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  1. Posted

    On 4/13/2018 at 6:14 PM, AimiGen7 said:

    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

    Thank you so much for the recommendations! It's going to take some time to get through this list xD

  2. Posted

    24 minutes ago, Talagand said:

    Hey, I don't know if you like Power Metal like J-Rock in general, but I would recommend to add Galneryus, Concerto Moon, Gunbridge, GYZE, Kelly Simonz's Blind Faith, Liv Moon, maybe Onmyōza and Yousei Teikoku to your list. Not every single band is pure Visual Kei, but the music is really good and worth listen to ;)

    I do! i have listened to Concerto Moon before but none of the others, thanks for the list i'll get to them :D

  3. Posted

    37 minutes ago, doombox said:

    Just giving a shout out to the staff who put together a seasonal recommendations list, idk if you checked it out or not, but if you haven't you might find some good stuff in there. ;)

     

     

    I haven't! thanks for the link :D

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  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, AimiGen7 said:

    What kind of bands do you currently listen to? Depending on what you currently know, I can recommend some similar, and/or connected artists.

    Thanks for the reply! Old school stuff mostly, I'm really behind on new stuff. Girugamesh, Dir en Grey, Malice Mizer, Gazette, Maximum the Hormone, Mucc, Gakt, Versailles

  5. Posted

    Heya everyone, I joined the community a while ago but I kinda just lurk because I don't really know how to get involved in the community.

    It seems really great and I'm super happy to be a part of it, and I want to get more involved and get to know people! XD

    I wasn't sure how so I figured maybe I could start by asking for Jrock/metal/any Japanese music really recommendations. 

    I've always liked Jrock/metal/pop you name it, I just felt I've barely scratched the surface and everyone here seems to know so much more than I do so anything would be

    really appreciated!

     

    Thank you XD

  8. Posted

    On 11/9/2016 at 0:42 AM, CoolKill3rX said:

     

    would always help if u told us what u already listen to in the first place, so we can judge and snatch some music off u.

    If you wish to explore Melokei music (symphonic/melodic visual kei) you can check out my channel, they are mostly unpopulair bands so u shoudnt know most or atleased a few of them: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoolKill3rX/videos

     

    These are awesome! thank you very much :D

  10. Posted

    I need some help people, my musical collection is stagnating. I haven't had too many new bands to listen to in a long time so I ask you for your assistance!

    List some bands (new or old) to listen to in the J-Rock genre (or metal in general, or any genre if you feel they are awesome sauce)  and maybe a brief description of their musical stylings.

    Hugs and thanks in advance :D

  15. Posted

    Hi everyone!

    I've never posted on a forum before so here goes!

     

    I go by ghata, I'm a 25-year-old guy from California.

    I work in the family business as an ISP.

    I got into Japanese music when I started watching anime when I was 13 listening to all the intro and closing songs!

    I like just about any genre of music but VK is definitely my favourite.

    My favourite bands are Versailles, Girugamesh, Dir en Grey, The Gazette, and many more! :D

     

    If I'm not listening to music I'm trying to play it on guitar (and hopefully piano and violin one day)

    I also practice Wing Chun(kung fu) when i can.

    I play lots of video games and watch any anime I can get my hands on.

    I always wanted to find a community of other people who liked Japanese music as much as I did that I could talk to,

    and I'm really excited about this forum!

     

     

    Thanks for reading!

    Please feel free to message me anytime 

     

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