The Japanese master of d-beat raw punk left this world in June 2007, but countless bands still find inspiration in the fuzzed-out noise he left behind.

On June 5th, 2007, Hideki Kawakami, the heart and soul behind the skull-cracking raw punk of Disclose, left this world but his spirit never did. Eighteen years later, his legacy still roars through feedback-drenched amps and blown-out demos from punks around the globe who carry the torch he lit…