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キズ (Kizu) new single "ステロイド" (Steroid) will be released on 2018.7.31 (2 types, 3 songs each)

Everytime a newcomer vk band releases a jazzy song, a baby panda dies in a gruesome way

After 8 long years, I just gave my letter of resignation to my boss. No turning back now.

SAKURA (a short-lived band who went on hiatus back in late 2015) will restart activities at their first live in Malaysia on May 12 & 13, and later on June 12. They will then hold their lives in Japan and Hong Kong on June 27. They will also release their 2nd mini-album, "桜の涙-2粒目-" (Sakura no Namida -2 tsubume-) (2700 yen) at each live on June 12 & 27 respectively. [tracklist] 1.ユメハナビ 2.手を繋ごう 3.GOEMON 4.ソレデモ僕ハ愛ヲ乞ウ 5.桜舞い散る恋物語 -international ver.- *FYI, Vo.太伸-takanobu- has changed his name to 烈-RETSU-.

One of the very few younger vk bands I always come back to. Fun stuff as usual!

I would fly to Japan just to see girugamesh and MUCC cover Babymetal's discography.

I hope I'm not derailing the thread, but I had to think about that comment for a while... ...and here is the product: http://i65.tinypic.com/24xj2gy.jpg If you scan right under the transition zoomed closely w/ a barcode scanner, it links to his twitter profile. It's possible to do the whole face, but it's too much time to spend on something like this. dafuq is wrong with me - It's unfortunate they couldn't get Kana back T_T

twitter's internal log was logging everyone's password in raw text before hashing, so change your twitter password immediately guys. https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/company/2018/keeping-your-account-secure.html

very very boring band.

xeep it

Zany Zap tweet a new article discussing Zombi's finale to their 「クソったれが」tour, held on May 4th at 恵比寿LIQUIDROOM. At this live, they announced that their next one-man, 「ミドリの日-2018-」 ("MIDORI no Hi -2018-"), will be on August 25th at Shinjuku BLAZE, and they teased that a new single will be released this fall. No further details regarding the single have been made yet. Source: http://vif-music.com/2018/05/04/zombie-2/

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.

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omg i thought they had disbanded their first mini was pretty good ! Kinda cool to see them remake the pose from the 1st Mini but the Vo. got chubby haha ❤️

I'm very much looking forward to this

Satsuki is just desperately trying to find something that clicks with a wider audience, but it’s pointless because no one really gives a shit anymore.

Sounds like a killer show - having seen Envy live before, I can't imagine them without Tetsuya and I'm so glad to hear that he's back.

Wow. Doesn’t sound bad. I’m not even a fan of post-PSC MYV but you can tell in his voice he is truly passionate about covering Pink Spider and that his musicianship has totally improved over the years. Good for him. I’m curious to hear how the studio version sounds now.

I can't speak for anyone who quoted my post, but I prefer albums over singles. I'd rather get 12 songs that all go together as one unit every 1-3 years, instead of one song with three random b-sides every 3-4 months. This will be their fifth single since WOLFMAN. Since BP bands always only put 11 tracks on an album (plus one bonus track), and each album usually includes every recent single, an entire half of the album will (most likely) be singles.

Protein!

They are in some of their old setlists.

For me, somehow they start to get repetitive already, especially their song structures and really obviously the vocals (I mostly like what hes doing, but i feel hes out of ideas already and does the same thing in every song). 終日終わり is your typical filler song and i defintly heard those riffs in 死魔流し before. Still liking them and especially that bass! Wonder how many fans are at their lives, i can imagine they were one of the fastest growing vk indies in the last year(s)?

Where's the fucking album?

KRAD and Mamireta two man in Saitama on Monday It's gonna be lit af since I love Mamireta now First ensei while living in Japan since my bitch ass didn't go to either KRAD tours... But is Saitama rly ensei cuuuuz I live in Ikebukuro LOL

So, is Kana officially out of the band? Edit: Yep, he's out.

I actually got this back when it was released last month, but I never got around posting about it. Ignore how messy my CD bookcase is at the time being. This is what I got in the mail today. Some Gastunk vinyl. Banana Fish album and two Sleep My Dear singles. Girltique flexi-disc and Tokyo Yankees autograph board. This cool special issue of Rockin' f magazine from 1994. The magazine featured a lot of early 90s VK and late 90s VK groups, so I was super excited to see some less featured early VK groups (like Amphibian and Red Tail Cat) get some attention in this magazine and seeing early versions of Baiser, Shazna, Vasalla, and La'cryma Christi.

now i understand why daniel ribiat was my teenage crush, aww my tastes are very... singular

It's not gucci, it's qucci

Hardcore and brootal does not mean a band is good.

- ムック - MUCC 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR VIDEOS 孵化～羽化 heading to 脈拍 【2Blu-Ray】 - ギャロ - KERBEROS - 己龍 - 春時雨 【TYPE D + 2 cards : 一色日和 &九条武政 + photo 遠海准司】 - DADAROMA - This is “LIVE” 【TYPE B】 - Far East Dizain - ALTERED DIZAIN 【Regular edition】 - Ziskakan - Bato Fou 【digital】 - Ziskakan - Romans pour Rico 【digital】 - Lo Griyo - Mogador 【digital】 - Maya Kamaty - Santié Papang 【digital】 - Saodaj' - Saodaj' 【digital】

llll-Ligro- IDEOLOGICAL SUICIDE Hiz - 【Shading the Shadow】 A≠ris - CRYSTAL CIRCUS JILUKA - Sicks Dieu - Reborn DARIAN MARIAN - Loveless DIMLIM - 「」 LIM - OUTRAGE ♯zekkooo_lalala_ - タイトル未定

Is there any need for an album when they release 4 new songs every 3 months?!