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subgenres
tanbi kei耽美系
- Looks: baroquely decorated, aristocratic, European. Sounds: romantic, symphonic metal, synth. Active: '98~
sounds like
metalメタル
- Heavy metal instrumentation.
popポップ
- Music that is more pop than rock; favors vocals or electronic elements over instrumentation.
rockロック
- Music that is more rock than pop; favors instrumentation.
other tags
majorメジャー
- Was signed to a major label at some point in time.
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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