''Osc-Dis'' or ''Oscillator in Distortion'' is the eighth album by

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. It was released in Japan in 1999 and released outside Japan in 2001. ''Osc-Dis'' was the band's breakthrough album and finally got them recognized overseas, with the single "Pulse". The album mixes

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and punk rock with various kinds of

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. It was more melodic than their previous album and included elements of

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. There are vocal contributions from Hirosuke from Balzac, Yamada from Geronimo, and Katsya from NND. This album also saw the birth of the band's mascots The White Crusher and The Cyborn. The song "Pulse" appears on the in-game soundtrack to ''

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and in

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Track listing

Other versions include a digipak with a bonus DVD including videos for "Tribe", "Pulse", "All the Time in Sunny Beach", "Good Girl", "MIDI Surf", and "Systematic"

References

{{Authority control The Mad Capsule Markets albums 1999 albums 2001 albums