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  1. How didn't I never read this thread!

  2. Was/is there any bandoman who actually did/does his make-up, hair and/or costumes?

    1. Gesu

      Gesu

      There's a picture of Hitomi (ex-Moran) putting on his makeup but idk if that means he always/usually did it himself. Personally, if I were a celebrity, I'd always do it myself. Lol :P

    2. nekkichi

      nekkichi

      a lot of bandomen do their own makeup and hair if you watch the off-stage vids... I have no clue about costumes because that seems more or less restricted to VK brands for popular kids and h&m clearance rack for like initial l and shit, and it aint' RPDR, they can't sew????

    3. Masato

      Masato

      Well, you can usually judge it by the way it looks. Is it light and crap, usually they do it. If it's a do-minor, they do it, if they can afford staff, they have a make-san that does it for them. 

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  3. So, I guess @Cantavanda won't let us  now starving to death without the full Malice Mizer DVD rip...

    1. secret_no_03

      secret_no_03

      I check jpopsuki every day in hopes someone will upload it, the bounty for it is huge, over 300gb up for grabs.

    2. Cantavanda

      Cantavanda

      Hello! I'm planning to upload the full thing once I'm sure I won't get into trouble, don't worry!

    3. saiko

      saiko

      @Cantavandayou could upload it to any file cloud out there and share the link here, it is for sure much more private than sharing it on Youtube, I think 🤔

  4. Mfw this song -that is basically one of my country's most memorable songs, while its live version had arguably the biggest mosh-pit ever- sounds almost identically to every early 90s Japanese indie vk band first album.

     

     

    The over-the-top dramatic chords and the hyper-melodic long solo makes me recall inmediately the reception of post-punk aesthetics that Malice Mizer did during the Tetsu era...

     

    Oh my, I feel so confused right now.

     

  5. So, I'm planning a trip to Japan for october, for the full month, with possibilities of extending it to november as well. Yesterday I was looking at my playslist searching for names of artists I'd like to see live, and sadly realized 1) mostly of the bands I listen to are disbanded, 2) the only currently active bands I like don't seem to have any schedule listed in their OHPs for these months. The only bands that have any scheduled are Dir, R-shitei, Kiryu (a taiban)... and I have to stop counting. I'm dying to see Diaura, Kizu, Dimlim, but their live dates don't go further than september... I'm afraid that the only chance I'll have to travel to Japan in many years could be ruined by this fact...

    So I may ask you who know the VK scene schedule dynamics: should I assume that the schedules now available are definitive ones?

    I read you!

     

    1. Duwang

      Duwang

      It's way too early for most bands to announce October lives. Wait another two months.

      Give DIMLIM a little more time than that. They often announce lives barely a month in advance unless the band that invites them tends to announce things further in advance.

    2. Duwang

      Duwang

      I can help you with DIMLIM tickets btw. I sometimes have extras.

    3. Kiryu999

      Kiryu999

      Don't worry too much about that, like said above it's a bit too early for bands to announce their schedule for October now. If you're going to Tokyo they'll be plenty of lives, I've been to Tokyo twice and there were gigs scheduled every day, you will probably have a band you like play during your stay :)

      I recommend using http://visual.eplus.jp/ they list every gigs scheduled in Japan, it's very helpful !

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  6. I can't find the songwriting credits for Phantasmagoria's and Syndrome's music. I've only found a few. Does anyone happen to have a list? At least for the singles' A-sides.

    1. Lestat

      Lestat

      What I can generally find from Mago at the moment. (Most of it is the same way as with Syndrome, 'all words and music arranged by Phantasmagoria'.)

       

      Vanish...

      01. Vanish... (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

       

      actuality

      01. actuality (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

      02. Lie Light&Lost Sky (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

      03. 光に降る雨 (lyrics by Riku, music by Jun)

       

      Seeds of brain

      01. Seeds of Brain (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

      02. Cry... (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

      03. Desperate Resolution for my Soul... (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

      04. My Mental State... (music and lyrics by Kisaki)

    2. Lestat

      Lestat

      For any further details, refer to @inartistic :D

    3. inartistic

      inartistic

      Like Lestat said, for KISAKI's bands, it's usually the band itself that is credited (unfortunately). Occasionally the real credits will slip through on karaoke sites or something.

       

      But 99% of the time, it's the lead guitarist of the band or KISAKI composing, with either the vocalist or KISAKI writing the lyrics. So for Phantasmagoria it was mostly JUN composing, for first period LIN it was KANATA, for Syndrome Ruiza, etc.

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  7. Hi there!

     

    I'm requesting a rip of these two DVDs:

     

    - "Tafel Anatomie Tour 2006 ~12.06 Tour Final 渋谷公会堂~Tafel Anatomie Tour 2006 ~12.06 Tour Final 渋谷公会堂~" (D);

    - "LIVE CAFE 15th Anniversary Year Grand Finale" (An Cafe)

     

    Have any of you got any of these DVDs and would will to make the rip? 🙏

     

     

    1. suji

      suji

      Post on the Request section and you might get your wish! ;3

  8. I'm playing a gig in two hours. I'm so scared, fuck! No matter how many times I played live, still can't avoid getting THE chills!😖😖😖

     

    May Toshiya be with me!💆🎸🎶

     

    Wish me luck!

    1. Gesu

      Gesu

      Good luck, and have fun~! ^_^

    2. CAT5

      CAT5

      Ayyye, good luck. Hope you have a blast! :D

    3. yomii

      yomii

      sorry i am too late to the party but i hope everything went good!! what instrument do you play? considering your reference to toshiya, i assume it's bass?

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  9. Seriously, Kizu is the last band I would want to get overproduced. Their music is so fresh, skilled, well-produced, that it would hurt me a lot if they start releasing boring ghost-written formulaic music, as happened to many big acts of the last 5 years that were my favorites (R shitei, Kiryu, Arlequin).

     

    Now that I think of that, only Diaura seemed to remain big but also produce 'music' instead of idol anthems 🤔

  10. The resurgence of so much hate over Mejibray made me feel like watching their 2014's performance at ShibuKo. And re-confirmed that they actually did pretty well their job honoring visual kei back in the day. 

     

    So I'm leaving this in case you get intrigued or triggered.

     

    Now you can go back and listen to Royz😉

    1. platy

      platy

      It satisfies the eyes and ears, no complaints

       

       

      Edit: Koichi used to look so elegant and cool... I miss it 

    2. yomii

      yomii

      it is a stunning performance, but i am kinda underwhelmed by the fact koichi didnt use slapping there, as he did in the original recording :c

    3. nekkichi

      nekkichi

      「THE RESURGENCE OF SO MUCH HATE」highkey sounds like a fitting title for their next lineup/comeback debut single nnnn

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  11. Yeah baby, gimme all those fast over-the-top dramatic VK choruses ❤️

     

     

  12. So, I've suddenly remembered some names that totally fell out of my radar and that of every VK community I'm into:

     

    -Doremidan

    -Chemical pictures

    -Jinkaku radio

    -Sex android

     

    Do any of you guys recall anything about any of them? I was never enthusiast about their music tbh, except for one or two tracks by two of them. I was just so busy discovering An cafe and Ayabie, hehe. Now I've just looked up for them in Youtube and got surprised over some live videos with important amounts of crowd, which I suppose means they weren't irrelevant though they surely weren't big acts. 

     

    Btw, 'that' 2006-2009 sound... man, what a strange feeling I'm getting... Tfw some apparently innocuous thing of the past becomes suddenly relevant in the present...

     

    ... then thinking about Yumeleep or 0.1mg no gosan makes everything more confusing and embarrasing... 

    1. Paraph

      Paraph

      second those Doremidan recos. they're the only two i own from the band and imo are their best.

    2. Jigsaw9

      Jigsaw9

      Doremidan were great, just reading their name really takes me back! :D I've never been super into them, but I remember spinning their "Retsujou Lullaby" mini album A LOT back when I was just diving into this whole vk business.

       

      Jinkaku Radio was a really cool group too, very nice moody/melancholic sound. Again, I wasn't a huge fan but one song of theirs that will always remain with me is "Nejimaki dori". ♥ (the live version is amazing too)

       

      I really dug Chemical Pictures when they started out and they were truly in their prime back when Jimi was the bassist (you could tell his fine-tuning went a long way!). After he left I gradually lost interest in them... they were still okay but nowhere near as fun. Solid band overall tho, very creative!

    3. saiko

      saiko

      Thank you guys! I'll check your recos out immediately!

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  13. What is "menhera kei"? And how does it 'sound' like?

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    2. platy

      platy

      Menhera kei = yumeleep. Look at all the cute in their videos, you'd never think they were singing about dying and being fucked in the head. Also the singer loves giving the middle finger. 

    3. monkeybanana4

      monkeybanana4

      Here is more about the fashion style and culture of menhera kei that @Komorebi mentioned earlier: https://fymenhera.tumblr.com/info

       

      I think the band gozenreiji. fits the theme? The singer tends to talk about wrist cutting.

    4. Peace Heavy mk II

      Peace Heavy mk II

      AvelCain, R-shitei, Amai Bouroku, Savage, Depain, Meary, Zigzag, Gossip (both old and new, to an extent), 0.1g Gosan, Mathilda (kinda), Yumeleep, SHELLMY (probably), and probably 3-dozen other bands would fall somewhere onto that spectrum. It seems to be less of a subgenre, rather than an aesthetic, although bands that fall under it tend to sound like R-shitei or Savage.

       

      I know it's been used within the scene itself, so I don't think it's solely a web-generated term (Meary had an album named "Menheler-ism", and there was a history of vkei video the lead singer of Golden Bomber was in where they discussed how today's vkei uses "mental illness as a subject" or something to that extent). Mental illness and self-harm are definitely not new subjects in vkei, or music in general. The concept has just been more stylized and #branded than it has been in the past. Had time been rearranged, groups like Mucc or Earl Grey probably would have been considered part of that scene just based on lyrical content.

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  14. Has Mamo gotten any better today? I love a lot of R-shitei stuff, but seriously, dude doesn't hit a SINGLE note -totally into Sakito(Due le quartz)-level league! It's painful to listen to! 

     

     

    Since they haven't put out many live videos, maybe someone actually looking forward them in Japan could answer this.

    1. sleepy coffee

      sleepy coffee

      i have to imagine hes probably gotten better since 2013 but idk im always weary of vocalists who scream a bit cause i just assume theyre throat is always destroyed for live performances 

    2. saiko

      saiko

      Right? But since R-shitei became very "pretty-but-edgy-boy pop" oriented, thus catered to people who want to see pretty boys and dance... He is very good-looking indeed, and he does have a good in-character performance, so maybe he or even his managment hasn't considered vocal improving a priority, haha. 

  15. My god, how come I never had an interest for Gotcharoka?! VK guitarist never looked SO skilled and 'showmanshiped' like Jun! Also, just those solo-clips gave me goosebumps about every song in the setlist -chord progressions look gorgeous like no release VK in the last time!-.

     

     

    Totally digging Gotcharoka starting tomorrow!

     

     

    1. Komorebi

      Komorebi

      They are really skilled and it shows. These guys are pretty amazing.

    2. anadentone

      anadentone

      Jun and Jui are hot and awesome . Plus neither looks like they're damn near 40 either.

  16. R-shitei may have some of the most beautiful ballads ever composed within VK. So tragic, yet so sweet and innocent, that I makes the pain induced even worse... 

     

     

  17. Kujo Takemasa's drama can't get me more triggered! 

     

    Is it the end of Kiryu?

     

    Juicy drama, cooome oooverrr 

     

     

    1. saiko

      saiko

      Also, dislikes on the video keep going up

    2. yomii

      yomii

      well they already announced new single so he won't be kicked out from the band immediately it seems. but if he would, idk, i can't imagine kiryu without him and i'm not even a fan, so i don't think kiryu would last long without him. hope things will just cool down with time

    3. Gesu

      Gesu

      I don't think he'd be kicked out, anyways. If Kiryu ever had to go on without Takemasa, I imagine it'd be because he left of his own accord. I wouldn't blame him, tbh. He doesn't deserve any of this. Whatever he chooses to do is up to him, but no matter what he does, I don't think the Tanuki shitlords would be satisfied. If he stays in Kiryu, they'd get mad because they don't think their idols should have love lives if they're still active. If he left, they'd get mad because their idol left. The only way to please these people is to be single even if you don't want to be and not have a voice, which is pretty terrible, but that's just the way it goes, I'm afraid.

  18. Is it too late to ask for a quality rip of D's "Tafel anatomie" DVD? 

     

    I came across some clips on YouTube, and man, that was an AWESOME performance to give! I'd love to get to watch it entirely and not blurred a bit!

  19. Is there any live or music video of Sui's solo project "David" made available? I'm starting to dig it, so I wondered if there's such material... I'm intrigued by how it could sound live!

    1. suji

      suji

      he'll release a live DVD in June

       

      but for now (try to) enjoy this short live clip from a while back

       

  20.  

    There should be more stuff shared like this on YouTube...

  21. Seems that somebody has created a channel exclusively for purposes of sharing Kiryu video stuff. I think there are some full DVDs splited into videos for each song of the setlist. 

     

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKK-YzKZsikSkdyzXZrYZHw/videos

     

    This is super good news, since Kiryu video stuff was always hard to find!

    1. anadentone

      anadentone

      this person is my idol :D

  22. How many VK songs/PVs with a LGBT+ story/filmed secuence within them can you count? As far as I'm concerned, there are:

     

    PVs: 

     

    Pierrot's "Yuuyami suicide";

    Kiryu's "Etsu to utsu";

    Acid Black Cherry "Chou";

    Dezert's "Ikaiyou to Rousseau no sakkaku";

    Acme's "Houkagou no shiiku".

     

    Songs:

     

    Cali gari's "Blue film".

     

     

     

     

    1. nekkichi

      nekkichi

      kaya's pv for monday monday is the only one that matters x

    2. violetchain

      violetchain

      Psycho le Cemu's "Mirai Shounen x Mirai Shoujo" MV

       

       

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  23. MASCHERA's first album "Akutoku no sakae" (1994) is what you have been looking for if you are fond of the sound created by Kuroyume within its early releases. Songs in "Akutoku" sound almost identical to the compositions of guitarist Shin, so this album won't guarantee you much of a almost perfect reproduction of the aforementioned. Although the lack of a more genuine work, the songwriting sounds pretty decent and neatly executed, praising Takuya's sweet solo work and Michi's strongly dramatic stream of voice.

    1. Himeaimichu

      Himeaimichu

      I always knew of Maschera, but never got into them, but hearing this, I'm definitely going to try that album out! I fucking love that early-Kuroyume sound.

    2. saiko

      saiko

      @HimeaimichuYou are welcome! Good listening! Say your opinion here after it!

  24. So, I decided to start digging into Merry once for all. Is there any place where I could find their entire discography into 320 kbps? Thanks 😍

    1. suji

      suji

      there should be a discography thread of all their albums thus far in the dl section ;) 

  25.  

    I was always curious about how come the pv for Diaura's "Lost November" got aprox 1.5 million views on Youtube around the time it was released. I mean, Diaura wasn't a bit of the huge band it is today, and even the songwriting is pretty basic in comparison to the levels of excellent Diaura achieved circa "Triangle".

     

    In fact, I remember feeling really meh at it by that time; actually got into the Diaura hype a years after when "Sirius" was released.

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    2. Axius

      Axius

      I feel like one day they might remaster that song. It might me sick as hell if they do it right.

    3. Himeaimichu

      Himeaimichu

      @Duwang They do occasionally sometimes

      @Axius They actually rerecorded it for a best album. 

    4. Axius

      Axius

      0-0 they did now i have to look agian lol

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