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  1. 11 points
    I’m going to try and cliff note this and if anyone else wants to chime in feel free. I think it was in April (???) that Mejibray’s Youtube channel’s name was changed to Forum Official. Another band was added that no one gave a shit about it. People assumed or hoped that was the reason why. Then in May, after the first show on the Hangman tour which was completely normal, they posted that announcement on the homepage and all about the hiatus. After that, there were no more encores. Moreover, there were no more MCs. Tsuzuku didn’t talk to audiences at all (bar shouting the name of the city and maybe “Mejibray”). A lot of fans are of the mind that he was essentially gagged by the label and prohibited from speaking. No way to know this for sure, but it felt like it. Also worth noting is the instores switched from talks to 2shots before any of this. Also no way to know for sure this is related. Most of their one-mans ended with BI”name”JIKA. Sometimes Decadance. Mobile member content was really sporadic from there. Even the staff blog hasn’t had images added since the beginning of the last tour. Fast forward to the tour final at Shinkiba Studio Coast. Tsuzuku and Koichi emerged painted black. They’d each done this once previously this year. The live was 14 songs instead of 15. This may or may not have been deliberate as Tsuzuku had collapsed and stayed down at the last song, seemingly overwhelmed. Koichi went to him and checked on him before stepping in front of him and seemingly flipping off the staff at the back and then holding up three fingers to the audience. The curtain finally closed. Koichi’s birthday was a lot more fun. During the breaks between songs at one point, rather than facing the drums, Tsuzuku faced outwards, staring at the audience. He still didn’t speak; it was Koichi that spoke at the end, remarking on the challenges of the year and said we’d meet again next year. Everyone was crying, but the general air was optimistic after the live. Then when the end of December hit, an announcement was posted on Mejibray’s OHP declaring that Tsuzuku’s and Koichi’s contracts had expired and to wish them the best in the future. Koichi’s Twitter and Instagram have been wiped clean. Meto’s birthday live where he will be providing vocals under a different name was announced. Mia is busy as fuck all spring with various projects and sessions. So it’s basically been a massive clusterfuck. _(:3」z)_
  2. 4 points
    Suuu

    V STAR PROMOTION -Live Ticket Service-

    We are proud to announce the beginning of our Live Ticket Service!‬ ‪-How it will work-‬ ‪* Contact us at [email protected] no later than a month prior to your departure to Japan.‬ ‪* We will then discuss the booking and calculate the costs for your ticket. This includes the ticket itself along with postage and any transfer or 3rd party service fees. ‪* We request that payment is made via PayPal. Once the payment is received we will purchase and mail the tickets to your provided address. ‬ ‪This is a non-profit service from V Star Promotion as a way to give back to and further build the international community of Visual Kei fans!‬ Please note that for now, this service is currently in an early testing phase.‬ ‪-Disclaimers-‬ ‪* The ticket booking service is subject to ticket availability. ‪* We highly recommend you contact us for the booking as early as possible, as we will not take orders with less than a month remaining to your departure date. ‪* Reservations are 100% non-refundable after the payment has been transferred‬. ‪* V Star Promotion takes no responsibility in the unfortunate event that your ticket cannot be used due to circumstances beyond our control, such as a live cancellation or the ticket being held up or lost in postage systems. ‪* Ticket entry numbers are random and beyond our control.
  3. 4 points
    returnal

    new angura band looking good

    new angura band looking good
  4. 4 points
    Jiyo

    Your last music-related buy!

    アザナ - 虐気 / 慟哭-doukoku- Rides In ReVellion - THE LIGHT (Zeal link edition) kaine. - 逡巡 リベリオ - ERROR MIND DIMLIM - THE SILENT SONG (both edition)
  5. 3 points
    I've transcribed the lyrics from their latest single. The lyrics for the SgVer of Ajna are slightly different from the earlier released version on Xenomorphic. All spacing is a replication of how it is printed in the liner notes with the exceptions of what's in the brackets and further noted in red text. 1. Ajna –SgVer- 2. M.A.D
  6. 3 points
    In my experience, this mostly happens when the band member just wants to leave but doesn't have the guts to admit it to his bandmates. (Still, hoping everything is okay with him ofc.)
  7. 3 points
    Seimeisen

    Dir en grey

    Holy shit I am actually in love with the new 腐海!! I'm still not expecting anything incredible with IIID EMPIRE or Beautiful Dirt, but still wanna hear them. And I actually didn't know the other tracks on this were remastered, but actually hearing the teaser vids with my headphones, I can notice the difference (saku, ゆらめき). My opinion on VOS is turning around and I'm starting to get interested. I still think I could have come up with better tracklists for the CDs, and maybe they could have re-recorded some more (older) tracks, but who knows, maybe after a listen or two of the full thing I'll agree that the selection they chose perfectly captures the band's essence ... or something. And I'm also betting this won't end up on iTunes. If I had to guess, it's 100% because of pre-VULGAR material, and their label must be adamantly against digitally distributing such material for whatever reason. This is speculation on the grounds that DECADE 1998-2002 did not make it to iTunes, but DECADE 2003-2007 did (but I don't know if it's still there).
  8. 3 points
    Seelentau

    Dir en grey

    from https://yridenergyridenergy.tumblr.com/post/169250059834/phy-vol-11-dir-en-grey-interviews Edit: Okay maybe new Fukai isn't that good. There are lots of weird random noises all over the song, I think? And it could've used some more power. Hmmmm... I wonder how the other songs sound...
  9. 2 points
    Zeus

    Bad Boiz, Bad Boiz

    2017 has been an...interesting year, with so much unexpected drama and surprises that's to go down in history for years. So much has happened that I was able to put together two lists of band members caught in embarrassing , illegal, and reprehensible crimes and scandals. Before we put this year to rest for good, let's take another look at visual-kei and some of the less glamorous acts musicians have been up to this year. Also before I begin, I have to shout out a few members who gave serious help in making this list possible. Thanks to @suji, @tetsu_sama69, @cvltic. and @doombox for all their help, as well as for those who broke the news in the first place and those that corrected my facts after publication! Keina (ex-DIVEIN) The first entrant on the naughty list is bassist Keina, who was fired earlier on July 7th from indie visual kei band DIVEIN (ディヴェイン) for "violating the rules of the visual kei industry". Earlier in 2017, KEINA was hospitalized for tonsillitis and took a break from musical activities. While on break, he participated in a session band without the rest of DIVEIN's permission, and this angered the other three members of the band. He also spread confidential information about upcoming lives and photo shoots on the side, so that was enough to get him the boot. 蕚 (Utena) (ex-DEGENE) DEGENE announced on September 26th that they fired their vocalist 蕚 (Utena) for "bad behavior". Digging a little deeper, we find out that Utena committed violent acts against certain members of the band, trashed band equipment, and sent one or more people into mental break downs. The band stated that they could not find any way to improve his behavior, and each member felt a sense of crisis about his behavior. The other four members came to the same conclusion: “I can't work with him anymore”. In contrast, Utena's announcement about his departure did not mention his bad behavior. DEGENE went on a temporary hiatus until they could replace him. Chaos (Glamscure, ex-INSANITY INJECTION) One of the dual vocalists of Insanity Injection, Chaos, got the boot on May 31st for being involved in "deplorable acts on many occasions". What it was has not been clarified, but it was something bad enough to sow feelings of betrayal among the members. One can only speculate what he did, but he hasn't made another appearance since his departure, so perhaps he was blacklisted from the scene? The band has continued without him as three, which as we will see shortly is not usually the norm. Good on INSANITY INJECTION! Update: Turns out that Chaos is still active in the VK band GLAMSCURE! 塁 (rui) (ex-REVLOW) The last bassist of REVLOW, 塁 (rui), was fired from the band on August 5th. Management and band members discovered on July 29th that Rui was involved in many "anti-social acts" that corresponded with recent criminal acts in various Tokyo restaurants. Of note is that the official announcement used the kanji "反社会的", which is often used to refer to the yakuza. REVLOW cancelled the rest of their live dates, including their first one man show scheduled for August 29th, and rescinded the release of their CD, "'REVLISM-EP", scheduled for Aug 23rd. The band has not yet returned from hiatus, and none of the other band members have appeared in official projects. It's sad when an up and coming band gets ruined by the poor choices of one member. Three lumps of coal, one for each member you screwed over. 冬音 (Fuyune) (ex-サムクロ (Samurai Crows)) It's ironic that I found this picture of the purple-haired maverick while in a topic discussing crimes and other scandals. He was fired from his band サムクロ (Samurai Crows) on 2017/05/11 due to misconduct during their live at Ikebukuro BlackHole at 2017/5/5. He got a little too amped up and destroyed equipment, refused to apologize for it, and was caught verbally abusing people via private messaging service SNS. This is not only a rule not to be broken in visual kei, but also a rule not to be broken in society! Fuyune's misconduct caused the band to be dropped from their label, Me teaR music, and the band has been on hiatus after their live at Shinsaibashi paradigm on 2017/7/8. The other three members have moved on to a project called Bokutachi no neverland; Fuyune is still missing in action. I wonder if he has been soft blacklisted from the scene... 俐乃-rino- (ex - Synk;yet) Remember how we established rules of the visual kei scene all members have to abide by? I can safely say one of them is to inform your band members and your label whenever you participate in a session band or a side project. Synk;yet's ex-guitarist Rino broke these rules and was terminated from his band and artist contract with Starwave Records on 2017/01/30, shortly after the return of bassist Shiori. The official reasons were "betrayal and breach of contract". Rino secretly planned musical activities with other management companies for two years behind other members' backs. He also had "private exchanges" with fans for money requests, but nothing confirmed as sexual. Synk;yet went on indefinite hiatus on 2017/05/21 despite their best attempts to keep it together, and Rino has wiped all traces of his online presence so no one knows what he is up to. 『L.』(ex-VAJRA) Let's take it back to 2009 for a bit when grotesque face masks were all the rage and it was cool to rip off Dir en grey. There was an visual kei band named VAJRA, essentially a Dir en grey rip-off parading around as a silent tribute band, and mimicked all of their antics to carve out a meager existence in the indie circuit. VAJRA started by word of mouth and shot up in popularity quickly by sticking with the flavor of the month and putting on electrifying performances. Some of these lives would include fish hooking, vomiting, and public masturbation on the crowd, but the violent, unpredictable, ink-spitting guitarist『L.』took it too far one day. He was known for punching female fans in the face, giving them black eyes, and dragging them around by the hair on the stage, but he took up a notch for a live at Sendai on 2010/05/10, and caused fans serious injury. At first, he was put on house arrest and banned from lives temporarily, but soon after he "left" the band due to musical differences. There's room for interpretation on this. It is not known if he left because he wanted to and this was the breaking point, if he was forced out, or if he truly left on his own accord. VAJRA couldn't keep up the pace without him and virtually disappeared into disbandment. 『L.』found Jesus and work as an oshare-kei vocalist for the band Awake, now known as Eru. Aki (ex-2bullet, ex-JackRose, ex-Concerto Moon) Remember Takahiro from FAZ? He was covered in our first edition of the list and was caught trying to defraud people to fund band activities. It turns out that he had an accomplice! Aki, along with Takahiro, tried to defraud an elderly woman of 3 million yen. He was arrested once in November of 2016 and again in January of 2017, both for links to Takahiro and suspicion of fraud. Norifumi Shima of Concerto Moon immediately dismissed him from the band, while vocalist Re:i announced that JackRose would enter hiatus, since Aki was the composer and keyboardist. Ouch. Ryuusei (ex-暁月 (Kyogetsu)) Another unwritten rule of the scene - one that is good practice to follow in most situations - is to keep internal band drama private. I love juicy drama stories as much as the next person, but band members spilling the beans about strife in their own project will only undermine their musical efforts. What happened to 暁月 (Kyogetsu) demonstrates this perfectly. Our story begins on early September 2017, with a few incendiary tweets from guitarist Ryuusei on Twitter. In the first tweet he claims that all bangya not attracted to him are into Himura of Bananaman, or ugly men in general. The second tweet was a little more pointed: This hit a raw nerve with a lot of fans because it came on the heels of several unexpected disbandments. But this was just the tip of the iceberg. On his blog, Ryuusei went into detail about several aspects of the scene which up to now were just rumors and which come together to make life difficult for him and his band. A few of the things he mentioned (while also explicitly noting that he didn't know everything) were: Ticket quotas as fees for live performances. Ryuusei does the math on how many tickets they need to sell to cover for the fees, which is dependent on how many fans show up to see them and that's before the band members split the money five ways. Poor return on investment for popular vk standbys such as cheki. Name drops the GazettE in a section about how well popular bands with a "pretty bassist" do financially. This got Reita's attention with a fiery response of his own. Low wages paid from the indie labels. How difficult it is for bands to recover once they are "in the red" and how close 暁月 (Kyogetsu) is to reaching that point after three years. Asks fans to spend more money at shows, less at host clubs, and to tell him more information about salaries of other band men. You can see how this won't go over well. It's one thing to blow the whistle, but when you do you better know all of the facts. Constantly dropping figures about how much your competition makes relative to you while claiming you don't know for sure is a fast way to draw a ton of well-deserved criticism both from outside and within, and that's exactly what happened. On top of that, the claims made do not mesh well with the stories I've heard about what lengths some fans will go to support their favorite artist or band. I know that some tsunagari will go as far as to feed, clothe, shelter, and fuck a band man or two just to support them! But treating your fans like ATMs and literally telling them to "If you have money, use it. High schoolers, study so you can make money in the future." is trash. To me, it seemed like Ryuusei is looking for a scapegoat for his band's poor performance. Fans struck back by revealing his name, his bare face, his DMs, and even coordinating to send 100 pizzas to his house! Ryuusei threatened to get the police involved if the situation escalated further. His behavior afterwards is what sealed the deal. His band mates wanted nothing to do with the controversy this generated, as the vocalist even went so far as to hold an "apology twicast", and posted many apologetic tweets, even individually replying to people to apologize long before Ryuusei commented on the issue. However, Ryuusei did eventually apologize before backtracking the very next day. In his second blog post, he starts by claiming he only apologized because he was forced to. He then deflects the contents of the first post to "netogya" (a derisive term referring to online fans that don't go to shows, meaning most of us here), apologizes for name dropping bands and labels, claims he's always trying to be controversial and that this is no different, and claims that he thought this was common knowledge so there would be no problem. This only provided fuel for the fire. The sad thing is that, as you could have guessed by now, these guys were virtually unknown before this. Shame is a very powerful deterrent in Japanese culture, and I've seen lesser drama capsize bigger bands than this. By constantly undoing the damage control his band members tried to provide, and by backpedaling and baiting Tanuki, Ryuusei put Kyogetsu in a spot where they had to kick him out to continue or disband. They did both. Bassist Shogo jumped ship first, but the formal disbandment of Kyogetsu was announced for October of 2017. Setsuna (ex-THE EGOIST) Whenever I write one of these lists, one person ends up doing something that eclipses everything else I discuss. Setsuna, guitarist of THE EGOIST, takes the "honors" for this position this time, although it's not something to be proud of. 2017 was not a kind year to THE EGOIST, as they paused activities earlier in the year when they lost contact with their vocalist, but things came to a breaking point by the end of the year in what will remain a black mark on visual kei for a long time to come. The timeline gets hazy at points but what we do know for certain is that Setsuna, also known as Keisuke Kawasaki (thanks NHK!), began an intimate relationship with a woman named Uran Hirayama while engaged. Uran didn't know he was engaged when she met him with the wedding planned to the degree where the venue had already been picked. The marriage was held sometime during his relationship with Uran as well. It is not confirmed if she was a mitsu of his, but what we do know is that they had a very tumultuous relationship, all documented on Hirayama's twitter. Uran used the account as a regular personal account initially, but at some point the account became flooded with pictures and screenshots of the newly minted couple. Many LINE screenshots show both happy times as well as arguments, including one where Uran demanded to know if Setsuna had slept with a tsunagari/mitsu of his named Ayumi. He initially denies it, but admits to eventually sleeping with her once and apologizes, swearing Uran is the only one he really cares for. He ends up saying something similar on his public Twitter: "I've had relationships with various women, but aside from Uran I was just messing around. I'm very sorry. I'm considering marrying [her] in the future". No mention of his wife. Other pictures included Disney date pictures, many pictures of them in the snow as a couple, and of course the now-infamous video of him eating out Uran's ass (note to future readers: he chows down). Considering this is all in public view, it didn't take long for his "wife" to come across some of it; she apparently went ballistic when she found purikura of her and Setsuna kissing in his wallet. Things get demented as the year winds down to a close. The messages on Uran's Twitter become more alarming; her profile stated 'I wish to be reborn and marry Keisuke in my next life', she posted screenshots of one of Setsuna's tweets that basically said he "will be one" with Uran (which he quickly deleted from his page), tweets about gifts she bought with the money she got from sex, and more. At some point, Setsuna informs Uran that he was married and in retaliation, she dumps all of this information on her Twitter. She also had at least one suicide attempt around December 3rd, likely in response to all of these happenings. Despite his marriage, he still publicly pines for Uran after all of this. The following is my guess of what happens next: Uran tells Setsuna about her suicide attempt(s) and he tries to talk her out of it, but ends up agreeing to commit double suicide with her a week later on December 9th. We know this because Uran sent the explicit details of the plan to one of her close friends around 3pm that day, which was later posted to her Twitter page. The person who posted the notice in no uncertain words claims it was intended to be a double suicide and firmly believes that was their original intention. This same friend also contacted the police with all of the information she had at her disposal, but by the time the police showed up to Uran's apartment at 9pm the deed was done. She was found on her futon, her room was locked, there were no signs anyone had been through her belongings, and there was a handwritten suicide note next to unused charcoal briquettes. I can only guess the plan was to lock themselves in a room and suffocate to death, but Setsuna had a last-minute change of heart, ended up choking her to death, locked the door, and left. It took the detective work of another of Uran's friends to connect Setsuna to this mess and to send the police to his door. He admitted to the killing and was promptly arrested. When asked his occupation, he claimed he was a "part-timer" and did not mention THE EGOIST, his band mates, or his label. Thus, the band was able to avoid most of the wrath of the Eye of Sauron, but they still chose to disband anyway to distance themselves from the stigma as much as possible. I don't blame them. The story stops here for now, but there are a lot more questions to be asked than can be answered. As for the most important one, as one of Uran's friends put it, "The only way to know the circumstances that led to Uran being the only one who died is to ask [Setsuna] himself". Maybe this information will come out in a court trial soon. UPDATE: THE EGOIST disbanded earlier in 2017 due to the departure of their vocalist. UPDATE 2: His trial started one year after the incident. Setsuna stated that Uran asked him to kill her, so he "helped her". Since the tribunal couldn't verify if that is true or not they accepted that Setsuna killed her on request and therefore reduced his sentence from 13 years to 3.5 years in prison. Thanks for reading! Hopefully, band members will behave and another one of these lists won't come for a good while
  10. 2 points
    Pretsy

    Akinori returns to lynch.

    Why are ppl so sour over someone committing a mistake that did no ACTUAL harm (physical or psychological) to people around them? This is not 12012's chokeslamming Wataru - and lest we forget that MH used to endorse him (!). Puritans and J-rock fans altogether makes a very fascinating, albeit really conflicting combination. For the record, there's still a huge number of acts you are stanning for that also practice this stuff, albeit less recklessly than Akinori did. They cherish their friendship and that is damn good. Says a lot about the band.
  11. 2 points
    Takato

    DEXCORE

    A new years message from dexcore, they want to play outside from japan.
  12. 2 points
    Jigsaw9

    Creature Creature will go on hiatus

    Well, it's not like they were super-active anyway. Still, I hope Morrie revives it sometime in the future (it is easily his most interesting project atm imo).
  13. 2 points
    suji

    What are you listening to?

    the only kpop that matters
  14. 2 points
    Zeus

    Bad Boiz, Bad Boiz

    butt pinching is PG-13 at least. you know some stuff so share the deets! i refrained from putting this tidbit into the original post, but I've always had a sneaking suspicion that Chaos was getting a ton of fan pussy and the other members of the band weren't happy being left out, or perhaps it was interfering with band activities. i have no proof, just a gut feeling. can anyone confirm or deny?
  15. 2 points
    Seelentau

    Dir en grey

    Is it there yet? https://a.tumblr.com/tumblr_p21eyl14Xi1r6te05o1.mp3 It. Is. So. Fucking. Good. Oh my gooooooood *~* btw, source is http://yourfantasyparade.tumblr.com/
  16. 2 points
    zombieparadise

    THE THIRTEEN 2 EPs release

    News like this so soon after their last mini must've meant EMS sold well. I hope they take that as a cue that people prefer that style over their old shit and keep going in this direction.
  17. 2 points
    Aferni

    Akinori returns to lynch.

    ok but when Tsuzuku wants to get fried its cute...akinori does it and he's the devil.
  18. 1 point
    chemicalpictures

    [REVIEW] RAZOR - the CORE

    RAZOR | the CORE Tracklist: 1. the CORE 2. ROAD 3. 消えない痛み 4. イノセンス 5. Labyrinth 6. 君は今も鮮やかに 7. 『その後の世界』 A release that it's okay on its own, but with glimpses of brilliance, if they manage to identify them. To properly explain the sentence above, We'll need to dwelve into their past releases for a bit. It's safe to say that RED INVISIBLE was the most well received release so far. It introduced and showcased all their range in a single release, with a bit of everything and by all accounts, a successful effort, even with its flaws. The following singles had their strenghts here and there, but faced a more lukewarm reception, most citing the lack of direction, uninspired b-sides and an over-reliance on born-like choruses/structures that may not fit with the overall range of the band. That brings us to the CORE. To get it out of the way, it is pretty obviously composed of tracks they do not believe have the power to be singles, and that's a (somewhat) fair assessment. The fact that it didn't have a PV (EDIT: Actually they did, but the fact that they choose the most bland track on the release works on favor of the idea here), and they chose to give 君は今も鮮やかに a lyric video further proves my point, it's playing safe 101. So, if you are not confident on the power of the material you have, the decision of making the CORE a compilation of trials, errors and experiments is a wise one. It lets you check the waters, understand the reception an maybe score one hit or two. ROAD and その後の世界 are tracks that dig deep into the members origins. You can hear Sadie, born and MBHI influences all over those pieces. Both are a solid tracks, but not mindblowing, by any means. There's nothing wrong in playing safe and delivering something satisfying everytime, but we expect RAZOR to be a monster on its own, not a 2.0 version of those mentioned above. And I believe they've found their way with イノセンス, the best of the album. This track perfects a formula that enables it to be powerful without resorting to MBHI djent-y riffs, to have a very consistent vocal work without using born leftover choruses. Top it off with a mix of electronic effects and dnb drums that keeps the momentum going and never feels overdone and you have a winner on your hands. This is RAZOR transforming their influences into something fresh, perfecting their unique formula, and of course, their identity as a band. 君は今も鮮やかに is a mediocre ballad that does not bring anything new to their catalogue (worse than the 6/10 MISSING PIECE let's be honest) and 消えない痛み is such a forgettable one that if it wasn't labeled as RAZOR I'd have trouble identifying who it was from. (I'll ignore Labyrinth, the overused vk tropes are too strong on this one). Overall, it's a release that provides more filler tracks to a band that may have the most high-ceiling potential of the 2016 newcomers, but have yet to find their stride. However, イノセンス makes me feel pretty confident that RAZOR can be fresh without throwing away all the experience and influences of past works, maybe reshaping them into something truly unique.
  19. 1 point
    The Piass

    THE THIRTEEN 2 EPs release

    THE THIRTEEN have announced that they will release two EPs. The first one will be called 「URGE -アージ-」 and will be released in April. The second one called 「LAMENT-ラメント-」 will be released in October 2018. Their live to celebrate their 3rd anniversary will be held on 2018.03.21 at SHIBUYA O-WEST. Their first live tour called "Urge to live born from Urge to die" will be held from 2018.05.03 to 2018.06.08. Their second live tour called "A cry of lament under the grief" will be held from 2018.11.03 to 2018.12.21.
  20. 1 point
    Their first live will be on 2018.04.27 at 渋谷REX. A first mini album will be released during their live and mail order on 2018.03.31 and will be out on 2018.04.01. (2000 yen : 6 songs) Members : Singer/Drummer : Takeshi Bassist : Seiya Website : https://gtboys.amebaownd.com/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/GTB_info
  21. 1 point
    patientZERO

    DEXCORE

    Aside from their first release/live-limited version, everything this band has done has been in an attempt to reach an international audience. I hope it's working for them and I would be stoked to see them tour outside of Japan.
  22. 1 point
    Furik

    DEXCORE

    Wow, when bands say they want to tour abroad it’s usually a half-assed statement. However, they really seem passionate in that video to actually really want to go overseas to perform. Good for them. I hope they know they actually do have fans outside of Japan!
  23. 1 point
    Happy Birthday, Fitz!!! Cheers to another year on earth, mah dude, and hopefully one fraught with amazing chunez!
  24. 1 point
  25. 1 point
    saishuu

    Happy birthday, fitear!

    Happy birthday, fitear!
  26. 1 point
    doombox

    Happy Birthday!

    Happy Birthday!
  27. 1 point
    yakihiko

    Recommended Tracks: December 2017!

    @CAT5Besides the SENKOU mini, they have released マグロ解体チェーンソー single on December's 6th, which is really worth a try.
  28. 1 point
    No worries. Why there needs to be three completely different bands named ダリ will forever evade rationality.
  29. 1 point
    Peace Heavy mk II

    Happy birthday!!

    Happy birthday!!
  30. 1 point
    blacktooth

    Dir en grey

    They've got the glitchy electronics from Vulgar back, but the drop tuning still verges on chugfest territory. I wish they would rely less on studio magic in their newer stuff though. I actually liked their one-takes because you could at least feel the space in the recordings. edit: needs more yurayura
  31. 1 point
    Apparently Issei's whole family died so don't wish him happy new year. what a fuckin edgelord
  32. 1 point
    maryeon

    THE THIRTEEN 2 EPs release

    EMS is brilliant. I've listened to it on repeat for months and never get tired of it. Really hope they'll keep this style bc it seems to suit them the best. Mao's harsher vocals are very good.
  33. 1 point
    nekkichi

    Dir en grey

    go back 2 vulgar guitar tuning already ffs I can't stand kyo's current voice idk if this is the way he ~envisioned~ his singing development or it's years of depression meds fucking with his vocal chords this much, but I dropped this two minutes in unravelling on 3x studio processing realness
  34. 1 point
    maryeon

    X JAPAN playing Coachella 2018

    THEY MUST DO DAHLIA, I believe it's an approachable enough song for the western audience? They must really play their cards right if they want this to work for them.
  35. 1 point
    Vercingetorix

    Schwartz:Mist will disband

    Guess they couldn't harness the power of the Schwartz...
  36. 1 point
    Kathy

    Schwartz:Mist will disband

    Damn, that sucks. They had potential and I actually really liked them.
  37. 1 point
    Ozileras10

    Akinori returns to lynch.

    Idk why they got akinori back, they can just use Hazuki instead
  38. 1 point
  39. 1 point
    Chi

    Ayy happy bday

    Ayy happy bday
  40. 1 point
    These crackheads smoke too much.
  41. 1 point
    CAT5

    Recommended Tracks: December 2017!

    Yeah, December is usually a pretty busy month for ORZ, so we weren't able to cover as much as we usually would. There were definitely a few more things I could have written about, though. I just read that apparently there are only 4 new songs and 10 old songs on the album, although since I don't follow her that closely, most of it was still new to me. Completely overlooked them, as I've been out of the loop with new music for most of 2017. Did they release something new?
  42. 1 point
  43. 1 point
    i literally have the same shirt as the guy in the top middle it's from h&m & it cost $10 lol
  44. 1 point
    Shaolan974

    THE THIRTEEN 2 EPs release

    EVIL MAD SCIENCEwas surprisingly good. They are better when they try to be Sadie (because Sadie tried to be DIR EN GREY)
  45. 1 point
    No, no. Not just you. I'm glad I jumped ship when I did. 2012 me would have hated to see what this band has become. 2018 me is too jaded to care.
  46. 1 point
    VkBrutaliaN

    Your last music-related buy!

    ARCHEMI. - 降臨 (Type A) DAMY – chilled. (Type B ) DEXCORE – Imitation (regular edition)
  47. 1 point
    patientZERO

    DEXCORE

    Everything this band has put out has been golden. I have very little complaints and I'm loving the fact that they're releasing works online for the (international) masses, even going so far as to subtitle their songs in English. I only wish I could have found Hunger when I was in Japan. I'm pretty sure that both The Dead Sea and Imitation are available internationally through iTunes, so if you like them, want to support them and have $6 to spend, do yourself and the band a favor and buy them both.
  48. 1 point
    BrenGun

    [REVIEW] DEVILOOF - Devil's Proof

    DEVILOOF, A band which get's more and more popular, finally they dropped their first album, let's take a listen en check out if the band did grow or that this release is also a waste of money and a pain in the ears. 1.Devil’s Proof It's an SE, just an nice intro, which actually gives a much amazing feeling than most of the songs on this album. 2.ESCAPE The thing I don't like at ESCAPE is the clean singing, also that part, if you listen to the drums, it's just smashing the drum on a pretty worse boring way. Also the high pitch voice in this song I think it's kinda not really need. But what I also don't really like is that BASS and DRUM doesn't really fit each other. a song which is 4:24 I also think it's a bit too long, for me it get a bit of boring after 2 minutes. and the short wtf solo after kinda 3minues. is somehow... yes WTF. But sounded nice tho. 3.Natural Born Killer high on screaming, I on't mean pig scream, just the high metal scream. It's nicely done also the more dark growling. It really fits it. But once again, somehow I do not really get into the drumming beat. Yet, the guitar part is nicely but the bass falls a bit in behind. 4.Return of the Curse This song is a pretty typical visual kei song actually. grunting is fine, the switch between more clean up singing and grunting is also good. However it's not a song which fits in my personal taste. But it's good. 5.DESTINATION This is more a rock than a real metal song. Also it's totally different from the above songs. Somehow this song also sounds a bit familiar, not sure where I did hear some parts of this song. (100% that WOW part, maybe loudness vibe?) this song is 4:35 and sometimes its a bit as you listen to 2 different songs in one. so a shorter version would have done it maybe better? 6.Lover Another long song 4:10 also a bit too long for this type of song. it has nice parts but the end simply sounds not that good anymore as the first minutes of this song. Also this song really let me think of "E.T". 7.InCipit-Instrumental- An instrumental song?! of 4:11! which only gives this album 9 full songs. while listen to this song, it also reminds me of some other songs, which I can't name out of my head. But guitar parts don't really are amazing and the drums well, could also be more amazing in a fully instrumental song? Wouldn't mind if they didn't put this one on the album. 8.EGOIST It's far not bad, but somehow it also sounds a bit as a mess, also the random fast guitar solo... the heavy beat which isn't that heavy. Don't know. It doesn't leave a memory after playing it. 9.M.F.JAP worse lyric, melody isn't that bad does fit the way of singing very good. but it sounds more hiphop metal while other songs sounded much different. If the lyric was more nice I would have rate it better. also after 1½ min I did skip the songs. 10.怠惰の罪 It's a nice one, but I still do miss the beat which let me headbang. but the more slow (clean) singing totally annoyed me, but beside that the melody is alright. 11.HERO=MURDER Last song, also their best song. crazy heavy headbang level is still low, but yet possible. It's a nice one! After all it's not an album which I would purchase for the original price, the album doesn't let me headbang or going crazy on their melody, I miss some real beat between the bass and drums. Yet Keisuke vocal is listenable it's not annoying. With this album they at least proof that they could create something which (many) people can enjoy. At least I can listen to it, without thinking that it is pure shit. It's long not perfect but I believe that DEVILOOF can grow at least I really hope that they can really let me headbang next time. After all whatever METAL it is, I should be able to headbang on it and not just stand and give only a little "yes". Also the songs on the album variate too much from each other. releasing them as 2~3 tracks each or just one by one. would have done it too. But yes DEVILOOF did do a good job, this time they didn't release a shame. keep going guys. However they didn't turn me into a fan. (not yet)
  49. 1 point
    lmao Most I do is save pretty much every pre-2000 photo of Atsushi Sakurai that I can find. I've started to do the same with hide, but that's more to do with interest in his makeup style and hair.. I'd looove to start collecting old magazines if I can. I have a folder dedicated to photos of musicians with cats, if that counts.
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