OFF-TOPIC: iTunes and Visual Kei

(List at bottom of all VK bands I've found if you want to skip the rant, check the comments for bands that others found.)

So, let's all be honest. In this day and age, a majority of the things we want can come to us in a matter of seconds with the internet. We can watch all the movies we want, find any bit of information, discovering things that we would never know about, and connect with people from across the globe. But what I'm here to specifically discuss, is the downloading of music. Legally and Illegally. Visual Kei Heaven does NOT support illegally downloading, file-sharing, or any other form of downloading for a good reason. 

When a fan downloads a song for free in a way that is not provided by the band, it is essentially stealing from that band. The members put time, money, and effort into producing the music that we all love. So for every song that is downloaded, the band loses a bit of money, and with many of the Visual Kei bands being indie or unsigned, money is even more important. But then, many of those same bands are near impossible to find in any country outside of Japan and the only option seems to be to order from CD JAPAN. (Which is not a problem, CD JAPAN is an amazing source for music.)

That is the reason why I made this post, if you haven't noticed, the name iTunes is a part of the title. It's there for a reason. Yes, you can find Visual Kei on iTunes. It is a little difficult, and a lot of bands are not on there, but many of our favorites are. For example, I've found many of my favorite bands on iTunes including: 

Dir En Grey 

Exist Trace 

-Oz- 

Girugamesh

 The Gazette

 12012

 Nega

 Versailles

 Deluhi

Luna Sea

 Lynch

 Awoi

Sadie

 Phantasmagoria

 Angelo

Gackt

LM.C

Hyde

Ayabie

Plastic Tree

Matenrou Opera

Unsraw

D=OUT

Mucc

Miyavi

You can find all of these bands on iTunes and download your favorite songs, legally, for a very small price which will help the band. Some of them even have PV's available. There are many more on there. If you want to find them, look under the J-pop, Rock, and Pop genres. If you find any bands and want to share, please comment and let us know.

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