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Literally Me when i saw DAMY had posted a new MV

btw track 2 "come closer" is described as Kaya's first chill-out song...

Album title has been finalized as "自己中心的リミッター (Jiko Chuushinteki Limiter)"

Vo. BYO (ex-SCREW) new band "KHRYST+" has formed [members] Vocal. BYO Guitar. XXX Bass. XXX Drums. XXX their first live will be at 2018/11/01 at TSUTAYA O-WEST https://khryst.jp/ https://twitter.com/khryst_official https://www.Instagram.com/byo_official

Sioux new maxi-single, "cloud nine" will be released on September 5 (1500 yen). [tracklist] 1.beyond 2.無限星 (mugenhoshi) 3.lost things A PV for "beyond" will be coming soon.

my packages finally arrived after waiting for an eternity

oooooh here we go boys!!! not even REALLY a screw fan but i love things that i remember

Hopefully the Hyde collab will just be exclusive for the anime and the album version will have Toshi. If not, I'm afraid the next X Japan album's going to look like a typical rap album where every track has someone as a guest and you barely hear just the artist themselves: 1. Last Song feat. Will.i.am 2. Kurenai (English Version) feat. spoken word by David Lynch 3. Kiss the Sky feat. Way too many audience members who wasted too many minutes of their lives while the band took a break on stage 4. I.V. feat hide and Taiji during the solo and also the sound of a can of Yoshikirin being opened right on top of them in the mix, because oi$hii ! 5. Rock Star feat. Marilyn Manson who tries to cover hide's Drain gremlin voice 6. Beneath The Skin feat. S.K.I.N. 7. Red Swan feat. Hyde 8. Angel feat. a duet with a Violet UK starlet that was sold a dream of fame and glory but who now realizes she spent too many years on the project 9. La Venus feat. Toshi but not Pata, Heath, and Sugizo 10. Art of Life (Last Refrain) feat. Oprah reading some inspirational passage written by Yoshiki about overcoming hardships in life and somehow struggling on Limited Edition 1st Press Bonus Disc: Yoshiki featuring Lady's X 1. Without You 2. Born to be Free 3. Scarlet Love Song 4. Jade 5. Hero

Hi there people, it's been ages since I've been on this website. I've been a member for a really long time (maybe a few of you might remember me), but during the last two years or so I started having depression, and this made me become less and less socially active here, on facebook, etc, and even irl. The only people with whom I was interacting with were my friends at university and my girlfriend (who's in the same group of friends as I). It wasn't bad depression as in I wanted to off myself, but it was bad enough to suck a LOT of my positivity and joy of living, which caused me to slowly closing myself in my cocoon, become pessimistic and unmotivated. And last year it also made my relationship with my girlfriend deteriorate. I tried to pinpoint what caused this depression and i think it was partly because of university. What I'm studying there feels completely bland to me. I'm studying graphic design and it has it's interesting moments, but a lot of it is bloated with repetitive and numbing tasks/assignments. And the other part is since I'm doing something I'm not passionate about, I started feeling really scared and stressed about my future. Recently, before the new year I started to try and pick myself up. I realised that if I continued down this road I would be a speck of who I was, and I don't want to "lose myself" (so cliche omfg sorry). I started to try and think more positively and try to make something out of this negativity. I started to exercise, and picking up songwriting, since music is really what I'm passionate about, and I want to work towards it, even though I still have to deal with graphic design and I probably won't be able to make a living out of music if I don't plan things properly, and actually write regularly. Even though I may not make a living with music, I still want to try my best, and if it doesn't work, at least I tried and I can still keep it as a hobby. I'd like to know, if anyone ever experienced depression here, however light or heavy it was, how did you get out of it? How did you cope with it? Also sorry if this isn't the right place to post this.

I figured it would be cool to have a thread like this for people just starting out going to lives, or maybe even some of you veterans out there that are always trying to make the most of your time and/or maximize efficiency getting in and out. Hack #1: Getting Good Ticket Numbers Hack #2: Getting a Locker Hack #3: Have Everything Ready Hack #4: How to Bring Your Own Drink/Keep It Out of the Way Hack #5: Buying Goods Hack #6: Trying to See Better if You’re Short Hack #7: Showing Your Spirit Hack #8: Making gya friends Hack #9: Saving Money on Transportation Costs Hack #10: Finding Cheap/Close Accommodation Hack #11: Buying Tickets Hack #12: Bringing/Giving a Gift If you know of more tricks, please add to the list by replying! EDITED 5/23/2018 with suggestions from the replies Also, thanks mod @platyfor the sticky!

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Lack-co are in the middle of hosting a series of Monday two-man shows called "ステゴロ" (what does Stegoro mean??) and having never seen Tenten in any of his bands and The Gallo being one of my favorite active VK bands I had to go to this one while I was visiting Tokyo. 東高円寺二万電圧 (Higashi Koenji ni man Den-atsu) is just outside the central Tokyo region defined by the Yamanote Line, but it was a quick trip on a couple trains and Den-atsu is very close to the station when you arrive. To access the venue you first have to descend an outdoor, concrete staircase toward an outdoor landing. The descent actually made me a bit nervous as there was no railing on one side and it was raining at the time. This was a very non-descript entrance from the roadway. After walking down the stairs and making a turn I was looking at a way too-cool-for-school 30-something dude manning the ticket table. Acknowledging that I don't look much like the typical VK fan in Japan, when I asked for one ticket this guy with shaggy hair at the table actually asked me "You know who's playing tonight?" He didn't sound mean about it, I think he genuinely wanted to save me from seeing this show normally reserved for younger women assuming I had just stumbled to the club looking for any live music I could find. I assured him I was there to see The Gallo and he handed me my paper ticket that doubled as a drink ticket. I liked the set up in side Den-atsu as the bar and merch tables were outside the stage area, which meant I could stand pretty much anywhere inside and not be in the way of people trying to sell things. I found a spot in the rear of the club in front of a tiny alcove that was littered with bags belonging to the VK girls in attendance. This was a fairly small club with low ceilings; their website says the capacity is 130 and I'd say this show had about 80-90 people in attendance. The head count reminded me just how niche a scene VK is. I'd consider The Gallo and Lack-co two of the more well-known indies bands, so it was a bit jarring to see the small venue they were playing at even in a giant city. I'm obviously too deep into VK to remember that almost no one cares about this stuff. Obviously The Gallo were going to be playing first... both because Lack-co were hosting the event and because I saw a lot of the girls standing near the stage holding their signature bowl and spoon. One girl near me had a plain bowl with no logo on it that I could see, did I miss something or did this girl just bring her own bowl from her kitchen to clap along with? I think the latter scenario is pretty funny/ingenious actually. I mentioned in a live report from a couple years ago that The Gallo fans kept doing furi during the band's music playing between sets over the club's PA, and during this show the fans clapped along to the bass drum sound check. Gallo fans seem like a fun bunch in general. The curtain was drawn to reveal the band in their latest Gallo-Vuitton all over print leisure suits. Jojo had his hair cascading through the top of a hat with the top cut off and some Day of the Dead skull inspired makeup for a very Tim Burton-y look overall. Andy had his palm against the ceiling atop the stage, and I don't think he was raising his hand to get the crowd hyped but rather to test whether or not he could pump his fist upward during the show (he couldn't without hitting his hand... a lot of the band members had to deal with this and would only throw up their hands while bending backward to afford themselves a little more space.) Some of the audience were even checking to see if they could touch the ceiling. The stage right guitarist (they have names for these positions in VK but I don't remember them) had one of those guitars with no headstock, and it looked from across the room like the end of the neck had dripping red wax poured on it a la a Maker's Mark bottle. The newer guitarist, Nov, passed out paper plates to the audience so that people who didn't bring their own (like me, no I didn't pack my Gallo plate in my luggage) could clap along and the set began with "Belphegor". "Belphegor" has some pretty obvious clapping along portions, so even a noob like me could get the hang of the plate banging fairly quickly. The highlights of the set for me were the fact that they played "Kuroi Ondori" (ok they played the remade version from Nero, but still) which is a favorite of mine, and also the 'circle pit' that Jojo started with himself dancing in the center of the maelstrom playing with a megaphone set to siren mode. The lowlights, if you can call them that, were that two different songs had the audience doing the wave (do we need that two separate times?) and that the MC music was "Tokyo Cinderella" but they didn't actually play "Tokyo Cinderella". Some of the non-bowl-based audience participation that was fun was the crowd stomping on the floor in time the beat and the crowd holding hands and swaying back and forth. Of course a couple songs had the requisite gyaku-daibu portions, and I'm certainly not jumping into the backs of some tiny Japanese girls, but they were fun to watch. Nov was kneeling on the backs of a couple girls during one diving song and slipped off them and stumbled backwards onto the stage. Wajou occasionally tried to demand the crowd participate in the diving like the other members were, but he is way too smiley and couldn't really pull it off. He just couldn't help being happy even trying to look mean. The Gallo ended their set with a really high energy rendition of "Incubus" (which I'm still disappointed has no theremin in the live version) during which Jojo was leaning over the crowd singing and got some feedback when he put his mic in front of the amp and proceeded to give it a disappointed look and bop the amp on its 'head' like it was a recalcitrant child. With The Gallo finished with their set thus began the churning of the crowd as Lack-co fans moved into the frontmost positions and many girls invaded my small space in the back looking to find their bags and check their phones and makeup. It kind of sucks for people in the back, as the polite spot changing for peoples' favorite bands leads to a weird concert-going scenario where the back of a venue is often more crowded than the front, but it is kind of cool that the scene (or just Japanese live music fans?) doesn't require people who want to be up front for the band playing last to endure being crushed through all the other shows as concerts in the west would. Interesting note about Den-atsu: in tearing down the stage between sets (which isn't quite the production at these Japanese clubs where you basically just have to bring your instrument and plug in) the bands/roadies had to move equipment down from the stage into the audience area and out through a side door that wasn't connected to the stage. So after the curtain was closed on The Gallo, a couple minutes later we saw band members bringing things down from the stage to this side door. (from Lack-co Twitter) While The Gallo fans can be identified by their white bowls and spoons, Lack-co fans had all produced blue and red clamshell castanets to clap along with. I have to say these did dramatically change the sound of the crowd applause in a way that might get old, but was kind of refreshing for the first time. Lack-co's intro SE was a piano rendition of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" that gradually morphed into the requisite fist-pounding, techno track. The first member to take the stage was drummer Higiri, and wow I thought I hated his black face, but this blue Alfalfa x Cindy Lou Who hairstyle he was rocking for the show might actually bother me even more (not bother in the same way obviously, but it was not pleasant to look at.) I resolved to avoid watching him as much as possible. The band, except for Tenten who had a Lack-co band tee over a white shirt, were all wearing the red suits with writing strewn all over them from their most recent look. I recognized some of the words scrawled on their suits like 'shine' and 'kimoi' as 'mean things to say to someone'. Very edgy boys. Between not loving their output so far, and the majority of their tracks having titles in Japanese, I didn't recognize much of Lack-co's set list other than a riff here or there. The show did remind me of why I keep giving Tenten's bands chances and will continue to; he is one hell of a charismatic frontman. His sly smiles and confident stage mannerisms had the audience eating out of the palm of his hand and made it so it was hard to pay attention to any of the other members of the band. His best move was when he parted the Red Sea of fans to do a bit of 'everyone run into each other from opposite sides of the venue' but just as the opening in the center stabilized, he jumped down and ran to the cameraman at the back of the venue, struck a pose for a moment, then dove back onto the stage just as the cue for the crowd to go wild hit. Lack-co's set actually resembled a straight up rock show the most of any VK bands I've seen I think. There was very little *furi*, most of the synchronized moves were headbanging, clapping, fist-pumping type stuff that required no direction from Tenten or the band. Tenten even commanded an almost bona fide circle pit during which one girl lost her sweater and it ended up absolutely trampled. In fact, I was a little surprised by how much the show, for lack of a better word, rocked. Lack-co has always seemed like an assemblage of too cute ideas in search of a central theme or melody to hold on to on wax, but live their songs resonated nicely even with perhaps a 'jazz' breakdown a little too often. Milk threw a carton of milk into the crowd as the band were leaving the stage... ride that USP hard buddy. Ivy was fun strutting around the stage and headbanging as usual. I say as usual because I'm pretty sure I saw him at three different shows the week I was in Tokyo, at Lack-co and as a session bassist the other two. When the set ended the girls chanted and clapped in unison for an encore. (Though they appear to be saying "an-ko-re" instead of "an-ko-ru"? I guess the first group that did it had only seen the word encore and not heard it spoken??) They even started up a chant for a second encore that was cut off by the house lights and a voice over the PA system telling them, I'm guessing here, that the show was actually over and it was time to go home. This was a fun pairing for a two-man show as both bands and their groups of fans have pretension-free fun jumping around to some quality tunes. I'll be sure to check out Tenten's next band if I visit Japan again 😉.

This! I wish he would stop trying too. We all know (have known for a long time) that he has more talent in one of his front lace wigs than any queen out there. I am all for more exposure, just without this western assimilation mess. The song isn’t bad and Kaya looks amazing as always, but I want my Goth synth queen back

me seducing ur man x

having Goldren Grahams for lunch & listening to the neightbour crappy electro

It's... So... Cute... Can we have femme fatale back now

having a beer & listening to black metal \m/

- Circa Survive - The Amulet - the GazettE - NINTH 【Regular edition】 - ギャロ - PLUTO - 摩天楼オペラ - Invisible Chaos - emmurée - lightless. - DARIAN MARIAN - p o i s o n - Ghost - Prequelle - Florence + the Machine - High as Hope - Parkway Drive - Reverence

makeup corner BGM realness but I'm lowkey slewn with her video production, perfana was a mistake x

smoking weed and listening to amber gris - feel me

did a hq rip of the mini ever come out because those songs were ROBBED by the shitty rip they posted online

I feel the same way, for me the best Kamijo work will always be Lareine, it was very unique.

Paroxetine

it's not lynch.'s fault that Ryo had better things to do

big if true x

DirEnGrey is good

Both songs are looking AMAZING, specially An Eternity! This next album will be freaking mindblowing!

I think we should move this thread to the rumor section!

The song they played at mode of DSS reminds me of "Bring them to light", tempo-wise. It's entirely guttural, too. There's a slower, more melodic part in the middle. ~3 minutes long. The Tour18 song has Toshiya providing backing growls. Kyo mostly sings with his normal voice. Again, fast paced tempo with a slower section in the middle, Kyo growls here. Some crazy gibberish in the latter half. The chorus has this "climax" thingy to it, that Kyo does in some songs. ~3:30 long. Ranunculus is a ballad. Very slow and melodic.

Marblehead マーブルヘッド - 君の育ち…僕の育ち…。ほら、そこに落ちてるものは君以下でもない、僕以下でもない。とても楽しいよ、とっても。～区別差別のない此処から遠くへ～ LIMITED EDITION Marblehead マーブルヘッド - あいうえおかきくけこさしすせetc…あっ! ダニぽよっ!!もっ!もっ!もっ!ピぃー―。 VETIQUE - INVINCIBLE [1st Single] REVIVE - JULIA [1st Single] Ly:lith -リリス- - Ghost Dance -2nd PRESS- Mini Album Stigma スティグマ - パラドクス TYPE B Lydiar リディアル - 「the Elpis」TYPE A & B Lydiar リディアル - REMINISCENCE VRZEL - MIND MONSTER [REGULAR] VRZEL - ENCOUNTER THE CIRCUS

can u blame the good sis she's been doing the ~gothic dekadansu~ shtick for years let her feel ha oatS

This is awful. I hope she stops with that happy sounding bullshit and gets back to the gothic realness.

i miss femme fatale

ヴァージュ - 線香花火 The only one my Virge cd collection was still missing. ^^

Bought these while my trip! Thinking of doing a live report/review later when i have time! Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第十一夜 「Apocalypse」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第十二夜 「哀玩人形」 Crucifixion - 十三月ノ明晰夢 第十夜 「Nostalgia」 Metis Gretel - Scream Guiltily La'veil Mizeria 「薄紅ノ葬」 La'veil Mizeria x Crucifixion「死穢」ニ惑イシ慟哭 Bunch of chekis from different events Mizeria A photoset & a fucking travel mug (they only had one in the table, had to have it!)

I have suffered depression pretty much my whole adult life, so I completely understand that it can be overwhelming in itself to even feel depression... especially when you first realize you have it because you kind of feel at a loss on where to start to make yourself feel better. On top of that, you close yourself off and don't really have the motivation for things anymore which sort of drive you downward even more. For some people depression can be a temporary thing caused by stress, lack of mental stimulation, lack of direction, and just generally feeling lost. For me I felt that I had too many options on what I wanted to do with my life and I chose to scrape by doing what I felt was correct based on other peoples thoughts. Don't do that. You really have to find it in yourself to live your life the way you want. All the people, including parents, will tell you it's not a good idea or it's not possible, but you have to understand that everyones outcome in life is different regardless if you follow the same path that worked for them. I'm not sure how big of a role your parents play in your educational choices... but in the end no matter what, you're the only one who truly has to live with them. People will try to talk you out of it or bring you down until you've put in the work and you're actually successful and happy in their book, then suddenly they'll jump on the hype wagon in bragging about you and supporting you morally. I agree, if there is counseling available to you, do not let that slide by. There is nothing wrong with feeling lost. What you're feeling is your minds way to let you know something has gotta change. Plus seeking counseling is getting the perspective of an unbiased person. They take things at face value, or they just listen and help you decide for yourself what you need to do. Catch it early while you can before you dig yourself too deep. It gets a lot harder to motivate yourself to seek help once you become... "used" to the way things have become. You asked how other people may have handled depression. I personally bottled everything up, shut my friends out, lost my friends, gave up on a lot of dreams, and set myself back from where I wanted to be so far that I pretty much had to reevaluate my life and come up with a new game plan. Even now some days are still hard and it's been a long time coming. Don't take the long route out of this. Talk to someone. Surround yourself with positive people who genuinely want to better themselves thus motivating you and holding you accountable to better yourself too. While relating to someone else who has depression can be a short term relief... in the long run, unless you are actively trying to change for the better, can turn really toxic really fast and actually prevent either of you from moving past things if you're the only company each other has. If you want to do music, start off by going to local shows and surround yourself with people and things that make you remember why you're so passionate about it. Gradually you'll start associating with people who feel the same way or are already established in the scene. I think the first step would be to talk to someone though to help redirect yourself. You may have some big decisions ahead about new directions etc and while it's hard in the moment it will make you that much stronger in the long run and you will be so much happier later on. Sorry this was so long and I hope it helped. If you ever just need to vent to anyone... I'm all ears to listen.

First question? How old are you? If you are below 25th years, think about what might be fun is to learn and start a new education. Or if you finished graphic design and you didn't pass that age, maybe start new? Of course if you are older and you have still money and time you also can start to learn something new. You already know the reason why you are feeling depressed, so with knowing why you can find solutions to fix that "dark web". Do what you think is fun, do what you want. And love... pretty sure there will be someone on your path again. Keep on smiling~ However music can give you a happy feeling but being around with friends is also a good thing. And if you really are about losing yourself you better can see a doctor who can guide other ways to drag you out of the dark bubble.

BYO's arm looks suspicious

Yeah, I'm thinking the actual CD might be a collection of the demo songs and maybe a couple more tracks... so hopefully at least a mini album! edit: Just found a pic of the 'demos'... yep, they're literally just cards, lmao. And someone's already selling this set for ¥8000 on Yahoo, damnnn. btw today's the tour final at Shinjuku LOFT, so let's hope they'll announce the CD soon afterwards~

Not talking about anything that isn't the samples posted earlier.

I'm unsure if this has been pointed out before, but the "demo tapes" are really just pictures of demo tapes with the download code on the back. That's why they call them "Demo tape cards". Also, apparently the CD they were supposed to release today got postponed for unknown reasons!

Physical Cds where live limited so I guess not