What are your favorite bands?

[Magdalena]

I will list my favorite bands from 80s, maybe this is a continuation of previous post, maybe not

GASTUNK

BOØWY

Mein Kampf

THE ZOLGE

Zi:Kill

THE WILLARD

Tokyo Yankees

Der Zibet

44MAGNUM

X JAPAN

DEAD END

The Dead Pop Stars

Rosenfeld

Rommel

ZIGGY

The Stalin

Seikima ii

Yokasuka Saver Tiger

AION

ACTION!

AUTO-MOD

COLOR

Kamaitachi

AURA

Gargoyle

Madame Edwarda

EZO “FLATBACKER”

The Street Sliders

BUCK-TICK

Randy Uchida Group

Show-Ya

SABBRABELLS

~

that’s all I could remember, I have other favorite bands😅

These bands may also be active in the 90s.

“By the way, some bands in this list may not be related to Visual Kei”

[Rena]

Highjacking your thread, so everyone can post their favorite bands, no matter what decade

[CervaCannibale]

Did we really not have a thread for that before?

[Rena]

We had different kind of favorite band threads, one for active bands

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But I found no general favorite band thread, so time for everyone to go wild

[Korgoth]

My favorite band depends on the day, but it’s usually Kagrra,. I love the musical style and the vocals Isshi brought to the table. Some other bands that I jam out to on a daily basis:

B’z

Base Ball Bear

the GazettE

Luna Sea

Lareine

L’Arc-en-Ciel

Mr. Children

Dir en Grey

There are a lot of others that I listen to, but I listen to these ones the most

[xxxx]

DIR EN GREY, DÄLLE, GLAY, KUROYUME, KIYOHARU, hide, HYDE, deadman, the god and death stars, No-Lie Sense, etc

[sayonara_blue]

@Korgoth

My favorite band depends on the day, but it’s usually Kagrra,. I love the musical style and the vocals Isshi brought to the table. Some other bands that I jam out to on a daily basis:

A Kagrra, fan aaaaahh !

easy yet hard question argh !

If i try to remember all the " eras " I had, i’d say : DeG, Alice niiiine , Rentrer en Soi , Moi dix Mois ( MM too but MDM much more ), X Japan, Luna Sea, B-T, Loves of my life for eternity Kagrra, , D’espairsray, ZORO, Merry !!! , Dog in the PWO, The Kiddie, Called Plan, Plastic Tree , well GazettE ofc, Mejibray, Phantasmagoria, Memento Mori, Kiryu, NICOLAS, Matenrou Opera !, ACE ( they were so cool ), EVE, Galeyd, BFN, ZI:KILL , Yazzmad , DIO and Black Line, , BERGERAC , DIV, V-neu ( before mitsu and co era ), V-last, XaaXaa, BORN !! , Jiluka ( loved them when they started but i’m slowly drifting away ) SIGNAL,ScreW, BIOSPHIA , Lustknot Awoi, OZ, BIS..

( Order is absolute mess ! ! and those are just the bands that I remember reaally loving and getting seriously into but there is like a sh£t ton honestly )

Pretty sure a lot are missing

[Rena]

My favorite bands Sailing before the Wind and Kizu.

I barely listen to them them but Despairs Ray, Phantasmagoria and the studs were my favorites too always

[ExistentialDread]

As far as vkei goes

DIMLIM

Ophelia

Dir En Grey

the GazettE

Kiryu

R-Shitei

Deviloof (2015-2019)

Mamireta

Dadaroma

Damned

Damy

Deathgaze

Dezert

Disreign

Nazare

Ninth in Pluto

And a few non-vkei

Humanity’s Last Breath

Lorna Shore

Human Serpent

Psycho-Frame

Devourment

Spectral Wound

Sargeist

[Magdalena]

Deviloof

[Korgoth]

I definitely could have added more as well. I would listen to MM more if I knew the best places to find them. Definitely a fan of B-T, D’espairsRay, X Japan, and Alice Nine (I rarely hear them mentioned). It looks like I have a bunch of suggestions to listen to so cheers for that

[sayonara_blue]

Ikr ! ! Kagrra, and Alice nine are criminally underrated ( here and in VK scene in general nowadays )

I could understand for Kagrra, as they’re pretty “ niche “, but Alice nine ? They were absolute divas during their prime time !

Forgot to add ALSDEAD, NEGA, 12012, dadaroma, Gulu Gulu ..

Remioromen, Flumpool, Alexandros and RADWIIMPS, TMGE and pretty much all of Yusuke Chiba’s projects for the non VK

The Clash ! The heptones, Empire of the Sun, Slowdive, The prodigy , SHINee , Hyukoh, The Black Skirts, Ha hyun Sang … etc for the non japanese ones..;

I’m a citizen of the world lol

[Jamirokyo]

Well, when it comes to japanese bands the list goes like this:

DIR EN GREY (the Gods!)

DIMLIM (I even like MISC)

The Gazette (Dim and Dogma are my fav albums)

Maximum the Hormone

DEVILOOF (Inshu slaps hard!)

MUCC (mostly their first 6 albums)

Kein

Deadman

Kagerou (RIP Daisuke)

Merry (I love Nu Chemical Rhetoric!)

Petit Brabancon

Sukekiyo

Girugamesh (first album is awesome)

XAAXAA

A non japanese bands list would look like this:

Nirvana (my youth )

The Doors (my fathers favourite band is now also one of my favourite bands)

Deafheaven (Blackgaze FTW!)

Jamiroquai (Travelling without moving has a special place in my heart)

Deftones

Joy Division

Slipknot

System of a Down

Slayer

KoRn (everything up until Head left)

Dom & Roland

Wu-Tang Clan (once a shaolin, always a shaolin)

Cannibal Corpse

Endstille (only the stuff with Iblis)

[Magdalena]

This theme was “only Japanese bands” Deviloof is one of the only normal modern bands, I love their EP Song for the weak

[Komorebi]

LM.C, Royz, Kagraa, Anfiel, and Codomo Dragon.

[Kaishiki]

On top of the list it’s definitely Gazette.

Besides them it’s DaizyStripper, exist†trace, D’espairsRay, FeaDior, 蟻 (Ari), キズ (Kizu), XANVALA, ミスイ (Misui), NUL., Dir en grey and Luv PARADE ’d say.

There’s also 黒曜日 (Kuroyoubi), 黒猫 (Kuroneko), 我羇道 (Gakido), GANGLION, Deathpair, SuG, sugar, DIMLIM, DADAROMA, ナイトメア (nightmare), アリス九號. (alice nine.), ムック (Mucc), DIVIM, ゼラ (Zera) and SPLENDID GOD GIRAFFE to mention. As a few more that I like a lot but will see what they come up with and if I change my mind or not.

Additionally

For bands outside of the Japanese ones it’s Silverchair the most, even though I’ve been listening to EXILIA a lot for more than a year.

[x51715x]

i consider 陰陽座 (Onmyo-za) and the yellow monkey from before they got back together (latest single especially does not exist) my favorites
what i mean is i know their discography pretty well, definitely sing along when they come on, read interviews, buy their stuff, comfortably familiar with the members’ public lives and their diff eras, make fan stuff, and like to talk about them and encourage other ppl to enjoy them too

i really like these too:

@Magdalena

X JAPAN

DEAD END

@Korgoth

Mr. Children

Dir en Grey

@xxxx

GLAY,

All of these are bands on the older side
A few more that I’ve gotten into, maybe during a specific era:

• Sex Machineguns (especially around the time they came to US)
• Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
• The Back Horn
• Tokyo Jihen
• Malice Mizer
• Love Psychedelico
• Head Phones President
• 色々な十字架 (DIVERS † CROIX “Knowledge” 色々な十字架『知識』)

I like JRO because i can click ppls links when they get excited about some music, bless youtube Like the thread that helped me find sexy songs by Buck Tick, or randomly enjoying a Sailing Before the Wind live recording

definitely sing along w/me

[CervaCannibale]

I am so glad that the question says “bands” because I think I could hardly pick one I would put above all the others.

The all time faves are:

Dir en grey

The GazettE

D’espairsRay

Sadie

From the classics my favorites are:

X-Japan

Penicillin

Modern bands I like:

Amai Bouryoku

Kizu

Xanvala

NUL.

The Thirteen

Jigsaw

There are definitivly more bands I think make good music but these are the ones I actively listen to on a regular base.

[Alberry_skuols]

Most definitely Madmans Esprit, Human Traces (they’re not a VK band, but i think they’re just regular metal or rock), and maybe some others. Madmans Esprit captures mental health so well in their songs! I love Kyuho’s vocals, his vocals fit the band and songs. I just really like Madmans Esprit!