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    Posted: October 05 2008 at 05:50
X JAPAN

they do the ending credits of saw 4 with a wicked double bass groove, they sound like dream theater and Triviums baby. Amazing stuff. My new found band I think they should be considered prog.

listen to I.V. its awesome.

http://www.myspace.com/xjapanofficial


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^^ Hi Chase,
 
many thanks for your recommendation...Smile
 
would you like to start a thread in the 'Suggest New bands' category?  If you are able to make a suggestion as to which genre of prog they fall into (Traditional Prog Metal?), that would also be very helpful, for our teams....Wink
 
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^ I've taken the liberty of moving this thread Jared.
 
 
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X-Japan are not a new band as such, being pioneers of the Visual Kei scene in the late 90s, they split in 1997 and reformed last year. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_japan
 
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Coming from a Goth background, I was drawn towards Visual Kei bands such as X Japan, Malice Mizer, Gackt and Moi Dix Mois - their albums are quite expensive in the UK, but if you like a mix of goth, prog metal, pop, black metal, symphonic prog and power metal they are all worth a listen on MySpace at least:
 
 
 
 
 
...and of course for all Final Fantasy fans there is always The Black Mages: http://www.square-enix-usa.com/uematsu/black_mages/index.html
 
Gackt has recently formed a band with former members of X Japan and Luna Sea called S.K.I.N. No samples available yet as they haven't recorded any: http://www.myspace.com/skintheband
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2008 at 08:44
addendum: checking on the ProgFreak chart, X-Japan were rejected by the PMT sometime back...perhaps they could be re-evaluated if a new album is released in the future.
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Points: 571 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2008 at 16:32
X is seldom put into prog here in Japan. But if you think they are prog metal, X play prog metal. Thumbs%20Up
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well i was kinda of promoting this song and knowing that people don't always go to this forum i put it in different forums so people could check them out, those who are not familiar with them.

I wish you would ask us first if we would like it moved and if we don't give you a good reason to move it then you just move. Just a user friendly idea.
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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 20:09
Originally posted by hawkcwg hawkcwg wrote:

well i was kinda of promoting this song and knowing that people don't always go to this forum i put it in different forums so people could check them out, those who are not familiar with them.

I wish you would ask us first if we would like it moved and if we don't give you a good reason to move it then you just move. Just a user friendly idea.

If its posted in the wrong place, its going to get moved why should the original poster be asked, they didnt check were to put it first, or deliberatly did it wrong.
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Well if there is twenty users in the progressive reviews area and one person in the promotion of bands area where would you send it to get more people to find out about it. 
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Art of Life seemed pretty proggy to me, but that was it. Oh wait, a band needs just one album of prog to be added so YES!!!!
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Originally posted by hawkcwg hawkcwg wrote:

Well if there is twenty users in the progressive reviews area and one person in the promotion of bands area where would you send it to get more people to find out about it. 
That is not how the forum works and if you are using it in that way then you are potentially missing out on a lot of interesting posts and great new music. All collaborators who are involved in adding new bands look in this area and not the general lounges for those bands, so if you are looking for or looking to promote a band not listed in the arhive, Suggest New Bands is the place to look.
 
Active Topics shows new posts in all areas, not just the "busy" areas.
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Points: 3839 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2008 at 12:42
 
When I was in Taipei I happened across a sort of X Japan listening party in a public square... hundreds of kids turning out to watch live videos of X, and really getting into it.  Apparently the cool taiwanese kids are into this band.  the drummer from X showed up to announce a tour stop in taiwan, then they lit up the top of Taipei 101 (a very tall building) with the words 'We Are X'.
 
I'll post a pic of it later on, it was crazy.  I had never heard of them before, and just thought they were big in asia.
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