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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 104. Chapters: X Japan, Buck-Tick, Glay, Luna Sea, Alice Nine, Dir En Grey, Nightmare, The Gazette, Merry, D'espairsRay, Vidoll, Malice Mizer, An Cafe, Rentrer en Soi, Mucc, Girugamesh, Penicillin, Siam Shade, Ayabie, Zi: Kill, Psycho le Cemu, Phantasmagoria, Janne Da Arc, Laputa, La'cryma Christi, Sid, Plastic Tree, Kagerou, Skin, Kuroyume, Panic Channel, 12012, Blood, The Piass, Tinc, Fanatic Crisis, By-Sexual, Moi dix Mois, LM.C, Sadie, Kagrra, Baiser, Anti Feminism, Raphael, DuelJewel, Pierrot, Cascade, Charlotte, Baroque, Schwarz Stein, Due le Quartz, Kannivalism, Silver Ash, Cali Gari, Lynch., Inugami Circus-dan, Guniw Tools, Deathgaze, Exist Trace, The Dead Pop Stars, Die in Cries, Rice, Shazna, BIS, The Candy Spooky Theater, Aliene Ma'riage, Blam Honey, Fairy Fore, Maschera, Izabel Varosa, Genkaku Allergy, Karma Shenjing, L'luvia, Devil Kitty. Excerpt: X Japan Ekkusu Japan) is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X (), the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood. They started out as a power/speed metal band and later gravitated towards a progressive sound, at all times retaining an emphasis on ballads. Their sound is extremely raw, sometimes countered by the incorporation of classical style piano passages and vocal melodies. They have percussion parts and often use harmonized guitar riffs and solos. Besides being one of the first Japanese acts to achieve mainstream success while on an independent label, the group is widely credited as one of the pioneers of the visual kei movement. They were known in their early years for their excessively large hairstyles resembling fountains, but toned these down in later years. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked the band at number 40 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts...
