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I know that BP Records bands like Kiryu often do tours of Asia, preforming in Beijing and such. But yeah, within mainland China, there is an extreme lack in Rock Music in general, and alternative cultures are generally viewed as "lowly" (i.e my Shamate example I said earlier)

Knowing La'Mule, I wouldn't be surprised about Christian Death influence. Though they weren't deathrock, they were very Gothic Rock influenced

Hm. Could go either way. Could even be inspired by Kyo, since Dir en Grey first got popular during that era. If he ever preformed with a noose around his neck though, with used gauze, then we definitely got a Kon clone

Kon was mostly inspired by Kiyoharu and Hide, so. But Kon's eye makeup, that's something quite original. I've seen similar tear makeup on Kiyoharu, but it's usually just one tear. Kon is the earliest one I've seen use 3. Then Kyo decided to use it xD. Did Ruki ever use the three tear eye makeup thing?

Well, there is a subculture in China that is inspired by Vkei called Shamate, but they're hated by the general public, since, well, it's like any alternative counter-culture. They're mostly made up of Rural Young Adults who go out into the city to work and make a living for themselves. They're generally closely knit and consider themselves to be family. Mostly because the entire public hates them xD. As far as I know, there doesn't seem to be a Shamate music scene, they just stick to American Rock and Japanese VisualKei. Even though there are literal millions of Shamate out there, they're not really a big, vocal movement. They just want to live how they want to, despite how much the public hates it. Vkei itself is interesting though because it's an indie-based scene (For the most part) that has a huge following. It's a rare occurrence, since most indie music scenes have small, online followings. Rock music in general that isn't Pop Rock is quite rare in Asia outside of Japan, especially in China and Korea, with their Confucian based conformity culture. Japan also has this especially, but not to the extent of China and Korea. China also has a strict government that enforces conformity (i.e the government trying to force Mandarin in Guangdong and other non-Mandarin speaking areas). As with the Shamate movement, it's really hard for any counterculture movement to get their expression out. Also, knowing how much China controls their internet and media, it's likely that the government could even easily suppress a rock music movement if they wanted. China itself isn't known much for having any sort of underground music movements that gain ground. Basically, it'd be much easier to try in either Taiwan, or Hong Kong, especially since Hong Kong is famous for having one of the biggest thriving underground music scenes. Though, one crazy idea is for a band with a good enough following and a record label they own to support some Chinese VisualKei bands and sponsor some tours, but the last occurrence of that kind of band with that kind of label with that kind of following is Kisaki and his label Undercode... and well... we all know what happened to that... BP records could try, since their bands already perform in China, and there could be potential money to be made, but I doubt they've thought of it. I'd really like to see Vkei become a "thing" somewhere else though, so it'll last longer. But, when looking into the reality of things, Vkei seems like something that could only exist in Japan (And Sweden but what doesn't exist there?)

Just an update: The Kuroyuri Argentinian Street Team says Kuroyuri will be at some sort of Kamijo Event. Does anyone know if that's true? If so, could that be their big break? I mean, Kamijo is a huge musician, and so if Kuroyuri does preform at such an event, it could really get their music out there

The only reason I didn't post sources before was because I was just letting out all the crazy stuff I've heard throughout the years. Now I've pretty much got all that expressed, I'm mostly doing sources now

Either that or Yu-Dai from Sex Android sorrynotsorry

Don't worry, I think they're too close to break up. Mei, Kuro and K have been preforming together for years, and seem to be close friends, and Kuro and K are twin brothers in real life. They're not going anywhere any time soon~

Don't know whether this is a newb, troll, or is just delusional. (What's worse is that it comes from an argument on Vkei being Emo. Yeah to end it all, last time I checked, Emo was Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, AFI and Jawbreaker) And yes, definitely the ancient Japanese, the Jomon and Yayoi peoples, were playing heavy metal while wearing a lot of makeup. Forget all those archaeologists who said they only had 6 string Kotos and Clay flutes. This guy is obviously an expert on Vkei

That's been something they've been doing on Twitter for quite a while. Since they announced Toshabutsu, I think

I have a Kuroyuri to Kage tour poster from 2015 signed by all the members, even Koyomi and Mutsuki. Sadly, I didn't get it signed in person. It was something I bought off of ebay

I notice at the end of the PV spot, it shows a shot of this calligraphy scroll with some interesting characters on it. For some reason, they're using Oracle Bone Script, which is the oldest form of Chinese Characters known. It's called that because, well, they're mostly found on Oracle Bones (The progression of Chinese/Japanese script is usually named after what they're most commonly found on, i.e Silk and Bamboo Script, Bronze Script, Seal Script, etc.). I wonder why they chose that. Maybe there is some symbolism in it? Or they're like me and they think it looks cool because of how archaic it is? xD Yeah probably the second one.

Now I'm imagining Chanty either going toward Gangster Rap Rock, or Jail Blues xD

Welcome to the forum! I notice you and I have quite similar Vkei tastes xD. Anyway, I hope you have fun here!

To be fair, they've been around for quite a while and have only one actual album. I'm sure they have lots of unreleased songs. I mean, a lot of their discography is live distributed. I'm hoping possibly some rerecordings of JyuLie songs. Their new PV definitely gives off Jyulie vibes with the traditional theme and all. Then again, the only time they didn't give off Jyulie vibes is with Psychopass

The GazettE. Unlike most, the GazettE was not my starter band. I got into Vkei through CrowXClass, Vampire Rose, ACE, and Oz. But, I was often told how legendary the GazettE were, but whenever I was pointed to their music, it was stuff like "The invisible wall" or "Chizuru", which didn't tickle my fancy any. I was thinking to myself "What's so great about these guys? It's not that unique. They must be popular because they're major label." (I was such a hipster at the time..) Fast forward to a year later, and while searching for Kiryu's "Onigokko", I accidentally clicked the music video for "Sentimental Na Onigokko" by the GazettE, and I liked it, a lot. I literally have not heard anything like that before. So I was surprised to find out it was the GazettE. I soon checked out their other early stuff, and found they used to be quite creative. I now know why they're legendary. It's just, no one pointed to what made them legendary. Songs like "Shiikureta Haru Kawarenu Haru", and "Anata no Tame no Kono Inochi", being both unique and widely influential on visualkei. While I don't care anything for the newer stuff, because it just doesn't catch my ears, the older stuff is pretty good.

Don't also forget that Black Metal is notorius for having potato quality recordings xD And some of the Norwegian bands take the imagery WAY too far. I really would like black metal, with its thrash influenced riffing in arabesque, "demonic" scales, if only the bands didn't try to be so edgy, and they learned how to scream. The raspy screams, they don't make you sound demonic, they make you sound like a Scene Kid who just discovered Asking Alexandria xD