10 Great Japanese Rock / Visual Kei bands

[Snyphen356]

so many of them look like they came out of a jrpg! xD

[tobi12329]

I love screw XD

[russianxsoldier3590]

I Like the Japanese Style and there Outfits. They looks like from a reallife Anime! =D

[ePIcCommentS1990]

With all thesee cool jap songs how does anime still manage to sometimes find sucky songs :S

[Andromeda9777]

かっこいい！I agree with it.

[arizujesse]

the GazettE!!! GAZEROCK FOR LIFE!!! \m/

[AuryFu96]

it's me, or someone else thinks that the vocalists all have similar voices?? 

[AuryFu96]

The Gazette #1 for Everr!!! <3

[marioncullen16]

I'm interest in screw. Can someone tell me their background? Even if they sound scary....(I'm a christian so... getting used to this still sorry)

[sidneyaraujomelo]

@marioncullen16 First, since japan is not a christianist country and they have a very long traditional story and etc etc, you may "judge" japanese bands apart from ocidental bands. I'm not calling you closed-minded or smth, just attempting you to that coz it can take a little(or not) for some people to understand when it comes to religion stuff.

[marioncullen16]

@sidneyaraujomelo yup I agree. like I said I am still getting used to it. I don't have anything against it. Im just to used to kpop and american music that u never see this part of the world of music.

i love The GazettE and Alice Nine so..Im not trying to really accuse anyone of being satanic.

[sidneyaraujomelo]

@marioncullen16 I see, I see. I hope I hadn't sounded rude or... "prepotent"... If I had, please forgive me! \o Hope you enjoy what you find in this almost infinite "scene" called visual kei. Have a nice time! \o

[marioncullen16]

@sidneyaraujomelo Ohh no not at all. I totally get what you said. thanks for sharing your thoughts tho!! and hell yeah I will!

[sidneyaraujomelo]

@marioncullen16 Keep in mind that stuff related to christianism which can appear in video, lyrics or clothing are in 90% of the ways simply exotic, and it means marketing. Everything behind visual kei is marketing, believe me. So, if you see a pentagram, horns, inverted crosses, believe me, they're acting evil because little japanese girls like them looking evil.

[marioncullen16]

@sidneyaraujomelo Ok I will. Thank you for the advice.

[marioncullen16]

@sidneyaraujomelo Yeah I know. I am still getting used to it tho..so I always get surprised for like each little thing. Im not judging. I love Japan.

[sidneyaraujomelo]

@marioncullen16 You'll have to look deeply to find a band with a real satanic purpose, like Dimmu Borgir or another ocidental black metal band. Always try to watch japanese stuff from far away, because it's indeed a culture very far away from our patterns. That's it, how you are going to face is up to you. About Screw, they may have a very usual heavy-dark-themed visual kei background: humanity is bad, life is sorrowful and full of despair, etc. (not sure, just assuming)

[marioncullen16]

@sidneyaraujomelo Uhh okay. I dont want to find any band with any satanic purpose anyway..Oh no!!

[ChupaaChuups98]

Reita >w< I love you <3

[ChupaaChuups98]

Alice Nine :D GazettO !!! <3

[YetiSandvichVideos]

They all look so awesome.

[allthatremains234]

where is D'espairsRay??? they r visual kei!!

[ShortStuff014]

All of them look like they could be a Final Fantasy character

You Know, having awesome hair and cool clothes

[TheMangoTM]

Great music! Thanks for ginving new inspirations ;)

A little question: Where can I find the lyrics from Skull? Maby from the song "Voice" ? Hope one of you knows :3

[JRockGalaxy]

Thank you for basing them on talent and not looks! These are some very good bands. I already knew all but Skull, but not the songs you used.

[pancho94666]

estan bn chingones todas pero komo no metes a nightmare bn pero esta muy bn el video =DDD !!!



[WWEassassin15]

I rathe listen to this than that shitty rap music. Fuck jayz, nina minaji, Mac mill and those other shitty rappers.

[R4Z0R72]

lol they allmost all look like the same band with other outfits or something but nice music i prefer girugamesh

[16Skulls]

@R4Z0R72 I agree with you. You'll find that some musicians in the Visual Kei scene float in between bands, for instance Riku who was in Phantasmagoria, and is currently in Chariots and Lin. There is also a lot of visual similarities between some bands. Nevertheless, I love Girugamesh too! 13's Reborn is such an awesome album!

[bri0tubeyou]

The Gazette rocks lol, but that song you chose doesn't. Lol Toguro or Guren, those are great songs by them. So is Moon. :D.

[Riighted]

You chose the worst song for the GazettE, there are many amazing songs, why did u chose this one?

[Riighted]

the gazette 8#? Seriously .. move that to 1

[CrazyBut1]

So I was skiping ahead a little cause some of these Japanese rock band's are pretty heavy then expected, then all of a sudden I hear Phantasmagoria then I totally jizzed they sound power metal I like power metal!!!

[CrazyBut1]

@CrazyBut1 I don't use the jizz word often...

[HopeChiChi]

They are people with awesome hair!! xD

[NyanMikaNyan]

@16Skulls thank you!:D

[NyanMikaNyan]

Can't find the first Song*

[NyanMikaNyan]

Can't Findus the first band on youtube D: It's an awesome band!

[16Skulls]

@NyanMikaNyan Type in "skull jrock", or type in a song titles such as: Downer's Show, Sick Boy Crying Scream, Cokehead, Answer, Play Room, Nancy, Jump It.

[TreyarchAssasin]

blah bla blah cool guitar music

[TreyarchAssasin]

blah blah cool guitar music

[LanaLoovely]

THE GAZETTE IS THE MY EFFING FAVOURITE! Has the best Jrock ever!!!

[helloimblessed]

i like all of them except the second to last one ,,not good

[TheLittleCoon]

Some advice: when choosing the song clip, it'd be best to chose the chorus instead of some random instrumental part. The chorus always tells most about a band. ): and about the song haha. It's always normally the most powerful and meaningful part of the song.

[PuckMeSideways]

<3 <3 Riku's bands!! I love that you have Phantasmagoria and Chariots on there. Have you listend to Lin?

[swwss]

The first song .. from "skull" what is it? x

[16Skulls]

@swwss All song names are in the video's description. That song from Skull is "Sick Boy Crying Scream".

[sicoticclown]

epic vid man, i luv jap artistry and the stuff they do musically (guitar and dj) is soooo epic

[roxasrocks17]

I effin' love visual kei :D so awesome!

[BambolottoPervertito]

one ok rock is best *w*

[FireflyFins]

i love alice nine

[Lizsety94]

versailles?

[Kanchhiv]

Nice selection, some of my faves there (and some missing), <3 Deluhi, Sadie, Girugamesh, Gazette & Screw. Its hard to make a list of just 10, there's sooo many good bands out there but ~*thumbs up* :)

[TheCandygore]

Awesome, awesome, awesome :D:D:D Great choices mwhehehehehe love all of the bands!

[isabellarobert10]

nega soooooooooooo hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OldMotherRigby]

im not japanese, but when i hear japan, rock and visual kei i think x japan...??

[miyawa21]

You forgot miyavi = =*

[jaharaamin]

at least name the song

[animemanga36]

Can someone tell me what the first song is by skull? :3

[16Skulls]

@animemanga36 The song is "Sick Boy Crying Scream". The song names are in the description :).

[animemanga36]

@16Skulls oh oke thnx!!! I didn't saw that >///<

[sicoticclown]

@16Skulls y does the description say screw



[popeyeelmarinotlapa]

really? screw #1? I mean they play good but the gazette is way better

[16Skulls]

@popeyeelmarinotlapa That is your opinion, however the purpose of this video is to introduce people to new J-rock bands. Screw is a great band!

[trkstyler007]

@EmulatorMonster Yes right ;) Thank you so much

[MrSirDel]

Morte years ago than I'd care to mention I got into Vow Wow...I still think that they are the best J ROck band....But thanks for this post...never heard of some of these nad they are weird (I LIKE)

[trkstyler007]

I listened to a japanese rock artist some years ago but i sadly forgot his name

i just imagine his music video it was something like desert place i think

maybe one of you know who i mean ? ... would be great

[Lambosss]

pas le nom des artistes ou du groupe. dommage j aurai bien commander plusieurs .

[BARRETCHESS]

spitz !!!!



[AsianGirlLoveit]

THE GAZETTE !

[zulguugle]

wow... scary band