gr1170

All I listen to really is Japanese rock so heres some good metal bands for ya, bunch of new and classic metal bands -

X Japan - Yes, they are still around, they reunited fall '07, r.i.p. Hide -

Double Dealer -

D'espairs Ray (Debatable, I wouldnt call them metal necessarilly but still a great band) -

Anthem - <freaking awesome

D - weird vid, decent song -

Matenrou Opera -

Hizaki Grace Project -

Versailles -

Moi dix Mois -

Dead End -

After Image - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbBw3LvNzM&fmt=18

Concerto Moon -

Onmyouza -

403 Forbiddena -

Vow Wow -

Loudness -

Sigh -

More classic rockish but still quite awesome - Flower Travellin' Band -

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curseofmilhaven

You forgot this one:

TWISTEDFender

indeed you are, since their name is X Japan. and they are ****ing sweet. Kurenai, Endless Rain, Rusty Nail, and Silent Jealousy are ****ing great songs.

Cellador did an instrumental cover of Silent Jealousy. It was okay, but nowhere near as awesome as the orginal.

\Powerslave/

Sex Machineguns + Galneryus. I just generally considered them power/speed metal. Didn't know "J-metal" was really a genre...

Psychopathology

It's not.

dminishedthingy

yeah, its not a real genre, but it is true that many Japanese bands have quite an original take on metal, so as a whole "J-metal" is really interesting

lanzaa

galneryus are (is?) awesome.

that band that dude showed is pretty cool also

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Reject_666_6

J-metal is used just like Viking metal, Speed metal or Pagan metal as a blanket-term to group certain types of bands by non-musical characteristics; in this case by their country. I don't like the term because, unlike other terms like Gothenburg Death Metal or Bay Area Thrash where the bands share a common sound, Japan has so many varied styles or genres crammed into J-metal that it loses its meaning as a descriptive term.

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Psychopathology

Exactly, though I disagree on speed metal. I consider (MY OPINION) speed metal to be the same thing as shred / neo-classical. Most bands don't use it like that, most are closest to traditional / thrash.

Reject_666_6

^Your definition works well for shred. I mean, playing fast = shred, therefore shred = speed, so Speed metal would fit well.

How do you figure neo-classical, though? It doesn't always have to be fast.

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Psychopathology

Yes, but it often overlaps with shred.

Rengori

I personally find many Japanese bands to have a certain quality about the guitar riff and melodies that just screams Japanese to me.... but that's just me.

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Psychopathology

Well, most regions have a unique sound, but a death metal band from Florida and a death metal band from Liverpool are still death metal bands. Regions can have a specific genre that is more prominent though, i.e. NYDM (brutal death metal.)

Rengori

I'm not saying they're a different subgenre of music, there's just a certain quality to the sound that I immediately relate to Japan. They can be black metal, thrash, power metal, whatever.

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1010011010

This is a much better song by D, I think. It made me want to form a Nile rip-off band, but instead of using Egyptian instruments, I'd have some Shamisen and Koto going on.

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brentondig

[QUOTE=zerocrack]I looked around and haven't find any J-metal thread so i figure i make one.

J-Metal imp the best kind metal of all since it not just mindless scream or shred but it is very melodic. Here some well know metal band and guitarist incase someone never even heard of J-Metal

Guess you've never heard of Melodic death metal.

darksauce

good man. X Japan are epic.
Silent Jealousy is as epic as they come.

Can't wait for their new album, although I'll miss hide's guitar playing

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MHDrunk

i decided j-punk is much better than j-metal

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TWISTEDFender

Nicotine is the shit, too.