I was trying to look for a recommendation topic, but I couldnt find one and so I made this...

anyways, I'm on the lookout for more visual kei bands, I only recently started getting into them.

I've only listened to Alice Nine and Gazette so far, but I'm sure there are heaps out there! so please post some recommendations =]

Miyavi is supposed to be good if you like visual kei

X Japan. they are the ones who started visual key stuff ( i think). their stuff are awesome too ^^

Miyavi is awesome but he is not visual key, like he said it he was influenced by it

hm you have dir en grey

i also like Luna sea but i think they are just rock,not really visual key lol

here are some Jrock bands (not all are visual key) : glay,L'Arc~en~Ciel, Versailles, Gackt (one of my fav <3),SUG (id say they are more pop lol), an cafe (more popish as well), plastic tree, D'espairs Ray, Exist trace,.....

Im personally a huge fan of Miyavi, gackt, X Japan and Luna sea... Im too lazy to check other bands bcoz they are way too many bands in japan

definitely:
ayabie.
an cafe
12012

Visual Kei= my best recommendations obviously are AliceNine. and the gazettE coz well they make great music and I'm a big fan lol XD. . .

You can try nightmare they're also called naitomea =) Then there's ayabie, versailles, despair'sray, vidoll maybe you'd like oshare kei as well you can listen to Antic Cafe or An Cafe n___n

oh yeah, I've got a few of nightmare's songs...

and I saw the other Vidoll thread, so I thought I'd check them out too.

thanx for the recommendations so far! please keep posting! ^.^

EDIT: oh! and i just remembered... song recommendations are helpful, and appreciated as well =]

Miyavi is...jrock glam? idek...

anyways, you've stated some of my top favorites..

Alice Nine
The GazettE
Vidoll
Nightmare
Ayabie
Malice Mizer? <-- Mana is <3
Antic Cafe

one that hasn't been mentioned yet: girugamesh.

dark, heavy, melodic, and the slower songs/ballads are just...T_T fell in love with Satoshi's voice
I think I started with having betrayed is why then Owari to Mirai? most of their stuff are really good anyway.

Deluhi
D'espairs ray
SID ( they are not really visual kei anymore)


Malice Mizer was also a good band. Mind you they are different from bands like alice nine and Gazette.

It really depends on your taste. Could you be more specific as in what music genres you like?

Visual Kei:
12012
D'espairs ray
Phantasmagoria
Girugamesh
Panic Channel
Dir en grey
everything everyone's already mentioned

If you're more into oshare kei (the light happy stuff), then check out:
An Cafe
Duel Jewel
Charlotte
Lolita23q
Shelly Trip Realize/TINC (disbanded, but their songs are so much fun)
Aile
PANIC*ch (Panic Channel's oshare alter ego)

I suggest looking around Youtube for pvs if you haven't already. Definitely a big help and introduced me to a lot of good bands. Anybody know anyother good places to find pvs/info?

Find some bands you are interested in,
then discover more by clicking on the 'similar bands' section of
lastfm

LUNA SEA
• Soompi Thread
• LUNA SEA official website

They were considered a VK band when they first made their debut.

BUCK-TICK
• Soompi Thread
• BUCK-TICK WEB SITE


摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera)
• Soompi Thread
• 摩天楼オペラ official website


ムック (MUCC)
• Soompi Thread
• ________ムック MUCC Official Site 55-69.com

Are they VK? I can't tell.

-OZ-
• Visunavi
• -OZ- official web site




These threads might help.
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=199248
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=238290
http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=266835

Definitely Nightmare, D, Ayabie, and Angelo

Uhm. The GazettE is my favorite but you've already heard of that one so...
Definitely listen to Girugamesh. They're my second favorite. Also, SuG, Lolit23q, An Cafe, Phantasmagoria(disbanded), Rentrer en Soi(disbanded), Dir en Grey, Ayabie, Nightmare.

Rentrer en Soi has been disbanded but they have a few good songs out there~

hmmm well it really doesnt matter. i mean, i guess i have a really diverse taste in music.
visual kei is kinda new for me though, so i'm really just trying to find the main bands, what other ppl like listening to, etc.


does that make sense?

^ as in what's currently popular? (since X and Malice Mizer are like super old school. XD)

I'd go find scans of the vkei magazines like Shoxx, Cure, H'evn and check out the bigger articles since those are usually on the more popular/major label bands.

haha, and to add to all the suggestions, Plastic Tree. although they;re not that visual now. ;D
and Psycho le Cemu, but they "disbanded" a couple years ago.

ive just realised that all of the bands ive checked out are all guys... are there any girl Vkei groups out there?

^ um, Danger☆Gang, exist†trace, DAZZLE VISION (?)... hmm that's all I know/have heard.

Imitation PoPs Uchuu Sentai NOIZ is the best of the best.

I don't know whether to call them Visual or Oshare kei, though

i have to say that SCREW is my third fav after gazette and alice nine.
they are quite new but they have good quality music.
here are some of their good songs in case you didnt know where to start from =]
-VEGAS
-Wailing wall
-gather roses
-dearest wish

and here are some of my other recommendations for vrock bands
-Versailles (they mainly play symphonic metal and they have real awesome guitar parts too <3 youll be amazed)
-an cafe (if you like happy jumpy songs)
-kra (not hardcore, their songs are more relaxing and soothing)

Oh but there are so many XD! Hm... I guess...

- Kra (Oshare Kei)
- Nightmare
- xTRiPx
- Glacier
- PENICILLIN
- BUCK-TICK
- Megamasso
- jealKB
- Akihabara Shounendan Dennou Romeo

Those are just a few that I personally like :3.

DIR EN GREY~!!!

an cafe is nice too, but diru is the best!!

I'm glad people have mentioned Versailles.

If you have trouble finding them (you shouldn't at youtube, at least), they're also known as Versailles Philharmonic Quintet--they had to change their name because of another artist claiming she was the original Versailles (a fan contest got them the new one). -__-

has anyone mentioned Kagrra yet? o.O because they're good as well..2nd fave to me~~ haha

Exist+trace is great, love their death vocals lol

UnsraW
Ayabie
Acid black cherry (yeah i know not vkei but they have great songs)
SID - well..back when they first started, I still love them...shush they're my favourite band LOL
Jealkb - for a comedy band these guys are great, mofto is my fave then chaos..cause he doesn't play a instrument LOL

depends on your taste really

Hum.. I would say :

Girugamesh
vistlip
zoro
Nightmare
Mix Speaker's Inc
...

Depends what you like!^^

oh wow im surpirsed your the only one that mentioned vistlip.
i like vistlip but they haven't even come out with an album yet? they only realeased two mini-albums and three singles.
anyways dropnote and alo[n]e are my two faves

here is a list i found on wiki that lists vk bands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Visual_kei_artists

as far as visual kei bands, my favorites:
- alice nine
- the gazzette
- an cafe (but they are oshare kei)

other VK I would recommend:
- LM.C > maya was a guitarist for mayvi. i recently started to take a liking to lm.c (my initials hah XD). my favorite songs are Chemical King - Twoon/Boys and Girls/Punky Heart.
- Duel Jewel
- Vidoll
- Versailles
- 12012
- Panic Channel

you can also listen to the bands that started the VK movement:
- X Japan
- D'erlanger
- Buck - Tick
- Color

some people mentioned checking out the pvs on youtube. that helps a lot.

hope that helps

I really like vistlip so..*.*
We could say that their last release, PATRIOT, is their first album...even if it's a bit short..^^"
I agree, alo[n]e is one of my faves songs too!

i second 12012 and girugamesh


ap®il, vistlip, and SINCREA are also quite promising.


oh and i`m almost forgot, Dolly. I recommend: Ussetsu Drop and Toki no Ressha