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Originally Luna Sea played punk rock, with gothic and even some hardcore punk tendencies early in their formation.

But the band then tried to find their own unique style.

According to Alexey Eremenko of Allmusic, Luna Sea's sound is " firmly based in ' 80s hard rock, with a versatile progressive approach to songwriting, and its softer side, displayed later on in the group's career, proved equally strong.

" With mixed elements of punk, heavy metal, gothic rock and pop, they formed fast hard rock songs, slow progressive rock adventures, as well as ballads with violin playing, all with a mysterious atmosphere.

With their last two records, their sound became more mainstream alternative rock and lost some mystery, yet still had the distinctive sound of the band.