User submitted tags
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subgenres
loud keiラウド系
- Looks: masculine, colorless, leather or suits. Sounds: heavy, hardcore, non-vkei inspiration. Active: '04~
menhera keiメンヘラ系
- Looks: simplistic, violent, sickly, unsettling. Sounds: instrument-forward, manic, chugging, distorted. Active: '12~
Misshitsu kei密室系
- Looks: '70s~'80s inspired but dark or unsettling. Sounds: emotive rock instrumentation with high pop melodies. Active: '98~'04
sounds like
coreハードコア
- Sounds inspired by various hardcore movements in Western music.
experimental実験音楽
- Music that is “experimental” compared to the scene at the time.
metalメタル
- Heavy metal instrumentation.
other tags
popular overseas
- Artist that is especially or disproportionately popular outside of Japan.
for fun
underrated過小評価
- Considered by users to have too little recognition compared to their talent.

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