82年に阿部洋介（g）、安井義博（b）、丹下眞也（ds）、伊藤千豊（vo）の4人により名古屋で結成されNWOBHMのバンドのカヴァーを中心に地元のライヴ・ハウス等で活動を始める。86年に伊藤が脱退、橋本直樹が加入し、ラインナップが固まる。87年自主レーベルよりミニ・アルバム『OUTRAGE』でデビュー。『驚異の18歳バンド現る。』と称され88年アルバム『BLACK CLOUDS』でメジャー・デビュー。89年2nd『BLIND TO REALITY』、90年3rd『THE GREAT BLUE』をリリース。この頃からファンの中では“OUTRAGE別格論”が登場。91年4th『THE FINAL DAY』をリリース。OUTRAGEの代表的なアルバムとなったこの作品は海外でも話題となった。92年にはPANTERAの初来日公演のサポートも務める。93年レコード会社を移籍し5th『SPIT』を、95年には6th『LIFE UNTIL DEAF』をリリース。様々なへヴィ・ミュージックを内包したそのサウンドで多くのリスペクトを受けた。97年7th『WHO WE ARE』をリリースするも、'99年ヴォーカル橋本が脱退。バンドは自身のレーベル30min. Recordsを立ち上げ、後任ヴォーカルを迎えずに残った阿部、安井、丹下の3ピースによる活動を選択。トリオによるミニ・アルバム『VOLUME ONE』、『PLAY LOUD EP』を、02年8thアルバムとなる『24-7』、バンド結成20周年記念アルバムとなる『NAGOYA NOISE POLLUTION ORCHESTRA』を03年にリリース。04年にはビクターへ移籍して『CAUSE FOR PAUSE』をリリースし、バンドは日本全国を回るロードに出た。そして07年、デビュー20周年を記念して橋本直樹を迎えたラインナップで期間限定での活動をスタートさせる。9月2日はクラブチッタ公演、10月にはラウドパークに出演し大絶賛を得た。そして08年橋本直樹、完全復帰。2月には前年のツアーを収録したCD+DVD数量限定「THE YEARS OF RAGE」をリリース。翌3月には「AWAKENING」と題されたSHIBUYA BOXX3日間公演を行い、『THE FINAL DAY』完全再現、『LIFE UNTIL DEAF』完全再現、バンド史上最長ライヴ＆リクエスト・ライヴというユニークな公演が行われバンドは今一度自分達の足元を見つめなおすこととなった。その両アルバム完全再現は2008年6月に『AWAKENING 2008』と題された数量限定2CDとしてリリースされた。翌09年にはフレドリック・ノルドストロームをプロデュースに迎えレコーディング、10月にはラウドパークへ出演し、11月に橋本直樹復帰アルバム「OUTRAGE」をリリースした。10年には全国ツアーを成功に収めた。同年3月にはその長年の活動が地元名古屋で認められ愛知県芸術文化選奨の文化賞を受賞した。その橋本直樹復帰からツアーまでを追いかけたドキュメンタリーが山田貴教監督により映画化、「シャイン・オン -トラベローグ・オブ・アウトレイジ-」と題され東京名古屋でレイトショー公開された。3月9日には同作品がDVD化される。

In 1982, Yosuke Abe (guitar), Yoshihiro Yasui (bass), Shinya Tange (drums) and Kazutoyo Ito (vocals) got together in Nagoya to form the band OUTRAGE. Playing in the club circuit of Nagoya they mainly did covers of NWOBH. In 1986, with the departure of Ito, Naoki Hashimoto joined thus solidifying the first line up. In 1987, their self titled debut mini-album was released from their self owned label. OUTRAGE's highly skilled thrash metal playing was already globally competitive and attracted tremendous interest, being said as "an amazing band of 18 year olds has appeared". In 1988 they made a major debut with their first full length album "BLACK CLOUDS". In 1989, their sophomore release "BLIND TO REALITY" was soon followed by their 3rd release "THE GREAT BLUE" in 1990. By this time OUTRAGE's out of the ordinary talents differentiated them from other bands in Japan. They then did their first foreign recording session with producer Stefan Kaufmann at the helm. This 4th album "THE FINAL DAY" was released in 1991 and became OUTRAGE's signature work, greatly recognized abroad as well as in their country. In 1992 they opened for PANTERA's 1st Japan tour and have toured with the likes of C.O.C. and G.B.H. In 1993, their 5th album "SPIT" was released soon after. In 1995, their 6th album "LIFE UNTIL DEAF" that had included various heavy rock elements gained them much respect. Their 7th album "WHO WE ARE" followed in 1997 but in 1999, frontman Naoki parted ways with the band. The band then established their label "30min. Records" and in the year 2000, Yosuke, Yoshihiro and Shinya decided to continue as a three-piece rather than look for another singer. After releasing their mini-albums as a three-piece, "VOLUME ONE" and "PLAY LOUD EP" in 2002, they released their 8th full length album "24-7". The following year, to commemorate 20 years of being a band, "NAGOYA NOISE POLLUTION" was released and in 2004, they released the next album, "CAUSE FOR PAUSE". The once-departed singer Naoki returned to the band temporally in 2007 to celebrate its 20th year and with this lineup they have sold out the Club Citta show and participated in the LOUD PARK 07 festival being showered with accolades there as well. 2008, it has been officially confirmed by the band that Naoki will permanently be in the band again and a limited DVD+CD package to cover their 2007 tours, "THE YEARS OF RAGE" has been released. In March, OUTRAGE embarked their "AWAKENING 2008" shows which looks back on OUTRAGE's highly acclaimed history by revisiting their classic "THE FINAL DAY" and "LIFE UNTIL DEAF" albums. Music from these shows will be available on their limited edition live CD "AWAKENING 2008" to be released in June. With the producer, Fredrik Nordstrom, they recorded songs for the new album at his studio Studio Fredman in September 2009 and released the album "OUTRAGE" in November right after their appearance at LOUD PARK 09 Festival. The album is the first album in the 12 years with the singer Naoki. The tour started at the beginning of 2011 and during the tour, they was awarded "Aichi Prefecture Cultural Art Prize" in March for thier continual musical activities based in thier hometown Nagoya. Takayuki Yamada, a film director, made thier documentary movie which cover thier current activities. It is called "SHINE ON TRAVELOGUE OF OUTRAGE" and were shown in Tokyo & Nagoya. The movie is released as DVD in March.