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* SpiritualSuccessor: Because of his apparent influence on many industrial artists, he is sometimes considered as this to Music/ThrobbingGristle.
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* [[WidgetSeries Widget Artist]]: [[CrazyIsCool Hands down, the most eccentric musician in the J-music scene]]. He's even more weird than all of them combined. Also, he is one of the weirdest ElectronicMusic producers ever to gain recognition.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Fans of extreme music genres, especially {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible though it is most definitely an acquired taste]].
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* SuccessThroughInsanity: Back then in TheEighties, no one really thought he would be hailed as a revolutionary composer, [[{{Postmodernism}} due to his apparent rejection of musical norms]] through his musical output, which is mostly very harsh {{Industrial}} music, dark ambient and noise rock. he even made his own record label because no record company would want to sell his music. By the turn of TheNineties, however, he has made tours in the US, Korea and Europe, has collaborated with some well-known bands and musicians, including Music/SonicYouth, and has had his music respected and worshiped in many ElectronicMusic circles, despite the fact that his output can only be vaguely called "[[HarshNoise music]]"
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Again, Merzbow's musical style is definitely an acquired taste. It is, in fact, difficult to imagine a better musical example of this trope.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Again, Merzbow's musical style is definitely an acquired taste. It is, in fact, difficult to imagine a better musical example of this trope.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Fans of extreme music genres, especially [[MohsScaleofRockAndMetalHardness Level 11]] {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible though it is most definitely an acquired taste]].
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* [[WidgetSeries Widget Artist]]: [[CrazyAwesome Hands down, the most eccentric musician in the J-music scene]]. He's even more weird than all of them combined. Also, he is one of the weirdest ElectronicMusic producers ever to gain recognition.
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* [[WidgetSeries Widget Artist]]: [[CrazyAwesome [[CrazyIsCool Hands down, the most eccentric musician in the J-music scene]]. He's even more weird than all of them combined. Also, he is one of the weirdest ElectronicMusic producers ever to gain recognition.
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* [[WidgetSeries Widget Artist]]: [[CrazyAwesome Hands down, the most eccentric musician in the J-music scene]]. He's even more weird than all of them combined. Also, he is one of the weirdest ElectronicMusic producers ever to gain recognition.
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Crazy Awesome is now Success Through Insanity, Brown Note isn't a YMMV trope, and the example given under Ensemble Darkhorse is the opposite of what that trope means.
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* BrownNote: With all that SensoryAbuse present in his music, what more can you ask for?
* CrazyAwesome: Back then in TheEighties, no one really thought he would be hailed as a revolutionary composer, [[{{Postmodernism}} due to his apparent rejection of musical norms]] through his musical output, which is mostly very harsh {{Industrial}} music, dark ambient and noise rock. he even made his own record label because no record company would want to sell his music. By the turn of TheNineties, however, he has made tours in the US, Korea and Europe, has collaborated with some well-known bands and musicians, including Music/SonicYouth, and has had his music respected and worshiped in many ElectronicMusic circles, despite the fact that his output can only be vaguely called "[[HarshNoise music]]"
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Name a HarshNoise musician besides Merzbow. Also, you're not allowed to click on that link or google it.
* CrazyAwesome: Back then in TheEighties, no one really thought he would be hailed as a revolutionary composer, [[{{Postmodernism}} due to his apparent rejection of musical norms]] through his musical output, which is mostly very harsh {{Industrial}} music, dark ambient and noise rock. he even made his own record label because no record company would want to sell his music. By the turn of TheNineties, however, he has made tours in the US, Korea and Europe, has collaborated with some well-known bands and musicians, including Music/SonicYouth, and has had his music respected and worshiped in many ElectronicMusic circles, despite the fact that his output can only be vaguely called "[[HarshNoise music]]"
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* SuccessThroughInsanity: Back then in TheEighties, no one really thought he would be hailed as a revolutionary composer, [[{{Postmodernism}} due to his apparent rejection of musical norms]] through his musical output, which is mostly very harsh {{Industrial}} music, dark ambient and noise rock. he even made his own record label because no record company would want to sell his music. By the turn of TheNineties, however, he has made tours in the US, Korea and Europe, has collaborated with some well-known bands and musicians, including Music/SonicYouth, and has had his music respected and worshiped in many ElectronicMusic circles, despite the fact that his output can only be vaguely called "[[HarshNoise music]]"
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx37c2PNM3I Someone once started brushing his teeth when at one of his concerts.]]
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Fans of extreme music genres, especially [[MohsScaleofRockAndMetalHardness Level 11]] {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible though it is most definitely an acquired taste]].
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Fans of extreme music genres, especially [[MohsScaleofRockAndMetalHardness Level 11]] {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible though it is most definitely an acquired taste]].
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* '''''[[HellIsThatNoise HELL IS THAT NOISE]]''''': So you might be wondering why the trope name is in bold italics and in all caps. Well, it's because '''HE IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF THIS TROPE'''. Still skeptical? [[SchmuckBait Try giving his songs a good listen]].
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** One release of his ''by itself'' has ''fifty discs''.
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* SignatureSong: "I Lead You Towards Glorious Times", the song frequently cited as the ''loudest and hardest musical piece of all time''.
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* BrownNote: With all that SensoryAbuse present in his music, what more can you ask for?
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Fans of extreme music genres, especially [[MohsScaleofRockAndMetalHardness Level 11]] {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible though it is most definitely an acquired taste.taste]].
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* NightmareFuel: All his musical output. In fact, his music is considered the DeathMetal to ElectronicMusic as a whole. [[LampshadeHanging One of his side projects actually claims to be this]].
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* ArchivePanic: Unless YOU yourself are Merzbow, do NOT attempt to collect every single release he has put out since 1979, as his catalog is rather...extensive. [[FromBadToWorse Probably not helped by the fact that he is known to work under multiple aliases]].
* CrazyAwesome: Back then in TheEighties, no one really thought he would be hailed as a revolutionary composer, [[{{Postmodernism}} due to his apparent rejection of musical norms]] through his musical output, which is mostly very harsh {{Industrial}} music, dark ambient and noise rock. he even made his own record label because no record company would want to sell his music. By the turn of TheNineties, however, he has made tours in the US, Korea and Europe, has collaborated with some well-known bands and musicians, including Music/SonicYouth, and has had his music respected and worshiped in many ElectronicMusic circles, despite the fact that his output can only be vaguely called "[[HarshNoise music]]"
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Fans of extreme music genres, especially [[MohsScaleofRockAndMetalHardness Level 11]] {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, though it is most definitely an acquired taste.
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* EpicRiff: The opening to "1930, Part 1", which somehow sounds similar to the pre-chorus buildup of "Regurgitate" by Music/{{Noisia}}, only with more distortion.
* '''''[[HellIsThatNoise HELL IS THAT NOISE]]''''': So you might be wondering why the trope name is in bold italics and in all caps. Well, it's because '''HE IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF THIS TROPE'''. Still skeptical? [[SchmuckBait Try giving his songs a good listen]].
* NightmareFuel: All his musical output.
* CrazyAwesome: Back then in TheEighties, no one really thought he would be hailed as a revolutionary composer, [[{{Postmodernism}} due to his apparent rejection of musical norms]] through his musical output, which is mostly very harsh {{Industrial}} music, dark ambient and noise rock. he even made his own record label because no record company would want to sell his music. By the turn of TheNineties, however, he has made tours in the US, Korea and Europe, has collaborated with some well-known bands and musicians, including Music/SonicYouth, and has had his music respected and worshiped in many ElectronicMusic circles, despite the fact that his output can only be vaguely called "[[HarshNoise music]]"
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Fans of extreme music genres, especially [[MohsScaleofRockAndMetalHardness Level 11]] {{Industrial}}, {{Grindcore}}, IDM, and power electronics may find his music interesting, though it is most definitely an acquired taste.
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* EpicRiff: The opening to "1930, Part 1", which somehow sounds similar to the pre-chorus buildup of "Regurgitate" by Music/{{Noisia}}, only with more distortion.
* '''''[[HellIsThatNoise HELL IS THAT NOISE]]''''': So you might be wondering why the trope name is in bold italics and in all caps. Well, it's because '''HE IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF THIS TROPE'''. Still skeptical? [[SchmuckBait Try giving his songs a good listen]].
* NightmareFuel: All his musical output.
