Looking for more good Japanese related Rock/Metal stuff, especially after coming across another band that could come to be a favorite of mine. Kinda looking for slightly newer stuff also, though it's proving so damn hard to get albums from a lot of these bands.
Doll$Boxx - A newer band that unlike Babymetal, is an actual band that has a lot of mixed influences. Rock, Metal, Electronic, Pop, it's kinda all in there and so far with the songs I've heard, it's very enjoyable.
Babymetal - Can't have a thread like this without the surprise hit of 2014 that is Babymetal. No joke, their debut release is on of my favorite albums of the year.
Maximum the Hormone - Just a ridiculous band. They mix up just about everything into their music. They feel kinda like the Japanese version of System of a Down lol
Kiryu - Not a band I know well, but I've been trying to get their music so I can get into them more. And yes, I know about their real weird j-pop spinoff group lol
Supercell - While I initially came across the band cause they did an entire album with the voice of Hatsune Miku, they have a few songs I like on this album.
Versailles - Another band I don't know well, but I really like this one song lol
Sex Machineguns - Don't know too much about the band again, but they play some good straightforward heavy/power metal lol
Of course there are others I know such as Loudness and X Japan, but I'm sorta wanting to get exposed to sorta newer bands, or at least newer albums. Also recommendations for getting Japanese releases would be helpful as I really want to get the new albums for Doll$Boxx, Kiryu, and Maximum the Hormone. These are instances were I don't have a problem finding a torrent to get the album, but it's gotten harder to do that reliably recently so I'm out of luck at the moment for certain albums. It was nice being able to easily get Babymetal through iTunes, but I can't find any of this stuff on either iTunes or Amazon.
