Laruku, Luna Sea, X-Japan are the 3 you can't really go wrong with.
Besides them you could also try B'z, Buck-Tick for some old-school rock. Dir en grey, Janne da arc and the likes would come under new-style I guess.
I never really classified Malice Mizer as rock though. In fact it'll be hard to classify them at all, since they did everything from gothic metal to French pop-esque. But they'd be my strongest recommendation.
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