Shamate Overview The word Shamate comes from the English smart, which can be translated as fashionable; smart (although smart has no connection with Shamate other than homophony) (some people think there is no connection , in fact, Shamate is the homophony of smart, smart→SMT→Shamate). The official development of Shamate in China began in 1999. It is a combination of Japanese vision and European and American vision. It is called Shamate for short. It likes and blindly imitates the clothes, hair, etc. of Japanese visual rock bands. It is the same as Blood Demon Demon The most representative network family in the network. [Edit this paragraph] The rise of Shamut In the past two years, Japanese culture has suddenly become popular in China. This time, the popularity of Japanese culture is not only about idol dramas that affect the hearts of boys and girls, but more importantly, it is an emerging Things are especially popular among new people who think they are trendy and alternative. This is a faction in the Japanese rock scene - visual kei, with An Zixuan, the representative figure of Shamat visual.

Speaking of visual kei, people who like to listen to European and American music may feel very familiar. Because from the perspective of live performances, Japanese visual music refers to things that can give a strong visual impact. Of course, this is not just about music, but the visual effect is not just makeup. It requires that both the content of the music and the meaning of the lyrics must be expressed through the makeup effect. A visual kei band's live performance, stage installation and lighting effects are also different from ordinary bands.

Many people think that visual kei is a new music genre that emerged in Japan in the early 1990s. In fact, music similar to visual kei existed as early as the 1960s and 1970s, and there is also the current E+ E rock. From a theoretical basis, glam rock can be called the predecessor of visual kei, because they have the same characteristics: rich and enchanting makeup, clothing beyond ordinary people's understanding, self-care and self-pity, provocative performances, and artistic Faction-related claims.

Shamate likes and blindly imitates the clothes, hair, etc. of Japanese visual kei rock bands, but they actually don’t understand what visual kei rock is.

So we can say that they It’s a “copycat visual kei”.

Similar to non-mainstream, but not completely non-mainstream, closer to the gap between non-mainstream and orcs.

Family system:

Develop your own members and so-called "visual-loving friends" (note the "so-called") in the Internet. In fact, they don't understand what visual kei is at all. ).

The coexistence of Shamat and Blood Demon is the most representative network family in the current network