Himeaimichu

So I just randomly got this idea of a worldwide tour featuring a lot of the really good EroguroKei and AnguraKei bands. Specifically, I'd really like to see Inugami Circus Dan, Caligari, Sex Android, Kuroyuri To Kage, Ningen Isu, Orochi, Kiryu, and R-Shitei. I mean, all these bands have seemed to have influenced eachother, and use similar elements (Yes, I have found similarities between Kuroyuri To Kage and Ningen Isu xD) so why not all tour together?
 

Guilty pleasures, we all have them. We all at least have one guilty pleasure Vkei band. Personally, mine is Grieva, because I'm a Dir En Grey fan, and I know a lot of Grieva songs are copies of Dir En Grey songs, but some I just can't help but like even better than the original Diru version. Like, the song Wish, I like it better than I'll simply because when I'll was made, Kyo was at the stage where he sang through his throat, which just didn't sound right. 
So, which band is your guilty pleasure? I won't judge. 
(Also, may I request, please don't flame someone or say mean things to them because of their guilty pleasure band. Let's keep things peaceful!)

I was comming to post this XDDD
 
I know they aren't super talented or original and more like another indies band of the bunch... but I dig them XD

vrzel...shhhhh

GoDeath xDDD

SuG.
Sometimes I feel like I'm 10 years too old to be listening to their music.

I really love Velvet Eden.........................;w; their older stuff along with their rock phase is the best ✨ so sad that they basically turned into garbage in those (hopefully) final years.
 
And I know we're not talking about individual people, but Dada is totes cool without the whole 50 yr old Facebook drama queen shtick...he works for Free Will, which means he basically helps out MERRY and Diru and I think that's fucking awesome ;w; plus his lolita stocking designs are fucking fierce even if the brand name is fucking dumb as shit...........

People used to give VAJRA so much shit but they sound too good I can't get enough of it. 

SCREW...

They're not together anymore, but I was definitely a huge fan of SCISSOR when they were around. They're not the sound I typically like, but for some reason I was into them.

Same. I've always preferred heavier stuff. Though I must say, for an OsareKei band, Smileberry is quite good. 

Same. I've always preferred heavier stuff. Though I must say, for an OsareKei band, Smileberry is quite good. 

OMG I just omitted the "visual kei band" in the thread name lol, just ... nevermind (?) I don't have a vk guilty pleasure, I enjoy even the crappy vocals in the scene :B

I'm not into J-Pop but I listen to this girl once in awhile, and yes I'm very embarrassed about that haha
 
 

Same. I've always preferred heavier stuff. Though I must say, for an OsareKei band, Smileberry is quite good. 

I don't know if it's a guilty pleasure or more of just a band I don't think people would expect me to like because I tend to like darker/heavier bands. But I think Smileberry are just adorable and fun. I don't really have guilty pleasures because I'm not embarrassed of anything I like? lol But they are probably the closest thing I guess you could say.
 
 

Guilty pleasures, we all have them. We all at least have one guilty pleasure Vkei band. Personally, mine is Grieva, because I'm a Dir En Grey fan, and I know a lot of Grieva songs are copies of Dir En Grey songs, but some I just can't help but like even better than the original Diru version. Like, the song Wish, I like it better than I'll simply because when I'll was made, Kyo was at the stage where he sang through his throat, which just didn't sound right. 
So, which band is your guilty pleasure? I won't judge. 
(Also, may I request, please don't flame someone or say mean things to them because of their guilty pleasure band. Let's keep things peaceful!)

they released their first single 『ア』 today.
pretty excited to get my copy cuz they haven't uploaded any samples except that extremely short 2-3 live snippets via twitter quite some time ago and i'm too curious to finally get to hear the "full" experience... ;D

So I have a question. We all know Kuroyuri To Kage used to be an AnguraKei band signed to Dear Dolce called "Memento Mori", and Grieva was signed to Dear Dolce as Reload. But before forming Kuroyuri, Memento Mori was signed to a label called Aka-ON after Dear Dolce dissolved. During it's run in Dear Dolce, Memento Mori switched from a regular VisualKei band with AnguraKei influence, to a full on AnguraKei band with the release of their first album, and the release of "Sagamiya" on an omnibus I can't remember the name of. (The song was rereleased on the band's second mini album). They were going to release Haikei Haranbanjo Biyori on Dear Dolce, but it closed down before it could be released. Does anyone know what the deal was with Aka-ON, though? They had lower recording quality compared to Dear Dolce, and had a few former Dear Dolce bands. You can compare the recording quality in the original preview of Memento Mori's "Joroya" with the version of the song that was released. The version that was released had weird drum recording as the kick drum was barely audible, and a lot of reverb on the drums themselves. Was Aka-ON lower on funds? Or did they just have really bad sound engineers? Or did Memento Mori have a recording error, and they decided to just keep it the way it is, because they were rushed, and because they refused to resort to drum samples and wanted an authentic sound? (Refusing drum samples by the way is very bold for an amateur band).  Moreover, why did Memento Mori have to disband and reform as Kuroyuri To Kage? The only real difference is that Kuroyuri doesn't wear Kimono or use traditional instruments, but the songs still talk about a lot of the same topics. Were they forced to abandon the AnguraKei style and decided to settle on a mix of neo-90's Vkei and EroguroKei? Just so much that I wonder.
 
I do know this one thing though. While many may connect how Grieva is a cover band of Dir En Grey with the hate that Memento Mori got for apparently "copying Kiryu", I can assure you Memento Mori wasn't a copy of Kiryu. Kiryu had a mix of metalcore, post-hardcore/emotive hardcore, and Alternative Rock, meanwhile Memento Mori was mostly Metalcore, Alternative Metal, and Numetal. Also, Memento Mori formed around the same time as Kiryu's first album was released, and they weren't popular enough at the time to be copied. Also, Memento Mori had influences from Eroguro bands such as Inugami Circus Dan, while Kiryu seems to be influenced from Aicle's old stuff.