Extasy Records is a Japanese record label (currently independent) founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the Japanese heavy metal band X Japan (then still named X). The label's first release was X's 1986 single "Orgasm".
Over the next few years, the label signed several then-little-known bands, among them million-selling Glay and Luna Sea, and produced their early records. Extasy Records also hosted a series of events to promote the groups, called the "Extasy Summit" festivals, which would also feature formerly signed bands that had already moved on to a major label.
In September 2007, Yoshiki announced that the soundtrack for the American movie Catacombs would be released on Extasy Records International. The soundtrack includes songs by Violet UK and Zilch.
Read more about Extasy Records: Extasy Recording Studios
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