Galneryus and MTH, metal and Rock at it's best

I have been interested in this genre ever since a friend let me hear a song from a J-metal band. Bands such as Galneryus and Maximum the Hormone are two well known J-metal bands each with their own style. Galneryus is more of a neoclassical or melodic metal band. It's a mix of the metal sounds that most are familiar with along with a sort of theatrical music or orchestral sounds with the piano and guitars. And most of their songs are sung in English despite the band being Japanese, which is goos cause it now has a wider range for the audience, since a lot of people will understand the lyrics of their songs, and their lyrics are good as well.

Maximum the Hormone is acually more of an experimental band whose sounds vary and shift to another genre during the song. But they are mostly labeled as J-metal. Their songs are very unique in style. Picture this: The song starts out as a pop song, then shifts to a punk feel, then at the middle part of the song, it becomes metal/hardcore then back to pop/etc. In other words, you just can't expect how the song will go. And most of their songs feature lots of howls and screams from the main vocals along with all the members singing in some parts of their songs...
I think any fan of hardcore rock or metal will surely enjoy sounds from these two bands! \m/

Galneryus songs you may want to try:
In the Cage



Maximum the Hormone songs you might want to try:
Zetsubou Billy


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