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  1. 8 points
    Shaolan974

    DEZERT new album, "TODAY" release

    DEZERT new album will be released at 2018 summer (not further details announced yet) they will hold their 2-day live tour "What is ”Today”?" since 2018/08/18-19 at Osaka CLUB QUATTRO to 2018/09/23-24 at Sapporo cube garden they will hold their "【This Is The “FACT”】TOUR 2018 -FINAL" at 2018/08/11 at Liquidroom Ebisu with NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST and アルルカン (Arlequin)
  2. 4 points
    On April 1st, 2016 the news of Tetsuya's departure from the influential hardcore, screamo, and post-rock band envy brought great despair to many fans. He was the heart of the band that evoked intense feelings through his raw and emotive vocals. Fans lost hope in envy's future once Tetsuya left. Still, envy continued on without him and after being quiet for two years they finally announced a live performance with a new line-up for April 1st, 2018. Strangely enough, the live performance took place exactly two years after Tetsuya's departure. And even more strange is that both occurrences took place on April 1st which, as we all know, is the day of jokes and pranks. Back in 2016 we all hoped that Tetsuya's departure was an April Fools joke, but after not hearing anything we all accepted that it was the truth. So naturally, when envy announced a new line-up this year for April 1st as well, none of us speculated that it was a joke either. However, when the day arrived everything became clear. The live show was titled 'Last Wish', after the name of envy's single released back in 2000, and took place at Daikanyama UNIT. I must thank @qotka for navigating to the live venue, which sits just south of Shibuya. Inside the live venue there is a floor level for lockers and merchandise, and once you go down another level you will find the live hall. The size of the hall was quite average with a capacity of 600 people. Given that most people were only here for envy not many people showed up at the beginning, but it gradually grew more packed after each band until we were shoulder to shoulder. heaven in her arms was the first band to play, which I could already tell based on the white butterfly logo placed on the back of the stage. I had forgotten what the band looked like, but when the vocalist walked on stage with a black cap on I could clearly see the envy worship. I'm not well-versed in their discography so I couldn't recognize most of the songs they played but I do know that they played a few songs from their recent album 白暈 (White Halo). I'm certain they played "終焉の眩しさ" because I remember the opening with solemn crystal bells and pianos that later led to a burst of guitar riffs and drums. The live hall felt so still in that moment with the dark blue lighting, and feeling that transition from a stillness to a violent beat was a cool way to start the performance. The vocalist put a lot of emotion into his screams, but the spoken word sections were a little quiet and hard to hear from the blasting instruments. It was not as clear as it was on CD. Also, maybe it's because everything usually sounds louder during lives but I had trouble picking out the metal sound of heaven in her arms and I had the impression that they sounded a lot like envy, as I did when I first listened to them. In any case, they were amazing live and I would like to see them again. The next band that played was HELLBENT, which I thought was some band from the US when I quickly googled the name. Turns out that they're actually a really underground Japanese psychobilly band. I can't give a good review of them because I lost my spot during the intermission while taking a short bathroom break and did not have a good view of the stage when I came back. Their performance was quite intense though and the vocalist would pick up the mic stand every so often and swing it around on stage, at least from what I could see. They had a video playing in the background with mostly visuals of old vhs-looking forests, for some odd reason. For such a chaotic performance, I thought the visuals were not very fitting and it was just kind of strange. I got my spot back closer to the stage once downy came on. It's unfortunate that I did not get to see them with Yutaka Aoki, who sadly recently passed away. It seems like they got a support guitarist for the remaining live shows that were scheduled this year, though I'm not sure who it is. I'm still fairly new to downy so I can't speak much for how much of an effect this has on their performance, but they were quite stellar nevertheless. Their performance felt much longer than the previous two bands as they played about 8 songs. Most of the songs they played were fast and maybe only one song was really slow. Robin Aoki sings just as good as he does on CD and the bass is super thick live! I didn't realize how killer the basslines were until I heard "曦ヲ見ヨ!" live. Such incredible skill and technique. During their whole performance they had abstract visuals playing in the background. A fiery red was used for intense and fast songs while tranquil blues or black and white were used for slower songs/sections. If you've seen any of their music videos, the live encapsulates the very same kind of mood, except that you're now physically standing in that dimension and taking in their dingy world. Outstanding performance. At last, the curtain rose for envy. While standing in the darkness, I thought about their new line-up and kept on wondering what they would sound like without Tetsuya. Then, when the lights lit up and envy started playing, Tetsuya was standing right there on stage giving out his screams. The crowd instantly went wild and pushed everyone to the front. People were cheering all around and punching their fists to the air, you could feel the ecstasy and excitement everywhere. Out of all the non-VK lives I've seen this was the most energy I've seen from a crowd, but this is mostly speaking for the J-indie scene only as I'm sure some bigger Jrock bands have wild crowds as well, or maybe not I don't know. The pushing stopped after 2 minutes or so, but there were still a number of people cheering with their fists. When they performed "Footsteps in the Distance" Tetsuya cleverly declared his return during the spoken word section with the last few words being 'ただ一つ救えがあるなら僕はここに戻るよ' (If there is one way to be saved, I'll return here). At first I thought it was a message Tetsuya specifically had for the fans, but listening to the song again it's actually part of the song, therefore the cleverness in his return. Hearing him say that and knowing that he was really back was the highlight of the experience, and now as I listen to "Footsteps in the Distance" I will recall this memory every time. envy just isn't envy without Tetsuya after all. I couldn't get a view of all the members (including the new members) since the people who got pushed to the front blocked some of my view, but I did not feel that envy's sound changed much. Perhaps they'll bring in new ideas for the band in the future. I'd seen envy two times before, but I was absolutely stunned by the energy and emotion of this performance, even after I left the live venue.
  3. 4 points
    [Hellraiser -limited single version-] 01. Hellraiser -limited single version- 02. Divine Error -another story- + M.A.D cheki enclosed 1500 yens
  4. 3 points
    So it's been about 10 years since we saw the first real 90's vk inspired band form*. For me personally this was a breath of fresh air since I was never that into the nu-metal thing that was going on during the mid-2000's. What's your opinion on the matter? Do you prefer these bands to other active bands in the scene? During the last 1-2 years a lot of these bands have decreased, why do you think that is? Would you prefer if bands like Grieva, Ru:natic, La'veil Mizeria etc would continue playing (and maybe even formed a label and giged more together)? Some bands that I include in this wave of "revival kei": Ru:natic RounoiЯ Sadiesmarry La'veil Mizeria Vallquar Madieduor Grieva Diaura (early) Gossip (kinda) CELL (I guess..?) Crucifixion Gauzes Under fall justice Anyway, feel free to discuss this movement in the scene in general here, or any of your favorite bands from this movement. (I probably forgot some bands that plays this style as well so feel free to namedrop more lol). * 10 years since Ru:natic formed, the only band I can think of that was earlier than that is Sadiesmarry but I'm not entirely sure when they started.
  5. 2 points
    Man, Akira is such a great vocalist. Makes me wish this MIRAGE revival were to actually resume formal activities. I would even put up with kisaki's regular bullshit to see Akira getting more exposure to his other projects
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  8. 2 points
    VkBrutaliaN

    new band "CHOKE" has formed

    FML that was Sick AF!!
  9. 2 points
    platy

    DEZERT new album, "TODAY" release

    I have a sad feeling that they've lost their essence, but I'm still gonna look forward to this!!
  10. 2 points
  11. 2 points
    merchenticneurosis

    Show Yourself (again)

    When talking about shirts, i wanna thank Elias for selling these amazing prints through his shop Necrosphere!
  12. 1 point
    CLACK inc. new single "大嫌い。(Daikirai)" will be released at 2018/7/11. It appears Dr.亮平 (Ryohei) has departed.
  13. 1 point
    REVIVE first live limited full album "The final prologue" will be released on 2018.05.23 It will contain 13 songs and MV collection for 5000 yens.
  14. 1 point
    CELESTIAL CIEL

    Show Yourself (again)

    We can be heroes just for one day (笑)  
  15. 1 point
    platy

    己龍 (Kiryu)

    At the end of the tweet Mahiro says he'll continue doing everything he has done up to now, so I don't think you need to cry just yet.
  16. 1 point
    platy

    己龍 (Kiryu)

    Doesn't seem like he'll leave, I think it's more of a celebration of how far they have got. But then again with news of his eye condition getting worse, there will be an ending to the band at some point. I don't think they would carry on without Mahiro. Translation by @yuugure
  17. 1 point
    IGM_Oficial

    Show Yourself (again)

    Finally got the guts needed to share a recent pic. So, here am I, with "my" cat:
  18. 1 point
    Lestat

    90's vk inspired music trend in the scene

    The last admirable release of the revival-scene must have been Grimoire by forCroiX-フォークロア- in 2016 — they release such a terrific album only to disappear right after? Pity. Nowadays I only somewhat keep up with Crucifixion and ラヴェーゼ (labaiser). The trend with these bands is to quickly vanish and it saddens me because I am generally not that interested in the current heading of the Visual kei scene. I may be hopeful and see Mirage's semi-revival spark up some fireworks with the younger musicians, like it or not but they are still incredibly important and looked up to.
  19. 1 point
    I'm cheering for all of this, the only kind of "scene" i really want from vk anyways. Nothing else really excites me that much.
  20. 1 point
    Release date is finalized to 2018.06.27
  21. 1 point
    I am fine with this trend / sub-scene. I like that style of music a lot, and it's nice to be to sort of experience it having missed the boat when the scene was actually like that for real. I appreciate the newer trend of doing this with more recent acts as well (Mamireta, Virge, Mediena, kinda-sorta early Pentagon). It seems like Starwave is trying to really cash in on this lately, although their groups seem less like nostalgic throwbacks and more like cheap knockoffs. I was going to write a ~official~ ORZ post about what works for nostalgia bands and what doesn't, but I kind of forgot that I started putting something together. To echo what Dispo said, these throwback bands have a similar feel but never quite hit the same level of "goodness" that the groups they're trying to emulate had (save Metis Gretel, which imo doesn't really seem like they were trying to copy something so much as be inspired by early campy gothic acts). The homage-kei* groups especially, where there could be some added benefit to more "inspiration" rather than "reimagining" (this sounds like Diru vs. this is 4 melodies from Diru deep-cuts strung together). *I differentiate homage-kei by using it to refer to groups that quite literally copy and paste themes / aesthetics from older, more famous groups. Grieva, Gossip, Dezert, Ru:Natic, + Crucifixion were / are. Cell, Diaura, Vallquar, BugScream, UFJ, + Rounoir were / are not.
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  23. 1 point
    I need to see coldrain's full live at budokan this shit looks amazing !!
  24. 1 point
    Komorebi

    DEZERT new album, "TODAY" release

    The final is before the tour?
  25. 1 point
    i really don't get the hype for this band they give me bootleg 3rd world deadman teas & it ain't cute
  26. 1 point
    they didn't actively release until like 2016 tho...so deadman's wig is still intact!
  27. 1 point
    *Still* jealous you went to this! What good timing for a trip to Japan. Did people recognize Tetsuya immediately? Or was there a bit of a pause till everyone heard his unique vocals?? (Happy he didn't actually leave... but not sure this kind of elaborate joke(?) should be encouraged haha.)
  28. 1 point
    I was never even a huge ViViD/SHIN fan, but this song is giving me major KIDDIE vibes. Some good ol' pop rock.
  29. 1 point
    愁 (Shuu) made a 2-day session. 4/29 (Osaka) and 4/30 (Nagoya) as「藍&愁セッション」, members list: Vo.藍 (Ai) (DARRELL/ex.DEATHGAZE) Gt.潤 (Jun) (DARRELL/ex.Butterfly syndrome) Gt.貴樹 (Takaki) (ORCALADE/ex.DEATHGAZE) Ba.愁 (Shuu) Dr.MANJ (ex.Sel'm)
  30. 1 point
    I haven't listened to DIAURA since Ruin, but I might have to give this new concept a listen. Also, the new look is actually relatively spicy so they've got that going for them!
  31. 1 point
    Ozileras10

    Dir en grey

    The bois chillin
  32. 1 point
    Just gotta use the right link. Typically, I think you wanna use the direct image source link. You can grab this by right clicking on the image and selecting "copy image address". Paste that link in and you should be good to go!
  33. 1 point
    Komorebi

    Post your "UNPOPULAR" music opinions!

    Hardcore and brootal does not mean a band is good.
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    What do you guys wear at lives when in Japan? I know it's going to be uncomfortably hot anyways so.. yeah.
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  37. 1 point
    suji

    YUKIYA (Kαin) will perform

    He will also perform on May 2 & 3 at Akasaka BLITZ. Also on May 2, he will hold his birthday live at Shinjuku LOFT and perform with his backing band, 藤田幸也エクスペリエンス (Fujita Yukiya EXPERIENCE). (A live-limited CD, "CROSSROAD COMPLEX -poetry reading-" was distributed at his 4/24 live at LASTWALTZ)
  38. 1 point
    Ro plz

    the GazettE

    Aoi’s sound has improved drastically over the last few lives. I’m for near certain he’s just using the 7 string cuz it sounds heavier. As interesting as djent GazettE sounds, thats as likely as XJapan dropping their new album and SKIN reuniting to drop one release. Ruki is not letting drastic change happen. But i wouldn’t be surprised if Aoi or Uruha have demos of that Genre chillin in their personal vaults.
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  40. 1 point
    well the hair is a clear upgrade but is she ever going to upgrade her life choices ?
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  42. 1 point
    patientZERO

    new band "ABOO" has formed

    This somehow never got posted.
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