Japan Metal
 

Thanks to @Packofcrows I have now been exposed to a whole new genre of music.


After viewing a few snippets of the bands he recommended I have a pile of downloading and video watching to do!


X Japan* Great and right in my taste.
Luna Sea* Nope. Too U2ish.
Versailles Superb! This is my favourite so far. I can watch these videos all night (and just may).
Early Dir en Grey* Extremely variable, undecided.
Gazette Not sure yet. Hard to find much
L'Arc~en~Ciel* Don't like at all. Not sure what, just something doesn't appeal to me.
Girugamesh Alright but not top of the list.
D'erspairs Ray Good and will download some.

Don't understand a freakn' word but really enjoying something I never knew existed before. Any more of the heavy/glam type stuff anubody can recommend?


At this rate I will be watching anime and eating whatever the hell Pho is any day now.

Other than a couple of moments of serious gender confusion this video rocked my world!


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5827EPsAOis"]Versailles - The Revenant Choir - YouTube[/ame]

I dont know what is right anymore

haha you made a thread for this.

Pity...you dont like Luna Sea. I got a big smooch from a Japanese girl when the song "love song" played.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDjumx-mY-Y"]HIZAKI grace project - Race wish (guitar solo) - YouTube[/ame]

Stick through the first 2min.

Let me see my iTunes:

Seikima ii
They kinda like X Japan
Fav songs:
Stainless night
Adamu no Ringo

Rentrer en soi
Protoplasm
Stigmata

ClearVeil
A.R.S. <---my fav song from em
The dropping sky

Born
-Dust pain

La'miss Fairy
-Virgin <---fav song from em.
-Garasu Saiku No Kimi To Boku No Koe

Chariots
-Cold pray (or is it prey?)
-ablaze my sorrow
-Emily

Dio (distraught overlord)
-Anything is heavy as hell from em.

Moi dix Mois
-Unmoved <---beast instrumental but gets annoying. Wont $500 show 'battle of the bands' for playing this. We claimed it was our song...lol DMCA incoming
-Eternally beyond

Gackt
^^^looks homo but i love 'em. Takes getting used to.
-Returner
^^^fav song from 'em

Pleymo
Japanese band but sings in French/Japanese
New Wave

Try Dir en grey (old Dir)
Songs:
Machiavellism
Yokan<3
Jesus Christ R' n R.
C
Garbage <---good headbanging song lol
Undecided<---acoustic. Made my crush fall for me redoing this song on guitar as a softer and mellower song
(My fav albums are everything before Withering to death and that album)

OH MFGOD! I forgot Mucc! Try them! I saw 'em like in Japan years back. Bassist inspired by Flea from RHCP
Songs:
Daikirai aka I hate/you
Houkou <3 <---beast intro
Fuzz
Dilemma
...forgot more songs

deathgaze
^^^Anything they good too
-Insult kiss me

Maximum the hormone
Death Note anime guys
-Whats up people!?
-kuso breaking no breakin lily
-Policeman benz

Eternal Symphony
These guys more like 'pretty rock'
Songs:
Matenrou Opera Eternal Symphony (youtube it, not sure on name)
alkaloid showcase

X-Japan
Songs:
Standing Sex
Kurenai (theres 2 versions)
Rusty nail (2 versions)
Silent Jealousy
Week end (theres now like 3 versions)
Orgasm

Velvet Nightmare
Not a fan of this band's singing
Fahrenheit
Vanity

Screw
Death's Door
SRB

SaTaN
DE∀TH SONG (FROM THE STYX)

The Pillows
punk rock band, indie, jazz, alternative etc... normal stuff. From anime Fooly Cooly. Love this band. High school years getting laid.
Ladybird Girl
Little Busters
Crazy Sunshine
Last Dinosaur

Flumpool
^^^my college band to hit on Asian girls with.
-Hoshi ni Naegi wo

Mix of everything:

Mika Nakashima
-punk, pop, ballad...etc just look her up. Try "glamorous sky" My crush and dream wife.

Olivia inspi' Reira
^^^Anything from her. Similar to Evanescence

Nana Mizuki
^^^same as above.

Mr. Children
Same as The Pillows

Other bands (metal, death, crazy stuff):
Siva, Dali, Megaromania, Brodiaea, Lamina, E'm ~grief~


Non-rock

Rip Slyme
Song:
Super Shooter

^^^Gogogo watch anime "Gantz"

Orange Range
^^^girly cr@p band I liked after watching Japanese dramas

Nujabees
^^^not a band but a contributor artist. Rap+pop and has anime songs like for Samurai Champloo

Miyavi
Hes kinda like a nevershoutnever! plays acoustic but he is great.



Also, BIG fan of Japanese movies, dramas and same for Korean.


I leave you guys with this... lol

IB4IGETSTABBED

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTI2FdoeMlc"]Outsider 외톨� [Oetori] Music Video Fastest Korean Rapper - YouTube[/ame]

@Tcoat

Unfortunately, Versailles broke up like 2yrs ago. :(


I'm tired of typing. That's like only 10% of my j-bands. Many are undergeround. Hope you can find them. Others just play local shows so they fall into the 'non-existant' category. But they do exist. I either saw them live, youtube'd them years back or x-gf's gave me demo cd's of 'em.

Sweet lord man that is enough to keep me going for months!


I can watch her play all night (and probably will).


Oh, there are threads made on way worse topics. I never even knew any of this existed so am curious and wanted to learn more.


Here is a probably unknown (there) Canadian band for you. It is my favorite Canadian band and we have hung out many times as my son did some work for them years ago.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6C_KRDf4o"]Die Mannequin - Bad Medicine (HD Official Video) - YouTube[/ame]

Guitar girl in red is guy named Hizaki. Hes so ugly lol he dresses good. Should watch interviews. Hes from Versailles.

Forgot GOGO7188 my first punk/idk wth band in like 1997. I was 8 using a Mac os in 4th? Grade.

Double post...on tablet. Cant edit.


Thanks for CAN band. My favorite is Metric. Saw them live. <3

I went back and forth as to the sex there about 20 times. Guessed wrong.

X Japan can be summed up by this song, 30 minutes of pure musical bliss.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqmkgSeYjI"]X - Japan - Art of Life FULL song - YouTube[/ame]

Live version: 1993 Tokyo Dome

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrc2M7cNPWk"]X-Japan - Art of Life - YouTube[/ame]

RIP Hide (1998) & Taiji (2011)

Dunno if you'll like this but I listen to a group called "Babymetal". They are more j-rock than metal, I suppose? dunno.

Purists don't like them because of their "style" but hey, I love their songs and I find myself going way past the speed limit whenever a song comes on. I don't listen to metal though, so what do I know. haha

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK3NMZAUKGw"]BABYMETAL - メギツ� - MEGITSUNE (Full ver.) - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GErGfHjHQ0"]BABYMETAL - ヘド�ンギャー��[ Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!! ] (Full ver.) - YouTube[/ame]

I don't mind that at all and a least I can tell who is actually female (I think). My long night of video watching and research tells me I am more interested in the meta/glam music of the visual kei type. I have no idea how I never stumbled upon this stuff years ago.

Yes that was the one that hooked me.
Can't wait for the wife to come home from work and I am playing this.
I can hear her already "What the HELL is that?"

Yo Tcoat try Rosier by Luna Sea. If you still dont fancy them, then ill never bring them up again.

I don't know what to do with this thread.

Galneryus and Sex Machineguns probably rank #1 for me.

Galneryus has a genius on guitar and the keyboard!

while none of these are from Japan I feel like they have similar style to what was discussed already. So here are a few bands that I like to keep the discussion going !

I like Dragonforce (British) and Gamma ray (German) which have a similar style of power/speed metal.
Both their latest album are great IMO, Maximum Overload and Empire of the Undead respectively.

While not as exactly the same style but not that far of, I love Epica (Netherlands), they have a symphonic metal style. Their best album is IMO Design Your Universe.
Sirenia (Norway) is similar too.

Aeryon (Netherlands) makes for a great Metal/rock Opera. (or anything that has Arjen Anthony Lucassen involved) Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 2 - Flight Of The Migrator is my favorite.

The band I like the most is probably Dream Theater (USA) they aren't really close to the rest with a progressive metal style. Train of Tought is an awesome album, I also really like their Deep Purple live cover of Made in Japan. John Petrucci (guitar) and James Labrie (vocal) are really talented and both have solo album too.

Cradle of Filth (British) their music style is hard to describe so I'll use this quote from Wikipedia : "The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal and other extreme metal styles."
I've seen them twice live in Montreal and they are breathtaking!

I could name a lot more but I'll stop for now.

:party0030:

I remember the first Japanese metal band I saw, but don't recall their name. They were the 3rd opener at a festival and they weren't bad. The only reason I remember them was solely on their performance. After performing a few songs the lead singer drops to his knees and show everyone the scars on his inner forearms. Takes out a knife and begins to slice himself a couple times.
If any of you know who I am talking about, pleas let me know. They weren't bad, but bat shit crazy though.

In my drunken, nostalgic romp I stumbled (literally) across old videos I have never once thought to watch before. In the process I found one of my top 10 favorite songs by one of my favorite artists and now my interest in the visual kei stuff makes sense to me.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLYafk0Lui0"]Ziggy Stardust | David Bowie - YouTube[/ame]
From the same album
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B5zmDz4vR4"]David Bowie - Starman (1972) HD 0815007 - YouTube[/ame]

I'm more into a single unique aspect of Japanese music...Vocaloid, and it has a heavy side:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQxP8kQMCwU"]�Megurine Luka】- ReplicA �Muryoku-P】 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoGJw-YZwbc"]Hatsune Miku - Welcome to The Love Hospital (CD-R ver.) - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qd3CanD6hM"]�Hatsune Miku Append】- CR Peculiar World View (ALGORITHM Version) �Utsu-P】 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcnwPk4mvrU"]�クグツ】 "Marionette" Yoshihi/Hagane Miku Sub Eng/Esp Romaji HD - YouTube[/ame]


And Kikuo, though absolutely not metal or really typical, just kills it musically...genious compositions, but steps off the deep end and is a little too disturbed though, must have some severe mental issues based off what the music is actually about...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC4XuTe7Hyc"][Official HQ]Kikuo - 物を�ら�ら壊� "Mono wo parapara kowasu" - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGInLtu0j6Y"]Kikuo - MAWARU - YouTube[/ame]



And I'm quite liking the new Cevio (like a Vocaloid...) ONE and these songs in particular...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ObLVSluRW0"]�ONE】lost pulsation�Original Song】 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxU3qTej0AU"]�ONE】 Insane �オリジナル】 - YouTube[/ame]

Another Japanese Group: Earthshaker. Following is a live concert in Fuji Speedway ;)

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS24S3JmuaY"]EARTHSHAKER "PRAY FOR THE EARTH～We're with you�" - YouTube[/ame]


Songs
01：MORE
02：WHISKY&WOMAN
03：記憶の中
04：PRAY FOR THE EARTH
05：FUGITIVE～DRUM SOLO
06：T-O-K-Y-O
07：COME ON
08：RADIO MAGIC

I love a Japanese metal band called Vow Wow from the 80's...check out Hurricane and wait for the guitar solo. They were described as Turbo Rock. Hope I won't get banned for using the 't' word :bonk:

Is Scandal close enough?

Edit:

https://youtu.be/dnP0KqHWhCQ

What. no Gackt? IMO, the guy is on a whole nother level. Essentially the visual kei answer to Prince.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXp0v93ZRTs"]GACKT「REDEMPTION� - YouTube[/ame]

Perfect!

I'l just shotgun out random stuff, but most of what you have been looking at is, I believe "visual kei" stuff. I might be balling them all up, I know music snobs get pissy when you cross razor thin genre lines, but cute dude in makeup like Ziggy stardust to me is visual kei.

I listen to all sorts of stuff in addition to that.

Maximum the Hormone
They make me want to break stuff and this old headbangers neck starts to crack and I stomp around roaring. Might not be for you, but give it a spin.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtf5fuTkbsA"]Maximum the Hormone - Yoshu Fukushu (eng sub) - YouTube[/ame]

Sex Machine Guns
I overlooked them for years to my dismay. I caught them in a little hole in the wall club and they blew the place apart! I'm a guy from the 80's and this speaks to me on a genetic level.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZWhMzQ6Diw"]メタル経�マン�SEX MACHINEGUNS】オフィシャルPV - YouTube[/ame]

These guys are more electronic, hard to pin down, Linkin Park meets Deadmous? :iono:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuyGNMjlZ6s"]Mad Capsule Markets - Tribe - YouTube[/ame]

Kuroyume, going in a whole different direction.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQ30aZBqSc"]黒夢 (Kuroyume) - See You PV - YouTube[/ame]

Takin it back a ways. Two guys from Boowy. First Kyosuke Himuro.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMyAZh_BT4s"]KYOSUKE HIMURO -KISS ME- - YouTube[/ame]

And the always entertaining Tomayasu Hotei. Sort of the Japanese answer to Bryan Setzer.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwOWS02RoEw"]HOTEI - �ンビーナ - YouTube[/ame]

Back when they were together. Not really feeling it myself, but I got here in the 90s and X was the rage then; this is older I think.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zElbd5guj0"]BOOWY�Marionette - YouTube[/ame]

OHHHH not so good that time there Mad! Zero for 7 on that bunch. Too thrash, pop or 80s like for me.


There seems to be a very tight range that I like.

Music is expression, there is no one correct answer for all. I like Alan Jackson too. :iono:

While I search for some more stuff, watch this 10 year old kid rage.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC_j86MR7lM&ebc=ANyPxKq0dG3X05vYX42TvKWCkY wtsunUu75-ymN1iaJmzAb7LCnjjPXj8lEhYaCj-0ZGk8-vl-xfhRm1xm3merpZcnk05kOhEw"]Deep Purple Burn 桜花 10æ*³ ギター 少女 - YouTube[/ame]

Not all little girls in Japan want to join AKB48. Some want to rock. She's like 14 now and probably makes Steve Vai want to kill himself. She's also a licensed pilot. :bonk:

Penicillin. I expect this won't work. They are sort of softer. I enjoy the challenge of finding some stuff up your alley, though.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjKd1aEaPWU"]Penicillin - Melody PV - YouTube[/ame]

Shazna. It's bit poppy, but we'll give er a shot. Don't fall for the singer. IT'S A TRAP! I swear even if I turn gay I'm still into asians! :D

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZQX6_Cmr6U"]Shazna - Melty Love - YouTube[/ame]

D'Erlanger. Got me finding new stuff I like at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ZSchEliuM

Ya I learned the whole "things are not as they appear" concept about this music very quickly!


Nope again on those two. So far the one your cat found and the first one you posted here were smack on and the rest of no interest at all.

I'm running out of knowledge on the genre, sorry. Harder than the soft stuff, but possibly too hard. Lyacon. Pulling for this one. The drummer is my wife's cousin.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKWuHbeZFGE"]Lycaon - RED RUM PV - YouTube[/ame]

Musically a home run. Almost lost me with the opening growl/grunt/screams but then they leveled out and only resorted to it a few times. 8/10 overall

I am as happy as, a creepy guy with his head sticking out of an anime girl's butt!

http://new2.fjcdn.com/pictures/Anime_2bcd66_130622.jpg