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ザアザア (Xaa-Xaa) new maxi-single "のろいうた (Noroi Uta)" release
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ザアザア (Xaa-Xaa) new CD "のろいうた (Noroi Uta)" will be released at 2018/5/23. -
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How come Mejibray are more popular than a lot of VK bands from this decade?
Reiko and 2 others reacted to chemicalpictures for a post in a topic
Because they are slightly better than the average musicians, their live performances were honestly interesting, their compositions had somewhat of a signature... there are several reasons, including the one that they didn't suck as much as people want to imply. It's nice to make fun of what teenagers enjoy, specially when you've been around for 10+ years and have seen all kinds of trends going up and down, but that's just us old people being old. And that doesn't take away the fact that meji was a solid band all around... -
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New band てけてけ―――。"Teketeke" have formed
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Kaya new single, "FABULOUS" release
Mr.0 and one other reacted to Alkaloid for a post in a topic
"FABULOUS" MV will be uploaded on Kaya's YouTube channel at 2018/4/1 at 12:00 AM JST. -
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sleepyhead (Takeru ex-SuG) new album release "DRIPPING"
catborja and one other reacted to ricchubunny for a post in a topic
What the fuck these songs are so fuckn good (so much better than the first he released). I wasn't expecting anything but now i'm super excited -
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A Brief History of Visual Kei: Unnecessary Symbols & Punctuation in Band Names
Dillinger and one other reacted to inartistic for a post in a topic
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1 pointマチルダ (mathilda) has formed. They will hold their first live on 2018.03.31 at 池袋EDGE. On 2018.05.02 at 渋谷O-WEST they will release a live limited single 『ダビニフス』 Vo. 喰 (Ku?) (ex-shadow → Lydiac(mikado) → DEVIZE(Alfion)) Gt. 一檎ジャム (Ichigo Jam) (ex-Luccica → ramiel(Nozomi)) Gt. 朝比奈 ソラ (Asahina Sora) (ex-リベリオ (Ribelio) Naru) Ba. 時雨 環 (Shigure Tamaki) (ex-ORGE → DOAK(IORI) →ramiel(tsukasa)) Dr. 米田米 (Yoneda) (ex-ArcGarden → AvelCain(Sou) → reirei(Ba.reito) → DEVIZE(Dr.tomoe)) OHP (*corrections on the names are appreciated!)
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1 pointウミユリ (Umiyuri) new live-limited CD, "睡り" (Nemuri) (1500 yen) will be released at Hitomi's birthday live at Takadanobaba AREA on March 30. The CD will also have another type (presumably available nationwide), according to Hitomi, similar to his mini-album. [tracklist] 1:fall asleep (instrumental) (Composed by yuya (Develop One's Faculties)) 2:イノサン (inosan) (Composed by yuya (Develop One's Faculties)) 3:Bells (Composed by 源 依織 (Minamoto Iori) (ex-BLESS THIS MESS, Femme Fatale, etc.)) 4:黒髪と黒猫 (Kurokami to kuro neko) (Composed by yuya (Develop One's Faculties))
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Amber Bullet
Himeaimichu reacted to Mamo for a post in a topic
Human Cry is my favorite song by them along with the others I posted in the OP I am ... and there is the silent bullet under the Amber sky. -
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Amber Bullet
Mamo reacted to Himeaimichu for a post in a topic
Right now, D, Human Cry and Gokuchu no Orchestra are the ones that I've been enjoying the most -
1 pointI really like Contagion. I'm not sure why, but I like this more than Glass Pill. I gave Glass Pill a lot of tries, but it still hasn't clicked with me. The "proggy rotten atmosphere" is excellent, but I can't put my finger on what's keeping me from really getting into it.
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Bruh, love your Skullomania avatar. SF EX3 had the best artwork.
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Bruh, love your Skullomania avatar. SF EX3 had the best artwork. -
1 pointI got to see Uada live at Inferno festival yesterday. Oh dear, what a band! I won't hesitate to give them 10/10. Jesus, they were so good
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NEXTRADE - new look & Rikya has left the band
tetsu_sama69 reacted to BrenGun for a post in a topic
on Feb 21 Rikya announced that he left the band because he was too busy to keep his activities for NEXTRADE. However the band announced that they would continue as a 3 member band however they do play with a support bass. (but I've no clue who) And today the band has published their new look: Also the band published a new LIVE digest video on twitter Offical Twitter https://twitter.com/NEXTRADE_info Official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nextrade_official/ -
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La'veil MizeriA & Crucifixion Collaborative Items release.
merchenticneurosis reacted to Alucardius for a post in a topic
Pm'ed you ^^ -
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ebi art roll
platy reacted to karai · ebi for a post in a topic
well guess it didn't take long for things to take the piss after attempting to be positive, one of my tarantulas died right after I got the shit news about the job, and then my grandma is back in the hospital on chemo. world don't want anyone to win lol. but still not giving up. unfortunately tonight's post is still old: this being the only new thing i've drawn...and it doesn't really count for much lol -
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Songs that make you want to twerk or dance
ajisaii052 reacted to blackdoll for a post in a topic
basically this thread is my response. Though i've never danced to MG, i've done to aliene M Anyway these bops from -OZ- make me go off Lycaon Sadie I guess that enough but all them or Choregraphical & freestlyleable or twerkable depending on your mood. -
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Mary's Blood 4th album release "Revenant"
Yuri reacted to Vercingetorix for a post in a topic
Fear not... -
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How come Mejibray are more popular than a lot of VK bands from this decade?
Donttalkback reacted to anadentone for a post in a topic
i believe its because of meto. ADorable little cupcake makes people interested -
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How come Mejibray are more popular than a lot of VK bands from this decade?
Komorebi reacted to Himeaimichu for a post in a topic
Well, generic does sell. The most popular stuff does tend to be more or less generic, since they're usually the set standard, and if you stay close to the standard, you're more likely to be liked by fans of the others. The same theory actually goes into pop music. 90% of pop music uses the same chord progression, tempo and are written by the same 2 guys because that will be more likely to sell than someone who sounds different. It eliminates business risk. However, I don't think Mejibray was "made" to sell, I just think they got lucky. They were applicable enough, not too niche, had live energy (Live energy being something that can make or break a band.) and just so happened to be produced by an ex member of Da'vidノ使徒:aL, meaning that they have connections to higher up people, plus the fact that Koichi and Tsuzuku were in VanessA, which had a somewhat notable following, and the fact they had good looks. The fact they're generic also pretty much explains their cringey fanbase. Because they're not niche and they're popular, they become entry level Vkei, and most people who get into Vkei usually do as a teen or young adult. Not only that, but also, if we're gonna be brutally honest, in the west, teens and young adults make up the majority of Vkei fans. So the fact they're entry level, meaning a lot of their fans are "noobs" and the fact that the majority of their fans are probably in their awkward phase in life. So really, it's a self-feeding cycle. They're lucky enough to have every single factor in place. Change a few of those, however, and their popularity wouldn't be as big. Say instead of being produced by an ex member of Da'vidノ使徒:aL, they were produced by a relatively unknown person in the Vkei scene who is also less experienced. That would affect the reach of their promotion and how many connections to higher up people. Say they were a bit more niche. That'd affect how many entry level fans they have. Now, imagine if they were less attractive. That'd also put a big damper on things. tl;dr: They just have all the right factors in place. -
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UNDER FALL JUSTICE new mini album 「何も信じていない..」 release
merchenticneurosis reacted to nekkichi for a post in a topic
it is their worst release so far, and that's considering I hated the full album. Kiwamu's death breath strikes again tbh. -
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A Brief History of Visual Kei: Unnecessary Symbols & Punctuation in Band Names
zombieparadise reacted to cvltic for a post in a topic
for their stupid name P∽L was a big fav of mine... apparently the symbol is a reverse tilde. haven't seen it anywhere else. being a 12012 stan was tough, definitely the people i talked to irl called them 'twelve' or 'twelve-oh-twelve' unless you were trying to stunt on people with your japanese by calling them ichini. my parents always just called them "the numbers band". edit: totally forgot, if you were an elitist or a shipper you'd call them 凶器所持/kyoki shoji (possession of a dangerous weapon, related to the penal code) because 1) it was cool 2) the band members wouldn't find your lewd fanfic. eventually they adopted the name for their side project/session band and ruined it for the shippers lmao there was also that Kra side project, 36481? (question mark included). this is apparently how you spell "KRA" in pager/beeper text input. the missing number replaced by ? is 6. and if it's OK to stray from band names, i was mystified by deathgaze's 294036224052 release until i learned it was the input required to spell "gokiburi" (cockroach) using page/beeper texting in reverse. -
1 pointI really like this a lot! Jam’s look is also really cute.
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1 pointFirst aicle copyband in a loooong while...
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1 pointUsing MIDI Drums instead of using your actual drummer is strike one and two. Its VERY obvious Kai did nothing to contribute to this. Aoi knows how to work Ezdrummer and a lot of the drums sounded like they were missing that human touch. Also Kai was NOT present during the interview that dropped where the other members talked about recording Traces. Not even bothering to bring in someone to mix/master the project is strike 3. They also straight up said that they didn't know what they were doing a lot of the time. If this was someone's solo work then sure, id let it slide because admittedly it sounds decent. But its worth only a few listens till you decide you're better off listening to the studio versions or even better yet, the live versions. Traces deserves all the flack it gets.
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1 pointgosan are NOT fuckin playing with their venue choices royz, rshithead, kiryu are all shaking
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1 pointI thought Traces was pretty good as background noise for meditation or studies. It doesn't deserve that much hate at all. Taion is a hundred times better now that the awful engrish has been taken out of it.
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IORI (Ex-Phantasmagoria & Ex-Spiv States) has become a photographer!!
Megami111 reacted to ricchubunny for a post in a topic
Yes they're. He even went to see his band and said its amazing -
1 pointOoooh, now I understand why he calls himself ‘2’. Two, Tsuu. Right.
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1 pointI would really like to know if he has been on good terms with Jun..
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1 pointHey a little late to the discussion but I was the one that leaked Uroboros and it did no harm other than “annoy” Kaoru. They still ended up selling enough copies to make the US Billboard charts.
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1 pointA couple of people came to me saying that Iori changed accounts and is actually a big fan of SP3 and basically wrote it off as him trying to be a lookalike. I saw both profiles and they have the same hair and beard.
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A Brief History of Visual Kei: Unnecessary Symbols & Punctuation in Band Names
Laurence02 reacted to Himeaimichu for a post in a topic
Yeah, the guitarist was a Zi:Kill Roadie and their vocalist was also a part of Kneuklid Romance. They were also known as Quasi D'Orsay and one of their demos is on Niconico Douga. -
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random thoughts thread
suji reacted to Peace Heavy mk II for a post in a topic
I saw and old man today with some interesting looking sunglasses that I mistook for those bar shades So in my head I was all "#werq #slay #fashion #kvnt," but then quickly realized they were the flimsy film kind you get when you have your eyes dilated at the opthamologist as he walked past. -
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sleepyhead (Takeru ex-SuG) new album release "DRIPPING"
pawzord reacted to Peace Heavy mk II for a post in a topic
It's like he said "Hey, how can I make this sound like Miyavi but worse?" -
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Piracy's role in visual kei
DeadlyClaris reacted to YuyoDrift for a post in a topic
As someone who joined the file-sharing scene in the late 90's when Gnutella and P2P (centralized networks for file sharing) were at it's infancy, I have so many questions that I'd like to ask the users. I just want to understand, so please forgive the ignorance. I'm looking at all this from the outside in, and I'm simply perplexed at what became of file-sharing. Wtf happened? Such a simple idea to create exposure and salvage media that would otherwise be lost if not archived, to this? I've heard of people becoming entitled, but to what degree? I've always been an advocate for "sharing is caring" but after talking to people online, that saying is now a toxic ideal. -
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Mary's Blood 4th album release "Revenant"
Vercingetorix reacted to Yuri for a post in a topic
You've made my day OMG I'm so excited right now. Loving them so much *-* -
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#100: We Are X by X Japan & Stephen Kijak [film review]
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Directed by Stephen Kijak Starring X Japan June 30th came and went, and while we may have not gotten the album, we might have gotten something arguably more interesting. To the misfortune of the initiated non-Japanese speaking fan of visual kei, there is an inarguable drought of first hand accounts outside of the handful vague magazine articles that are passable at best; and it is to this need that a film about X Japan would seem like an heaven-sent. I still think that the most interesting aspect of the whole story of visual kei is how it exactly got started, and what the people involved were feeling at the time of its inception. "We are X" would seemingly be able to fit the bill, seemingly. I was able to see that it definitely wasn't going to live up to expectations based on its short runtime alone, but I'd be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy a good A&E music documentary so either, and the X story is definitely very interesting. So how does it fare? We Are X” is a moderately entertaining and a rather brief 90 minute promotional package for Yoshiki’s upcoming world conquest ( it’s still coming you guys. ) that is simply not what it could be. The basic gist of the film is Yoshiki reminiscing about everything that happened in his life leading up to their long awaited [citation needed] debut at the Madison Square Garden, encompassing his thoughts on life, death and all things Yoshiki with bits of historical retrospective sequenced in between. You know what you’re in for right from the start, when the film opens with such grand spectacle that’s only befitting of a man of Yoshiki’s stature ( if you ask him, that is ); dramatic piano music wailing under a Yoshiki monologue lead up to the graphic designer and pyrotechnics ejaculating all over video deck all at once, and after the initial shock of the grand spectacle of it all, it becomes apparent that the film starts to work in two different ways; the slick albeit dripping with cheese rockumentary with interesting historical footage on the one end, and the absolutely stunning character worship of Yoshiki on the other. Although there’s something to be said about the devil reading the bible, I think a cynical reading of this glossy piece of PR is if not perfectly warranted, then at least an amusing exercise for the viewer. The way the story is told is through Yoshiki’s own biography and musings and, the film’s story arch spans X’s career from the beginning to the show at the MSG largely from his perspective, and from here we are beset with the greatest structural problems of the film that completely slaughters it from being of great interest. X and the other band members are established only as they come into his story and information about them is related only in a manner as it specifically relates to him. A central feature of X’s story, which is the Toshi’s cult debacle, gets so much time only because it plays a role in the breakup and reformation, and the way hide is presented is that his greatest asset along with strange magnetism and philanthropy was being Yoshiki’s “producer,” as it was told. Heath and Pata each hardly get word in; is it because they didn’t want to, or that their input is inconsequential to the narrative? Who’s narrative by the way, X’s or Yoshiki’s? Or is Yoshiki X? These characters are attached to the spine of Yoshiki’s project through which they are even allowed exist in this film. You can probably already see what’s going on here. The lost opportunity of having comprehensive member bios becomes perfectly evident when Yoshiki’s own childhood and early bijuaru years are reflected on, and what little was shown of it was easily the highlight of the film. Their lives at this point were danger, death, excessive drinking and the most thrashing cockrock around, so what caused it? What were the motivations, influences and the rest of it? Yoshiki’s dad dying and him getting a drum set. After this he conjured willing and able session members from the nether realm - & Saver Tiger - and he invented X in the vacuum of his own persona! Poor fucking Pata gets literally nothing, probably ending up sharing the same total screen time with Yoshikitty or the hide doll. A proper biography of hide is unjustly totally omitted, and while the whole Toshi cult debacle does occupy a central position the last third of the film, it is terribly vague the way it goes about; he married an unspecified woman and joined an unspecified cult that brainwashed him in a rather unspecific manner for unspecific ends. The film also goes over no songs or albums in any detail, and I mean there is hardly word said about any single note of music they’ve done in specific, nor about their influences and creative process for that matter. For a music documentary it’s exceptionally light on anything musical, except when it’s something that particularly relates to the story of the visual kei grand wizard Yoshiki. Another aspect of the story that is completely absent is a proper survey of visual kei. The culture is hardly explored in any way, nor does X get drawn into the larger context of things and is merely portrayed as a hugely popular rock band that was quite influential in the domestic market. I have a theory on why this is so: the film is aimed at an all-American market as a promotional piece: the 90-minute mark cannot be exceeded under any circumstance, and visual kei may only be brought up as an object to prop up the band. One segment of the film has a few lines by members of bands such as Dir en grey, Luna Sea, Mucc etc. and the total of what they were allowed to say was: “ekkusu kakkoi sugoi desu ne.” One might have been able to set this aside if it weren’t for the fact that a couple of minutes later Yoshiki’s American entourage gets MINUTES of screen time, including Gene Simmons who even gets to have a personal anecdote on how X would be huge in the west if it weren’t for the Anglo-centrism of the American audiences. With these direction choices in mind, I feel that X was portrayed more in the way that the American public would like to digest the band: a big insular arena rock sensation that’d be the biggest band in the world if it weren’t for unfortunate circumstance. This doesn't kill the film exactly, but it makes it of lesser importance and interest. Now why the film is like this is because all this is after all, it is a promotional package for X’s long delayed triumphant conquest of the western music market. Its structure is built around the MSG show, with the original attempt at the west sequined in the latter middle part of the run time so it could be later brought up as a setup for their return. After going through the disbandment and the tragic deaths set to an image of Yoshiki being outrageously portrayed with wings behind him, it’s right at the end of the film where he is still standing defiant and fully convinced that he still has to do it, he has to besiege the billboard and he must do it for hide and Taiji; and then cue to an awesome cringe inducing montage of weeaboos wearing bootleg shirts and an assorted collection of Yoshiki’s cool celebrity “friends,” as they were called. It depends on your point of view whether this is amusing or just simply enraging. At this point, I admit to subscribing to the former school of thought. So, for people who are interested in visual kei and X, it falls short of expectation. What does it have for the outsider? Well, it’s a mixed bag. First of all, it is a cheesy TV documentary level production made by a guy who’s previous documentary was about the hardcore musical renegades The Backstreet Boys, so the emphasis is on the word production; and still despite all this it occasionally appears to assume general knowledge from the viewer while totally catering to people who’d be exposed to X for the first time. The music isn’t spoken of and only clips of it are played, so you either must know it beforehand or take the word of everyone in the film that X is this great band from Japan you haven’t heard of. Obviously, my memory isn’t 100% but I’m fairly confident that the only song mentioned by name in the film was Art of Life. I’ll have to say that it’s not boring though, because the bare bones of the saga are interesting and all the early X stuff is awesome. So considering that anyone with the misfortune of having read this is most likely quite well versed in the bijuarus, I can say there's worse ways of spending your time. I'd watch a Japanese record store employee telling about the best selling vk records for two hours ( probably rather than this, actually ) so I'm definitely biased towards everything even remotely related to visual kei. You’re should be good as well if you go into it with the same mindset you would have watching some Vice documentary on a Sunday morning while eating breakfast. -
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#100: We Are X by X Japan & Stephen Kijak [film review]
Laurence02 reacted to zaa_zaa for a post in a topic
Yeah, I am dissapointed with this documentary. I actually read Yoshiki's biography (released in 2009), and, oh boy, was it interesting. How much he trained, situations when he was hospitilized and had around 5% of fat due to his constant training, the way they refused Sony in the beginning and so many other stories, the way they performed, drank and were touring in Japan - that was powerful, that was interesting to read. This documentary - meh. There was NOTHING epic. It was absolutely plain. -
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Copy/Paste: When Imitation is the Most Sincere Form of Flattery
Laurence02 reacted to Zeus for a post in a topic
I'm back with the third installment of "Copy/Paste", where I roast visual kei songs under a microscope for taking an ounce or two more influence than they should from their favorite bands. This installment is focused on cases where it's incredibly obvious if you listen for more than a few seconds. Sometimes, I don't even think they tried to hide it. Moran's "Lyrics of the DEAD" stems from "Evolution" by Ayumi Hamasaki Homage or Copy: Homage! Viored's "君影草 (Kimikage Kusa)" stems from "RED...[em]" by Dir en grey "Kasumi" by Dir en grey Homage or Copy: Copy! √eight's "Illational of the people" stems from "electric cucumber"by zilch Homage or Copy: √eight's is a zilch cover band Black Gene For The Next Scene's "DOOM" stems from "INCREASE BLUE" by Dir en grey Homage or Copy: Definitely a nod towards Dir en grey Dir en grey's "Unknown...despair...a lost" stems from "G" by Luna Sea Homage or Copy: "Heavily" "inspired" Xaa-Xaa's "ラストダンス (Last Dance)" stems from "Dance Rock night" by girugamesh Homage or Copy: You can play them one after the other and they line up damn near perfectly -
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Malisend more like MalisEND MY LIFE
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1 pointtotally psychedelic jelly hahaha oh and this xD