peffy 3568 Posted September 20, 2016 My alphabetical list, featuring plenty of unpopular choices amber gris - Temari is a god-tier singer and lyricist. I got a little bored of them toward the end of their lifespan, but their earlier works are untouchable. アンド (And) - Ikuma is one of my favourite screamers. Their album "-&-" is a classic. シンディケイト (CindyKate) - They perfected their unique "Dasakakkoii" (lame-cool) style. Their disbandment remains my single most devastating one. Crimson Shiva / SHIVA - Mostly here because of Tokiya's enchanting voice. Enchanting in the sense that I'm never sure if he's awesome or terrible. He straddles that line with perfect balance and I can't get enough of him. D'espairsRay - The first all-male VK band that I really got into. They were my gateway drug into the rest of VK. Dolly - I would put Mitsu on the same level as Temari - almost unbearably beautiful singing and songwriting. I also appreciated their lighter pop/electronic approach. jealkb - A band basically born out of making fun of VK, but ended up making catchy-as-hell rock music far more interesting than many of their serious VK counterparts. 己龍 (Kiryu) - The very best at what they do - "Far Eastern Horror Rock". Mahiro is the perfect vocalist for their style. It is not easy to do what he does with his voice. R指定 (R-shitei) - Scored major points with me for experimenting with many different genres. Their album 人間失格 is so godly. the GazettE - They have so many great songs and it has been fascinating to watch their evolution over the years. (even though their current phase is not overly pleasing to me) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ro plz 1290 Posted September 20, 2016 1.Dir en grey 2.the Gazette 3.Lynch 4.Buck-Tick 5.Girugamesh 6.D'espairs Ray 7.OZ I can't come up with 10. Fight me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frayed 404 Posted September 20, 2016 No method to my madness here, and this does change: - Mejibray - Dir en grey - Gazette - Meteoroid (new Meteoroid, fight me) - D'espairsray - Buck-Tick - Fixer - X-Japan (for what they've done before, not for the form they exist in now) I have a lot of honorable mentions, but they're bands where I was really into a smaller selection of songs/one particular album (Girugamesh, MUCC) or I'm just starting to kind of get into them (Dadaroma, Morrigan), so I don't think I can really safely call them a 'favorite' yet. 1 Atreides reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gabychan 3 Posted October 25, 2016 1. D'espairsRay 2. Born 3. OZ 4.ALSDEAD 5. NAINE 6.Blesscode 7. Sadie 8.Killaneth 9. Rides in Revellion 10.Dadaroma and sooooo many others... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cvltic 1482 Posted October 26, 2016 in no particular order lynch. emmuree merry go round the god and death stars deadman DUMMY CHILDREN hurts FLOPPY GULLET fuck it, Sadie even though the end of their run was kinda bad i like bands newer than this too but i feel weird putting them on this list next to some of the others :c honorable mentions: Pentagon, UNDER FALL JUSTICE, Smells, gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy, dim my division, [...], Sadie, BORN, early D'espairsray, Rentrer en Soi, P∽L 1 emmny reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
returnal 543 Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) let's see.... (unordered) newer bands: - Chanty (seein' them live was life-changing) - dummy-xD (LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE) - Purple Stone - Develop One's Faculties --- - baroque (all years) - really the band to get me into vkei (thanks Ryan!) don't listen to them as much as i used to, but still love 'em to death! - Dog in the PWO (also one of my firsts) - 東京ミカエル。 [Tokyo Michael.] (another one of my firsts! when i started digging a little deeper... drummer now in PWO!) - cali≠gari - Schwarz Stein (and Kaya in general.... love Kaya!) - 新宿ゲバルト [Shinjuku Gewalt] (and Toda and his affiliates in general) - Missalina Rei (know this now 11 bands but after some thought i had to move them to the main list as opposed to honorable mentions) -- "they only released like a few songs before disappearing into the æther but i love them so much" list - Rosetta - REPLICANT - Cinnamon - ロマの碧猫 -- honorable mentions, notes, whatevs: - THE HAKKIN (R.I.P.) - My Fairytale (R.I.P.) - THE GALLO are becoming a favorite - リンク/鈴育/link's bands (Me'Syu Dear, みるふぃね, PARADE; also vocalist いっち!) - Shina's bands (NOI'X, モル・ノヲド (moll'e node), 弾丸少女 (Dangan Shoujo)) - ピュエラ (Pyuera) (especially the couple of songs they did with their female vocalist) - BUCK-TICK (80s and 90s) (i don't listen to them enough even though i love 'em) will cut it off here before i end up listing every single visual band in my itunes whether i want to or not still so much out there... Edited October 31, 2016 by returnal 5 hiroki, Karma’s Hat, amemiya_takumi and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pikachu 199 Posted March 18, 2017 To late !! xd but well! 1. Kiryu 2. Arlequin 3. Versailles 4. Raindia 5. Malice Mizer 6. Kagerou 7. Megaromania 8. DADAROMA 9. Develop one's faculties 10. Dali <3 1 lichtlune reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShTon 268 Posted March 19, 2017 1. DIV (</3) 2. A9 (first vk band I got into) 3. Moran 5. vistlip 6. Kagrra, (find me another band like this one, I'll wait) 7. UNiTE. 8. Purple Stone 9. Gotcharocka 10. ALSDEAD With honorable mentions in no specific order: Anfiel, Shounenki, THE KIDDIE, D=OUT, Dadaroma, Xaa-Xaa and Arlequin. 2 hiroki and Komorebi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Komorebi 2193 Posted March 23, 2017 On 3/19/2017 at 9:44 AM, ShTon said: Kagrra, (find me another band like this one, I'll wait) There isn't and never will be another band like this one... though Rin Hitoe is off to a good start. 1 ShTon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShTon 268 Posted March 23, 2017 34 minutes ago, Komorebi said: though Rin Hitoe is off to a good start. Looked them up and it really seems like they're going that way. O.o New music, yay~! 1 Komorebi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrenGun 2261 Posted April 2, 2017 Bishop Broken Human Nerve Creature Creature DEADMAN D'espairs Ray DEZERT FEST VAINQUEUR ViV as.milk DIAURA &more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdoll 907 Posted April 23, 2017 (edited) Paradeis Screw sadie The piass LM.C Memento Mori Metis Gretel Blitz Birth of Sixx/-OZ- D'ual / xepher Edited February 14, 2018 by blackdoll Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ikki 807 Posted April 23, 2017 Outside of Kamaitachi, the other bands are not in any order what so ever. Kamaitachi has pretty much been ruling the #1 spot for 8+ years, so I think it's going to take a lot to dethrone them. Kamaitachi Color Strawberry Fields BY-SEXUAL Baiser La'cryma Christi La'Mule Luna Sea D=OUT Irokui The bottom five artists often rotate in and out of my top 10 list with other artists that's not on the list, but this is what I've been digging a lot lately. 1 Laurence02 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tsuzu_kami 2 Posted May 15, 2017 1. Mejibray 2. Versailles 3. Dadaroma 4. Nocturnal Bloodlust 5. Initial'l 6. Lycaon 7. Razor 8. Elysion 9. Rides in ReVellion 10. Morrigan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KUR0YUME 0 Posted September 8, 2017 1. Luna Sea 2. X Japan (pre breakup stuff, can't stand their new releases) 3. Buck-Tick 4. Zi:Kill 5.Dir en grey 6. Malice Mizer 7. Glay 8. Aion 9. 黒夢 10. La'cryma Christi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chocobuzz 752 Posted September 8, 2017 Spoiler 1. Mediena 2. Mediena 3. Mediena 4. Mediena 5. Mediena 6. Mediena 7. Mediena 8. Mediena 9. Mediena 10. Mediena ...Okay for real though 1. Mediena / Virge 2. Gossip 3. Rides In Revellion 4. Schwarz Stein 5. DAMY 6. Moi dix Mois 7. Morrigan 8. SHIVA 9. DEZERT 10. Initial'L 1 Pikachu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AwesomeNyappy 98 Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) (in no particular order, even though I'd say the first three are my favourites): 1. AnCafe 2. Dir en Grey 3. Girugämesh 4. Versailles 5. Abington Boys School 6. The Gazette 7. Oz 8. Luna Sea 9. Merry 10. Rentrer en Soi Edited October 4, 2017 by AwesomeNyappy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jiji94 78 Posted September 9, 2017 1. Buck-Tick (thnx lil weeb me for watching xxxholic and being like dayum that ending song is lit) 2. Plastic Tree <3 3. Malice Mizer (I have a couple glass cased blue morpho butterflies...) 4. Old X-Japan 5. Guniw Tools 6. Kagrra, 7. deadman 8. 9GOATS BLACK OUT 9. Dir en Grey 10. Probably the GazettE? I don't listen to them often but I somehow got my childhood friend addicted to them for life Also shout out to my undying love for Kaya, because I never got into Schwarz Stein so can't really list them. 1 amemiya_takumi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laurence02 185 Posted September 9, 2017 1. X Japan (pre-1997) 2. 黒蜴蝶 (Kuroageha) 3. Gigaslave 4. S 5. Sakrun 6. Sleep My Dear 7. Buck-Tick 8. Versailles 9. 摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) 10. Baiser The first two are definite, the rest are in no real, particular order. 1 Komorebi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kyo_Toriko 537 Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) There is no particular order , and this is my favourite top 10 bands ! 1. DIR EN GREY 2. D.I.D. 3. DIMLIM 4. Para:noir 5. the GazettE 6. sukekiyo 7. Mejibray 8. aliene maφriage 9. 黒夢 10. 聖飢魔 II Special mention : though they are not in visual - kei ,but they are filled in my life lol The band is Pay money To my Pain , I just miss K so much... Edited September 30, 2017 by Kyo_Toriko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swagman 2 Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) In no specific order: 1. MALISEND 2. アイオリン 3. Crimson shiva / SHIVA 4. BLESSCODE 5. ピサロ 6. 真天地開闢集団-ジグザグ- 7. MEIDARA 8. DIMLIM 9. ラミエル 10. 篠突く雨 I also really love アヲイ and XIBALBA but I don't listen to them anymore. Edited October 1, 2017 by swagman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lichtlune 915 Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) In no particular order. 1. UnsraW 2. Kagerou 3. Versailles 4. more 5. Malice Mizer 6. The Piass 7. Megaromania 8. Lament. 9. DEATHGAZE 10. deadman If BlESS THIS MESS's new album ends up being a banger they'll probably overtake more or deadman on my current list. My top ten list is not permanent. Artists come and go depending on how I feel. Edited October 4, 2017 by lichtlune 1 Pikachu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suji 8317 Posted October 4, 2017 i don't remember if i posted here before or not, but here goes: 1. マルコ 2. MERRY 3. Megaromania 4. L'DEAR 5. the god and death stars 6. ラヴェーゼ 7. 次世代エキサイト 8. Metis Gretel 9. Crucifixion 10. Mandragora I'm hoping Sui's project makes it somewhere on this list once I get his single... 1 amemiya_takumi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madygrain 515 Posted October 4, 2017 1.Nightmare 2.boogieman 3.Penicillin 4.Metronome 5.Mucc 6.Amber Gris 7.Versailles 8.Kagerou 9.Phantasmagoria 10.Megamasso 1 amemiya_takumi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amemiya_takumi 189 Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) 「Golden age of ヴィジュアル系 & 名古屋系 1991 - 2000」 MALICE MIZER ⁄⁄ Sleep My Dear ⁄⁄ Eins᎓Vier ⁄⁄ D'elsquel ⁄⁄ NOISY CROWDS & NOi'X ROUAGE ⁄⁄ LAREINE ⁄⁄ Madeth gray'll ⁄⁄ Aliene Maφriage ⁄⁄ 妃阿甦 (THE PIASS) 「Jewelry from past decade 2001 - 2010」 蜉蝣 (KAGEROU) ⁄⁄ Schwardix Marvally ⁄⁄ RENTRER EN SOI ⁄⁄ 12012 ⁄⁄ ヴィドール (vidoll) モル・ノヲド (moll'e node) ⁄⁄ バビロン (BABYLON) ⁄⁄ the studs ⁄⁄ boogieman ⁄⁄ E'm~grief~ 「2011 and today」 (this rating also included bands/project from period 2007-2017, when released their best works or/and disbanded after 2010.) P.S. Sorry for my bad english. kannivalism & バロック (BAROQUE) ⁄⁄ 9GOATS BLACK OUT ⁄⁄ cocklobin ⁄⁄ amber gris ⁄⁄ Moran DIMMDIVISION. & StrangerSaid. ⁄⁄ the god and death stars & gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy ⁄⁄ emmurée ⁄⁄ MERRY ⁄⁄ sukekiyo In my humble opinion. Edited October 4, 2017 by miyamoto_kasumi 3 Anne Claire, HotaruFilth and suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites