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No its because they are only releasing 'one thing' and then disbanding Jk they sound really nice I need more so hopefully its not just 'one thing'

Why can't we bring back lulz like this? http://web.archive.org/web/20080918123608/http://www.taintedworld.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=7074

Lol @ Bayblon's Yon sticking out like a sore thumb Decadence (3) / CANNONBALL (3) / Shock Edge (3) / SUMMIT / Yougenkyou V.A.'s DuelJewel (2) BABYLON (3) Due le quartz (2) Vidoll (3) Chemical Pictures (1) Guy's Family (1) Nightmare (1) Thanks Rarezhut November auctions! Tune into the stream today to snatch your own

The boys are back with a new album! 『PANTHEON -PART 1-』 2017/04/12 Regular edition: 10 songs (¥2,778) Limited edition: 10 songs + DVD (「PHOENIX」Music Video　「PANTHEON」Music Video) (¥3,241) They also announced a bunch of lives for 2017: 「PANTHEON TOUR ZERO」 2017/4/21 ar 初台DOORS PANTHEON TOUR -the first movement- From 2017/5/4 at 恵比寿 LIQUIDROOM to 2017/6/25 at 仙台 CLUB JUNK BOX. And finally, their Euro Tour is now named PANTHEON TOUR -the second movement-“MATENROU OPERA EURO TOUR 2017”

So yeah i'm a shopping addictic shithead and spend 50 $ on a Rasen Tape. Vacations Who?

Making

Got my hair a new cut today. It's kinda weird still to have lost like all hair on one side but shit happens and I like it.

Got a smaller package in with a bunch of goodies~

Don't worry...your time will come

What was once cool and new is destined to become uncool and old. ANY movement is going to peak and then decline at some point. It went from a huge movement/style down to a small niche thing in Japan. And like how there are still sleaze and hairmetal bands forming in Hollywood and playing the Whisky on Tuesday nights, just because there are new bands and an audience for it to a degree doesn't mean it isn't a dead genre. It said what it had to say. Fans in the west were 5-10 years behind the times. We discovered Visual at the turn on the century, and spent the decade not only getting into the bands that were around, but all the cool VK bands from the previous two decades. Needless to say, there was a TON of great shit to discover. But, eventually, the well ran dry. For most people I've met that were into the genre, VK was like Kiss: a gateway drug into music in general but for weaboo/nerdy kids. Some people got into goth stuff (guilty!), some got into screamo and numetal, some got into prog rock, whatever. But the common thread is that 99% of them left that shit (visual kei/kiss) behind once they discovered more music and refind their tastes. What's left is us: the creepy Kiss fans still painting our faces and shit to come out and see Gene Simmon and Paul Stanley phone it in for the millionth time at our local casinos. Arguing about weather Kiss would have been better off to keep Ace around, speculating as to the whereabouts of Vinny Vincent, and debating what is truly the worst track on 'Hot in the Shade.' It's the way things go. If you don't believe me, pop on over to the MetalSludge.TV message board and see old 80s rocker guys, now in their 50s, doing the same thing we're doing here. I'm here because Visual Kei changed my fucking life, man. Defined who I was, what music I listen to (I own David Sylvian's Weatherbox FFS), how I dressed and wore my hair. Every smoking hot girlfriend, every cross country tour, damn near every good thing that happened to me can more or less be traced back to getting some shitty .asf and .rm files of Luna Sea, L'arc, and Malice Mizer music videos back in 99 or 00. Look, we were there for it. Love it, accept it, talk about it, listen to the old albums that meant so much to you, maybe even find a cool new band or two (I like Xaa-Xaa), etc. but there is nothing sad about that graph. This thing, it was our thing. And that's all I have to say. Gotta get back to making fun of Yoshiki.

and obviously i love them

I don't know what to say

And Budokan would finally be used for its original purpose xD I always imagine bands literally battling each other whenever I see "vs" in a tour title . I hope DIR EN GREY vs PIERROT's photoshoot will look like this:

So it looks like Ryuya is playing a (session) band called ラストマイケル (Last Michael).

travelling the world? pfffffft, bitch please, we are better than that. who needs that bullshit if you can stay in your room and stare at your Rasen tape all summer long?

good single but why is everybody using "one eye" "cross" or " triangles" ? .--.

according to their bassist their music will have a variety of styles/sounds. the next song that they'll be filming a PV for will sound quite different from "Stay with you" by the way they don't consider themselves a vk band, but a 'vocaloid P + utaite' unit with vk aesthetics

AESTHETICS

^it's cuz they have that "one thing" with each other

hmm....kinda looks interesting so far i hope they're not shit, but who knows

the band is called 'one thing' but there are two of them

The title is so funny, I can't wait to listen to these new songs!

The real question though: who will be playing guitar

Sounds more like a VK AC/DC.

Just got my Like An Edison VA CDs in and I'm surprised over half are full songs

So we got a few pretty cool things in the mail this morning. Some of these will make an appearance on the auction. IMAGES INCOMING https://www.facebook.com/events/356160634744067/

I can't wait for the album either! ITS ALMOST MARCH

well that sounds awful so far, but look at those gaijin! look at tha daddy!! former indie darlings have grown up now and can afford wypipo promotion!

What I noticed based on those pics and things I have discovered from J-netizens (incl. tweets above) and Kyotakumrau (thanks girl for updates): - Kyo kinda progresses towards 2004-2005 era throwbacking with his latest looks - Kodou-meets-Saku-PV-kind of looks, anyone? - We could say the same about Kaoru => NEW HAIRCUT (literally screaming) - Die is fab - Shinya is fab - Toshiya is the kind of super-hot soon-to-be-40 Japanese fashionista posterboy, no homo no hetero (swooning IRL) Idgaf about his flop brand but sheesh: - I would love to see them stay "demi-visual" like this compared to what most Will-like chaps would desire for while going forth saying "das super gay I want my MOAB/Uroboros era back kys". Just seriously. I don't even listen to their music that actively anymore (1-2 songs per month and I am not even kidding) but these guys never fail to get my attention. Go and snatch some wigs, DT's little boys~

So is this a musical? yaay I'm so into any of these GB member's acting skills

Recording this was difficult because the old master tapes accidentally had curry spilled over them

I thought I was cute on that pic so yeahhh ~

i take back everything negative i've said about finland (and there was a lot tbh)

Can't wait to hear that new song kurenai! What's that all about huh!! Heard from ppl who attended their gigs in Japan that it's amazing

One of the issues that stand out the most to me is the difference in promotion. Kpop goods are easily available and for every release there's a huge PR campaign around it, as if it was the release of the century. They create insane hype, my sister always goes on about ''so and so is having a comeback'', here I am thinking they haven't released anything for a year or so, but it's more like they haven't released anything for a few months and it's celebrated as a comeback. In VK they release a teaser and announce 20 different CD types. Guess what? Those CDs cost an arm and a leg. Whereas in kpop you get a photo book, stickers, this and that plus the CD at a SUPER affordable price! Of course this is likely because Kpop is POP therefore they make enough money to be able to sell stuff cheaper. I think VK was appealing back when scene and emo was huge (like other people mentioned) but now scene fashion is dead, so is the interest in vk. The look scares people and it seems to be getting more extravagant/stupid by the day. I saw a bandman basically cosplaying voldo (Soul calibur V) for a release a while ago. Let me tell you... Very few people will be comfortable enough to approach a band where a member is voldo. In the 80/90s glamrock was a thing, men with make up and feminine looks were seen on daily basis on mainstream TV and androgynous get ups were almost accepted. So maybe VK was embraced more then. But just a few ideas: - there's a new rise in interest in gender non-conforming ideas in the new generation. This could *possibly * bring an interest to VK in the future as the new generation is more curious and open to '' weird looking men. '' Rather than embracing rock as a rebellious phase that will go away once they reach adulthood, it will be something they embracing out of taste and a connection to... ? I'm not sure how to word this. - the biggest trend in Western mainstream music is dance music right now. Maybe if we had more VK groups experimenting with that, getting creative then we'd get a revival in the scene. Look at Purple Stone, they're already having some fun with mixing dance music & VK. If they get the boost in popularity they deserve they could reach out to broader audiences. There's massive potential in 'panic panic'. -I already mentioned the fashion, but look at GazettE, an cafe, diru etc all the bands that were huge in the west back in the day. They were popular around the time their looks were more laid back, nothing too crazy. It just makes me think vk is too extravagant/theatrical right now to appeal to western audiences. How many people are gonna look at Arlequin and not laugh at the singers hair and get up? Whereas you can look at soft emo GazettE from back in '06-' 09 and easily accept the look. Kyo back then had blonde hair and less make up than ever before, now that bitch is dressing up as a nun. (I'm all for that, but other people slowly back away when I show them) This could be just a bad period for the scene, we'll look back in years and say ' remember the great lame period of '10-'16?. We just need to keep hoping for those few bands in vk who will dare to be creative and their risks will pay off.

Thats a little harsh dont you think. I kinda like it and it may not be Japanese but its still Vkei... its one of the few bands that are trying to introduce vkei in other countries. I see it as a good thing but oh well. Since i saw Yohio & Disreign on here i assumed this would be fine I didnt realize race was the main factor.

Came all over the references to their mini album period. I am _praying_ that there's a reason for all of that and they're going to bust out the godrarez and a subsequent tour of that stuff even. There's so much they haven't played in ages! Most of Madara and Hankou seimeibun for one, stuff from Akuyuukai save for Wife ( that was played during the Disorder tour )...

Mum is strictly into Kate Bush. Nothing else matters. She only likes a few tracks on mainstream music TV, but that's it. It's hilarious trying to show her anything else because she instantly says it's bad and doesn't give it a chance. Nan is into the old classics like Elvis, her favourite. She's a lot more open to music but that's because she's way too sweet and doesn't mind listening to even Vocaloid and DEATHGAZE. Rock on, nanny~