r/visualkei

His dedication is admirable, especially to his hair

hey guys, as a long time listener of vkei it’s been only a short time that i’ve gotten into bands like deadman, kuroyume, and emmuree and i’ve pretty much fallen in love with the genre. my japanese understanding is so shit though, and i was wondering if there are any english speaking bands that have the same sound? im sure some mainstream american gothic/rock bands like smashing pumpkins etc, but specific albums and songs would be appreciated. thanks!

Hi, I just wanted to share all of the CDs and other ephemera I've gotten ahold of the past year related to the vocalist ryo's bands. I'm missing things from Galruda, HOLLOWGRAM, DÄLLE & H.U.G but I'm very happy with what I've got so far ^^

I think it's such a shame that people don't talk about him or his bands more often and I've never interacted with this community on Reddit before, so I wanted to take a shot and see if maybe there are people here who are interested.

And thanks to TAG I've come to love all of Kazutoshi Yokoyama's works as well... I would love to meet anyone that is familiar with and similarly into his work, if such a person exists ^^" I know he is mostly known for his production work for BUCK-TICK the past few decades but I really love his instrumentals and performance style. So if nothing else I'd like to draw attention to him here haha. TAG is insanely underrated but is one of my absolute favorite ryo bands aside from 9GOATS. 💚

Can I ask all of the fans of hide and Zilch to please watch this episode on my friend Screaming Mad George's youtube show. George recently passed away and I wanted to make sure you all knew about this great episode where George talks about convincing hide to choose between wearing live cockroaches or diapers! Also talks about OUR history of working together for 25 or so years on Zilch, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy, tons more! George is a legend R.I.P. brother.

Please tune in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zliK4ileuwU

Nabbed Pierrot’s FREEZE today at a local shop, near mint condition. This is also how I got a copy of their FINALE album years ago.

Hello I bought this Dué le Quartz cd for like 7€ and I know that it is serialized but how rare is it? And how much would it cost (I don't have plans to sell it just want to know)

Hi hello!

I've been reconnecting with visual kei after dropping jrock almost entirely since high school and have been discovering so many incredible bands I never knew of before!

I've become especially fond of Buck-Tick and, lately, Der Zibet 🤩 after only really listening to The GazettE and similar sounds in the genre, they really just deepend my love for vkei!

I got the idea to make a BT t-shirt with my long abandoned lino print "everything you need to get started!" kit (originally was supposed to be Sexual xxxxx! But that attempt crashed and burned, but life is like that sometimes! We pivot! Art still happens! Lol)

I also made an Issay print, more of a tester to try to correct my mistakes of my previous attempt before diving into Not Greatest Hits, but I actually really love it haha

My mind is reeling with all the things I can stamp these on now 😈 nothing is safe from me now

The prints are white ink on black fabric, so I had to carve them inverted, which was more trusting the process than I really liked but it was worth it!

[ Image descriptions: 1. A selfie of a person wearing a black cut off muscle shirt with a white print if Issay in the center. 2. A selfie of a person wearing a black cut off muscle shirt with a white print of This Is Not Greatest Hits, Buck-Tick, and the band Buck-Tick stamped beneath. 3. A close up of the Issay stamp, white on a black t-shirt. 4. A close up of the This Is Not Greatest Hits and Buck-Tick band stamps, white on a black t-shirt. 5. A photo of the original stamp proofs for Issay stamp, black stamp on light yellow paper with a version of the photo inverted to show the way the final will look when printed light on dark background. 6. A photo of the original stamp proofs for Buck-Tick This Is Not Greatest Hits, stamped black on light blue and pink paper with a version of the original photo inverted to show how the final will look when printed light on dark background. ]

I feel as if i am the only person that knows about this band and it's driving me crazy!! R'lyeh is quite possibly one of my favourite albums ever, but whenever I've spoken with my vkei friends in the past no one has heard of it? Anyway, if anyone owns a E'lyeh cd, I'm desperate for all the song lyrics but especially to the song Ella, so help is greatly appreciated. Thank you guys (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

I just saw this picture on Pinterest. There was no mention in the description or comments of who this guy is. I would really like to know who he is and what band he is from. I’m in love with him already tbh. He is so pretty.