Visual Kei / speed metal legends X JAPAN are pumping out nostalgia for the masses with Joker, and this one struts in like 1991 kicked open the crypt wearing leather, hairspray, and a grin sharp enough to cut a guitar cable. Joker means a trickster or wild-card figure, and the song absolutely behaves like one: hide’s chaotic rock ’n’ roll DNA all over the place, Taiji-era bass muscle lurking underneath, and that classic X JAPAN cocktail of glam-metal swagger, speed-metal bite, and theatrical madness. It is not just nostalgia bait — it is a reminder that before “Visual Kei” became a category, X were already building the haunted circus, selling tickets, and setting the stage on fire.
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