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天照 (Amaterase) new single, "鳳凰" (houou) will be released on July 10 for 2500 yen. [tracklist] 1.鳳凰 (houou) 2.鳳凰 (Gt.instrument Ver.) 3.鳳凰 (黎明 (reimei) Ver.) 4.鳳凰 (classic Ver.) 5.鳳凰 (合唱コンクール (gassho choral) Ver.) [DVD] 1.鳳凰 (houou) Their new mini-album, "天地絢爛" (tenchi kenran) will be released on August 14 for 3000 yen. [tracklist] 1.禊 (misogi) 2.火乃國 3.那由他 (nayuta) 4.大地の詩 (Tenchi no Uta) 5.まほろば (mahoroba) 6.鳳凰 (houou) [DVD] 1.まほろば (mahoroba) 2.鳳凰 (houou)

wtf I actually love that video sample?

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It's no wonder that they'll have to reach down the well in order to fill the B.P record annual releases quota, kind of like when Mejibray started doing Toon Factory covers to fill up their singles campaigns. This band just makes me sad. On every album there are moments that show the spark they had at the beginning of their run that've now been diluted down by the ridiculous flood of sub-standard material they're putting out. There's always the debate whether a band is forced to do this or that, but in Kiryu's case I think it's indisputable that they're as prolific as they are just in order to stay afloat at the top.

Downloading Uta Puri again turned me into this person now. I thought I had a chance but now I'm hopeless XD.

Apparently, Mitsuki is a singer now. He did a cover of Meikyo Shisui. While no one can really truly replace Mahiro, I think if he does have to retire, Mitsuki should take the role of vocals.

Just learned she did the vocals for iwrestledabearonce (her husband, the guitarist, was also IWABO's as well) ... Holy shitttt, what an improvement.

and sucks

In that case visual kei might not be for you

Guess who's having fun ripping all these today >.> If my room wasn't a mess full of CDs already

New band "L'eveil en Roseraie" have formed on 2018/11/11. Next live will be at Nishikujou BRAND NEW on 2019/01/27. The first single "静寂の闇に舞う愛と悪戯の遁走曲" went on sale on 2018/12/31 in his live at Kyoto MUSE. "L'eveil en Roseraie" members: vo. Neue -ノイエ- gt.&pi. Renée - ルネ - ba. 忍(ren)(support) dr. 拓郎(takurou)(support) (ex.Larme d'ange) "静寂の闇に舞う愛と悪戯の遁走曲" CD TrackList: 1. 静寂の闇に舞う愛と悪戯の遁走曲 2. フーガ ト短調 -Organ Choral- ohp

it's just yohio trying to release some energy after lurking MH looking for new music to "be inspired" by

razor teasers are never as good as the actual tracks so im gonna wait to hear em :')

未完成アリス (Mikansei Alice) has announced that 栞 (Shiori) is officially gone from the band as of February 26 after a year of inactivity. Apparently he had contacted them saying he wanted to quit the band, then ceased communication with the band for several months. The band was left with no choice but to dismiss him since their 47 prefecture tour was coming up. Because of these circumstances, they admit that it was a difficult decision to let him go. They will have a support bassist starting on February 28. http://mikansei-alice.com/ba-栞脱退のお知らせ/ *Please let me know if I need to make corrections

I really like their sound - not breaking any ground - but consistent and solid.

Haven't shared in a while and some stuff got put away somewhere lol SARIGIA - EVERGREEN SARIGIA - ANOTHER PAIN Architects - HOLY HELL (Signed) *Album of the year 2018 go check it out* Not In Picture: Bring Me The Horizon - AMO (Signed) 2nd Copy of Architects - HOLY HELL CHVRCHES - Love Is Dead HUGE THANKS TO @xLIZ4 for picking up the SARIGIAS CDS for me ❤️ if you need some SARIGIA stuff talk to her

Nice I just saw them live a few weeks ago with Bring me the horizon, I instantly became a fan

how come all these stupid yohio accounts wake up from hibernation every 6 months to make a topic?

Lowkey pretty sure broken by the scream has better harsh vocalists than the majority of visual kei lul

After hearing the new Kiryu song recycle a certain Mi'ze:lia song, I wanted to kind of talk about one of the bands that Kiryu seemed to have really taken a few bits of influence from. Cuartet. I've been listening to these guys and their contemporaries a lot, and I've noticed a few interesting things. First off is their song "Koibumi". This at first seems like your run-of-the-mill attempt at an Akuro no Oka, and it is, but it also seems to have been combined with Aoi Haru by Gill'e Cadith. The beach they filmed the PV on was also used some music videos by other band. Most notably, the GazettE, whom at the time were kind of brother-bands with Cuartet. The song later inspired Tsukubai by Kiryu. Mahiro even tried to emulate Saki's wailing and screaming at the end. Only, Kiryu's version is much more metal. Why did Kiryu decide to tribute Cuartet? I have no idea why, other than the fact that Mahiro probably is friends with the members. There are setlists with LutenA and Koroshi (Mahiro's first band, and Cuartet's first era, respectively) preforming together that I've found here and there. Mahiro is also a former Luciffer's Record artist, and while Cuartet wasn't on Luciffer's Record, the owner of the record label, Yuuga from Devil Kitty, was closely associated with Cuartet's label, Climax Enteprise. As a result, Curse and Mareli (2 of Mahiro's bands) appeared on 2 omnibuses with Cuartet (edit: for sine reason I originally put Gill'e Cadith here? I really should proofread more). One of Mitsuki and Takemasa's earliest bands, Mi'ze:lia, was on Sequence Records, whose owner, Tomozo, was close friends with guitarist AIKA of Cuartet, having played in Black:List and Triggah, and AIKA still being a close associate of Tomozo's current label, Dual Core Sound Enterprise. So it's safe to say, Kiryu and Cuartet's members probably were friends, or at least aquainted with eachother, and bounced ideas off eachother. Another thing Cuartet liked to do is use a lot of traditional Japanese aesthetics in some of their looks. Most notably, Sphere and Deep Bonds of Ogre. The Sanskrit overlays and all were later used a lot by Kiryu. Though they were probably initially inspired by La'Mule. (Sphere scan taken from ZOMBIEXJUICE) Next is a personal favourite of mine, PROGRAM. This one is pretty much their attempt at combining Zan by Dir en Grey with Devil Kitty and Gill'e Cadith. It's pretty good if you like a lot of screaming and that rhythmic talking thing that isn't exactly rapping that Saki (though it was really Karuna's thing) does. Finally, I want to talk about a certain PV location that I've seen used in 3 different bands. I have no idea what this place is called, but maybe someone could help. The first band I know that used this is the GazettE, with their song "Wife". During one part, it shows the outside of the building. Ogre by Cuartet was later filmed in the same building, and even shows the exterior. The final PV that I know of that takes place there was Pink Woman by Etcetera. The filming crew for these PVs are probably all the same people who film stuff for Eternal, Climax Enterprise, Luciffer's Record and Mission Music Factory.

holy fuck this is some good ass heavy shit again, god bless

I found the Mi'ze:lia song they recycled. For once, my useless somewhat-knowledge on obscure proto-bands comes in handy.

Mahiro looks ...not like Mahiro. If that makes any sense?

I think we can all agree: Yohio fucks.

I like it, even though the chorus feels very overdone it's a fun song. Is it just me or does Mahiro look bit weird?

Kiryu's music is already so saturated that every track has moments of other tracks,which always gives you that "already heard this before" feeling. But I'll always check their stuff cuz they're a special band for me.

3 more assignments until I’m done with university forever YAAAAAAS!

Limited edition: Regular edition:

Here's the cover artwork for the "Tour No.0" DVD/Blu-ray:

Tomorrow's the release of the latest BUCK-TICK DVD/Blu-ray, aaaand they announced another one again, lol. The DVD/Blu-ray "TOUR No.0" will be released on 2019/04/24 and will show all the live footage from the band's July 26th 2018 gig at Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A. The limited editions will also contain a 2nd disc with another full gig from 10th November 2018 at Toyosu PIT from the band's livehouse tour "TOUR No.0 - Guernican Moon -", as well as a photobook and special packaging. Again, there will be four versions: - regular DVD - regular Blu-ray - limited 2 DVD set with 64-page photobook - limited 2 Blu-ray set with 64-page photobook TOUR No.0 @ Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall A, 2018/07/26 (regular editions' main disc) 01. 零式13型「愛」(Reishiki 13gata 'Ai') 02. 美醜LOVE (Bishuu LOVE) 03. サロメ - femme fatale - (Salome -femme fatale-) 04. Ophelia 05. 光の帝国 (Hikari no teikoku) 06. ノスタルジア - ヰタ メカニカリス - (Nostalgia -Vita Mechanicalis-) 07. PINOA ICCHIO - 躍るアトム - (PINOA ICCHIO -Odoru Atom-) 08. メランコリア-ELECTRIA- (Melancholia -ELECTRIA-) 09. IGNITER 10. 残骸 (Zangai) 11. 楽園 (Rakuen) 12. BABEL 13. Moon さよならを教えて (Moon sayonara wo oshiete) 14. ゲルニカの夜 (Guernica no yoru) 15. 胎内回帰 (Tainai kaiki) 16. GUSTAVE 17. 薔薇色十字団 - Rosen Kreuzer - (Barairo juujidan -Rosen Kreuzer-) 18. ROMANCE 19. NATIONAL MEDIA BOYS 20. REVOLVER 21. Solaris TOUR No.0 - Guernican Moon - @ Toyosu PIT, 2018/11/10 (limited editions' bonus disc) 01. エリーゼのために (Elise no tame ni) 02. 美醜LOVE (Bishuu LOVE) 03. 光の帝国 (Hikari no teikoku) 04. サロメ - femme fatale - (Salome -femme fatale-) 05. 月蝕 (Gesshoku) 06. IGNITER 07. BABEL 08. Moon さよならを教えて (Moon sayonara wo oshiete) 09. GUSTAVE 10. Baby, I want you. 11. 薔薇色十字団 - Rosen Kreuzer - (Barairo juujidan -Rosen Kreuzer-) 12. Cuba Libre 13. Mr.Darkness ＆ Mrs.Moonlight 14. BOY septem peccata mortalia 15. Memento mori 16. 零式13型「愛」(Reishiki 13gata 'Ai') 17. ゲルニカの夜 (Guernica no yoru) 18. 胎内回帰 (Tainai kaiki) 19. TANGO Swanka 20. 狂気のデッドヒート (Kyouki no Dead Heat) 21. 鼓動 (Kodou)

watch your back for the brick that life is planning on throwing at you

⚠️Confirmed March lives (might add more later)⚠️ 3/9: DIMLIM／Misanthropist／abstracts／Sable Hills／CATHARSIS (Misanthropist with Keita from Far East Dizain) opening act @ SHIBUYA CYCLONE 3/30: SARIGIA／DEXCORE／NAZARE／DEVILOOF／DOBE／MEIDARA @ 池袋EDGE

This is the best news in a LONG time. I’m excited.

Super excited for this band! I do love me some good neoclassical rock. Also, that piano song sounds like it could be in a VN. I adore it! I hope it gets turned into an actual song and not just a Valentine's day one-off.

Yeah, I just saw two kanji and thought "ah, that's probably Hidauta", since I'd have recognised Hakudaku at least^^ Ironically, "waizatsu" means confusion. :^)

The masterpiece we've all been waiting for: Choo choo betch! Well... I can't say I wasn't entertained, haha.

Please stop using derogatory terms like "visual-kei" in this thread. They are post-visual.

...just had to get this one since it sounds so damn amazing all the way through! FEVER 333 - STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS actually my very first CD of a none japanese artist in at least 10 years...

REVIVE new single "最高の日々をありがとう (Saikou no Hibi wa Arigatou)" will be released at 2019/1/30. (2 TYPE) A type will be CD (2 tracks)+DVD ("最高の日々をありがとう (Saikou no Hibi wa Arigatou)" MV) (1944 yen) and B type will be CD only (3 tracks) (1620 yen) [track list] 1.最高の日々をありがとう (Saikou no Hibi wa Arigatou) 2. lust ～色欲に喘ぐ快楽的依存～ (lust ~Shikiyoku ni Aegu Kairakuteki Izon~) (included on B type) 3. INSOMNIA~Piano Ver~

The singer voice is really beautiful *w*

they look like they came from 2006

Just a heads up that you can get either Type-A or B of DVDs containing live footage from their last live if you purchase more than 5000 yen of stuff from their webshop, or both if you spend >10000 yen. Last day for placing orders is 4/30. https://axkey.base.shop/

I didn't think they were bad :/

finally someone who understands how i feel. booked my flight to go see them one last time the moment i saw the news.

everyone is ignoring the best vk subgenre called 'natto kei', as in 'this is natto kei'