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Late, but better than never! From top to bottom, ranked. Gonna nerd out a bit on this one lol.

Major top 10 VK albums:

1. "ALIVE" by SOPHIA (1998)
2. "OTHER GOOSE" by GUNIW TOOLS (1997)
3. "-Stand by My Soul-" by FAME (1998)
4. "merveilles" by MALICE MIZER (1998)
5. "TRACES" by BLue-B (2000)
6. "Ark" by L'arc-en-Ciel (1999)
7. "Sculpture of Time" by La'cryma Christi (1997)
8. "Ja, Zoo" by hide (1998)
9. "EDEN" by LUNA SEA (1993)
10. "Parade" by Plastic Tree (2000)

(Honorable mentions: "Mayoeru ko Hitsuji no Subarashiki Hibi (迷える子羊の素晴らしき日々)" by Genius (2004), "mind soap" by Raphael (1999), "MACABRE" by Dir en Grey (2000), "TRANS" by THE SPACE COWBOYS (1997)

Indies top 10 VK albums:

1. "Dai 5 Jikkenshitsu (第5実験室)" by cali≠gari (1999)
2. "LA VIE EN ROSE" by D'ERLANGER (1989)
3. "Itachigokko (いたちごっこ)" by Kamaitachi (かまいたち) (1989)
4. "Geki-Totsu!!" by COLOR (1988)
5. "GOES NOWHERE" by superbrunch (1998)
6. "LESS THAN ZERO" by GLAZZ (1991)
7. "Meikyoku Album (名曲アルバム)" by DECAMERON (1990)
8. "humanoid 226" by PARADISE ALLEY (1998)
9. "Akuma Kicha (悪魔鬼茶)" by DEViL KiTTY (2002)
10. "Kaidan Kubitsuri no Mori (怪談 首つりの森)" by Inugami Circus-dan (犬神サアカス團) (2002)

And mini-albums are a whooole other thing altogether lol.

@kihliice Yeah, no doubt! It's weird imagining Arisu somewhere out there as a normal middle aged dude lol

@kihliice More of a fanboy XD. Yeah, one of the mail order ones I have is a live digest of one of their lives that I don't think was ever put up online? Lucked out super hard, it even shows the PV for "To-Ki-Me-Ki" for the first time and the fangirls all shrieking during the fanservice scene with Aya and Arisu XD.

Massive Missalina Rei fanboy here. I've got a good amount of mail order stuff including their final live VHS's... fuck, I've always loved em to death lol

Me and my glorious band of misfit middle-aged retired salarymen softkei bandmen! One day! lol

Thanks guys!

Hey all you wonderfully eccentric overseas VK fanpeople! This is robkun, or Rob, or Rob M, or vix2section… yeah, I think that’s about it lol. In case you don’t know me, I’m known for being one of the biggest online cheerleaders and advocates for the long lost art of soft visual kei (or as I like to call it, softkei!) and for uploading videos of long forgotten indies bands on YouTube with bios, most of whom are/were in the VK realm. Anywho, cool to be here and looking forward to how this forum blossoms! Later~!

Top 5 major VK bands:

• SOPHIA
• GLAY
• LUNA SEA
• L’arc~en~Ciel
• Dir en Grey (I’ll never do the Diru spelling way, damnit!)

Top 5 indies VK bands:

• CHILD
• SYNTHETIC MUSHROOMS
• Superbrunch
• Missalina Rei
• ~Akira~