) |November 21, 1986 |align="center"|8 |
Big Time Changes
|November 21, 1987 |align="center"|9 |
The Outer Mission
|December 9, 1988 |align="center"|7 |
Yūgai ({{nihongo2|有害}}) |September 9, 1990 |align="center"|5 |
Kyōfu no Restaurant ({{nihongo2|恐怖のレストラン}}) |October 21, 1992 |align="center"|8 |
Ponk!!
|July 1, 1994 |align="center"|11 |
Mephistopheles no Shōzō ({{nihongo2|メフィストフェレスの肖像}}) |September 21, 1996 |rowspan="4"|Ariola (BMG Japan) |align="center"|19 |
News
|July 2, 1997 |align="center"|45 |
Move
|July 23, 1998 |align="center"|30 |
Living Legend
|October 21, 1999 |align="center"|14 |
Bloodiest
|September 21, 2022 |Ariola (Sony Music Direct) |align="center"|4 |
Season II
|June 6, 2025 |Ariola Japan |align="center"|17{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2025-06-16/p/2/|script-title=ja:オリコン週間 アルバムランキング 2025年06月02日~2025年06月08日|trans-title=Oricon Weekly Album Ranking June 2, 2025 – June 8, 2025|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=June 11, 2025}} |
Compilation albums
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!Title !Release date !Label !Notes |
Worst
|September 21, 1989 |{{nowrap|Fitzbeat (CBS Sony)}} |align="center"|1 |Re-recordings and remixes |
Ai to Gyakusatsu no Hibi [{{nowrap|Rekidaiko Kyōten Taizen}}] ({{nihongo2|愛と虐殺の日々 [歴代小教典大全]}}) |December 13, 1991 |Fitzbeat (Sony) |align="center"|16 |Collects singles released between 1986 and 1991 |
1999 Black List
|May 21, 1999 |Ariola (BMG Japan) |align="center"|14 |Mainly re-recordings |
1999 Blood List
|July 1, 1999 |Fitzbeat (Ki/oon) |align="center"|18 | |
Seikima-II Ko-Akuma Katsudō Dai Denbatsu ({{nihongo2|聖飢魔II 個悪魔活動大選抜}}) |November 3, 1999 |Fitzbeat |align="center"|— |Compiles songs by the members' musical projects outside of Seikima-II |
Devil Bless You! ~Seikima-II Final Works~ ({{nihongo2|DEVIL BLESS YOU! 〜聖飢魔II FINAL WORKS〜}}) |November 22, 2000 |rowspan="2"|Ariola (BMG Japan) |align="center"|— | |
Seikima-II Nyūmon Kyōten The Best of the Worst ({{nihongo2|聖飢魔II 入門教典 THE BEST OF THE WORST}}) |July 6, 2003 |align="center"|— | |
Akuma Nativity "Songs of the Sword"
|September 16, 2009 |rowspan="3"|Avex Trax |align="center"|15 |English re-recordings |
Akuma Relativity
|July 28, 2010 |align="center"|17 |English re-recordings and 4 new Japanese songs |
A Quarter Century of Rebellion -Sekaiteki Gokuaku Shūtaiseiban- ({{nihongo2|A QUARTER CENTURY OF REBELLION -世界的極悪集大成盤-}}) |July 28, 2010 |align="center"|38 |Compiles songs from Akuma Nativity "Songs of the Sword" and Akuma Relativity plus 1 new re-recording |
Ai to Gyakusatsu no Hibi ~Rekidaiko Kyōten Sony Jidai Kanzenban~ ({{nihongo2|愛と虐殺の日々〜歴代小教典 ソニー時代完全盤〜}}) |November 27, 2013 |rowspan="2"|Sony Music Direct |align="center"|102 |Compiles 1991's Ai to Gyakusatsu no Hibi and the singles released since |
XXX -The Ultimate Worst-
|August 25, 2016 |align="center"|15 | |
Live albums
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!Title !Release date !Label |
Live! Black Mass in London
|March 13, 1992 |Fitzbeat (Sony) |align="center"|18 |
The Black Mass Final 3 Nights
|March 8, 2000 |Ariola (BMG Japan) |align="center"|— |
The Live Black Mass B.D.3 Mephistopheles no Inbō ({{nihongo2|THE LIVE BLACK MASS B.D.3 メフィストフェレスの陰謀}}) |July 6, 2005 |Ariola (BMG Funhouse) |align="center"|— |
All Standing Shokei The Live Black Mass D.C.7 ({{nihongo2|オールスタンディング処刑 THE LIVE BLACK MASS D.C.7}}) |March 29, 2006 |rowspan="2"|Ariola (BMG Japan) |align="center"|45 |
Kyōfu no Fukkatsu-sai The Black Mass D.C.7 Selection +α ({{nihongo2|恐怖の復活祭 THE LIVE BLACK MASS D.C.7 SELECTION +α}}) |May 24, 2006 |align="center"|35 |
ICBM Osaka -Yōen! + Shinkan! + Bakushō! = Kyūkyoku Enjō!!- ({{nihongo2|ICBM OSAKA -妖艶!+震撼!+爆笑! |March 2, 2011 |rowspan="3"|Avex Trax |align="center"|30 |
Tribute to Japan - The Benefit Black Mass 2 Days, D.C.13 -
|June 20, 2012 |align="center"|52 |
121212 -Saishūketsu Dai Kuro Misa- ({{nihongo2|121212 -再集結大黒ミサ-}}) |December 12, 2012 |align="center"|91 |
Zenseki Shikei -Live Black Mass Tokyo- ({{nihongo2|全席死刑 -LIVE BLACK MASS 東京-}}) |April 13, 2016 |rowspan="3"|Ariola |align="center"|13 |
Zoku Zenseki Shikei -Live Black Mass Osaka- ({{nihongo2|続・全席死刑 -LIVE BLACK MASS 大阪-}}) |July 27, 2016 |align="center"|23 |
Jigoku no Saishin Seikyū -Live Black Mass Budōkan- ({{nihongo2|地獄の再審請求 -LIVE BLACK MASS武道館-}}) |October 23, 2016 |align="center"|24 |
Singles
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!Title !Release date !Oricon{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/225925/rank/single/|title=聖飢魔IIのシングル売上ランキング|work=Oricon|language=Japanese|access-date=2021-03-12}} |
"Rōningyō no Yakata" ({{nihongo2|蠟人形の館}}) |April 2, 1986 |align="center"|17 |
"Adam no Ringo" ({{nihongo2|アダムの林檎}}) |November 1, 1986 |align="center"|29 |
"El・Do・Ra・Do"
|March 21, 1987 |align="center"|39 |
"1999 Secret Object"
|November 21, 1987 |align="center"|33 |
"Stainless Night"
|May 21, 1988 |align="center"|17 |
"Big Time Surrender"
|July 21, 1988 |align="center"|84 |
"Winner!"
|October 21, 1988 |align="center"|11 |
"Shiroi Kiseki" ({{nihongo2|白い奇蹟}}) |August 2, 1989 |align="center"|12 |
"Bad Again ~Utsukushiki Hangyaku~" ({{nihongo2|BAD AGAIN 〜美しき反逆〜}}) |February 1, 1990 |align="center"|5 |
"Yūgai Rock" ({{nihongo2|有害ロック}}) |July 21, 1990 |align="center"|14 |
"Pharaoh no Yōni" ({{nihongo2|ファラオのように}}) |October 21, 1990 |align="center"|19 |
"Akaitama no Densetsu" ({{nihongo2|赤い玉の伝説}}) |January 21, 1991 |align="center"|12 |
"Natsuyasumi" ({{nihongo2|夏休み}}) |July 25, 1991 |align="center"|12 |
"Seigi no Tame ni" ({{nihongo2|正義のために}}) |July 1, 1992 |align="center"|26 |
"Mangetsu no Yoru" ({{nihongo2|満月の夜}}) |September 21, 1992 |align="center"|19 |
"Sekaiichi no Kuchizuke o" ({{nihongo2|世界一のくちづけを}}) |October 21, 1993 |align="center"|21 |
"Teenage Dream"
|June 6, 1994 |align="center"|35 |
"Tatakau Nihonjin" ({{nihongo2|闘う日本人}}) |June 6, 1994 |align="center"|33 |
"Akaitama no Densetsu (Remastered Version)" ({{nihongo2|赤い玉の伝説(リマスター・ヴァージョン)}}) |July 21, 1990 |align="center"|— |
"Yajū" ({{nihongo2|野獣}}) |May 22, 1996 |align="center"|56 |
"Akuma no Merry Christmas (Seishun-hen)" ({{nihongo2|悪魔のメリークリスマス(青春編)}}) |December 13, 1996 |align="center"|39 |
"Brand New Song"
|April 23, 1997 |align="center"|36 |
"Mahiru no Tsuki ~Moon at Mid Day~" ({{nihongo2|真昼の月〜MOON AT MID DAY〜}}) |June 21, 1997 |align="center"|57 |
"Sora no Shizuku" ({{nihongo2|空の雫}}) |April 22, 1998 |align="center"|45 |
"Masquerade"
|July 3, 1998 |align="center"|52 |
"Rōningyō no Yakata '99" ({{nihongo2|蠟人形の館 '99}}) |April 21, 1999 |align="center"|28 |
"20 Seiki Kyōshikyoku" ({{nihongo2|20世紀狂詩曲}}) |September 22, 1999 |align="center"|26 |
"Kōryōtaru Shin Sekai / Planet/The Hell" ({{nihongo2|荒涼たる新世界/PLANET / THE HELL}}) |April 13, 2016 |align="center"|12 |
"Noroi no Shananana / Goblin's Scale" ({{nihongo2|呪いのシャ・ナ・ナ・ナ/GOBLIN'S SCALE}}) |June 15, 2016 |align="center"|11 |