User submitted tags
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subgenres
kote keiコテ系
- Looks: dark, excessive, garish, fetish, otherworldly, gothic. Sounds: speedy, messy, violent, dramatic. Active: '96~
tanbi kei耽美系
- Looks: baroquely decorated, aristocratic, European. Sounds: romantic, symphonic metal, synth. Active: '98~
sounds like
gothicゴシック
- Visuals or music that embody the gothic music style (a.k.a. positive punk).
other tags
foreign member外国人メンバー
- One or more members are from a country other than Japan.
popular overseas
- Artist that is especially or disproportionately popular outside of Japan.
for fun
“melo”
- Coined by user Shadow to describe a certain type of symphonic metal that he enjoys. Included here as thanks for his contributions to vkgy.

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