Their music is a mixture of classical music, and gothic rock, wheer they are often getting heavy on the guitars and drums, while there are also soothing violins playing, this creates a feel unlike hard rock in the US, which is just straight forward heavy and angry feeling, they present more of a dark, sinister, godly feel, like you'd expect from the last boss of an RPG. One song even reminded me of Guilty Gear XX a tad bit, and some of their songs could definitly fit in that game, if you've played it, the orchestrated hard rock tracks like "Be Just or Be Dead" from the game are similar, minus the lyrics, though not all of Malice Mizer's songs have lyrics, there are quite a few more soothing orchestrated sounding songs that I've heard, and love. Being a fan of both hard rock, classical music, and japanese singing, this band is just my cup of tea.
Now on to the outfits. They don't call it Visual Kei for nothing, being as I live here in the US, I haven't seen them as much as some US artists, but from what I've seen they have a new look every albums, and are among the coolest looking people in the world in my opinion, and at times even creepier looking than Marilyn Manson and company could ever hope to get. Keep in mind that all 5 members are men, I am dead serious, so keep that in mind when you scroll down to the pictures, because I myself find it in some pictures that some members are so feminine looking, which gives off the sinister feminine look often portrayed in RPG villians such as Kuja of Final Fantasy IX.They often also remind me of villians in an anime, which might explain why there are always people cosplaying as them, which is exactly where I first saw them.
Gackt, the former lead singer of Malice Mizer left the group around 1999, and has since been producing albums with more of a JPOP feel, but which are also very good in their own right.
Scroll down to find links to awesome Malice Mizer and Gackt related site, as well as a few pictures I found on various sites.
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The Secret World of Malice Mizer
Gackt's Official Site on his Record Label
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