aetarna 69 Posted December 9, 2016 Because I have no life, here have a small list of visual kei artists available for listening over spotify. Some have full discographies some only few albums or singles. there are also instances on several artists from all over the world being grouped together on one page, because of shared name. What is spotify? - to put it short, a digital music streaming service. It comes in two flavors - free with ads, and paid via subscription, with no ads and few useful perks. Sign up, log in, most likely download their application to your computer or mobile and you're set. Isn't that piracy? - no it's completly legal and artists and/or their label (we know how that goes...) are getting paid for each listen. For the start I cut this list into two categories. First one is the bands that retain their japanese song tags even on spotify - for all purists who want their last.fm scrobbles accurate Amber Bullet Angelo - mixed with different artists Anli Policino Annie's Black Black Gene For the Next Scene - mixed tags BUCK-TICK - region locked Calmando Qual Capella - mixed with different artists Cløwd CULT the Movie D - ??? they used to have few albums, like Vampire Saga there, but it seems to be gone now. Perhaps region locked. Daizy Stripper Das:Vasser Fixer - several different artists mixed together on that page girugamesh - mixed tags GOLDEN BOMBER Gossip GPKISM Grieva - romanized name, but correct song tags Insanity Injection Kamijo ラヴェーゼ (Labaiser) La'veil MizeriA Liv'ert L-Lotus- Lost Ash lynch. Luna Sea Magistina Saga Majolica MirialD Misaruka and their other profile ミサルカ Miyavi 最上川司 (Momigawa Tsukasa) NEU Nightmare - some albums seems to have romanised tags Nocturnal Bloodlust NoGoD nue - mistagged nüe, also different nue releases on the same profile Orochi -OZ- Rose Noire 砂月-SATSUKI- Scarlet Valse SCHWARZ KEIN (シュヴァルツカイン) Sirene - mixed with different artist Synk;yet Suicide Ali - mixed tags SUGIZO the fool - mixed with different artists The Sound Bee HD the studs Tokami Under Fall Justice VAMPS Versaillies Velvet Eden vistlip yazzmad Zombie (ぞんび) And now artist with no japanese tags 12012 176BIZ 9GOATS BLACK OUT ADAMS - mixed with different artist Amber Gris - mixed with different artist An Cafe And - eccentric agent- Awoi Ayabie Birushana Blood - sharing profile with other Blood band Chanty - again, releases mixed with other artist of the same name Chariots - 3rd era only Creature Creature Croix Allcine DEAD END DELUHI D'espairsray Diaura Dio ~distraught overlord~ Dir en Grey DISACODE DIV Dunkelheit D=OUT exist†trace Gackt glamscure heidi. Hizaki I-ai- Inoran Inugami Circus Dan Jilled Ray JILLS BLUE ROSE JokArt Au Legal Kameleo Kagerou Kiryu - depending where you are, you might have two different kiryu's there Lacroix Despheres L'arc en Ciel Lix. LM.C Luzmelt Matenrou Opera MARRY+AN+BLOOD Megamasso MERRY Merveille Magique MeteoroiD MUCC Otogadead Pan-d-ra Plastic Tree R-shitei RED universe Rentrer en Soi Rides in ReVellion Sadie Screw Shiva - releases mixed with other artist of the same SID SuG Sukekiyo THE GALLO they also have another seemingly empty profile ギャロ The GazettE the riotts. TRA TRA TRA umbrella - mixed with different artists UNITE. Un=(xag) UnsraW Waive Vallquar Vaniru Vidoll Vivalet XodiacK ZIg+Zag ZORO - mixed with different artists V-Anime Rocks compilation Obviously this is a work in progress not an absolute complete list. 15 1 enyx, The Reverend, suji and 13 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
helcchi 942 Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Nice! So many bands aren't on spotify and it's hard to make a playlist. Will you be updating your list as the master post? I've got some more, forgive me if there are any duplicates 176BIZ Amber Bullet Angelo - mixed with different artists Annie's Black Capella - mixed with different artists Creature Creature CULT the Movie DEAD END Dunkelheit the fool - mixed with different artists GOLDEN BOMBER heidi. Jilled Ray JILLS BLUE ROSE L-Lotus- Lost Ash MirialD NEU Orochi Otogadead RED universe the riotts. SUGIZO umbrella - mixed with different artists Un=(xag) ZIg+Zag ZORO - mixed with different artists V-Anime Rocks compilation Just realised most Starwave bands are on spotify, they're probably all there but I haven't searched them all Edited December 9, 2016 by helcchi 7 emmny, aetarna, Replicant and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Reverend 3566 Posted December 9, 2016 Awesome thread! (I have no artists to add that you didn't mention already..... X Japan I guess) 1 helcchi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aetarna 69 Posted December 9, 2016 @helcchi Sure thing! I'm leaving house right now, but when I'm back I will update the masterpost with those new bands you posted! 1 helcchi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Ohh I was thinking about making a thread like this! Good thing you did too, cause I just found out that a bunch of favorites are on there haha One thing I would add is if there are regional limitations for artists. I remember Kamijo had a single on Spottyfly and then region locked it, then re-released it after his 20th anniversary album came out. From the few I've clicked through, it seems like that doesn't seem to be much of an issue. One thing to note is that there are two artists named Kiryu on the "Kiryu" page, both are sort of visual-kei related. One is the colorful enka-metal one that releases a single every 4 hours, and the other is the solo project of someone who I cannot remember. I'll add to this list as I find more examples. Edited December 9, 2016 by Peace Heavy mk II Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted December 9, 2016 Croix Allcine Lacroix Despheres Merveille Magique 2 aetarna and Replicant reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ito 2438 Posted December 9, 2016 This is great! Thanks for the work on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enyx 903 Posted December 9, 2016 Very good thread, thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aetarna 69 Posted December 9, 2016 2 hours ago, Peace Heavy mk II said: One thing I would add is if there are regional limitations for artists. I remember Kamijo had a single on Spottyfly and then region locked it, then re-released it after his 20th anniversary album came out. From the few I've clicked through, it seems like that doesn't seem to be much of an issue. One thing to note is that there are two artists named Kiryu on the "Kiryu" page, both are sort of visual-kei related. One is the colorful enka-metal one that releases a single every 4 hours, and the other is the solo project of someone who I cannot remember. Good point! That's why I kept D on my list, even though all their releases disappeared both from their page and from favorited library - though I still have the songs on the playlists, just greyed out and inaccessible. Similarly with Kiryu, I'm only seeing one album from the single-every-4-hours-band. For Kamijo I'm seeing 2 albums, one mini and two or three singles... also some Vampire Stories OST lol. I'm wondering if I should add Dolly up there. I don't see any albums from vkei Dolly there, but a friend of mine said he listened them on spotify - if anyone can confirm their releases on the Dolly profile then I will add them. Thanks everyone for more links, I've added them to the list! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted December 9, 2016 15 minutes ago, aetarna said: Good point! That's why I kept D on my list, even though all their releases disappeared both from their page and from favorited library - though I still have the songs on the playlists, just greyed out and inaccessible. Similarly with Kiryu, I'm only seeing one album from the single-every-4-hours-band. For Kamijo I'm seeing 2 albums, one mini and two or three singles... also some Vampire Stories OST lol. I'm wondering if I should add Dolly up there. I don't see any albums from vkei Dolly there, but a friend of mine said he listened them on spotify - if anyone can confirm their releases on the Dolly profile then I will add them. Thanks everyone for more links, I've added them to the list! If you're seeing this release, this dude is the ~other~ Kiryu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmny 4139 Posted December 9, 2016 thanks for the post, note that nue is actually mistagged as it should be nüe 1 aetarna reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delkmiroph 1649 Posted December 9, 2016 Like the same on my Apple music post. I hope more bands to streaming services like this and apple music Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildjokerleia 24 Posted December 11, 2016 Awesome list. Can't wait to check it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thnd 5 Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) It's interesting how half of the new (largely non-VK) releases from Japan I see on Spotify are available and half locked / Japan only ("display locked tracks" setting switched on). Will be interesting to see how this develops, as labels might finally start to see where their tracks are actually played. I don't have hope for older releases making an worldwide appearance anytime soon though... For anyone going back to Spotify after they opened their Japan branch: Check your Release Radar, which is a playlist that gets updated once a week, you'll be surprised by what turns up there! Edited December 11, 2016 by thnd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrenGun 2261 Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) 37 minutes ago, thnd said: / Japan only ("display locked tracks" setting switched on). how you do that? btw almost everything what is available on itunes is also on spotify. Edited December 11, 2016 by BrenGun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thnd 5 Posted December 11, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, DarkWater said: how you do that? Not sure if the mobile versions have it, but for the PC desktop version, go to Preferences (Strg+P) and scroll down, the last category should have a switch for it. Not sure about the English naming though, translated directly from German it would be something like "display unavailable tracks". Edited December 11, 2016 by thnd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrenGun 2261 Posted December 11, 2016 9 minutes ago, thnd said: Not sure if the mobile versions have it, but for the PC desktop version, go to Preferences (Strg+P) and scroll down, the last category should have a switch for it. Not sure about the English naming though, translated directly from German it would be something like "display unavailable tracks". I did check it and I did notice it that I found songs I bought at the itunes store which aren't available in spotify. But I cannot find other music of other artist which isn't available in the itunes store of my country but available in japan. So I think it depends on your own bought music if you see display the hidden music or not. but that just what I notice. so if you didn't bought something in the store which isn't on spotify you don't know that it is HIDDEN. because I also did check Acid Black Cherry, but I cannot SEE any album by a hidden artist. But I do see the tracks which I bought or which aren't in a playlist of a user and then some albums can be checked, but the artist should be inside a playlist of a japanese user. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thnd 5 Posted December 13, 2016 On 11.12.2016 at 8:51 PM, DarkWater said: I did check it and I did notice it that I found songs I bought at the itunes store which aren't available in spotify. But I cannot find other music of other artist which isn't available in the itunes store of my country but available in japan. So I think it depends on your own bought music if you see display the hidden music or not. but that just what I notice. so if you didn't bought something in the store which isn't on spotify you don't know that it is HIDDEN. because I also did check Acid Black Cherry, but I cannot SEE any album by a hidden artist. But I do see the tracks which I bought or which aren't in a playlist of a user and then some albums can be checked, but the artist should be inside a playlist of a japanese user. Maybe your iTunes folder is being synced into Spotify as an offline (additional) resource? There's an option which allows you to do that which might sync with iTunes or some other stores. Not sure about that because I use a different player for my music files. The option I was talking about allows you to see tracks added to Japanese playlists like J-Track Brand New https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifyjapan/playlist/0zA6ApbJ4AtcW9VaOGgFRJ with ALL of the tracks showing. As this is an official, Japanese curated playlist, it has tons of tracks that appear greyed out (with the display switch on) or would not appear at all (with it set to off), as they are not available in my country. Take Marionette by BOOWY or the Pikotaro song (Sweets matomete hoshi ni nare) - both show up in the playlist but are unplayable for me, but when I click through to their profiles, these tracks aren't displayed at all. (Not sure what kind of business the BOOWY song has on a playlist collecting brand new hits though?!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrenGun 2261 Posted December 13, 2016 40 minutes ago, thnd said: Maybe your iTunes folder is being synced into Spotify as an offline (additional) resource? There's an option which allows you to do that which might sync with iTunes or some other stores. Not sure about that because I use a different player for my music files. The option I was talking about allows you to see tracks added to Japanese playlists like J-Track Brand New https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifyjapan/playlist/0zA6ApbJ4AtcW9VaOGgFRJ with ALL of the tracks showing. As this is an official, Japanese curated playlist, it has tons of tracks that appear greyed out (with the display switch on) or would not appear at all (with it set to off), as they are not available in my country. Take Marionette by BOOWY or the Pikotaro song (Sweets matomete hoshi ni nare) - both show up in the playlist but are unplayable for me, but when I click through to their profiles, these tracks aren't displayed at all. (Not sure what kind of business the BOOWY song has on a playlist collecting brand new hits though?!) Oh thanks for that tracklist link! Yes, same for me. I see also many gray tracks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Gossip (Ains band) Sirene La'veil MizeriA SCHWARZ KEIN (シュヴァルツカイン) Zombie (ぞんび) Hizaki Edited July 7, 2017 by Peace Heavy mk II 3 Replicant, aetarna and reminiscing2004 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apple-wa 10 Posted July 9, 2017 Thanks for the list! I've only stumbled over about a quarter of these bands on there on my own searching, so it's nice to know what all is available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShTon 268 Posted July 24, 2017 I've just made my account and this post is so useful~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted August 11, 2017 Chariots Only their 3rd era, and they have romanized tags 2 Replicant and aetarna reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bear 1817 Posted August 13, 2017 Nice thread! Recently started checking for VK bands on Spotify, so this thread is helpful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) Found a couple more that this list was missing. Anli Policino BUCK-TICK Cløwd DISACODE (romanized tags) Waive (only 1 album and romanized tags) Edit: Grieva was just added (romanized name, but correct song tags) Edited October 6, 2017 by Peace Heavy mk II 3 The Reverend, aetarna and Replicant reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
