---
title: "PENICILLIN"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/penicillin"
genre: "More Metal"
country: "Japan"
formed: 1992
---

# PENICILLIN

**PENICILLIN** is a more metal band, from Japan, active 1992 to present.

Penicillin is a Japanese visual kei alternative rock band, formed in Tokyo in 1992.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | PENICILLIN |
| Genre | More Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Japan |
| Formed | 1992 |
| Releases in catalog | 23 |

## Genres

[More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GISHO](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gisho) |  |  | Current |
| [HAKUEI](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hakuei) | Lead vocals | 1992 to present | Current |
| [O-JIRO](https://themetalnet.com/musician/o-jiro) |  |  | Current |
| [千聖](https://themetalnet.com/musician/band-a30e0044) |  |  | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1994 | [Penicillin Shock](https://themetalnet.com/album/338839e7-d095-40de-aa88-9cc619f11185) | EP |
| 1995 | [God of grind －Real Penicillin Shock－](https://themetalnet.com/album/63b77f54-bd46-3004-aaa2-6430187a6d88) | Album |
| 1995 | [INTO THE VALLEY OF DOLLS](https://themetalnet.com/album/71829d6b-05f6-30c1-9095-13d9436e9fca) | EP |
| 1995 | [Missing Link](https://themetalnet.com/album/68e8d933-ff51-32b8-9d47-4f62d71ae694) | Album |
| 1996 | [FLY](https://themetalnet.com/album/ab738308-3df6-376b-af4e-778ad8c962e8) | Album |
| 1996 | [Indwell](https://themetalnet.com/album/2aa5b975-c2f3-3050-9357-a93e89ae60b5) | Album |
| 1996 | [VIBE](https://themetalnet.com/album/fcf4efe5-7ad9-3135-afd9-a9fbd71525a4) | Album |
| 1997 | [Limelight](https://themetalnet.com/album/6bf8e867-545c-3a75-8047-653919e80d79) | Album |
| 1998 | [BANDやろうぜCD〜MELODY/マザー・グース](https://themetalnet.com/album/0e723c73-7bc7-491c-9686-b1172dfb3b16) | Album |
| 1998 | [Ultimate Velocity](https://themetalnet.com/album/1843e2ec-9834-3324-8109-a14752d7bbd2) | Album |
| 2000 | [UNION JAP](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a22ebfb-65ea-3bf5-a7e4-596feeb21a8a) | Album |
| 2000 | [理想の舌](https://themetalnet.com/album/304ff589-9d30-4a72-86ca-c618b9807d4e) | Album |
| 2001 | [NUCLEAR BANANA](https://themetalnet.com/album/57250f44-7fd4-4cd3-8f1f-a4bc78a7c3a1) | Album |
| 2002 | [No. 53](https://themetalnet.com/album/b0c860ef-c847-312a-981a-1372befec489) | Album |
| 2003 | [赫赫](https://themetalnet.com/album/27889161-30cc-3d2b-835e-ba2ae54474ff) | Album |
| 2004 | [FLOWER CIRCUS](https://themetalnet.com/album/dc271b80-5fce-3908-9b25-596891798387) | Album |
| 2005 | [hell bound heart](https://themetalnet.com/album/1f94ea93-b98d-41b5-8f3d-31670463aa0c) | Album |
| 2007 | [BLUE HEAVEN](https://themetalnet.com/album/6f7648ea-9b6a-3e80-871a-219b1f127c9a) | Album |
| 2008 | [SUPERNOVA](https://themetalnet.com/album/9c9f8994-bc27-430f-bdca-24b393a10f1b) | Album |
| 2009 | [Cell](https://themetalnet.com/album/ca131ce5-7876-44af-98b9-4175314eaeb2) | Album |
| 2011 | [WILL](https://themetalnet.com/album/1a05ebd9-b228-4951-913a-3b457bd199a9) | Album |
| 2015 | [Memories 〜Japanese Masterpieces〜](https://themetalnet.com/album/01f89be1-259b-4067-902c-60c0925b5da2) | Album |
| 2017 | [Lover’s Melancholy](https://themetalnet.com/album/8dbbffe0-13c5-4561-b5eb-dd23b4aa2de6) | Album |

## Related bands

- [lynch.](https://themetalnet.com/band/lynch) (listened together)
- [Versailles](https://themetalnet.com/band/versailles) (listened together)
- [Limp Bizkit](https://themetalnet.com/band/limp-bizkit) (listened together)
- [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween) (listened together)
- [The Protest](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-protest) (same tags)
- [Trichu](https://themetalnet.com/band/trichu) (same tags)
- [Toy Called God](https://themetalnet.com/band/toy-called-god) (same tags)
- [Annihilist](https://themetalnet.com/band/annihilist) (same tags)
- [Awaken Solace](https://themetalnet.com/band/awaken-solace) (same tags)
- [Charles Greywolf](https://themetalnet.com/band/charles-greywolf) (same tags)
- [Severed Fifth](https://themetalnet.com/band/severed-fifth) (same tags)
- [Obsessive Compulsive](https://themetalnet.com/band/obsessive-compulsive) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- x: https://twitter.com/PENICILLIN_info
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PENICILLIN.official

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/penicillin](https://themetalnet.com/band/penicillin). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt