Starter Kit: Visual Kei

Visual Kei (or "Visual Style") refers to an entire scene and a music genre that began in Japan's '80s glam rock scene and transformed—and transgressed—though goth and alt rock in the early '90s and on into the more extreme and experimental territories it occupies today.

Monograf – Occultation

While Occultation is a clear continuation of the rich autumnal stew of sounds established on previous album Nadir (2019), it is also considerably more sinister, sounding as if that very same satiating stew has been transformed into a witch’s brew.