引き篭り (a.k.a. Hikikomori) is a metal band from Santa Fe, Argentina.

The band was born the 06 of June of 2006 (06/06/06) and their music have strong influences of genres like death metal, grindcore, early metalcore, mathcore, post-hardcore, and others.

The release of their first EP is coming up, this album will be called De(s)cerebrate and will contain 4 tracks. They are still working in the last song of this album, they hope to have it ready in a few months.

By the moment, and while they continue working in De(s)cerebrate, they has recorded a song for the underground compilation album Invasion Mosquito 3, which will be in the streets soon. The song's title is One Yottabyte of Hate and can be downloadable for free from here

引き篭り is the Japanese way to write Hikikomori and means "pulling away, being confined" "acute social withdrawal". This is a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive adolescents and young adults who have chosen to withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement due to various personal and social factors in their lives. The term "hikikomori" refers to both the sociological phenomenon in general as well as to individuals belonging to this societal group.

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