JRock, anyone?

[Dalkaen]

Fist of the North Star is fucking hilarious. The plot is basically hitting special pressure points that make heads explode.

 

[Don Corleone]

not to rain on anyone's parade, but I'd say Mono and Explosions in the Sky are extremely overrated and average :unrelatedsmiley:

 

[AshDLS]

Huh...? What does Explosions have to do with Japanese music?

Love Mono though... I think they just toured extensively through the US, hopefully some of you went to see them. Pretty good live band.

 

[metal_wrath]

Listen to some Animetal, this band has a collection of anime theme songs on each album. They take theme songs from classic anime and turn them into metal songs. They are way over the top, but it is some fun stuff, and the solos kick ass

 

[Seance]

Huh...? What does Explosions have to do with Japanese music?

nothing. I threw them into the statement because Mono and Explosions in the Sky in particular get a retarded amount of overhyping in the post-rock realm for whatever reason

 

[Anarkissed]

Well, I've recently started listening to Boris, if that counts =P

I've heard a bit of JRock, although I'm not sure if it caters towards my taste (though I probably haven't found the right bands yet). Some mad musicians in that scene, though.

I gotta say, though, Japanese pop generally does seem a bit more interesting than western pop. They even have some pretty cool guitar solos at times.

 

[AshDLS]

nothing. I threw them into the statement because Mono and Explosions in the Sky in particular get a retarded amount of overhyping in the post-rock realm for whatever reason

And rightfully so for Mono, they stand apart from the collective group of bands on the Constellation label, and vaguely similar stuff like Red Sparowes or Isis that I can either take or leave.

Still, my favourite release in the entire genre is probably GYBE's Slow Riot EP.

 

[Selkie]

lol Jrock, just lol, period.

One of my friends from way back when was an anime/Jcock fan. She let me borrow her Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Monoke, etc. DVDs, and in exchange I downloaded a good number of Jrock albums and music vids for her, cuz her connection sucked and youtube wasn't around back then. She really liked Malice Mizer and Dir en Grey, and the vids I downloaded by them featured persons of ambigious gender, dressed as some freaky blend of the extremes of hair metal, goth, and anime. BDSM featured prominently in 3/4 of the vids.

About a year ago, that same dear friend subjected me to a 30 min long song of power prog metal by X-Japan, who were probably a precursor to Symphony X. I was somewhat relieved to learn that the one of the members managed to hang him/herself on a doorknob. On a positive note, I guess X-Japan deserves recieving credit for having bigger balls than Dream Theater - about a quarter of that 30 min was a dissonant as fuck piano solo.

In conclusion, Jrock = scary stuff.