Phantasmagoria and KISAKI PROJECT, for obvious reasons. Syndrome, MIRAGE, LAREINE, E'm~grief~, ネガ, Megaromania, ヴィドール, Vior gloire, NightingeiL, アヲイ, Malice Mizer with Gackt (let's consider them gone, really). And I might add Versailles to this, for Kamijo is just doing too well on his own to be continuing his previous band.
With most of these bands I grow melancholic and sad during listening sessions for no other reason than that among these are my absolute favourites. My common taste revolves around but a few considerable musicians in this scene and one in particular (we need narrate no introduction) has a habit of travelling around. Kisaki has left behind an arsenal of nostalgia and with each listen I feel myself growing closer to his music, regardless the project he was involved in during that period. I doubt he'll be willing to leave the scene anytime soon, but there is always the fear of him growing out of his current project and that will simply sting again once it happens, although I do not fear for his future all that much (aside from his health). Beyond that, UNDER CODE PRODUCTION has felt like my home since stumbling upon the label. Its dissolve has torn me and to see all these wonderful musicians scattered across the scene —or having disappeared entirely— just feels like... growing up. Children 'leave the house' eventually, and I believe the label has been a place where a lot of these men could grow up before they set out to explore new things, and new lives. I'll never forget how close of a community UNDER CODE was to me, how much of a family, not only among fans but including the musicians as well; I felt close to each and every one of them, I loved and still love each and every one of the people who have been involved in this beautiful project, and I will never forget its legacy.