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I think I found a pic of you. 
 
 

I also mostly listen to older stuff lol. So a lot of the bands here will be inactive (and one has a member who is no longer with us) but are nontheless a must-listen. 
 
For bands similar to Dir en Grey, The GazettE (assuming you like GazettE's old stuff), Mucc, and Girugamesh, I'd recommend - 
Kagerou - They were really close to Dir en Grey and Mucc and showed a lot of mutual influence on eachother. Also a primary influence on the GazettE's early stuff.
Cuartet - Your typical early 2000's vkei band. The vocalist was in a band with Ruki, Uruha and Reita.
DEZERT - lots of influence from Mucc and Girugamesh
Caligari - Is responsible for Mucc, having signed them to their record label in their early years. They don't sound a lot like Mucc, but they're a must listen.
Kuroyuri to Kage - Lots of influence from Mucc and Dir en Grey. Also some Kagerou influence here and there. Their ex guitarist had a band with DEZERT's vocalist.
MERRY - Has some songs with Mucc and Kagerou influence. Has a lot of jazzy songs too, not unlike the GazettE 
12012 - Has some grade A Nu Metal like Mucc, Girugamesh, MTH and Diru did, except theirs had their own flare.
DiSPiNA - Lots of Mucc influence
La'Mule - Similar to early Dir en Grey
Kuroyume - Is responsible for early Dir en Grey
Grieva - pretty much copied early Dir en Grey but were still really good
Gill'e Cadith - random obscure band that pretty much a lot of indie bands in the early 2000's, most notably the gazette, tried to be like. 
Phantasmagoria - Really iconic band from Undercode productions. Bassist is basically that asshole that used to be in La:Sadie's and now is always getting his 40 something year old ass into trouble. 
 
For Versailles - 
D - Really good symphonic metal
ACE - had an actual violinist
Aiolin - Has an actual violinist, and is still active
 
And some random bands that I personally like that you should try - 
Guruguru Eigakan
Lamiel
ZIZ (Kozi from Malice Mizer's current band)
Gibkiy Gibkiy Gibkiy
Deathgaze
Zi:Kill
Kiryu
CrowXClass

Looks as if BLOOM is really taking hits. 
First, XII-Destructive Agent of Jap just goes silent as far as I know, 
DiSPiNA decide to make a non-Bloom related side project that honestly got better promotion
and now Vrzel, the most popular band on the label, is disbanding. 

Not really art but I didn't want to bump the artist thread for false hope.
Finally put a string together to hang up (almost) all the Mei cheki...not sure what I'll do when I get more, maybe under my key collection lol.

He Czeched out.

What an odd name for a band. 
That inspires me, I'm gonna name my band "Surobakia" (Slovakia) or Congo no Democratikku Republic 

Seoul-based post-rock group ms. isohp romatem has reformed as  a visual kei band and released their new song and full MV  "트라우마" (TRAUMA) on 2018.04.08.  They also announced the release of a new single (no details yet).
 
 

I just asked 翼 if the single will be available later or on an online shop and he said the online store's in the works. So safe to say it's confirmed not limited to live.

I say 2017 has been good and bad for Vkei. 
Kuroyuri, Kiryu  and GossiP have awesome singles, Nightengeil is back, and the 20th anniversary of Dir en Grey came up. 
However, the Yoshiki surgery, disbanding of many bands, the two recent accidents, etc. Yeah those are the bad. 
 

The paper bag heads remind of of that guy they used to fill in DiSPiNA's ex. Drummer's spot in photos.
What if this is another DiSPiNA band? lol (JK)

I know the feel all too well. I almost cried watching the band's last live DVD last night. 

I've been awake since 5 and my eyes scanned the title..got real big and then closed in defeat when I remembered what today was... ＿ﾉ乙(､ﾝ､)_ ...
 

Memento Mori will be reviving on August 17th at Birth Shinjuku. Guitarist Tsubaki will be coming out of retirement to preform with the band. The event will be called  "メメント・モリ死月のふる" (Memento Mori Shigatsu no Furu) and tickets will cost 42069 yen. 
 

Memento Mori will be reviving on August 17th at Birth Shinjuku. Guitarist Tsubaki will be coming out of retirement to preform with the band. The event will be called  "メメント・モリ死月のふる" (Memento Mori Shigatsu no Furu) and tickets will cost 42069 yen. 
 

Memento Mori will be reviving on August 17th at Birth Shinjuku. Guitarist Tsubaki will be coming out of retirement to preform with the band. The event will be called  "メメント・モリ死月のふる" (Memento Mori Shigatsu no Furu) and tickets will cost 42069 yen. 
 

Lolwut

Human Cry is my favorite song by them along with the others I posted in the OP I am ... and there is the silent bullet under  the Amber sky.

Right now, D, Human Cry and Gokuchu no Orchestra are the ones that I've been enjoying the most

Yeah, the guitarist was a Zi:Kill Roadie and their vocalist was also a part of Kneuklid Romance.
They were also known as Quasi D'Orsay and one of their demos is on Niconico Douga. 

Well, generic does sell. The most popular stuff does tend to be more or less generic, since they're usually the set standard, and if you stay close to the standard, you're more likely to be liked by fans of the others. 
The same theory actually goes into pop music. 90% of pop music uses the same chord progression, tempo and are written by the same 2 guys because that will be more likely to sell than someone who sounds different. It eliminates business risk.
However, I don't think Mejibray was "made" to sell, I just think they got lucky. They were applicable enough, not too niche, had live energy (Live energy being something that can make or break a band.) and just so happened to be produced by an ex member of Da'vidノ使徒:aL, meaning that they have connections to higher up people, plus the fact that Koichi and Tsuzuku were in VanessA, which had a somewhat notable following, and the fact they had good looks. 
 
The fact they're generic also pretty much explains their cringey fanbase. Because they're not niche and they're popular, they become entry level Vkei, and most people who get into Vkei usually do as a teen or young adult. Not only that, but also, if we're gonna be brutally honest, in the west, teens and young adults make up the majority of Vkei fans. So the fact they're entry level, meaning a lot of their fans are "noobs" and the fact that the majority of their fans are probably in their awkward phase in life.
So really, it's a self-feeding cycle. They're lucky enough to have every single factor in place. Change a few of those, however, and their popularity wouldn't be as big. Say instead of being produced by an ex member of Da'vidノ使徒:aL, they were produced by a relatively unknown person in the Vkei scene who is also less experienced. That would affect the reach of their promotion and how many connections to higher up people. Say they were a bit more niche. That'd affect how many entry level fans they have. Now, imagine if they were less attractive. That'd also put a big damper on things. 
 
tl;dr: They just have all the right factors in place. 

Because they are slightly better than the average musicians, their live performances were honestly interesting, their compositions had somewhat of a signature... there are several reasons, including the one that they didn't suck as much as people want to imply. It's nice to make fun of what teenagers enjoy, specially when you've been around for 10+ years and have seen all kinds of trends going up and down, but that's just us old people being old. And that doesn't take away the fact that meji was a solid band all around...

Well, generic does sell. The most popular stuff does tend to be more or less generic, since they're usually the set standard, and if you stay close to the standard, you're more likely to be liked by fans of the others. 
The same theory actually goes into pop music. 90% of pop music uses the same chord progression, tempo and are written by the same 2 guys because that will be more likely to sell than someone who sounds different. It eliminates business risk.
However, I don't think Mejibray was "made" to sell, I just think they got lucky. They were applicable enough, not too niche, had live energy (Live energy being something that can make or break a band.) and just so happened to be produced by an ex member of Da'vidノ使徒:aL, meaning that they have connections to higher up people, plus the fact that Koichi and Tsuzuku were in VanessA, which had a somewhat notable following, and the fact they had good looks. 
 
The fact they're generic also pretty much explains their cringey fanbase. Because they're not niche and they're popular, they become entry level Vkei, and most people who get into Vkei usually do as a teen or young adult. Not only that, but also, if we're gonna be brutally honest, in the west, teens and young adults make up the majority of Vkei fans. So the fact they're entry level, meaning a lot of their fans are "noobs" and the fact that the majority of their fans are probably in their awkward phase in life.
So really, it's a self-feeding cycle. They're lucky enough to have every single factor in place. Change a few of those, however, and their popularity wouldn't be as big. Say instead of being produced by an ex member of Da'vidノ使徒:aL, they were produced by a relatively unknown person in the Vkei scene who is also less experienced. That would affect the reach of their promotion and how many connections to higher up people. Say they were a bit more niche. That'd affect how many entry level fans they have. Now, imagine if they were less attractive. That'd also put a big damper on things. 
 
tl;dr: They just have all the right factors in place. 

First time wearing a dress, and first time showing myself here. I know my parents aren't gonna like it, but I'm an adult and bought it myself. I had to have it sent to a friend so she could give it to me. 
One of my friends said I looked like a pretty lady version of Kuro lol
 

First time wearing a dress, and first time showing myself here. I know my parents aren't gonna like it, but I'm an adult and bought it myself. I had to have it sent to a friend so she could give it to me. 
One of my friends said I looked like a pretty lady version of Kuro lol
 

First time wearing a dress, and first time showing myself here. I know my parents aren't gonna like it, but I'm an adult and bought it myself. I had to have it sent to a friend so she could give it to me. 
One of my friends said I looked like a pretty lady version of Kuro lol