Tanishi

Man that was more funny then I expected. It's good to have a band like this in the scene even if they don't always hit the mark.

Man that was more funny then I expected. It's good to have a band like this in the scene even if they don't always hit the mark.

4:20 did they really referenced... 🤣

This is Satsuki all over again. I guess it's true that humans never learn and will repeat the same mistakes until the end of human time.

Ah I thought they sounded really different lol.
 
It seems while vk is strongly discouraged in china because of the government, korea just has an extreme case of bad taste. But it's not just vk, it seems the korean underground is so small it's virtually non existent. Makes me wish TRAX took off back in 2004 or whatever (Paradox and Scorpio were great imo).

Ooooh something of my forte! XD. First off, some stuff that's been floating around for a while but hasn't been posted here:
 
 
Arisu & Aya from Missalina Rei:

 
 
Hiroki (Ize)

 
 
Mizuki & Yukku (e.mu)

 
 
Now, for more secretive ones XD.
 
 
Shizuru (PLEIADES, GRAND ZERO, 御剣-Mitsurugi-)

 
 
Shinya (REDIEAN;MODE)

 
 
Hero (CROW-SIS)

 
 
Tamaki (Six O'clock/ORANGE JAM)

 
 
Keita (Vivid)

 
 
Kenji (STYLE)

 
 
Akito (ALL I NEED/HUSH/acalli)

 
 
Mitsuru (Shizuku...)

Ah I thought they sounded really different lol.
 
It seems while vk is strongly discouraged in china because of the government, korea just has an extreme case of bad taste. But it's not just vk, it seems the korean underground is so small it's virtually non existent. Makes me wish TRAX took off back in 2004 or whatever (Paradox and Scorpio were great imo).

Ah I thought they sounded really different lol.
 
It seems while vk is strongly discouraged in china because of the government, korea just has an extreme case of bad taste. But it's not just vk, it seems the korean underground is so small it's virtually non existent. Makes me wish TRAX took off back in 2004 or whatever (Paradox and Scorpio were great imo).

So this guy is pretty much the vocalist for half the Korean visual kei scene. Makes you realise how small it is

Never heard of these guys but the black metal/visual kei/korean combination looks really interesting. That first song you posted is really good too.

11th if you consider the originals recorded by Laputa

Kuchiki no Tou gets me every time. 
 
 

https://vk.gy/releases/omnibus/583/demo-tape-collections/
https://vk.gy/releases/omnibus/1411/matina-presents-2007-kinenban/
https://vk.gy/releases/omnibus/3171/matina-20th-anniversary-memorial-cd-rare-track-collectionz/
 
All three of these are great. The 2007 one has a really solid selection, and the 'demo tape' one has a huge amount of rare stuff in great quality.  The 20th anniversary one has a good mix of good tracks and rare tracks--and it's the only one you can reliably buy anymore.
 
I also highly recommend this DVD if you're looking for live footage: https://vk.gy/releases/omnibus/6764/lorelei-bootleg-dvd-series-vol-2-matina-presents-1999-1999-5-23-shibuya-on-air-east-2nd-press/ There's another with great Madeth gray'll footage as well: https://vk.gy/releases/omnibus/6765/lorelei-bootleg-dvd-series-vol-3-osaka-rock-summit-1999-12-29-osaka-big-cat/

Kuchiki no Tou gets me every time. 
 
 

Kuchiki no Tou gets me every time. 
 
 

Kuchiki no Tou gets me every time. 
 
 

Looking forward to future material.

Thanks for the recs, that first band sounds really great.

Korean vk is almost non existent at this point, but next to Madmans Esprit two active bands are ms. isohp romatem and VOID
 
ms. isohp romatem - 트라우마
 
VOID - Neo Decadence Album Trailer (sorry, I looked but even though they play shows they don't seem to have full songs online...yet?)
 

You can try Scarlet Horizon, a visual deathcore band from Beijing
 
 

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Never heard of these guys but the black metal/visual kei/korean combination looks really interesting. That first song you posted is really good too.

Never heard of these guys but the black metal/visual kei/korean combination looks really interesting. That first song you posted is really good too.

I wouldn't/don't want it to take off in the West because catering to Western audiences would make it similar to Western music removing the unique aspects that attract me to Japanese music in the first place. When I want to listen to Western music I listen to Western music. Similar to how I dislike how anime it becoming more popular, if it became Westernized it would lose the unique 'anime' traits that make me watch it. And I know both anime and Japanese music have many Western influences already but they have both morphed and become somewhat unique in their own right.

Still listening to their Oboreru Sakana cover fairly regularly, the guitar work is just so incredible especially towards the end of the song, it just feels so satisfying. Aie's a great guitarist but I think he's at his best when he has someone inspiring/pushing him, and Kazuma is doing a great job at this which is probably why this project is just that level above Keel even though Ryo's a better vocalist.