Asian Metal Recommendations?

[bastblack]

Hi, I have friend who DJs a Metal Hour. I was talking to him this weekend and he sounded interested in having a night of Asian Metal Bands. His knowledge of Asian bands is very limited, and he's willing to listen to whatever I send. I think he will be surprised by all the good stuff from the East. I have a few of my favorite bands and songs (but

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[lizzard_exquise]

That sounds really cool ^_^ I'm not entirely sure what qualifies as metal (or the various subgenres of it- I get confused easily)but these are some louder Japanese bands I like that might fall under that category.

Versailles- I've heard them refered to as 'symphonic metal'- songs: Shout&Bites, The Red Carpet Day
D'espairs Ray- Tainted World, Hai to ame, Forbidden
MUCC- Isho, Zetsubou

[bastblack]

Yea. Thanks for the suggestions. I know Versailles, I will check out the other bands. ^^

[wynter_myst]

Genres are like ehh to me...
But I was thinking about it in class (nothing better than thinking about music to stave off boredom) and I've got a list of Korean bands.
Schizo
Crash
Downhell
Kim Sarang (earlier work)
Vassline
PIA (earlier work)
Sinawe (they change a lot)
Ares
Seo Taiji (1st and 2nd solo albums)

Do you need samples? I should be able to dig up some when I get back to my room tonight.

[bastblack]

Oh I know, a lot of metal I don't like, but right now I'm digging Maximum The Hormone in Deathnote. lol. -^

Thanks for the Korean band suggestions! I would love send some Korean Bands to him too. ^^
I'm surprised there are any since Rock is not popular in SK. I'm going to send some of the harder EVE songs from Planet EVE, maybe he will like? -^

If you could send samples, that would be Awesome! ^^

[wynter_myst]

There's loads of rock bands in Korea. Most of them just can't be mainstream.

.mp3s in a .rar file okay? I'll put a couple of songs (or however many I can find) of each on megaupload and post the link in another comment.
I don't know how easy/hard it will be to find mp3s though. Hmm...

[bastblack]

Oh, so there are rock bands but rock isn't mainstream?

Sure, rar is fine. Korean Bands can be difficult to find, but if they are at Cyworld I can buy them. ^^

Thanks again for your help! ^^

[vash_chan]

Most of the Japanese bands that I know you'd probably know as well ^^;; But how about Seikima II? They're an 80s heavy metal Japanese band.

[bastblack]

Well I know more than some people, but you'd be surprised about how ignorant I can be about some things. lol. But I try to get up to speed as quickly as possible. ^^;

Haven't heard of Seikima II. I will look them up.

[cosmic_violet]

I don't listen to much metal and I'm not very good at putting bands into genres, so uhh...I'll give you specific songs that I think sound metal or metal-ish XDD (I get the feeling some, if not most, will probably be more like "hardcore" than metal lol. You might want to listen to them beforehand to make sure they qualify -.-"). Plus, I figure I might as well give you songs in case your friend or you can't find any by the band...How else would he play them?? lol. Oh, and...I don't know if your friend has to follow any sort of censorship rules concerning "curse words", but several of these songs contain the word "fuck" or some variant there of, as well an array of other possibly offensive words.

Filipino .rar file
Greyhoundz - Hole
Greyhoundz - Mr. Pig
Greyhoundz - Leech
Greyhoundz - Groovin' With Ya
Greyhoundz - Pigface
(I think they're probably more along the lines of like.....experimental rap-metal????? lol I told you I suck at genres XD)

Japanese .rar fileDir en grey - 残 -Zan

[bastblack]

Oooo! This is great! 3 countries! Thanks. ^^

[bastblack]

Thank you so much for your hard work. I sent your rec.s to the DJ. If I hear anything, I will let you know. Thanks again. ^^