r/visualkei

Hey^^ I'm 38 and from Poland. I've noticed that most VK fans I've met around here are quite a bit younger than me 😅, so I thought I'd try my luck here!

I'd love to meet some people around my age who are into visual kei and J-rock, preferably from different parts of the world. It would be nice to have people to chat with about music, share recommendations, talk about random stuff and maybe even meet at concerts someday. And who knows, maybe we'll become good friends along the way! 😊

I listen to more than just Japanese rock and metal, so there's plenty of other music to talk about too.

I'm currently learning Japanese, and although I'm a bit introverted, I enjoy meeting new people and am always open to making new friends^^

Feel free to comment or DM me if you'd like to chat. 🖤

Seeing as more and more bands are taking on an international tour outside of Japan, which Vkei bands have you seen live? And which was the best to you?

To me D'espairsRay will always stand out as the first, back in 2006 and now recently at the B7Klan Vkei Fest in Paris

looking to go more off the grid or at least minimise use of my phone/stop relying on it, and this is mainly my use of social media. i was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to keep up? this could be newsletters to subscribe to, blog suggestions, websites, etc. thanks :)

— as in, i know those are electronic. the plan is to only check for updates/info in the morning or night and not reach for social media as much

I'm new to vk and was wondering if there's any vocaloid like songs or bands I should listen to. I'm open to listen to pretty much anything people recommend:)

So, I have no experience with Japanese livehouses, I know they do Furitsuke for the most part.
But what's up with the lack of mosh pits? At the end of the day, most of these bands are punk and metal bands.
I know Jiluka shows have pits overseas but so far ive not rly experienced it with any other band.
Not even at the B7KLAN festival, I was really expecting some moshing for D'espairsray.

I dont know if someone here has ever tried to make friends but here i am haha my friends dont like vkei so i will try here my top 3 bands are X Japan, Damned and Lyrica.

HI!

I am a HEAVY rock lover! Well to be specific Emo rock. I started out with the basics like MCR, PATD, FOB, and Paramore.

But I slowly transitioned to a sort of screamo rock like Peirce the veil, sleeping with sirens, and guru metal like slipknot.

And dipped my toes in some Midwest emo bands.

However, I came across this beautiful, majestic and soul soothing genre of j rock artists and I NEED MORE in my veins, ears, and mind!

Unfortunately I found them through TikTok (I wished I found them sooner).

But that's besides the point, the artists I really enjoy and want to expand my knowledge of this kind of genre is

1. Malice Mizer, with their Symphonic, Baroque, & Gothic Rock kind of sound and majestic/noble feel to them. It sucked to hear and see that they do not have anything online except on YouTube.

And

2. Plastic Tree with their Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, & Post-Punk kind of sound and feel.

I want to dip my toes further into this kind of music genre and drown in this.

Could u guys recommend some more? It would be great if they have Spotify but if they do not YouTube music is fine too or SoundCloud.

Thanks!

I'm relatively newer to visual kei, I really only know more popular bands and I'm trying to expand my horizons.. Does anyone have any recommendations that are like, noise pollution bullshit type music? (i say that with love and positivity) I like SenketsuAkochan's music as an example!

Also does anyone have general advice for discovering more vkei bands? I feel like the less known ones are hard to find

I’ve been looking for some deathcore/metalcore bands but can’t really find any I’m a fan of. I prefer bands with Less melody(?) parts, but I don’t mind if they do. I’ve listened to dexcore, Deviloof, damned, and nazare.