They made their debut in 1987 with a lineup of Yosuke Abe on guitar, Yoshihiro Yasui on bass, Shinya Tange on drums and Naoki Hashimoto on vocals.
[2] Formed in 1982 by guitarist Yosuke Abe, bassist Yoshihiro Yasui, drummer Shinya Tange and vocalist Kazutoyo Ito when they were teenagers,[3] Outrage was influenced by new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) bands in their early years.
[7][10] On March 23, 2010, the band was given the "Aichi Prefecture Cultural Art Prize" for their continued musical activities in their hometown of Nagoya.
The song features several Deep fighters on backing vocals, including then-current champions Yusuke Kawaguchi, Riki Fukuda, Yuya Shirai and Katsunori Kikuno.
[13] Outrage performed at the Yoko Fest The Final concert on September 12, 2014 in tribute to the recently deceased bassist of fellow thrash metal band United.
[20] Outrage held their own festival for their anniversary called Gokuaku-sai (極悪祭) on July 23 that included Cocobat, Casbah, Doom, Angel Witch, Singo Otani (United), Hideki Ishima and themselves.
[24] The film, Hagane Iro no Sora no Kanata he (鋼音色の空の彼方へ), is based on the story of Outrage and drafted by music critic Masanori Ito.
[25] The album, Square, Triangle, Circle & Future, compiles songs from their career, including a demo with original vocalist Kazutoyo Ito and two new tracks written for the film.