vkei muzic recs & info

some stuff i wanted to put on my pf but i felt like i should just make a blog and add to it as time goes on( ´ _ `⁠ ⁠)

 i guess i made this cuz i wanna bring more recognition to vkei :p but id love to find more american sc/emo bands too (other than the ones i listed on my pf)

*i didnt put genres so some of this is on the metal/rock side and others are more calm or light hearted-ish or energetic, 

the "Falling" video does have a lot of flashing so plz watch at ur own risk

ik theres not much rite now but i wanna space it out instead of going all at once ;d 

although i do recommend from the gazette - filth in the beauty, nakigahara, D.L.N, Undying, Invisible Wall, Inside Beast, Dogma, Chizuru, Reila, Toguro, Without a Trace, Taion, Red, Suicide Circus, Clever Monkey, Agony, Disorder Heaven, The $ocial Riot Machine$, Cassis, Pledge, Reila, Dawn, Ominous, Dim Scene

Diaura - Lost november (mv and live), Lily, Tosakushou Resistance, Melt, Lost Story, https://on.soundcloud.com/YBWcFEunztKxhUef6

Dir en Grey - Kodou, Obscure, Yokan, Mushi (live), Cage, Saku (i recommend vestige of scratches ver. for obscure), Garden, Yurameki, aint afraid to die, clever sleazoid

SO SORRY ik this seems like a lot so dont watch if u dont want to, im just rlly passionate about this stuff ( ´ ▽ ` ) and theres so so so sooooo much more i could add 2 gazette but hopefully you'll discover the songs on ur own ;T

 (sorry4the title, i promise the songs good lol)

Dadaroma - Ame no WALTZ, Tururira, Risley Circus, Trend Identity, Dendrobium, watashi bangyajanaiwa

Sadie - Meisai, IceRomancer, Madara

XAAXAA - Love Letter, Psycho Party

 Zombie - Kusottarega, Zombie Shisu

Miyavi - eccentric otona yamai, Coo Quack Cluck (from his movie oresama), What a wonderful world

theres also a song from due le quartz which is in the movie, and miyavi was in that band at one point

Malice Mizer (plz watch the PVs theyre amazing!!) - Au Revoir, Le Ciel, Gardenia, Ma Cherie, Bel Air, Gekka no Yasoukyoku, Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku, Aegen, I know the reason for her sadness, Baroque, Beast of Blood, je te veux, Shiroi Hada, Aprés Midi, Transylvania, Illuminati, Premier Amour, Kioku to Sora

they also have a 30 min movie with gackt (i cant remember the name) and basically a dracula remake or something with klaha (Bara no Konrei)

Buck-Tick - Coyote (live), Dress, Taiyou ni Korosareta (live), Just One More Kiss, Kiss Me Goodbye, Romance, In Heaven, Jupiter, Sakura, Kuchiduke, Kagerou, My Funny Valentine (live), Speed, die, My Eyes and Your Eyes, Empty Girl, Sexual xxxxx, Moon Light, Taiyou to Ikaros, Kogoeru, https://on.soundcloud.com/zS4Bst2DVPvpvW8R7

RAZOR - DNA

Shazna - Melty Love, Dizziness, If...with tears in one's eyes, Sumire September Love, Topaz, Pearl, Sweet Heart Memory

Alice Nine - Phoenix, shunkashuutou, cosmic world

Nightmare - of course, the death note op and ending 'The World'/'Alumina', Raison D'etre (rezondetoru), Can you do it? 

https://on.soundcloud.com/tPeHEybDoHSFEJXd7

Lareine (kamijo vocals:> he is in versailles/solo now) - metamorphose,  https://open.spotify.com/track/6RhRXYnuXBiGWgqhGQGqz8?si=csRZYPKHQme7tO_Z1liphA

EYENêS - Neon no ame

DOGMAS -Succubus

Kebyo

also some of these bands like mejibray and dadaroma (im p sure), specifically the vocalists may have other projects or started new bands, so i think it's good to look into those :s

ex. kyo from dir en grey is also the vocalist in sukekiyo

some good sites to learn more about bands would be crimson.lotus, vk.gy, and jrockone 

there is a site called DefectiveTragedy that does the gazette translations and info about their discography

there are a lot of different subgenres and styles within the culture, fashion-wise, the most popular styles ive seen are tanbi kei, kote kei, menhera, and eroguro. there is also oshare, and koteosa, and much more. not all of the vk styles have to align with the music (maybe like onii and morikei) because it is a mix of both, vk bands just tend to have some of these styles, along with the different genres like oshare being more upbeat, usually kotekei bands having the "vampire-esque" sound, and bands like Jiluka having a more deathcore/electronic metal sound. there is also a genre called 'loud kei' which is kind of influenced by western metal

you could dress in a certain style, but maybe not listen to the music associated with it (4 vkei i think, this sentence may be a bit wrong), and that's okay because like i said it is both fashion and music (flor on tiktok has a video about it).

 i will say itd be pretty interesting to see someone in menhera but listening to, say, Lareine or cas. obviously you can listen to literally anything though😅

sry for the infodump!! i may be wrong about some things here but what i've said is based off of what i know and have seen or heard :p. as into it as i am after only like a little over a year and a half im still learning lolz