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Monochrome Heaven's 2019 Banner Contest Hey everyone! This is a shout out to all digital artists on the website interested in content creation. It's about time to add some new bands into the rotating banner at the top of the forum, and for that we can use your skills! What better way to show off some skills than in a friendly competition? Here's the basic idea: Create a banner according to the rules which I will define in a moment. Respond to this topic by submitting your banner in a post. Since you cannot edit your post after you submit it, make sure your post is the way you want it before posting. You can submit as many banners as you have time / energy to create. The second phase of the banner contest will be anonymous voting from the community. The top three voted banners will be added to the top and the members who created those banners will be announced then. Winners of the contest will get their screen name in a special color in addition to having their work featured at the top of the forum! Rules: Banner should have dimensions of 800x120. Banner should have a thin, rounded white outline. Banner should preferably be a PNG, but a GIF is acceptable if you are interested in making an animated banner. Banner should in some way relate to Japanese music. Normally, we feature a band at the top, but there is room for creativity. Banner should have the text "Monochrome Heaven" on it. Banner should contain material that is Safe For Work. NSFW banners will be automatically disqualified. Banner submission should remain anonymous until the end for fairness. All banners will be shown at the end. Banners can contain anything else you think will give you an edge in the competition. The submission deadline will be open for four weeks, or until May 18th, 2019. Have fun! I'm excited to see what our members can come up with.

having a headache due to of lack of sleep and from being around people too long.........i feel so drained

HYDE new album, "ANTI" (3000 yen) will be released on June 19, and it will also be released digitally on May 3! He will also tour the United States from May 5-26. [CD tracklist] 01. WHO’S GONNA SAVE US 02. MAD QUALIA (Japanese Version) 03. SICK (feat. Matt of From Ashes to New) 04. ANOTHER MOMENT 05. FAKE DIVINE 06. AFTER LIGHT 07. OUT 08. ZIPANG (feat. YOSHIKI)(Japanese Version) 09. SET IN STONE 10. LION 11. TWO FACE 12. MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION II anti mix 13. ORDINARY WORLD [Blu-ray] (limited edition type A only; 5800 yen) HYDE LIVE filmed on ・2018/9/8 ＜BEAUTY AND THE BEAST＞ live in Zepp Tokyo ・2019/3/24 ＜Zepp Tokyo 20th Anniversary HYDE LIVE 2019＞ [2 DVDs] (limited edition type B only; 5500 yen) [Disc 1: Music Video] WHO’S GONNA SAVE US MV AFTER LIGHT MV FAKE DIVINE MV(Halloween Version) ZIPANG MV(English Version) MAD QUALIA MV(English Version) [Disc 2: Lyric Video] WHO’S GONNA SAVE US AFTER LIGHT FAKE DIVINE ZIPANG MAD QUALIA ANOTHER MOMENT TWO FACE OUT LION SET IN STONE ORDINARY WORLD MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION II [Concept Book] (limited edition type C only; 4200 yen) 24 pages [Fully limited edition BOX (CD + Blu-ray + 2 DVD + concept book + goods)] (13000 yen) (Details tba) [US Tour schedule]

Yoooooo @plastic_rainbow ,@reminiscing2004, @indigo - you guys every heard of this band? I just stumbled across them and they sound DOPE!!!

Nice one, that could go in the J-meme thread

I wish I had a bigger freezer. I wanted to buy some ice cream today but there's literally no space in my freezer... There's currently four half-empty bags of different kinda vegetables, a huge bag of fries, three pizzas, two boxes of chicken and rice I made some weeks ago, three bags of rye bread and a bunch of ice packs. Why do I have so much stuff there.

Take me to ma fud, hooman.

Asagi has been writing his novel (Bara no Houkan) since his Balsamic days, allegedly. Some Syndrome songs are even a part of the story iirc (Shigaitan I think is part of the Justice arc). It's been long explained in liner notes in Mad Tea Party magazine since the dawn of time, half of their New Blood mini (first release) was part of this storyline. Pretty much everything they've released, except for the whole Alice Saga, was connected to this novel. Each member has a character assigned (Asagi has like 4 and Hide-Zou has portrayed 2), they even had a mobile RPG game related to the story. The information is pretty scattered, there's liner notes in their photobooks, in MTP magazine, their FC publications, the video game had a bunch of info too on the story mode, lyrics of course, their blog, etc. D's discography as a whole is a pretty dramatic/interesting story around a fictitious land, spanning about 2-3 generations of characters, different arcs, etc.

RAMMSTEIN just released previews of RIFFS from two new songs.this is going to be fuckin wild.

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^ it would be nice if you added more to your post :v D has announced 5 new concept collection album releases based on the band's characters from their VAMPIRE STORY series, featuring old songs. Each of the five albums features a different band member posing as a corresponding story character. Four of the five albums also feature an old song with alternate vocals performed by that character/band member. (thanks vkgy!) Dahlie (ASAGI) tracklist (1500 yen) : 1. 開眼 (未発表曲) 2. 隷獣～開闢の炎～ 3. My unborn baby 4. 赤き羊による晩餐会 5. 開眼 (Instrumental) (new song) Kircheis (RUIZA) tracklist (2500 yen) : 1. Misty (Instrumental)(new song) 2. コールドスリープ 3. Glacial melt 4. Kの氷奏曲 5. 月と海の誓約 6. 氷の墓標 7. Gemini ～片羽の報復～ 8. 氷獄の魔獣 9. Crystal Crown 10. 血に濡れた一角 11. SECRET HANGAR 12. STAR SAPPHIRE Bonus track 13. コールドスリープ(Kircheis（Ruiza） Vocal ver.) Rafaga (HIDE-ZOU) (2100 yen) 1. Determination～風の決意～ (Instrumental)(new song) 2. 翠緑の翼 3. Memento～風のレイピア～ 4. 風に嫁いだバイラオーラ 5. Solitude～最後の手紙～ 6. Little Adventurers 7. Ghost in the mirror Bonus track 8. 翠緑の翼 (Rafaga（HIDE-ZOU）Vocal ver.) Carbuncle (Tsunehito) (2300 yen) 1. 凄艶 (Instrumental)(new song) 2. クヴァンデルの肖像 3. ひび割れた柘榴石 4. Luminous flame 5. 愛は棺の中に 6. 紅の蝋涙 7. Dragon Princess 8. 微熱～雨の幻想曲（ファンタジア）～ 9. The Secret Rose Garden Bonus track 10. クヴァンデルの肖像 (Carbuncle（Tsunehito） Vocal ver.) Wilderness (HIROKI) (2100 yen) 1. Vorreiter (Instrumental)(new song) 2. Desert Warrior 3. 太古の牙 (Instrumental) 4. 砂上のバラドゥン 5. アネクメネ (Instrumental) 6. 猿王の腰掛け 7. ザハブを継ぐ者 (Instrumental) 8. 千夜一夜のダラブッカ Bonus track 9. Desert Warrior（Wilderness（HIROKI） Vocal ver.） Well this is different 😮

Tangentially related, but if you want to see peak American media weirdness, EVERYTHINGISTERRIBLE has it all. A lot of it is a 90's Bible Belt VHS dumpster fire, but that makes it all the more entertaining.

This guy about to drop kick the entire scene

This world is fucked beyond belief. But despite how treacherously people treat one another...and despite how poorly we even treat ourselves...to be courageous enough to even just try to do better in the face of such overwhelming bleakness, and not just fall into the mire of spiritual destitution like the rest... That's such a beautiful thing!

HAKUA announced to do something new again, a new project has been born named "無" First live will be at 5/22 at Ikebukuro Black Hole. Who the other members are, still need to be announced.

nostalgia will be the death of me

The sixth track sounds proper FILTHY! This seems like it's gonna surpass everything on the full-lenght.

there are a lot of bands in the list that i listen to occasionally but i don't know these songs〜 also Seimeisen introduced me to the mortal during our trade off and now i listen to it every now and then. 1. cali≠gari - その行方　徒に想う… 2. DJ Paul Elstak - Musica Rave 3. PUZZLE - Dice 4. 椎名林檎 - NIPPON 5. 凛として時雨 - Enigmatic Feeling 6. ナイトメア - 18歳 7. Jonny Greenwood - いい子だから黙ってて (Norwegian Wood OST) 8. Lynn Minmay - 私の彼はパイロット 9. Madonna - Like A Virgin 10. M.I.A - Lights can't say i listen to all of these often now, but i used to really love most of them in the different periods of my life in the past

I'm not saying this is making me horny but, I got a new shower head and brb

I once heard someone try to say "country" and "county" at the same time and it came out as "cunty".

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Astounding levels of shameless money-grabbing, even for VK, lmao.

yasu issued a statement today about the disbandment. you can read the translation by one of his fans here

My job is super generic office fare and nothing worth talking about ever happens, but in one week alone we've had a random film crew on site for some unknown Netflix show and yesterday they found someone dead in the parking deck so there's that

The mini-album will be released on 2019.05.01.

kiryu and pennywise adorable kei style? ooooh

oh god, the day I've been waiting is finally here: they'll parody Kiryu. edit: they'll release "Hyakki yakou bus" on May 16th. that's the only thing I got now at 3am. I can't wait

We get to hear HIDE-ZOU sing again finally. He was a good vocalist in his old band.

Skeptical. I'm assuming this dude is gonna be primarily responsible for writing the music now right? I HOPE there's another Guitarist joining the group. Good luck to em though.

So I've watched the first 2 eps of One Punch Man Season 2. I don't know about everyone else but this adaptation has been so flat. This is not just the visuals though, it's also the voice acting. Is it strange that I find the manga pops out a lot more in the humor and the action scenes? I know JC Staff is a bit more competent based on some of their previous works but alas. The good thing I can say so far is the pacing. The plot has been progressing pretty fast as if they crammed multiple manga chapters in a single ep.

fair fucks to anyone who goes about shouting their opinion about this and that with a sub 500 artist last.fm chart, but I do also know that they're not much farther removed from pre-school children in their opinions and ought to not be listened to. the only people triggered by a comment like this are the ones who recognise themselves as the targets of it.

Uhm. I have no words.

I love this track, no use grieving about old dezert bc its totally gone now :( Wish their pop song structures were a bit more unconventional, they have great sense of melody but they should do more with it

ゲルニカ (guernica) 1st digital single "Blast" has been made available since 4/17 https://linkco.re/bNfchd73 btw Ba.LEO is ex-lll-Ligro- (as a roadie), Dr.Kiro is ex-ナルコレプシィ (Narcolepsy) and has also supported bands like Re:lia and ballad. 2 announcements with English subs (!!!) They will be putting up new songs on their Youtube channel.

he can spank this 仏子™

the music sounds...repetitive a bit and his voice reminds me typical 00s bad voices. the song itself is bad but feels v nostalgic~ thank you guys my ears bled but my heart melted

ジルドレ Jirudore New Full MV

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someone save my poor bby miyako from this mess.... i liked TODAY but this is not it.

He also left Japan for a while and was due for full-scale treatment upon returning, apparently.

He issued a statement on July, 2017 , I found a translation on Facebook , here it is

It can be quite intimidating, yeah. If this helps, here's a little breakdown of their post-2000 albums so you can get a general feel: - ONE LIFE, ONE DEATH (2000): dads discover science fiction - 極東 I LOVE YOU (2002): dads discover science fiction but with layers* - MONA LISA OVERDRIVE (2003): dads discover cyberpunk* - 十三階は月光 (2005): dads dress up for Halloween and drink a bit too much but it goes much better than expected - 天使のリボルバー (2007): dads being dads - memento mori (2009): dads being dads but more rad, how do you do, fellow kids? - RAZZLE DAZZLE (2010): dads stumble into a disco, drink a bit too much but this time it does not go well - 夢見る宇宙 (2012): dads being dads who took their medication - 或いはアナーキー (2014): dads could not find their medication... hilarious results! - アトム未来派 No. 9 (2016): I could not find the dads but this background music is kinda okay - No. 0 (2018): dads have become cyborgs, I have become a dad while listening, feels weird man * originally these two albums were imagined by the band as one concept double-album My personal recommendations would be MONA LISA OVERDRIVE, 十三階は月光 and 或いはアナーキー btw.

Disrespectful to the Jun Togawa project w/ the same name t b h