VISUAL KEI SUBGENRES PART 2
ANGURA KEI
The word Angura comes from the English word "underground". This style exist thanks to a cultural movement of indepented theater back from the 60's (in Japan probably) and the fervent political unrest which made this decade globally known.This theater is about Japanese mythos ,beliefs etc etc.... This style is kinda like Eroguro but Angura is more dark and formal.In this style you will see Japanese uniforms,kimonos or other traditional garb.They say it's the darkest visual kei style with dark and heavy makeup (wow...heavy makeup in visual kei...)
EROGURO KEI
This word comes from the English words "Erotic" and "Grotesque". Like I have already said it's kinda similar to Angura. Well Eroguro is older than Angura. Goes back to 20's-30's...The bands of this type use schocking images in their lyrics,shows and their videos.
NAGOYA KEI
Well as the title says this style comes from Nagoya (Japan.Probably). They say it's darker than "visual kei" with influences from western ( British especially) punk rock bands. Nagoya kei bands focus more to the music and not that much to the costumes and their make up. (Well nowadays I have to say that some bands don't care enough about their music....)
IYROU KEI
Iyrou means "medical". In this subgenre you are going to see lab coats, eye patches, blood , in general "medical" things. (From what I know Japanese people have a fetish with wounds and stuff like those. I can see why.Sorry I know I am "awful"... Huhuhu...)
KOTEOSA KEI
Last we have the "black version of Oshare Kei. Yeap. Just that. Easy to remember at least huh?
I hope you enjoyed this post of mine (I hope you liked the first part of v-k subgenres as well) . Sorry if this took too long to be posted. But a King has to deal with plenty of things you know...
-King Vampire
