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Madmans Esprit is a South Korean avant-garde metal band, highly inspired from visual kei. The band formed in 2010 in Seoul. Kyuho, the lead singer, defines his musical style as "Depressive Suicidal Blackened Pop". In 2023, their album I See Myself Through You Who See Us Through Me won the Korean Music Awards in the Best Metal and Hardcore album category.

Dir En Grey is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in February 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div., a sub-division of Free-Will. With a consistent lineup of vocalist Kyo, guitarists Kaoru and Die, bassist Toshiya, and drummer Shinya, they have released twelve full-length albums. Numerous stylistic changes have made the genre of their music difficult to determine, though it is generally considered to be a form of metal. Originally a visual kei band, the members later opted for more subtle attire, but have continued to maintain a dramatic image on stage.

Lynch is a Japanese visual kei metal band formed in 2004. The band's concept is "uniting heavy music with beautiful melodies." As of 2023, the group has released three EPs, twelve albums, and 25 singles.