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dumb sis, I (and most of my clique) have been purchasing legal media (and concert tickets, if we're at it) since ~2004, when the only delivery option was DHL and it was expensive a.f. to ship shizzle alone I lost interest in ~supporting the scene~ almost completely many years ago and buy less than 3 CDs per year on average and I don't care if you're trying to buff your own ego by re-telling no1curr indiefag bandomen some distorted version of western fandom you're trying to invent for whom? for what? literally get a life and get off social media and let band management do their job deciding how and where to sell their products. oh and learn how to make coherent points, or something, for real, before u run amok screaming about muh filesharing gaijin pigguz

This is how I would describe all their albums. I figure you can start with what sounds appealing to you and make your way around. My personal favs are Macabre, Vulgar, and Arche. Gauze - Classic 80's/90's jrock with a bit of bite, a nice mix of pop songs and heavy metal Macabre - An evolution of Gauze with more experimentation Kisou - Crunchier, heavier, and more industrial than the previous two Vulgar - An evolution of Kisou, heavier, more industrial and refined. Still retains a fun upbeat atmosphere. Strong Western rock influence. Withering to Death - A stripped down form of Vulgar with less industrial sounds. Even stronger Western influences and a darker more vicious listening experience. Marrow of the Bone - Raw, violent, unrefined and dark. Very depressing and hopeless atmosphere. Uroboros - A change in direction. Injects strong oriental and spiritual vibes into their sound. The album is a journey. Dum Spiro Spero - It's like an exaggeration of Uroboros. Takes the sounds from previous album and intensifies everything. More spiritual vibes, heavier, more contemporary/avantegarde song writing. Arche - A return to form. You can hear a bit of all their past work mixed in with their current sound. Overall, a softer more tame listening experience.

The "not selling to overseas fans because it will end up online 99% of the time" just seems like rampant xenophobia tbh, and they don't deserve money if that's the case.

Hi, I'm new here. Brief intro, my nick derive from always using the 3rd stall in the restroom.

he's out x

Pitty will get his revenge one by one, slowly but surely.

the good sis realized how trash ha band was and is trying to #BreakFree mark my words

In summary everyone has their way of supporting a band. There are smaller bands I like that I know might not get shared online and in that case I often purchase their releases. But I can't ever see myself stopping downloading music illegally. I want to discover new bands and try out stuff and I'm not paying shipping + customs + CD price just to find out if this ~mysterious ~ band is worth it. Will I purchase gazette's NINTH if it isn't shared here? Not really. If it isn't here it'll be somewhere else eventually and I'm in no rush. I've supported them a lot over the years I've stanned them and I feel that they no longer need my money as much. Also I don't think the opinions of 25~ish people is enough to give a good sample of the western vk scene's mindset to a bandoman. Especially since a lot of the fans in MH are the older, more responsible kind of fan that is able to spend and we know that like 60% if not more of the scene are teens that think using a band's picture on their phone counts as legitimate support, so...

kinda here for rosette nebula tbh vampires-in-space-kei stans, rejoice!

Second track of "Narrow Escape" has been confirmed as "Rosette Nebula". Previews can be heard on the band's discography page. Limited edition CD & DVD Regular edition LIVE DVD cover

Being perfectly honest, choosing not to post the Gazette’s new album won’t affect much. Gazette fans will still pre-order the thing, regardless of download status (unless they’re underage, or broke) People who don’t really care about the Gazette that much won’t have their buying habits altered by a temporary unavailability. Bands that aren’t established *might* be able to sway overseas buying habits if they make an effort, and are willing to try ways to work with a diverse market (ex Vivarush). But as a whole, the Japanese music industry is more antagonistic than helpful regarding non-Japanese fans. They’ve never counted on our sales.

literally print this entire post and make it the new header for the forum also @ DW, you might wanna get this egomania and saviour behavior checked, all you're doing is harming a dying scene and an old community that's always been getting things around since way before you probably knew the internet existed. as much as you want to, you're not gonna control how an entire forum and group thinks and does things. thankfully not everything is or should be tailored to your own specific wishes.

I second this tbh. (Though I'd probably start with Vulgar.) I'd known Diru for a while but got into them right before Withering came out. Since it aligned with my music taste at the time it was easy to get into, and from there on they continued releasing things in a fairly logical diru-evolution (along with my own). I've always liked Vulgar as well but the ones before I've never been able to link with. Maybe if I'd gotten into them earlier.

Start from the beginning and work your way forward. It's a time investment but it's interesting to follow the bands evolution and as a new listener you have a chance to do it much faster than the rest of us could.

Ok, this sample nonsense is getting old. The band will release the samples very soon, so have some goddamn patience and chill the fuck out. If you really wanna stay updated, follow the band on social media or check up their website. It's not that hard. As for those trolling the samples, that's enough. Any more posts about this will be hidden and you may even receive a warning.

SHUT UP! THATS FUCKING BULLSHIT! BLOOD TASTES LIKE VANILLA!

Me and my sleepy pup.

A Barking Dog Never Bites (ABDNB) new single "∀NDER" will be released at 2018/04/15. TrackList: 1. 咆哮 2. Welcome to the “W∀NDERLAND”

Both his family and the band have not been able to contact him and he has not answered any of their messages. Setsuna hopes that he will be found rapidly. https://twitter.com/setsu_morrigan/status/982259725063544834

マルコ (marco) will also distribute a live-limited single, "拡散放送禁止語録" (Kakusan hōsō kinshi goroku) at vocalist Rei's birthday live on May 20.

how can a person be considered missing in less than a day? maybe he just got crazy drunk the night before and its sleeping in a ditch somewhere.

omg I love that she included a black girl in the photoshoot, queen of representation & ending xenophobia

I am not turned off by the image of a band often, but Ghost Bath's interviews, videos and live performances were a little too much for my taste haha Heard of Madman's Esprit before, going to check them out later. DWEF are indeed really good, I also recommend Ära Krâ if you like them, even though they are disbanded by now unfortunately.

Thanks for the gig reviews, @Bear, it was fun to read. I hope I can see Carpathian Forest live some day too~

Imposing one's own thoughts on others and trying to "change" things with this type of ego is wrong. Beginning by asking for honest opinions from MH users ... But then the post author writes "Any troll comment will be reported and deleted" Here the question: What if the user's opinion is different? Each person has a way of life (sometimes very specific xD) With awareness of what he did, does or will do Focusing on this point, I consider that the post of Zeus was enough to make a sampling of opinions. Maybe one should use the "disconformity" to continue with their ideals, BUT without 100% of humanity support (Come on, it's a rough and populated world xD) Now, in my case and I think that in 70% of the fans around the planet we choose to listen to promotional songs (MV, Spot, mp3, whatever) and Yes, of course the free downloads (Oh will crucify me) But here is the good thing , despite this as a standard fan of course I buy the songs from iTunes if they are available (I like the quality) and other times I buy the CDs (It does not matter if I have already bought the MP3 / M4A legally, my glamscure addiction) After all, if you really like a band and their work will not stop until you get one or more of their products. Plus1: And its always difficult to get the products from some very tight bands, and when you buy those rare and limited CDs sometimes you don't even buy them from the bands, but they are sold by fans in stores and auctions at very high prices , maybe some artist sell their own CDs on this type of platform, I don't know xD Plus2: In short I think there are fans, good fans and toxic fans. Plus3: Maybe this comment will deleted~

What the fuck is FED's A day to remember? shit is fucking HORRIBLE

All posts talking about Sadie/Dir en grey have either been removed or moved to the THIRTEEN's artist thread. The purpose of this thread alone is to give updates on The THIRTEEN's releases, PERIOD. Any more offtopic posts here will be removed.

my first DIR song was Hotarubi. I fell in love with it but never bothered to look for anything else from them. Then i randomly saw that Child Prey PV. That's when i decided to look for them on MySpace. This was at the time when Ryoujoku no Ame was released. Decided to buy one of their live dvds and got what i think it's their worst live dvd ever It Withers and Withers. I decided to give them another change and bought the 5 Ugly Kingdom dvd and then i was hooked. Still my favorite dvd.

I'm lowkey speechless and I'll have to buy a dozen healing crystals or smth to ground myself and separate art from the artist to enjoy ReS again at this point. I wonder what was her thought process if she considered this a worthwhile risk

While it's nothing ground-breaking, it's miles better than their 1st album (...damn, that shit was bad), and I have some hope in them, now, after this and their last release.

under pouring rain and in line to buy a band's t-shirt I'll be forever scared to use and ruin

ウォーク = walk ワーク = work

Coincidentally "Grief" is also the title of the photograph (taken during WW2) they used for the album's cover art.

tbh you'd have to befriend some legacy japanese stans who spend weekends with toshiya's mom helping her out with the garden or something to know this, I don't think even band members themselves care/remember about this stuff at this point.

People paid money to see this 1 like = 1 prayer

I assumed they were going for "layabout world", like a world full of lazy people?

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/riaa-physical-record-sales-topped-digital-downloads-in-2017/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/03/digital-streaming-behind-biggest-rise-in-uk-music-sales-for-two-decades there're numerous reasons VK acts won't get signed and distributed through major western labels, and they are slowly catching up with the streaming trend, but this scene never relied on an equation of 1 fan purchasing 1 CD per release, the moment we stop downloading shit for free you and your kind will jump ahead screaming it's imperative for the REAL fans to purchase checki and merch, covering the overseas purchasing fees. are you going to imply that the other outlets in the dying scene (i.e. SHOXX) are also leaving the market due to our lack of support? ironically starwave produces the cheapest, shittiest, most derivative music/looks in the scene as of now, and I want to see the receipts that bands themselves get the coin from itunes purchases. you should consider a social media diet (just a suggestion.)

Pls no

As others said it's fine to wear anything you want, but I would add a small exception - don't wear other artist t-shirts or goods. It's not a rule, but fans here definitely don't do that (while it's totally normal thing in the West). Unless you know that those two artists hang out/do events together/etc. I actually see people wearing business clothes at lives a lot, I'd also been to a live wearing a white shirt few times when I didn't have time to change (but it's way too hot!). The only bag checks done in Japan I experienced was at huge venues (arenas), so going to a v-kei live you should be totally fine. You can bring bags in, but it's simply more comfortable to use a locker. If it's a standing live you don't know if suddenly fans won't do some furi having everyone moving. Most venues allow you to bring a drink in, sometimes they can simply ask if you carry a camera.

When talking about shirts, i wanna thank Elias for selling these amazing prints through his shop Necrosphere!

Seriously, Satsuki used to be queen back in the day. Girl is seriously busted as fuck, now. I dunno what she's doing with her life. Why is she rapping? Who gave this the okay?

I started off 2018 by buying a tiger (his name is johnny)

been debating for a long time if i should show myself here or not but i trimmed my hair yesterday and felt pretty happy about myself so hi i miss my longer hair tho. this was me from a year ago. i was thinking about growing it out like yusuke koba's mane but having to tie it up at work made me feel more girly so i've been going back to shorter hairstyles

hi again