Not going to argue this because Cyrus is right, but there's a reason they toured with a largely nu-metal show.

Personally, I thought that one Japanese band MUCC...should have been at Family Values. I think they would have been perfect. I would have liked to see tour with the Taste of Chaos bands. Perhaps they will in the future. Hehehe.

Can someone recommend me some j-metal bands? Similar like Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius. I've listened few bands that have been listed in this thread, but I must've had bad luck because I haven't liked any of them, or I just have picked up the wrong songs. Album suggestions would be nice too, if I had started listening Stratovarius from their newest album, I'd probably would have rejected it straight away.

So cheesy power metal? Wizards' Hymn [Hymnal] and Concerto Moon [Rain Forest, After the Double Cross]

Galneryus' 'Advance To The Fall' is PERFECT if you're into the Power Metal.

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that I've found Galneryus already. Just the kind of music I like. :edgarrock: But I'll try Vampiro's suggestions, thanks!

GALNERYUS You godless Heathans !!!

Probably. But they sure as hell are more metal than Dir En Grey, Moi dix Mois or other Japanese poodle rock bands... *shudders*

I used to follow Moi dix Mois releases with mild interest due to the intriguing last album of the founder's previous band, Malice Mizer. The latter was more of a gothic project though and while the occasional heavy song by them turned out rather well, it was still a different ball game. Suffice to say that by now I'm less than impressed by the generic, tired mess that is Moi dix Mois.

I'd also like to put forward Fairy Mirror here.

thanks everybody