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It was announced on 2017.12.01 at the "Raphaelesque Head Bursting" 時限式:uadjet's sponsored event at EDGE Ikebukuro, llll-Ligro- restart their activities from today with two new members : Gt. Jesse and Ba. 羽鳳(hao) They were on hiatus since december 2013. They will have their oneman 「THE BEGINNING OF THE END」 on 2018.03.04 at EDGE ikebukuro. Voice. ヒナタ (hinata) Guitar. kazari Guitar. Jesse (ex ZeR'0-ゼロ (ジェシー(jecy)) Bass. 羽鳳 (hao) (ex ZeR'0-ゼロ (蓮 (ren)) Renewal OHP : http://llll-ligro.info/

After going on hiatus at 2017/11/22, Sick. has changed their name to Screaming inside can kill. (still pronounced "Sick"). 3 new members have joined the band, whose identities will be revealed later. Vo.詩季 (Shiki) and Gu.風輝 (Fuki) have changed their stage names to their real names, Nakanashi Tatsuki and Konishi Fuki, respectively. Their new mini-album will be released (6 tracks), although further details are unavailable.

Excuse the cringey name; I used to draw a lot when I was a kid, especially in my preteen years when I doodled my "DoodleZ" daily, whether it was on my notebook paper or on my homework. After high school though, my passion started to die down as I lost confidence in myself, even when I took art class in college and got to experience new things such as painting and gridding. Now, I've had the itch to draw again; it's an ongoing progress, but I'm really eager to draw again, and I want to start that off with vk portraits x) I remember having a lot of fun with those in art class. But I would like to do something bigger and better someday, like maybe do more than just a sketch...by painting it too~ But enough of my yammering, I'm here to post some doodles that I've done before, or have done recently. Kyouki (Grieva) (2014) I would like to finish this one Sui/Misery/Yushi (Megaromania/Lin) (2014) *Outlined with sharpie, so it looks shitty

New band SARIGIA has formed and will start activities from 2018.1.27 at Ikebukuro EDGE. New single [Ruin] will be released on 2018.02.07 Vo. アスカ (Asuka) Gt. Natsu (ex-MEABEL Koudai) Ba. 翔磨 (Shoma) DR. 水希 (Mizuki) (ex-MEABEL Miya) Twitter OHP

Aie is def. the real, true & undisputed nagoya kei KING. No contest whatsoever. (also remember when people thought Nagoya Kei = heavy & brutal back in the days? fuck that era)

Their best album 「はじめてのじぐざぐ」(Hajimete no Zigzag) will be released on 2018.01.01. (2000 yen) Tracklist : 1.愛シ貴女狂怪性 2.十六夜 3.繋がりたい 4.悪いのはバンドマン 5.仕切りが嫌い 6.怨めしや～百鬼夜行～ 7.抹消 8.トチ狂っテる 9.一祭合祭 10.オキニ オキラ 11.狙い投げ 12.「死にたい」御年頃 13.糞麺氏ね

I found this thread really interesting to read through and see everyone's take on this topic. I'm replying to these quotes because it spotlights just how different the desires in a live concert experience are from male and female fans. Despite what some people (like the above quoted) consider to be normal and expect everyone would want from a concert, I'm here to say that the things Inertia and Komo mentioned as being bad are exactly what I want from a great live experience. Not all male fans are like this, but I think this is a really common mindset for men. It's why a bunch of dudes who have never met each other can pile up in a cramped hot space and push the shit out of each other for a couple hours and leave with a big smile on their face, excited for the next time. I can't tell you how many times I've like shook someone's hand after a show or shared some acknowledging eye contact and nod with someone while leaving a venue after a night of moshing. The bond you have with those people is absurdly strong after the night. And why? It sounds silly, but its because you all got crushed, hit, pushed, soaked in sweat (if not yours, from someone else), and gave every ounce of energy you had while listening to some of your favorite music. It's simply cathartic. It's not really a matter of lacking courtesy (or atleast not intentionally). The rough nature of a lot of predominantly male lives is because there's an unspoken agreement that most people WANT that kind of atmosphere (though obviously a lot of female fans want something different). I can guarantee you I'm always the skinniest/lightest dude in the pit. It's hilarious how little control I have and how far I will fly when pushed, but I wouldn't have it any other way. The best concert experiences for me always end sweaty, bruised, unable to speak, and feeling like I've just ran a marathon. When you find a show where everyone is on this same level, prepared to use up all of their spirit to making this experience count, you have something crazy magical. And a strong sense of unity comes from having been through that together with other people who were looking for the same thing.

Fucking first day Xmas...

8 slav girls are screaming right now

...like, drunks fighting over who's making the next vodka run outside of a Chelyabinsk night club or some1 ODing on krokodil in Belarus?

Today I will see Kiryu for the first time... so damn excited!

Yeah it's cool that a bunch of 40+ year old men can release music that sounds more inspired then 99% of what the new younger crowd can put out. Similar to how Swans 2010s output is better then pretty much all modern rock music despite the man behind it all being 60 years old. Gibkiy give me Swans vibes as well.

what about their stuff as highfashionparalyze? (it's the same fucking band idc what vkdb tells you ok) this project got much better when they balanced improv/compositions further towards compositions imo the nagoya kei true fan initiation is going to see gibkiy live and having kazuma blast all the microscopic hairs out of your ear canal by blowing a whistle at full force into the mic

A new guitarist called Misaki has joined the band on 2017.12.01. Twitter : https://twitter.com/rizu_MISAKI Instagram : http://Instagram.com/makai_misaki

I'm pretty sure that Vo.アスカ (Asuka) is ex-オルガ (ORGE) Vo.yuta. He's been in sessions with the other members and they look quite similar.

I can't stop listening to the Samidare cover. I've been looping it solely for two days in a row. lolz. The original song is from MUCC, but the arrangement is definitely the pre-13's reborn Girugamesh style. At this rate, their disbandment is even sadder because they still have the potential to compose music this good. Come back already!

Their new single will be released in spring 2018.

Just arrived! Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第一夜 「Innocent World」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第ニ夜 「Phantomschmerz」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第七夜 「XII」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第三夜 「散美花」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第九夜 「Terpsichore」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第五夜 「Disease」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第八夜 「誘蛾灯」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第六夜 「Crescent Moon」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第十一夜 「Apocalypse」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第十二夜 「哀玩人形」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第十夜 「Nostalgia」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第四夜 「Hexenprozess」 La'veil MizeriA - 悲哀囀ル調ベ

kazuma is jarboe, aie is gira

hope the conflicts were people dragging her for her music to her face

I wouldn't put them in them as the GOAT of the Nagoya Kei genre, I think that has to go to Deadman, but I do really enjoy Gibkiy. If anything, that award should just be given to aie.

aie is my favorite goat

Deviloof posted their merch for their upcoming oneman. There's a shirt that's Keisuke's back tattoo ... which is dope! I wish it wasn't white, though. I have their old logo tee, but I want their new one as well.

couldn't be happier right now - every time i hear hinata's voice feels like heaven! hopefully they don't let us wait too long until a new official release announcement.

Yep, it's him. I looked up Yuta's twitter and as I hovered over to his handle, Asuka's profile showed up ^^ good work guys!!

llll-Ligro- is back, I might have an attack. Slay Hinata, fucking slayyyy

yes, so you can continue basking in the satisfaction of owning all their releases

Going on recent form, it may be just the one L'Arc tune to go with the 3 months of overblown promo.

I just rewatched boogiepop phantom yesterday, so yeah xD

Totally not surprised.

Yoyoyo, Hide's music is getting a vinyl release! All 3 albums on December 6th! They're 5,000Y a pop and appear to be 2xLP. I found listings on CDJapan but I'm sure you can find copies elsewhere. Hide your face Psyence Ja, zoo I'm definitely gettting a copy of Hide your face. I hope it's a gatefold.

This. They have enough unreleased songs as is to make another mini.

Yeah I've been more active lately and I've noticed that too. The place only blows up when a long awaited release is uploaded. lol For the most part anyway. Can you let @Zeus know? And maybe he'll do this anyway with 23 likes. lol I hope so I really wanted this again for years now. I personally think it's a good way to help bring in new members and also preserve a little history of J-rock and I also think it would flow well with the staff reviews and monthly recommended tracks. lol But what do I know? Anyway @platysince you're a mod will you relay everything I just said to the staff as a final plea? Especially @Zeus

Do take a break. Please. Also, that cover art just gave me eye cancer, lmao.

I love what they did with Ieji! It really shows off what they can do and the acoustic bits are simply dreamy. I also love that song and think it's a great choice. My favourite cover has to be オデッセイ・1985・SEX. Gara just slays that one, you can tell he was living his dream.

Have you guys listened to MERRY's version of 家路 yet? And if you did, did you like it? Personally, I really liked it. It's one of the highlights of the MUCC tribute album for me. That got me thinking that with all the stuff MERRY released in 2017, we finally have enough material for an entire MERRY album of covers from other artists. (chronologically) 2002 - Strength Beyond Strength 2007 - PRECIOUS... 2009 - 伊勢佐木町ブルース 2009 - 学生街の喫茶店 2010 - 皆殺しのメロディ 2010 - 新宿ナナ 2010 - オデッセイ・1985・SEX 2011 - Schweinの椅子 2012 - 悪の華 2017 - SO... 2017 - 家路 That's quite a lot! I think only MUCC got them beat for "official" studio version covers. At least as far as V系 bands go. There's also the debatable inclusion of シャ乱Q's 上・京・物・語, but that one doesn't count, right? Anyway, which one is your favorite cover version? Which ones do you dislike? Personally, I think it's reallyyyy hard to beat 伊勢佐木町ブルース, but I love 新宿ナナ and オデッセイ・1985・SEX. The ones I'm not really hot about are Strength Beyond Strength and Schweinの椅子, and I think that's about it. MERRY usually does really well performing other people's songs. I kinda wish they did even more covers, MERRY almost always leave their personal mark and that's pretty cool. The next single could use a brand new b-side and another old-school cover.

I agree up to a point but thought their last album was actually a real return to form, beautifully produced and sounded much harder and heavier than their other stuff.

Got myself for my birthday Nightmare - Animalism Tour DVD and kpop merch I owe myself (Happy Pledis 2012, Block B Welcome to the Block Repackage and signed New Kids On The Block) Swore I wouldn't be spending again so quickly but if I found Shounenki or any of my flopped kfavs stuff itd be the end of my savings

That crisp mountain air.

This guy's voice is amazing.

I have to admit that my time in Japan was quite fruitful AZALEA - Fetish～Sadistの悲劇～ AZALEA - 神隠しの夜 Agnus∻Dei - Valkyrie (VHS) Aioria - ～煌め逝く瞬間～ (1st press) Aioria - ～煌め逝く瞬間～ (2nd press) BAISER - En Fleur BAISER - くちづけ BAISER - 接吻 Cla vi us - 二十五時の色彩~Colors~ Cla vi us - 未来、時々雨 Crucifixion - Hexenprozess Crucifixion - Liebe Crucifixion - scars Cynthia - SENSUOUS Cécile Corbel - Kari-gurashi〜借りぐらし〜 Cécile Corbel - The Borrower Arrietty 借りぐらしのアリエッティ サウンドトラック DERAIL - Secret Lover Devil Kitty - 夢幻回帰 Earl Grey - Marchentic Paradox glamscure - downfall and nemesis gossip - Final call gossip - butterfly gossip - smell of skin JE＊REVIENS - Genesis (VHS) JE＊REVIENS - 朝もやの中で… (VHS) Jackman - 蛍CM Kαin - 葬-so- -2016 Remaster- LOGiQ - はじまりの詩 La'veil MizeriA - 寂滅饗筵 ( Type A ) La'veil MizeriA - 寂滅饗筵 ( Type B ) La'veil MizeriA - 『 』-Reincarnation ver.- La'veil MizeriA - アンティークマリオネット -Reincarnation Ver.- La'veil MizeriA - 白昼夢ノ戯言 -eins- La'veil MizeriA - 白昼夢ノ戯言 -zwei- La'veil MizeriA - 白昼夢ノ戯言 -drei- Lilith～リリす～ - 「アダムとリリス」 Lilith～リリす～ - パズル Lilith～リリす～ - 手紙 LuLu - Dr.ステルベン LuLu - 現実不感症 (2nd press) LuLu - 胎動 Lycaon - gypsy MARRY+AN+BLOOD - 心臓~SINZO~ Metis Gretel - Fairy Tale -Gothic- Metis Gretel - Scream Guiltily Moi dix Mois - Dialogue Symphonie Moi dix Mois - Dix Infernal POIDOL - 夜な夜なバカを見る Phantasmagoria - Splendor Of Sanctuary Ru:natic - 「M」/ Foggy Night Ru:natic - 黒涙デ･･･終幕ヲ･･･ Se'ikspia - Dearest The Agonist - Lullabies For The Dormant Mind The Candy Spooky Theater - Murderland The Candy Spooky Theater - Wonderland The Raid. - 悪魔聖夜 UNDER FALL JUSTICE - Comment DVD UNDER FALL JUSTICE - 「醜い拒絶」 撮影オフショットType-A UNDER FALL JUSTICE - 『孤独』MV撮影オフショットType-F UNDER FALL JUSTICE - 消せない傷 UNDER FALL JUSTICE - 裏切り=孤独 V.A. - T.O.P.S V.A. SCRAMBLE 5 Vivid - Cinderella グリーヴァ - 最後の晩餐 メアリィ - 失楽 ルクス - ゼロ 君は鋭く。 - それは、前衛的殺人 四次元Diver - Last Letter～渡せなかったあの日書いていた手紙～ 己龍 - 私ハ傀儡、猿轡ノ人形 蜂-biene- - Mysterious 雫...Shizuku - 月が闇に翳るとき… Waiting to be shipped: Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 Eliphas Levi - リデルの赤い書物 glamscure - subliminal JE＊REVIENS - Ne'phesh La'veil MizeriA - 悲哀囀ル調ベ MAXE～メーゼ～ - Time of Graduation Seciliaルナ - 月夜に捧ぐ葬送曲 菅野由弘 - 天使のたまご 音楽編

my friends don't feed into the ignorant gay comments, LOL save it for another thread because we all know the answer to why that is a stupid argument as for why some band throw men only lives, it because the atmosphere for some bands is radically different between their male and female fans. i think this applies a lot for bands who are on the cusp of visual, so women's only lives might have more people engaging in certain furitsuke with a more "respectful" atmosphere whereas the mens lives are probably set up to be more wild, unhinged, "western style" live experiences. This is pretty similar to how gender is portrayed in the scene, with gyao tending to be more there to have fun rather than closely following typical gya conventions (worrying about how pretty their dresses are for their fav guitarist at kamite to see them from 4th row). On the flipside, some bands with male fans (check any DEG live report) can grind female fans (and even some dudes) the wrong way.

this. i've spoken to enough gya who would notice any minute change in a song arrangement and analyze lyrics/the meaning behind something artistic (or "artistic") a band has put out. but sure, some of them are in it for the fantasy, and that's awesome too. don't see much of a difference between dudes who don't know a lot about music and flail over cool guitar solos/how badass this and that musician is and gya who react pretty much the same about pretty bandoman.

ahhh, man let's be honest. The idea of visual-kei is to sell a perfect image of somebody that doesn't exist. Same with all of the pop-idols. This is an industry, first of all, music comes secondary. We have a target audience of 18-year old Japanese girls, most likely obsessed with androgynous male image and who read a lot of josei and shojo manga.. They are not gonna buy music in general - they don't give a shit about that. What you can sell to them is an image. as it was once put: "No, they’re sexy, but they don’t exist in the same universe as the fans. They don’t have chlamidya, they don’t worry about child support payments, they don’t have girlfriends or baby-mamas. They don’t have a stinky van. The fans don’t want to think about that! They want a dream, (not a man or a woman), they want a higher being, a look out of a fairy-tale. That’s why we do all the makeup and hair. It’s not about the guitars or playing A-flat in a Lydian mode." In case you didn't notice - it's the same thing with anime. It will always cater to the male audience, because we tend/are willing to spend whatever money we have on our obsession - be it motorbykes or fuck-pillows. And if you take socially awkward males who had no success with women and life in general, and sell them over-sexualized image and play on their instincts - oh boy, you get a really good chunk of revenue. So you can see the similarities with the visual-kei approach here. So, the visual-kei's target audience just does the same - spending whatever they have on their obsession. The difference is that visual-kei found its small (really small) niche of fans who are ready to do that. If we take population in general - it will not work. But it just takes whatever mental image/ideal the fans have, wrap it in a nice way, add a little bit of consumer psychology/evolutionary psychology and neurobiology (yes, it's the thing, I highly recommend reading material on how the last two infuence what we buy and how much we are willing to spend) - and you get your revenue =) Hence, we have a situation, that mostly females go to visual-kei gigs (because it was created for them), mostly (hungry/semi-virgin) males go for female pop-idols' gigs (because it was created for them), and etc. Which is fine. It's all about money, not the art.

Welcome to the biggest surprise of 2016 so far. If anyone asked me a few years ago which j-rock artist do I think will dabble in the djent genre of metal, I'd probably say Dir en grey or Gazette, but Satsuki? The guy with the angelic voice and less than brutal growls? And yet here we are with one of his two March 19 releases, Apocalypse. This is a four track EP, the other, Eclipse, is a fuller 9 tracks. But for right now we're dealing with Apocalypse, the heavier of the two releases. It opens with "Reincarnation", a moody intro that gives off a vibe of a dystopian post-apocalyptic society, then it leads into the title track, which is a surprising take on bands like Meshuggah, Tesseract, and Periphery. The riffs are thick and chunky, but there are hints of haunting melodies buried beneath the chaos. Then Satsuki's trademark angelic vocals come in and it almost feels like home. But then "Burning Out" comes in and we hear Satsuki's new and improved harsh vocals. A vast improvement over his slightly perturbed Cookie Monster vocals in Rentrer en Soi's final live. Satsuki clearly got some coaching on how to growl correctly. The EP ends with "Revelation", a track that could have fit in on the latest Meshuggah album. Satsuki (and the band) seem to understand how djent works, and I'm pleasantly surprised at how well it's pulled off. Great syncopated grooves and head nodding riffs. The only problem here is the production (which also applies to Satsuki's other release "Eclipse", but I'll get to that another time). Again, everything is mixed too loud. I listened to this via high quality streaming on Tidal with Sennheiser ear buds, and it all just sounded flat and lacking in dynamics. I shouldn't have my phone volume at less than half way and it sounds like I've got it full blast. This will always be a pet peeve of mine. Overall I'm pleased, especially since Satsuki's solo career has been less than impressive, merely cranking out toothless and nondescript J-pop/rock ever since RES disbanded. Here's to hoping Satsuki has finally found some direction.