PsychoΔelica

Finally got my Death Education CD. I bought type A which comes with a PV for A Conception. The CD is nice ofc, though I wish the last song was included too.
I found the DVD to be a bit disappointing because there's nothing else, and the PV is kinda boring. But ah well, at least I can admire Cell, he's absolutely gorgeous there ♥  Maybe I should buy a full album next.
 

My NOA CDs came, so I can finally enjoy reading ace Engrish lyrics like this:
"This forest is my home and live now
This foot is running on the forest
But the foot doesn't move now
The dog of iron biting to the feet"

I have to say as good as their older albums are, the post-Shadowz releases don't disappoint. GALLOWS is a bit sterile as they have settled into a very expected metal sound being Nagoya Kei but if you can get over it's samey nature there are still some quite good songs.

I still like "The Avoided Sun" most. It's the most consistent for me. GALLOWS actually isn't bad either. Although there are much more fillers, it has a great nagoya kei vibe among the "stronger songs ( the first few+ the last few)

I believe GALLOWS and SHADOWS is their best work. INFERIORITY COMPLEX was a step up from I BELIEVE IN ME (which was bad...) but they both have select great songs on em. Also their oldie gems are pretty nice as well. 

lol you can stay at my place and we can all go do the photography thing in seattle. Since I'm from that area too... kinda...

Not every band accurately describes each genre, but I'm into angura, eroguro, (you can also combine them... I'm not sure kagrra can be angura, they're pretty popular and just wore traditional clothes but their sound was... too usual? for me. Angura bands is the most weird shit you've ever seen I'm sure! And they're awesome.) everything oldschool (kote?... i'm not sure lareine is suitable for it, at least, kote is pretty aggressive styled subgenre, more like mix of goth and punk with awesome japanese style sense, not only in their clothes, sound is also a bit different) and other things that nobody knows about.
Also +1 to picopico (but as well nowadays it's angura subgenre)

Honestly... I don't really favor one sub genre/style. The reason is because my interests in visual kei have spread so far on different sides of the spectrum. Some bands are obviously one sub genre/style and some you don't know or they are in limbo between two different genres. So I don't really care for these kinds of labels, though they do help when explaining a timeline of VK, but i think it's gotten way  way way too complex and the sub genres/styles are just creating more reasons for people to be anal and closed minded because a band doesn't fall with in their favored category. 

My fav sub genre/style is the "IF IT SOUNDS GOOD I LIKE IT" genre. 
 
Edit: And as for the visual aspect of it, not just sound, generally if a band has a solid theme, quality promotional pictures (or appears to have), and they look pretty nifty, I'll probably assume they're worth checking out, but a bands look/style doesn't really effect my choice to like them or continue listening to them.

I guess kurofuku and "soft"...I typically go for the bands that don't wear much makeup, and I prefer a lighter rock sound (as opposed to metal), like L'Arc, GLAY, etc.
 
Plus "other" for whatever Psycho le Cemu are called.

I was worried about doing this by myself due to what Keiyuu and hyura have talked about. So I'd like to just defend my choices seeing as I'll only regret not trying.
 
 
I mean early when I said late. This is because, not only did I personally see this by their attire they used to wear in the beginning of their career, but also various articles have used them as this particular subgenre mostly. As I've always said, a lot of bands will fit into more than just one subgenre, since bands usually change their style and sound over time. So I decided on using band examples most people will known about. Ones which might not be the most obvious choice to those with a lot more knowledge on this, but popular enough ones everyone would be able to have in their minds when reading the list, since pictures weren't included. I already knew others would most likey disagree, but I purposely made the descriptions short and to the point so that it was simple and quick to read. I was expecting everyone'd know which their favourites would fit into so even if I left out quite a bit of info and options, I hoped it'd be acceptable instead of a long ass list of every subgenre there is. That's why I kept the option 'other' in so everyone can have a say if they disagree.
 
 
Tanbi was one I had never seen before but I put it in their anyway because that was the definition of 'renaissance Europe influenced' which I thought is very popular. And because this ties in with the acts around Mana's and Versailles' work, I felt like it'd be wrong to not have it in. So I just grouped them, thinking that'd be easier for everyone. I've only realised now that maybe I was looking into the visual styles more, so I apologise for that. However, I did do research before doing this and I found loads of subgenres I've never even heard of, and ones where it had a different meaning each time since articles contradicted one another, making it difficult to 'hit the nail on the head.' Take Koteosa Kei as an example of this; one article said that the GazettE was this type of band. I decided to keep it simple with what I went with since I was confused with this one, so went for saying it's the darker version of Oshare Kei, which it can be described as. And as I said above with using bands which aren't exactly the most obvious choice for the subgenre, I picked bands I thought were well known here so it was easier to visualize and understand. I agree LUNA SEA fits into the Kurofuku Kei, and the Nagoya Kei have better band examples as you've said. I was even going to use LUNA SEA and deadman at one point. There's just a lot to cover and in a rather short time too. Just wanted to make it simple for a poll but I guess there's a lot to talk about with it so I'm actually happy about that. About Dir En Grey, I probably got mixed up thinking of their style, but I would say they looked old school at first. I just went with what I had thought if the articles agreed, which seems to disagree with each other so I tried my best with being clear. I tried.

My fav genre is the one that Metronome, Floppy, Adapter and GalapagosS belong to. I'm see them being classified as Angura but if I remember right there was some other subgenre. Love the heavy electronic stuff and uniform costumes ♥

Also I like kurofuku because of BT and Nagoya Kei because of Deadman, the Studs and Lynch. 

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Haha...Photoshop..
 
 lol : P Yes, come to Seattle.

Camouflage level 8/10. Can I direct your photoshoot next time?

This doesn't look like a selfie. I feel cheated.

It snowed here so I took a snow selfie. Not as goofy as last year's : P
 

D'SKO live-distributed single (title not yet finalized) will be released at their 3rd anniversary presents live "D'SROCK Festival★今夜もグイッと狂いまShowTime!!" at Birth SHINJUKU at 2015/01/23

Let's take this from the beginning. If you did a simple japanese language search you'd discover most of these terms are actually used in some fashion. Maybe not as distinctly as foreign fanbase likes to think, but that doesn't make them useless. Maybe just slightly more narrowed than originally intended.
 
In any subgenre in any country.... they are only "pure" in the beginning when they are very small. After they spread they are going to begin crossing over and taking influence from surrounding scenes that they meet along the way. The genres can't help but to cross-pollinate. I don't see how trying to distinguish visual kei genres is any more useless than trying to pigeon hole modern metal or punk or indie rock. They're all all over the place these days. Secondly, certain genres listed have to do with the region they came from, ex. Nagoya kei... a huge portion of the "nagoya kei" bands I listen to are "kurofuku kei" bands as well. Since the location has very little to do with the actual style. The thing is, nagoya kei became it's own thing when bands from that area became known for certain things like dark/heavy music, dark images, and intense live shows. And this doesn't mean any band from nagoya has to follow suit. coldrain for example isn't even a vk band but falls under nagoya kei.
 
Per your example, Diaura then falls under the crossover genre of "koteosa". I don't understand what's hard to understand about crossover bands? They aren't exclusive to visual kei either, I mean metalcore as a genre was born from heavy metal and hardcore punk crossover. But Diaura can't have oshare and kote visuals? hmmm...
 
Over-labeling of genres also isn't a problem exclusive to visual kei, either. I feel like you contradict yourself here. You admit that scenes exist where certain quirks define that scene, then you turn around and say it's all just rock or it's all just visual kei. That's the entire meaning behind a "subgenre" in the first place. Yes, it's all rock, but it can be further defined by certain things, and the argument comes from who defines it and why. People who come from different regions will always argue this. 
 
I fail to see how subgenres detract from the larger exploration of the heritage of visual kei as a whole? That's an entirely different discussion, tbh. Each one of your questions could warrent it's own thread but it's definitely off topic from what's being discussed here, which is simply which subgenres of vk people enjoy. Maybe some people are taking this poll far too seriously...

Well there are really lots of them around. I am part of a group on another site about learning how to draw manga, that posts both realism and manga tutorials and references. Such as this or this. Most of these pictures comes from deviantart. You can look around in there too. Or Youtube. I haven't worked with tutorials very much but I think some can be helpful, so check out Youtube. There are some howto tutorial channels. If I remember I'll link you to the one I've been checking out.

I think it's called piko piko kei. 

Nice Elazmus tribute
 
You're not that bad, keep it up Btw I can link you to some nice tutorials if you want.

Daaaaamn I love your works,you're really talented *o*
I have a preference for the first one ^-^

My threads are always awkward so....
 
So yeah, I like to paint and sketch and illustrate digitally for funsies.
 
Mostly people and characters that aren't mine >.>;;
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
And my most recent painting WIP. Still have a long way to go.
 

 

I was also thinking of Denshi Kei when reading -k∆-'s text. can't believe I forgot electro ones -.- Too many subgenres doh.
 
 
Both shironuri and piko piko kei are new to me. The latter sounds way too cute. : 3

Hijiri Byakuren From Touhou
 
 

 
Elias The Hedgehog (Fan Character)