japanese music Visual kei

Visual Kei refers to a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of eccentric, sometimes flamboyant looks. This usually involves striking make-up, unusual hair styles and elaborate costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that Visual Kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of J-rock (a term referring to Japanese rock in general), with its own particular sound, related to glam-rock, punk and metal, and with strong emphasis on its unique style of dress; and some sources state that Visual Kei's unique clothing and make-up fashions, and participation in the related sub-culture, is equally as important as the sound of the music itself in the use of the term.

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A
Alice Nine
Aliene Ma'riage
An Cafe
Anti Feminism
Ayabie

B
Baiser
Baroque (band)
Blam Honey
Blood (band)
Buck-Tick
By-Sexual

C
Cascade (band)
Color (band)

D
D (band)
D'erlanger
Deathgaze
Devil Kitty
Die in Cries
Dir en grey
Duel Jewel
Dué le Quartz

E
El Dorado (band)
Exist Trace

F
Fairy Fore
Fanatic Crisis

G
Genkaku Allergy
Ghost (2004 band)
Guniw Tools

H
Hide (musician)

J
Jealkb

K
Kagerou (band)
Kagrra
Karma Shenjing
Kra (band)
Kuroyume

L
L'luvia
Laputa (band)
Lareine
Luna Sea
Lynch (band)

M
Malice Mizer
Megamasso
Missalina Rei
Miyavi

M cont.
Moi dix Mois

N
Nightmare (band)

P
Panic Channel
Penicillin (band)
Phantasmagoria (band)
Pierrot (band)
Plastic Tree
Psycho le Cému

S
Sadie (band)
Schwarz Stein
Shazna
Sid (band)
Sug

T
The Candy Spooky Theater
The Dead Pop Stars
The Gazette (band)
The Piass
Tinc (band)

V
Velvet Eden
Versailles (Japanese band)

X
X Japan

Z
Zi:Kill