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  1. 5 points
    Rica34rica

    Hi guys~ :3

    Hi guys~ Im Rica and I have been a guest on this forum for a few years, and finally decided to join the family and introduce myself. I am 19 and I'm from Hong Kong(yup, technically part of China but also not really!!). This forum is so useful and informational. I started liking Visual Kei at about 2015, youtube recommended me Kiryu's Amaterasu MV out of nowhere. And I have been in the circle since. I'm not a really active bangya, since I couldnt travel for lives; I got my friends to bought a few CD for me from Japan when they go travelling. Personally, I dont know anyone who know visual kei around me, since it is a very very niche thing in HK. I can only tell my sister and to few of my close friends. So it's great that I know there is a forum like this where I can talk about and read about things that I love. I am actually going to travel to Tokyo next week and I am super excited about it, too bad non of my favs have any lives during my stay :(. (sorry if i am too long-winded, im a bit excited). Few of my favorite bands are(in no specific order): Kiryu they got me into this whole thing, DIV heart broken when they disbanded but was predicted since their last single was uneventful to say the least, MejiBray still hasnt got excited about the 8psb thing, Clowd sad that they disbanded as well, Royz only for their music occasionally and for the kami- Subaru, Arlequin love their music and getting their songs on spotify is really appreciated, The Raid got into them recently because of kabukicho rainy, love their music and the vocalist's voice Unite. like their song style occasionally, came across them because they are in the same company as DIV Babykingdom their songs are so catchy and shogo is so cute~ (not sure if it is a guilty pleasure here)... 零[hz] here for their personalities, mainly cuz they are in BPR Kizu love love love their music I also listen to other bands based on the songs, I'm mostly into Vkei for the music to be honest. Other than vkei, also have an unexplainable love for Motely Crue, Queen, and any other songs occasionally popular to millennials these days. I am so happy to be here~ and nice to meet you guys~ guess im talking too much for an introduction post looking forward to be educated about band dramas and news, since i dont really know japanese and am very unfamiliar with fandoms.
  2. 4 points
    oh shii I'm "Supreme" up in dis bih jk, I love yall
  3. 4 points
    My first attempt a Visual Kei. My mom did my makeup since I suck ass at it but it's good I guess😛
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    lol @ mama. bassist promoting the band in the rock and read twitter thread aimed at fans
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    Kyo looking more and more like Mastumoto (out!) Hitoshi.
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    CAT5

    random thoughts thread

    meanwhile.... I wouldn't be half as annoyed at pitchfork, if they at least supported artists that are actually talented, creative, and empowering as much as they push this degenerative nonsense.
  8. 2 points
    Gesu

    My name is officially yellow 🎉

    My name is officially yellow 🎉
  9. 2 points
    nullmoon

    Family planning and the lack of it

    @Gesu There was so far too many reactions I had to this so I settled on laughter You raise a lot of good points though and I can also echo the annoyance relating to parents/friends/strangers being weirdly invested in the output of your genitals. It's your body and your future. It's also the 21st century and staying at home to cook and clean and raise kids is, hold on to your hats, not the inherent destiny of all womankind. People need to stop projecting their own fears and regrets onto others. Also, I found out an ex of mine was pregnant a few months after we split up. I have never felt so much fear in all my life. I essentially thought my life was over. Thank Jebus it wasn't mine. I don't need my life to be Jeremy Kyle's wet dream.
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    chocobuzz

    Family planning and the lack of it

    I think kids are kinda cute and funny, and I don't have anything against them. But I don't want to have any myself, because I know I'll never be mentally healthy and stable anough to be able to give them a good and safe childhood. I myself grew up in a mentally ill family, and it damaged me permanently, and I don't want to make any innocent child experience anything like that.
  11. 2 points
    nullmoon

    Show Yourself (again)

    I bought a jumper. It's huge. We're friends now.
  12. 2 points
    TrackList: 1, ICARUS 2, Voice of Mind 3, ユラユラ 4, to ruin 5, werewolf 6, 百年の恋も冷めて、狂う。 7, Last countdown 8, Days 9, 千変万化 - music box ver. -
  13. 2 points
    psychonnect_rozen

    Any old school bands?

    Recently, I have been listening to other VK bands such as Sadie and Phantimasigoria and I was wondering what are other good bands to check out. Anything will be appreciated! Bands I like: Dir En Grey The Gazette Malice Mizer X Japan Luna Sea Sadie existtrace Nine Inch Nails Rammstein Marylin Manson LAREINE
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    This band is definitely going to have more member switch ups than they are releases by time they disband lmao
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    Gt.アスラン (Asuran) has returned, albeit as a support member starting at their performance in July(???)...this band is a mess.
  17. 2 points
    BrenGun

    ZEAL LINK Nagoya will close

    nagoya... Seems vkei really walks his end.
  18. 2 points
    CAT5

    random thoughts thread

    I'm just shouting into the wind, honestly...seeing that cancerous garbage promoted does aggravate me, but even just me venting about it here is a waste of energy. These media outlets are gonna do what they're gonna do, regardless of the implications. The only real way to combat the dysfunction perpetuated by these media outlets and the culture surrounding them is to exemplify proper function in our own lives, support those who also eschew dysfunction, and actually teach children right instead of leaving them to be indoctrinated by the media and society at large.
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    Just wanted to comment: Love that avatar. D'espairsRay forever ✌️
  20. 2 points
    For me I've felt it's always the exact opposite. They become boring and generic in sound. Maybe the composition becomes smoother and more refined but feels like something has gone missing.
  21. 2 points
    Bands usually improve when they sign to a major label.
  22. 2 points
    A new song called 「大人になったら死にたい」(Otona ni nattara shinitai) has been made available via Itunes, Linemusic etc as of today.
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    They will disband on 2019.08.01. http://www.sonic-death-monkey.com/news/0/46198/
  25. 1 point
    Triangle

    random thoughts thread

    Yes! Me too few months agoXD. I don’t even care if I see them irl anymore and they notice that I had removed them out of the list. Like, fight me for this stupid reason. I don’t understand why people get mad if you remove them from your ‘friends list’ on any social platforms. Bitch, I don’t like you anymore. Honestly the moment someone asks me why I removed them from my list I will literally cancel the conversation and ignore them forever.
  26. 1 point
    Zeus

    random thoughts thread

    That is six degrees of overthinking it! I started by pulling up my entire friends list and going down. I made several passes over it and it was pretty fast. I got rid of obvious annoyances that are always angry or upset or lashing out at groups of people. Drama queena too. Culled a few inactive accounts, then did a second pass and removed people i haven't talked to in years. People who were the barest of acquaintances when they were in my life. People i would not miss. I had no target number in mind. I just went over the list asking if each person added value to my life. Some people add value in different ways, and the amount of people i was on the fence about was less than expected. With the way the site works, you dont see things that it thinks you dont want to see. The algorithms put people in a bubble and shapes their worldview. If they have over 150 friends and don't interact with you at all, they probably won't notice you are gone, especially if you are like me and rarely make statuses. I've deleted hundreds of people over my various purges, and only 3 ever noticed and added me back. And it took them so long to notice, they assumed it was a new account or that we were never connected to begin with.
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    Gesu

    Family planning and the lack of it

    I like kids but I don't want them. Never have done, never will. I decided I didn't want kids when I was four years old because I thought it would hurt giving birth (and to be fair, I wasn't exactly wrong. It doesn't take having kids to know that shit hurts). Fourteen years later and I still feel the same, even though everyone told me I'd change my mind. I fucking hate it when people say that. I know I'm young, but for the past two years, I've been old enough to live by myself (which I actually have been for the past two years), work full-time, get married with parental consent, join the military... oh, and have kids. I just find it so condescending when people tell me I'll change my mind, especially when one of those people was my mother who never wanted kids when she was my age, then had two and told me she regretted it and that if she could go back in time, she wouldn't have had us (cheers for that, bitch ). It's not like anyone ever told me I'd change my mind when I said I wanted to be a chemist, or a singer, or a writer, but I did and now I have my heart set on becoming a paediatric therapist. Interesting how I want to work with children but I don't want any of my own, no? I guess my logic would be that I do love children and I feel like I could support them, but only if I could give them back. I am, however, open to the idea of adopting a child if they were a patient of mine and their parents were abusing them, for example, although they may have to be a little older than most children when they get adopted as I don't know if I'd be prepared to look after a baby. Also, you know what I never understood? People telling me I'll "change my mind" while at the same time telling me I should just "stick to the girls and not get a boyfriend because you are a strong, independent waman". Alrighty then, I'll go out and have a shag then give birth to the baby I'm pregnant with without ever actually getting to know the guy who knocked me up and forming a meaningful relationship with him. *sigh* ETA: I would just like to add that the pain of childbirth is no longer the only reason I don't want to have children. There is a myriad of reasons.
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    I'm a little late to the party but yeah, been there, done that so I can totally sympathise with how you're feeling/felt (hopefully things are a little less poop now!). Love is weird and I can't even begin to explain it. My hope is that you find that special someone who makes you feel how you feel about Mr. Dreamboat (that's his name now). It's most likely the case where you haven't found anyone new who ticks all the boxes in the same way he did. Don't feel guilty for not feeling a certain way about potential suitors; there's no point forcing yourself into relationships just to make others happy. HOWEVER don't create unreasonable expectations as that will mean you'll (un)knowingly push away any real chances of love. It's impossible for a person to emulate another and if you gently persuade them that way, they won't exactly be themselves anymore. In my wizened state I have realised that I fall in and out of love far too easily...so clearly I don't have a real concept of what true love is. However I think I have ample time and space to work things out before heading into the fray again. If you've made it this far, I'm sorry. I have no idea what I'm talking about XD TL;DR - Life and love is confusing. Focus on the here and now, not theoretical relationships or theoretical sexy times. As painful as it is, the people you/me/we're all thinking about probably don't even remember us. Plushies cure everything. Buy a plushie. Buy more plushies.
  30. 1 point
    YuyoDrift

    random thoughts thread

    Ugh man I envy you. This is courage ladies and gentlemen haha.
  31. 1 point
    Keep forgetting that D'espairsray have the SEXIEST riffs. Now I can dance AND drive! XD
  32. 1 point
    nullmoon

    random thoughts thread

    People take advantage of my good nature* and inability to say no. It really pisses me off that they expect me to do everything for them with no thanks in return, and it really pisses me off that I can't decline someone who needs help. This includes family and friends. I'm practically hand-holding my brother through the house buying process without so much as a 'thx lol'. No wonder I'm constantly seeking approval from others and feeling isolated and anxious. Ugh *self-purported obviously XD
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    Twitter : https://twitter.com/_UnfiniOfficial
  34. 1 point
    Gesu

    Any old school bands?

    Seconded ❤️
  35. 1 point
    Kabukichoatmidnight

    NAZARE

    Just had chance to listen to this "Beyond" EP and overall impressions are that it's not terribly special, maybe it'll take some re-listens to get fully into it. Firstly I really enjoyed the original/instrumental version Issei released of "Beyond the lost happiness" a lot more, a lot of the best parts about it have been taken out or simplified.... Also there were a few other songs that at times just got me thinking "what the hell are they doing? How did they even think this was cool?" haha. + The SE mid-way through is pretty bad. I know that probably sounds like I have a really negative opinion of it, but actually I didn't NOT enjoy it, just didn't think it's anything worth raving about and 100% glad I didn't spend the 10,000 yen to get the physical copy. But will give it a couple more listens at some point and see if it grows at all. I'll also admit now I did pre-order the IDEAL single... So yeah, don't totally hate the band or anything obviously. 😛
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    Sounds interesting. Message me if you can
  38. 1 point
    psychonnect_rozen

    Any old school bands?

    Jazz sounds freaking dope! I'll def check them out!
  39. 1 point
    Gesu

    Any old school bands?

    Not sure if they'd be up your alley, but personally, I really love jazzy stuff, so I would recommend Sugar and Moran (the former being a bit more jazzy than the latter). Both of them have disbanded, unfortunately, but they both had my favourite guitarist (Sizna) in their line-ups, and he's really worth listening to. If you want, I can recommend particular songs Also, not really VK, but on the subject of jazz, Jikkendai Marmot are 👌 ...I realise I've talked a lot about jazz without actually knowing whether or not you like it. I apologise.
  40. 1 point
    nullmoon

    Show Yourself (again)

    (yay! It works!)
  41. 1 point
    Ioto

    Your last music-related buy!

    La'veil MizeriA x Crucifixion 「暁鴉」x2 らせん (Rasen) 「NIGHTMARE」 x2 「狂」x2 I waiting for the next coupling CD (蛇影)
  42. 1 point
    Yeah, I'm good friends with the manager there. I used to visit him and chat about VK whenever I had free time in Shibuya. He even played my recommendations over the store speakers... :') I think the only mens shop left is the one in Shinjuku (the same location as the CD one) but they're still doing business online.
  43. 1 point
    123Sandman321

    Best growl in Visual Kei

    There's hope for every trash vocalist. Jey can't come back soon enough, but I'm not holding my breath.
  44. 1 point
    Aferni

    random thoughts thread

    Working at the airport is hilarious, flight attendants tend to have very nasty attitudes aswell as a whole bunch of witty sarcasm. Like I get it but come on, you don't have to be nasty to like..everyone. It's never that deep. Shoutout to the sassy flight attendant dude though, he was cool and very sassy.
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    Gesu

    random thoughts thread

    I like college but I hate how much time it takes out my schedule. I want a job, but I can only get one in the summer (that is, if anyone would even hire me) and I'd have to quit about two months later.
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    seeing this post nearly 3 years later has blown my fuckin mind. How the turns have tabled.
  48. 1 point
    This. No matter how we look at it from a rational, western point of view, it's easy to understand why a teenager who is constantly fed a fantasy and actually has a relationship of sorts with the artist (sometimes even sex and phone conversations in exchange of money) would get upset. Also, there's lots of artists who get openly jealous if their gyas have actual realtionships outside of the scene, I've heard from a few people that their honmei has asked them not to date or a fellow bandmember has told them not to tell that member about their relationship. So we can't only blame fans for that sort of culture.
  49. 1 point
    He's like the Kisaki of the swedish scene, but less good.
  50. 1 point
    rock in korea is basically dead and it's nearly impossible to resurrect it. there are only handful of bands with potential and yet, they struggle to sustain any substantial music because korean music scene is under heavy dictatorship of cheap bubblegum pops and hype-based trendy rap music (and trust me, 90% of them are not even tasteful). as someone who have seen the slow and painful demise of korean rock (as if any of it has existed in the past), i blame on the lack of cultural depth of koreans and their untreatable trait of vulnerability to hype and trendy stuffs, and above all, their perceptions on 'rock' being something loud, serious, and intimidating. underground venues at hongdae and deahak-ro were slowly replaced with techno clubs and bars, so-called "bands" like nell eventually became more mainstream-friendly (not that i blame, they need-ed in order to survive), oldschool k-rockers like pia, schizo, etc became almost extinct (not if they are playing major venues like pentaport . . . which also became sellouts to pop and indies) even pseudo rocker seotaiji didnt even last 2 years. rock was never a thing for koreans. maybe for only a few, but not for the vast. it's a cultural thing i say -
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