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xTripx

My Bacteria Heat Island

Nocturnal Bloodlust

Vistlip

The Gazette

Mejibray

RAVE

ALSDEAD

Megamasso

Girugamesh

 

Not in that order, but probably in that order...

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1. xTRiPx (mainly pre-revival both trad. and F.S.A era)

2. Janne Da Arc/A.B.C (I used to listen to them religiously from '09-'12/ not VK but worth putting here)

3. NEXX 

4. Royz

5.  ユナイト

6. DIV

7. ネオン/the LEM (Rikuto bands)

8. Blu-billion

9. v[NEU]  (vo. Mitsu)

10. ViViD (pre-Real)

 

Honorable mentions:

 

Vistlip

ケミカルピクチャーズ

SINCREA

the Raid.

Called≠Plan

MoNoLith

 

 

LUCHe., Airish, Anfinit, アルルカン, and  RoNo☆Cro are either close or would be up there if it weren't for the fact that they're relatively new to me.
Everything but ネオン, NEXX, xTRiPx, and Janne Da Arc I've followed since the beginning/early stages so history plays a decent role.

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Only veekay bands? and only ten bands?

1 - bis

2 - xTRiPx

3 - kannivalism

4 - baroque

5 - Chemical Pictures

6 - Panic Channel

7 - Megamasso

8 - nil delete heads

9 - Plastic Tree

10 - Deluhi

 

Other notables: Lolita 23q (Soshi 'era'), aicle., Canzel, SRASH NOTES GARDEN, ayabie, Goshujinsama Senyou Kisai Gakudan -Virgil-, The GazettE, NoGoD, amber gris.

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ok, here my top 10

1- X-Japan

2- Dir en Grey

3- MUCC

4- Malice Mizer

5- Rentrer en Soi

6-Phantasmagoria

7-Lynch.

8-Deathgaze

9-Awoi

10-Guniw Tools 

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*edited 2015.03.21

 

1. Dir en Grey
2. D'espairsRay
3. 9goats black out
4. Rentrer en Soi

5. lynch.

6. deadman

7. gullet
8. the GazettE
9. Sadie (up till Gain)
10. born (abnormal head machine era)


I also like:
-Mucc (mostly for Tsuzetsu and Zekuu)
-girugamesh (up to Music)
-12012 (hallelujah, and their recent stuff)
-Screw (mostly before Xrays)
-black:list

-exist trace

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In no particular order:

1. Malice Mizer

2. Dir en Grey

3. Sharan Q (シャ乱Q)

4. La'cryma Christi

5. Rouage

6. Dog in the PWO

7. e.mu

8. Luna Sea

9. Sophia

10. Eins:Vier

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I certainly couldn't put a list of my ten favorite VK bands in strict order (I mean, is the difference between anyone's 6th and 7th favorite bands really that great?) so I figured I'd break my ten down into categories.

 

The usual caveats apply: yes this list could be different if I did it a week from now; of course there were some bands I loved but didn't release enough material for me to list them as an all time favorite (lookin' at you Hybrid-Zombiez), etc.

 

Legends:

  -Luna Sea

  -Dir en grey

 

Both of these bands had 3-4 album streaks that were both A. Amazing and B. Changed the landscape of VK forever. Couldn't do a favorite VK band list without 'em.

 

Nagoya-kei:

  -Merry go round

  -Emmuree

  -deadman

 

I know emmuree aren't actually from the Nagoya area, but c'mon, how many of you thought they were based on their sound? I'm far from a VK historian but when I hear 'nagoya-kei' I think something slightly darker, gothier, and more melancholy than your average band. These bands fit that description perfectly... and they all have albums I can listen to from start to finish (an important consideration for me when considering my favorite bands).

 

Matina:

  -Madeth Gray'll

  -Syndrome

 

Love him or hate him, Kisaki has left an indelible mark on the scene through both his bands and his various labels. I got into visual kei around 2000 so obviously Matina was a big influence in what I liked as I started to discover the world of indies VK.

 

Throwback:

  -AvelCain

  -Grieva

  -Kagrra

 

Grieva and AvelCain are new to the scene but embrace an amalgamation of sounds from past eras. I get the impression these bands listened to and liked the same bands I did growing up, and now they're releasing awesome, heavy VK while wearing their influences on their sleeves. Kagrra, I sort of cheated and included here under the guise that their sound is a throwback to sounds before VK was even a thing... full of classic Japanese instrumentation and timeless melodies.

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1.Dir en grey

2.Lycaon

3.Avelcain

4.Grieva

5.Royz

6.D.I.D

7.Mejibray

8.Nocturnal Bloodlust(sue me)

9.THE BLACK SWAN

10.the gazette

 

this was hard cause I have a lot more then this xD but oh well

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Dir en grey

Lycaon

MEJIBRAY

the GazettE

少年記

BORN

己龍

DADAROMA

コドモドラゴン

AvelCain

 

Guess that's what I feel is the top ten right now...

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updated

Edited by blackdoll

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i thought it was of all time as people listed disbanded ones.

 

Then my list would be longer than 10 lol.  I just felt like doing my now top 10 I guess.

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1.) THE BLACK SWAN

2.) Halienju

3.) D.I.D.

4.) LYCAON

5.) Kiryu

6.) -OZ-

7.) The 3rd Birthday

8.) Nega (ネガ 04200921580406177042)

9.) MY BACTERIA HEAT ISLAND

10.) AvelCain

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Then my list would be longer than 10 lol.  I just felt like doing my now top 10 I guess.

k

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Not in any real order except for 1/2/3 or so

 

1.) Kaya (not a band, but whatever)

2.) Versailles

3.) Lareine

4.) 9Goats Black Out

5.) Liphlich

6.) goatbed

7.) cali≠gari

8.) A

9.) AYABIE (yumehito-on-vocals era)

10.) MELODY

 

Not counting things that were/are sort of on the periphery of VK (Guniw Tools, Jikkendai Marmot etc.)

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The first two were easy to decide, but after that it was super difficult. Now that I'm starting to be up-to-date with everything I missed out during the couple of years I wasn't that interested in vk, I'm really starting to grasp what is it that I like.

 

1. Lycaon :3

2. アルルカン

3. Purple Stone

4. Blesscode

5. プラネタリウム

6. Fixer

7. アヴァンチック

8. ヴィドール

9. ギルド

10. 少年記

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1. SuG

2. SCREW

3. Matenrou Opera

4. Dog in the PWO

5. the GazettE

6. Gotcharocka

7. Reign

8. Royz

9. Sadie

10. Jupiter

 

Note: This is just random order in the bands that I could think of. It is not in order of what I like best and what not. To be honest, just top ten is a bit meager for me because I love other bands so much such as Lycaon, Alice Nine and BORN. <3 Also, I went on a two or three year hiatus with visual kei because of something that happened. Most of those bands like Sadie, SuG, SCREW and the GazettE are very very OLD favorites of mine.

 

Honorable mentions: Lycaon, Alice Nine, UNiTE, Mejibray, Noctournal Bloodlust, Synk;yet... to name a few.

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I had not seen or responded to this topic previously, so I will try it out now by listing my all time favorites:

 

1. Dir en grey

2. The GazettE

3. Mucc

4. D'espairsRay

5. D.I.D

6. lynch.

7. HaKU

8. Cinema Staff

9. CodeRebirth

10. Wagakki Band

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Ugh, this is really hard lol.  I'm going to just do top 10 RECENT favorites of mine so that I (probably) won't have to address the to be or not to be vk problem.

 

1.Vivid

2.DIAURA

3.Girugamesh (ugh they hardly count as VK anymore)

4.ALSDEAD

5.Black Gene For The Next Scene

6.lynch (same with them dammit this isn't working)

7.the Raid

8.AvelCain

9.DIV

10.Vistlip

 

If I subbed out those two, I'd add: Dezert and DaizyStripper

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1. Jupiter

2. Blu-Billion

3. Codomo Dragon

4. SuG

5. D=Out

6. Mejibray

7. UNiTE

8. Royz

9. BugLug

10. DIV

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Besides ANSIA being my number one favorite visual kei, none of the other bands are really in any particular order. I guess some days I like certain ones more than others. Depends on my mood lol

 

  • ANSIA
  • Rivet
  • The♡Valentine.
  • ザアザア-xaa xaa-
  • π乙。(Paiotsu)
  • SAKURA
  • Diz

Well... can't come up with 10 right now but close enough :P

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1 -Dir en grey

2 -Buck tick

3 -Jigokue

4 - X japan

5 -Deshabillz

6 -Mercuro

7 -Gilles de rais

8 -By-sexual

9 -D=sire

10 -La'mule

 

And is a shame that has to be VK bands, because I love these bands too:

Balzac, The blue hearts, Boowy, G-schmitt, Anzenchitai and Manierisme.

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