saiko

Yes, it's him

Yukika from Etcetera or some other Yukika? I imagine there is probably more than one dude named Yukika

Interesting music. The uploader did mispelled the romanization the band real name though, it should be Agnus∻Dei.

Agnus Dei was one of the lesser known Key Party bands out there, but they really had some nice potential. Their Valse album was good but their demos are some of my favorites, it's a shame they never took off.

@nekkichi yea just guessing here based on that, I don't speak japanese well enough to know actual reactions to bands in Japan aside from subbed stuff so t'was kinda "ohh?" to me as I thought they were popular based on, uh, western internet (which doesn't always equal homeland Very Successful). But again lol shocked I am to know D'espairsRay only went major in 2011 (just found out they disbanded IN 2011 ?? Thats a lot.) bc they were very internet-relevant in early-mid 2000s (the fact that I wasn't In VK Fandom and remember the name says a lot.) and it's kinda how I feel about Sadie too, I think they lasted quite a bit (indeed they landed generic anime #178's ending and one of Togainu no Chi's 12 ending songs, of which even back in 2010 they were one of the few acts I had actually heard of so... typical kinda-successful late 2000s vk act?) 

@Chell

d'espairs ray were major since 2004, they got signed by universal before they dropped the visuals.

@Chell Glad to help 👍

Sadie grew in popularity at around 2008-2009 honestly. I mostly like there 2009-2010 era they reallyy came together then.

I dont know much about D'espairsRay i know they were popular overall. I also like that release NUL. made. Thats D'espairsRay's vocalist's band he is in right now so i think i should check them out haha 😅Glad this was a suggestion. 

Gladly it didn't fuck up the giant record deal they had at the time lol. Else they would've suffered the same fate as BODY

What happened to Body?

IDK exactly but something caused them to break up after like 3 concerts, even though they were supposed to make big money from their record deal lol

She is the french branch of Lareine. 😂 The song also has the same title/intro concept as Machi's solo song.

I looked up for her immediatly after having read about into some Malice Mizer biography. 

Her first two albums are insane. I'm spinning them a lot.

The influence they had over MM and Lareine is clear. Core arragments of some tracks where clearly taken by Mana and Közi, and Kamijo and his colleagues as well if them being roadies for the firsts actually happened. 

I think finding her should have made Mana and Kamijo go nuts! I mean, it's like Versailles no Bara going goth, what else could be a wet fantasy for them? lol

I'd assume it's partially because most of them aren't going to get signed to any other labels, and partially because most Starwave Records artists get to go overseas at some point. In just the past few years, THE SOUND BEE HD went to the US and Mexico, Mikansei Alice went to Europe, and Scarlet Valse were set to go to Europe before COVID too.

If you're a basically unknown VK band with 20 fans that dreams of performing in America or Europe, it's not the worst move you could make.

BLOOD was pretty well-known in the overseas vk community at the time they were active I think (they even toured abroad a few times)... but other than that idk any newer bands with that level of "relevance" (if you can call it that, heh).

blood were on darkest labyrinth tho... which is presumably most famous kiwamu associated act, mostly because the scene was doing better back than, they had the opportunity.

starwave seems like a low-budget collaboration between kiwi and FWD where bands that no longer get kagerou sales numbers come to sizzle at.

I'd say tokami were doing pretty well for a SW band, and they birthed zin who later went onto jupiter and w/e she does now.