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小林写楽 (Kobayashi Sharaku) (メトロノーム (Metronome)) & 桜井青 (Sakurai Ao) (cali≠gari) new unit, "ヘクトゥ" (Hector) has formed and they will hold their first live on June 28 where their first demotape will be distributed. They will also distribute their first CD on July 14.

inb4 mao from the 13teen vanishes mysteriously, and a fresh looking Kyo graces Dir en grey's next era serving the vocalz

I just asked 翼 if the single will be available later or on an online shop and he said the online store's in the works. So safe to say it's confirmed not limited to live.

i'm like 8000 years late but this dude is the inventor of the "air instore" AKA the instore you keep on the store's calendar to save face even though no one is attending so you don't actually hold the event at all. it's not that he's just unpopular, it's that he's complete despised.

this is the worst case of identity and midlife crisis I have ever seen

Hey everyone, since I recently revived my YT channel I felt like posting it here again. I've been singing weeb songs on the internet for many years now and it all started with the first karaoke contest here on MH, so it only makes sense to come back here every now and then! This is my most recent cover, but there is a ton more covers on my channel.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Hokkaido, GYZE will release their first single on 2018.06.13. (1500 yen) Tracklist : 1. JAPANESE ELEGY 2. 龍吟 (Ryûgin) 3. 龍神 (LIVE ver.) (Ryûjin) A special edition will also be available and will be shipped at the beginning of June. You have to pre-order it.(100 copies ; 9800 yen + 700 yen of shipping costs) CD : Tracklist : 1. JAPANESE ELEGY 2. 龍吟 (Ryûgin) 3. 龍神 (LIVE ver.) (Ryûjin) DVD : 「70000 tons of Metal」 - "The road movie that tells our story from our departure from Japan, participation in 70000tons of Metal with its unbelievable atmosphere, to our coming back to Japan." + T-shirt 「龍吟 cover art design」 + T-shirt 「70000 tons of Metal」

when i read the topic title change my mouth uncontrollably dropped open for a few seconds and i am still speechless/shocked and i can't remember when i've ever felt this sad about something in Vk >.>''

When you're offered a delicious dinner and it's snatched away from your hands before you even taste it

unfortunately the answer is yes, look up the thirteen more like a very budget cosplayer for it'll never stop being hilarious

*I was forced to pause the videos in 2018/04/04 due to suffering from hearing loss.

Kyo's voice is off putting.

死因：無視 cover (I think it's a step up from the last love the layers)

Well this tweet makes sense now lol

Missalina Rei is one of those rare VK bands whose sound is just as epic as their aesthetics.

I don't think Sadie ever did something so good

new band "LAY ABOUT WORLD" has formed. They will release their live-limited mini-album, "DROWN DEEPLY" (2300 yen, 5 songs) at their first live on May 25. [lineup] Vo.狂太郎 (kyotaro) (ex-Volark-->√eight-->Black:List-->COCKROACH.-->LAST OF FATE) Gt.イザナ (izana) (ex-トランスノート (trance note)) Gt.Takuya Ba.真悠 (mayu) (ex-トランスノート (trance note)) support Dr.みちゃき (misaki) (ex-1年4組-Ichiyon-) OHP Twitter

Mao is just the annoying dipshit in school that kept trying to be like the popular kids.

It was most likely not. They probably do have some songs finalized/in the engineer table already, but maybe lots of them missing parts or effects, and if it's vocals, they are kinda stuck with the dude unable to sing at all. I've heard about smaller VK bands finalizing records dangerously close of the release date, so that could totally be the case

https://twitter.com/hector_shinjuku

If you're talking about Sadie's Mao, he's also involved in the band THE THIRTEEN.

Ready to be slain!!

Gonna try being a bit on topic too and post a few of my favourite symphonic black metal albums Didn't find the whole debut album, The Nightspectral Voyage, from Obsidian Gate on youtube, but this album is damn fucking good. It's one hell of a massive album. These would also be my favourite albums from all these bands. Grand, dark, majestic, powerful. When done right, symphonic black metal is among my favourite subgenres of black metal. It's a shame too many piss weak bands are giving the genre a bad name, though.

I'm not an expert on this subject, but there is a difference. I think an easy explanation would be so say that avant-garde is about being very heavy on the experimentation and about being innovative and unique, whereas progressive are about making more complex music and creating music with more complex song structures. A lot of progressive music are also radio friendly as fuck, but avant-garde usually isn't - for a good reason. Some suggestion that makes it easy to hear the difference. Progressive black metal: Enslaved - Below the Lights Borknagar - The Archaic Course Hidden in the Fog - Damokles Avant-garde black metal: Anubi - Kai pilnaties akis užmerks mirtis Ved buens ende - Written in Waters Deathspell Omega - Paracletus But which bands would that be? I have a decent knowledge of the genre and I have heard a lot of bands, but I have yet to find a band that can not be placed in an already existing subgenre of black metal. And if they don't fit into one, we usually use two. Hell, maybe we'll use three to describe the sound. I think genres, be it in form of comics, music, books, films/TV-series, games or whatever else should be helpful in a way. It should tell you something helpful about the product, about how it is. If you throw 10 entirely different sounding bands into one genre, how is that genre any helpful at all? Wouldn't the better thing to do be to just call the likes of Altar of Plagues and The Great Old Ones atmospheric/ambient black metal, and call Bosse-de-Nage black metal/post-hardcore? Because there's just no way they belong to the same subgenre. I don't agree at all. By putting black metal, prog, jazz, electronica, classical or whatever maingenre you can think about after the avant-garde you'll get a much better idea about what type of avant-garde it is, because avant-garde can be a lot of different things. If you take a listen to the four albums below you'll get what I mean, and why I mean it's necessary. Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Ved buens ende - Written in Waters Ulver - Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell I know we might be a bit off-topic here, but I really enjoy this discussion. I feel like I am getting a lot of knowledge atm. Two thumbs up!

I bought myself a jigsaw puzzle because puzzles are fun. Also it has cute ponies on it and I love cute ponies.

Their support drummer 臣(Shin) has joined the band on 2018.01.04.

Yes, according to vk.gy, vocalist has left the band and the band will disband on May 18. Their album has been canceled. My heart breaks for their fans...

Bands (ESPECIALLY vk bands) should stop trying to punch above their weight class trying to release albums that are like almost an hour long, better just trim the fat and obvious filler and stick with the material that's actually solid instead

I'm giving up on ripping the DVD. I'm too afraid to scratch it up, and it was taking WAY too long to rip.

LMAO ditto

Yes you are, Naoki's drums are most definitely legit.

It’s not good but at least they are making an effort of releasing it on multiple streaming platforms. I guess they know they have a decent following abroad. I think they put out more good stuff than crap anyway so I’ll let this pass. 👍

I really appreciate these Recommended Tracks threads and the Review forum in general because I've discovered so much dope music. kizu is pretty awesome

queen of unfunny april fools jokes (on her own expense at it)

People paid money to see this 1 like = 1 prayer

Wait, so they're all the prime members of BSC + a random singer? Reminds me of Sonic Syndicate, where all members except for the bassist left, one after another, only to regroup as a new band...

They already had one of the messiest membership histories ever and now this..? The song itself ain't half bad tho, but the girl's quite weak clean vocals does not really fit in that well.

Wanna know a secret that the band doesn't want you to know about? This was from a 2001-2002 era SHOXX magazine

MALISEND

deaf ppl

Here's my list: Message - Nightmare Neotenii - Nightmare BEAMS - Kuroyume FAKE STAR - Kuroyume Nakigahara - The Gazette $ocial Riot Machine$ - The Gazette Illuminati - Malice Mizer Brise - Malice Mizer Au Revoir - Malice Mizer Asrun Dream - Gackt Emily - Kiyoharu Note - Kiyoharu Law's - Kiyoharu (that 8 min acoustic from elegy) Masquerade - SADS Boukyaku no sora - SADS Tsumetai taiyou - MIZTAVLA That's about it, I think!

The production really takes away from how hard the riffs hit in these tracks. The instruments are too low in the mix compared to the vocals, and the bass needs to be up to make those heavy sections really punch. Don't get me wrong, I like this band and this music, but I honestly think the production is holding them back. Edit: The synth sounds are also way too front and center.

Why the vocalist tries to look as male as possible

they lost it

I desperately want to fuck with their new stuff more than I actually do. The band is tremendously talented, conceptually impeccable and Gara's is just about everything I want from a visual kei vocalist, but the stuff they do now has this degree of polish and poppy finesse that I can't really get behind. That said, it's a band that could get back to me any day now just because of how good they are and how independent their direction has always been. the covers are nice