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That's probably what their manager at PSC said when he or she saw their sales on their last trainwreck.

Hi guys, Yumi here from Singapore ^^ I'm really bad with these introduction stuff so pardon my awkwardness /laughs I'm a major VKei fan (like my Android playlist is nothing but vkei u_u) and I listen to quite a few bands, just to name some ¤ SuG ¤ ViV ¤ DIAURA ¤ Alice Nine ¤ SID ¤ DILIAL Etc...(↑ that's my daihonmei/honmei list) Hoping that I'll be able to make more friends here? C: eheh I'll sometimes upload the releases that I have at hand as well u_u So yeah. This post is at like 3AM over here so everyone have a good morning/night LOL /runsawayawkwardly

Cool, last mini album rocked so I am looking forward to this. Btw, none of these titles are more edgy, foreign, or just plain stupid than releases by X Japan, Buck Tick, or Hide, for example. It was always a part of heavy rock music, and IMO is cooler than song titles with 20 obscure kanji, or some 'poetic' sentence about a flower. A title is just a way to get attention, and it is working for BORN and Sadie, despite them being the bands that it is cool to hate.

Thank you! And yasss A9 and DIAURA love /o/ ♡

LOL, Really? This isn't really that weird of a title... doesn't seem out of place for BORN, very different from Sadie's current situation (Which is TOTALLY ridiculous lol..) Anyway, I still enjoyed The Stalin and this is me saying it out loud! Looking forward to this!

I don't like poodles. Is there shibetag?

Some good Japanese stoner: Church of Misery, Eternal Elysium, Boris, Redwood Blues, Sonic Flower, Chūgakusei Kanoke, Greenmachine, King Goblin Some good Japanese sludge: Corrupted, dot(.), Boris, Garadama, Wheel of Doom, Zenocide, Birushanah, Congenital Hell, Godgrind, Nerveless, Sithter, Solar Anus, Church of Misery, Boris, Sonic Flower, Corrupter, Solar Anus and Congential Hell all have must-haves in their discograhy. Also, sludge can be as fast as it can be slow. A lot of bands owes more to the old hardcore of Black Flag, while many others owes more to the bluesy doom og Black Sabbath, but in general sludge is a mixture of hardcore punk and traditional doom metal. But you can also mix hardcore and traditional doom without being sludge, so there is more to it than that. But in general, it's a fine way to recognize sludge. A filthy mix of hardcore and doom metal. Yummy! Saint Vitus (one of the original doom metal bands) mixed Black Flag with their brand of traditional doom on Hallow's Victim without making a sludge album. But you get the point.

it is announced at BORN one-man live tour "〜THE STALIN -SECTION 1-【OSMOSIS】〜" tour final at Shinjuku BLAZE at 2014/07/26 that their new maxi single "Son Of A Bitch" will be released at 2014/12/03 (3 TYPE) limited edition TYPE A (2,700yen) will include CD (2 songs)+DVD (including "Son Of A Bitch" PV & PV making), limited edition TYPE B (2,700yen) will include CD (2 songs)+DVD (including "Son Of A Bitch" recording documentary movie), and regular edition (1,620yen) will include CD (3 songs) only btw they will hold their one-man live "～THE STALIN -SECTION 2-【BRAINWASH】～" at Shinjuku BLAZE at 2014/12/29

it is announced at アルルカン(arlequin) one-man live "ダメ人間(dame ningen)" at Takadanobaba AREA at 2014/07/26 that their new album "ニア・イコール(near equal)" will be released at 2014/11/12, although details have not yet been announced SET-LIST at 2014/07/26: SE 01.ステラ(stella) 02.Eclipse 03.SynonyM 04.Apoptsis 05.blind bud 06.イノセンス(innocence) 07.白死蝶(byakushichou) 08.胸の内に宿る息(mune no uchigawa ni yadoru iki) 09.Fiction 10.ナミダノアト(namida no ato) 11.似非林檎-eseringo- 12.リビドー(libido) 13.DROPLET 14.墓穴(hakaana) 15.ダメ人間(dame ningen) 16.像(zou) EN1 01.Eclipse

GALNERYUS new album "VETELGYUS" will be released at 2014/09/24, although details have not yet been announced btw they will hold their live tour "THE VOYAGE TO THE BOUNDLESS UNIVERSE" since Fukuoka BEAT STATION at 2014/10/10 and up to tour final at Shibuya Koukaidou at 2014/11/23

This is my first review here on MH, and this single is worth of a review -Yamiyo no Lion: the a-side of the single confirms again what Kamijo can really do, a reprise of his natural style and genre that characterized him since Lareine. Rhytmic song with gothic epic chorus, which makes it a very good tune --->9/10 -Bastille: the best song of the single imo!! Revolutionary, it is made on a style atypical for Kamijo and approaches him to industrial music -in fact in some ways it reminds me of Schwein's music- --->10/10 -Unmei: this track is the self-cover of the third part of God Palace -Method of Inheritance-, with a music closer to Versailles' Remember Forever. It is a very enjoyable thing he made for his fans and i'd like that he could make more self-covers in the future. --->9/10 Final Vote ---> 9/10 It is a very good single, like Moulin Rouge has been: but it shows that Kamijo can do everything (yes also heavy music) without any problems. And i want to do a wish: he should try an industrial concept, i think that he will be successful

Hi Monochrome Heaven, I'm chewi. I've posted here before but I haven't introduced myself. I like music of all types, and honestly don't know much about visual kei and etc. However, I don't consider myself an "expert" on any type of music, so... I found this site through a turntable.fm room (RIP) and joined. I'm CAT5's friend. I'm a 20 year old guy who goes to college. I'm studying Japanese stuff. I'll try to post here more. Thanks for reading. If you wanna know anything, just ask me. Last.fm taste for the past month: I'm into japanese, pop, female vocalists, electronic and vaporwave, including: Miley Cyrus, Richard Elliot, Lady Gaga, DREAMS COME TRUE, Iggy Azalea, MILLENNIAL DREAM CORP., Charisma.com, especia, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Macintosh Plus, Britney Spears, Alanis Morissette, Charli XCX, Azealia Banks, チャットモンチー, Lana Del Rey, Ai, Icona Pop, 骨架的, 戴佩妮, 小泉今日子, きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ, Tove Lo, Trina, Serph, 氷川きよし, 人魚, Janet Jackson, Perfume, 少女時代, Pulp Non-Fiction, Capsule, 大森靖子, Beyoncé, 吳克群, 안녕바다, 휴먼레이스, рмнчитто, esc 不在, WTF.FM, cyberspace FANTASIES, Mariah Carey, AOA, Utada, 官恩娜, EMI MARIA, 2NE1, 小南泰葉, Saint Pepsi. Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/chewiiii

Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex? - The Guardian This article touched on something that really scares me about Japan...when people start thinking that relationships are too much work and they "can't be bothered." Just read the article if you want to be scared about Japan as well XD Thoughts?

リウ(RIU) new CD-R "夕焼けノスタルジア(yuuyake nostalgia)" will be released at his live and through his official web-shop since 2014/07/26 (1,000yen) [track list] 01.暁(akatsuki) 02.絡繰奇譚(karakurikitan) 03.黒い月の人魚(kuroi tsuki no ningyo) 04.夕焼けノスタルジア(yuuyake nostalgia)

TAG new digital single "Synapse wall" will be available for download through iTunes at 2014/07/30 [track list] 01.Binah (music: Kazutoshi Yokoyama, ryo / lyrics: ryo) 02.Contingency (music: Kazutoshi Yokoyama, ryo / lyrics: ryo) 03.Stop motion piece of Times (music: Kazutoshi Yokoyama / lyrics: ryo) 04.Salient soul-inst.- (music: Kazutoshi Yokoyama) 05.失楽(shitsuraku)-inst.- (music: Kazutoshi Yokoyama) 06.rendezvous-inst.- (music: Kazutoshi Yokoyama)

In my post I pointed out how the many of the very first VK releases had Western styled titles with similar themes to get attention. So how is this new or changing anything? And X Japan are far more 'respected' than pretty much any band. VK and Rock always had an air of doing whatever you want, and defining your own sense of what is cool, rather than just trying to fit in. Yet when any band tries something different, or comes out with a loud title or look, people bash them for not following the status quo. People also complain about bands looking too similar but when someone does something that stands out they are the target of all negativity. Another popular thing is to compare them to other people to say they are copying someone as if that completely demerits them. Japan, VK, Rock and music in general are centered around taking old things and recycling them into new products, yet this only applies as criticism to certain bands who are not in the 'cool books'. IMO this band is way better than all the negativity they get, and there is nothing new about this title, but obv. It somewhat works as this thread as of my typing this has more replies and views than UNiTE.'s thread, which has way more content for a more popular band.

My kitty

Heey (or good morning?) xD yaaay DIAURA & Alice Nine ;D I already saw one of your uploads ^^ btw thanks for that and I look forward to your further uploads

Hey hey! Welcome

seems like they're doing well look forward to it ^^

I agree !! xD let's see how it will be

Can't wait to hear it

Very true but Born has always had titles like that, "Damnit!!!" is a good song too XD

No problem. I've heard alot people mistaking the snare hammerings in Different Sense and Decayed Crow as blast beats, also. And it astounds me everytime I see the live footage, to see that it took him like 3 years to manage keeping up with his feet on these sections. Not to mention he totally skips the double bass sections in red soil... I mean in studio he can apparently do a lot of things, but the only way I can explain his fucking up live is that he doesn't appear to ever practice. Hence... good thing he stays away from blast beats.

LOL SORRY TO DISAPPOINT LUV

Dr.莎奈(sana) is ex-EVE Dr.祥(yoshi)

I'll just say that I'm surprised at many of the comments here. I lived in Japan for a good while and I've never experienced anything like that. I dunno if I'm just lucky, but if someone tells me he/she had been denigrated or mocked by a random stranger on the street... Japan's probably one of the last places that will come to mind. From my own experience - and I won't pretend that it's a universal experience of Being In Japan - I've observed that alienation is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. A lot of people feel that they won't be accepted *anyway* in a foreign land hence they make zero effort to know people in the local community. It's the same here where I live. We peer at foreigners in our midst and imagine that they won't want to be approached by us anyway, so we keep a distance from them and feel miserable at having been alienated "by them". Obviously there are instances where you do get rudely rebuffed, and that's unfortunate. Nonetheless this isn't a problem endemic to Japan - there are rude idiots everywhere. It's also no one's fault that there's always gonna be a language/culture barrier. This problem is compounded in Japan as they're generally not fluent in conversational English, and instead of embarrassing themselves they tend to avoid gaijin. Some people construe this as "being rude" but I don't because if I were in their shoes I'd probably have done that too. This brings up another problem I've noticed that's the opposite of the first - some visitors to Japan can be overzealous. Let's just say Japanese people generally don't like others (especially strangers) to be too in-your-face or direct, especially if they can already hardly understand what you're trying to say. For my part, rather than clenching my fist and whining that this barrier exists, I did everything I could to try and overcome it by learning their language. After all, I'm more interested in their culture/language than they are in mine, so why not? By and large things have worked out very well in my various interactions with natives. In any case, I would advise taking others' anecdotal "evidence" with a pinch of salt. Some people may have had bad experiences - and I'm sorry to hear that - but these aren't exemplary of what living in Japan as a non-Japanese feels like. The bottom line is that if you treat people in a way that you'd like to be treated, there shouldn't be problems. Edit: Regarding the topic, it's unanswerable because how would I know what living in Japan as a Japanese feels like? I believe this was basically what Ikna said as well - without knowing that there's no basis for comparison between the two "possible scenarios." However if I have a chance to move there permanently (and that's different from "wishing I'm Japanese") I think I'll be happy to do so

LOL　日本人？ そうですね、北京で働いてます。今日は土曜だけど働いてます。笑 んんん、日本人も結構いると思いますね。まあ、確かに、日本語勉強したことある中国人は多いですね。

i should, but they are good to me. plus i think it's what the universe wants, like i was getting close to grieva then whoop Dahlia gets shared. also kinda wondered what they would sound like like with metal again then bam, ドグラマグラ, Akujo no Hohoemi and part of Dorei to Kubiwa. but i do have breaks

Get help.

b/w shines, and title track is a little suck for me. in a word, average overall but track 2 rules the aura of this single. nice debut review bro.

Artist: ALSDEAD Album: STARLESS Score: Is this a fluke or does ALSDEAD finally have some spark? Despite my absence on most visual kei threads on the forums concerning new bands, I do follow some bands and check out new releases from time to time. The only time I find myself compelled to make a review is when: something exceeds my expectations of a band is incredibly bad and deserves no hype when the hype is mellow, the release deserves a review and doesn't have one ALSDEAD is a band that's by and far ignored on Monochrome Heaven - after having an explosive opening with their first two singles their flop of a self-titled relegated them to the trash bin for many, and their subpar output since 2009 hasn't helped them any. They've found a cult following in people that crave the sound they produce, but for those outside that small group this band has offered very little worth listening to. Even though Separator (barely) made our best-of list last year, anyone that follows my reviews knows I roasted that album over an open spit for being so dull it left me with very little to say about it. I had a hard time coming to terms with the fact that the band that crafted Violent of Reason and F-99 could release so many boring songs, so I find myself downloading a release from them now and again to see if they've become interesting once more. I thought I would never say this, but ALSDEAD have released something I find genuinely interesting. For a couple of plays at least. I can't pinpoint exactly why I like STARLESS so much. Both tracks are solid and I can always appreciate the balance between an aggressive track and a more laid-back rock track. Both songs are exactly as long as they need to be, feature tasteful use of studio pyrotechnics, and clean production. Picture is also outside of ALSDEAD's comfort zone, and they nail it well. I'm sure they've done tracks like this before, but as a person that doesn't follow ALSDEAD like that this was a welcome surprise. If I wanted to nitpick, I could mention that STARLESS' solo is a little on the simple side, but that's a small blip. This is the first release I've heard by ALSDEAD with Nikky from GALEYD, so I attribute a lot of the positive things I said here to him. I don't know if Maki is still the main composer after all, but bands that tend to only have one composer get stale quick, which was my problem with this band for the longest. If Meku's stranglehold over most of GALEYD's output caused other members of the band to have to put their creativity on pause and this is the first time that Nikky's been able to express himself, GALEYD's disbandment might be the single greatest thing that's ever happened to this band. Well, aside from their ex-drummer adopting a name better than Peanuts Benjamin and the band playing at that lolicon in the middle of New Mexico. For once, I have nothing negative to say. The single does it job well, which is to raise hype for an upcoming album. If the material on the album is as consistent as the small teaser we have now, I might have something nice to say about the album at the end of the year.

limited edition (4,104yen) will include CD+Blu-ray (including scene of their live at Zepp Tokyo at 2014/04/27, 90 minutes), and regular edition (3,240yen) will include CD only [CD track list] 01.REDSTAR RISING(SE) 02.ENDLESS STORY (lyrics: Syu) 03.THERE'S NO ESCAPE (lyrics: SHO) 04.ULTIMATUM (lyrics: SHO) 05.ENEMY TO INJUSTICE (lyrics: SHO) 06.THE JUDGEMENT DAY(VETELGYUS MIX) (lyrics: Syu) 07.VETELGYUS(SE) 08.ATTITUDE TO LIFE (lyrics: SHO) 09.SECRET LOVE (lyrics: SHO) 10.THE GUIDE (lyrics: TAKA) 11.I WISH (lyrics: Syu) 12.THE VOYAGE(SE) all songs are composed by Syu except that "SECRET LOVE" is composed by YUHKI

why am i so dependent on Lycaon? its like bondage with em

Already did.

Done and done. ^^

niceeeeeeeee

fucking gaijins.

wooh it took some time but upvoted all of your pics though it didnt change anything :/ anyway i need ya help now! D; vote this one up please: and will be also cool if you'll downvote others as well :v thanks

1. xTRiPx (mainly pre-revival both trad. and F.S.A era) 2. Janne Da Arc/A.B.C (I used to listen to them religiously from '09-'12/ not VK but worth putting here) 3. ＮＥＸＸ 4. Royz 5. ユナイト 6. DIV 7. ネオン/the LEM (Rikuto bands) 8. Blu-billion 9. v[NEU] (vo. Mitsu) 10. ViViD (pre-Real) Honorable mentions: Vistlip ケミカルピクチャーズ SINCREA the Raid. Called≠Plan ＭｏＮｏＬｉｔｈ LUCHe., Airish, Anfinit, アルルカン, and RoNo☆Cro are either close or would be up there if it weren't for the fact that they're relatively new to me. Everything but ネオン, ＮＥＸＸ, xTRiPx, and Janne Da Arc I've followed since the beginning/early stages so history plays a decent role.

I would totally just move to Universal Studios if I lived in Florida. I'd just... park my ass over there and refuse to move. Hang onto some valuable objects guards would not be ready to sacrifice to get me out.

HOOOOO !! REAL JAPANESE ?? I LOVE YOU GUYS !!! = ^__^ = (Sorry to be annoying, but I couldn't prevent myself X3 ) I didn't know there was japanese people on Monochrome Heaven It's soooo cool !

digi always reminds me of some mix between Bambi and a pin-up model! I saw this interesting make-up tutorial, and I wanted to try the eyeshadow she showed in it. Normally I don't use eyeshadow, so of course the make-up session turned into taking-selfies-and-photoshopping hour. (Pfft, the wig is too up and three hours of sleep -eyes.)

Maybe lecca?

I totally hate mosh pits, crowds of people pushing each others around to get to the front row, etc. Crowd surfing is the biggest nightmare for me (but it doesn't happen on vk lives). I go to a concert to listen to the music and watch the performance, not to be thrown around like a rag. It scares me and I can't focus on the live at all, because I only think how to survive in that crowd and what hurts me at the moment, or whose elbow is stabbing me. I'm very short, so I can be either in the first row, or completely in the back. It sucks I can't just sit down somewhere in the back and watch everything, though. All venues should have some seats on a higher platform in the back, so people could just watch the live from there without getting interrupted or tired (standing for too long is a painful problem for me, because of the health problems).

I love mosh pits. But I'm not big enough or strong enough to hang with most of the guys here. Our pits can be very violent (it's common to see 2-3 people leave with bloody faces through out the night) so I hang right at the outside to help pick people up with they fall or push people back in when they spin out of control. Japanese bands coming here don't usually have mosh pits. Only maybe Crossfaith (because their music is more western influenced) have had a nice sized pit so far for me. Dir en grey here is all female crowd usually who don't pit much, or it's very mild. But I hear in other cities they have crazy pits so maybe it's just my town is not too into them like other places. But most of my Japanese concert experience has been at anime conventions and no one ever pits at those things.

Vidoll hands down.

Please do yourself a favor and watch one of VK's finest videos: (But seriously, if you don't like this song, chances are you won't like most of Vidoll stuff. Their earlier music, at least).

Too many problems Champo. 1. You paid for a Last.FM subscription. What does that even do? Put a little subscriber box underneath your picture and allow you to know who came to your page. Well now you know I came to nitpick and criticize, which are the two things I do best. 2. You have artists with letters I have never seen before. How do you even pronounce Týr? Tear? It must be because I'm being moved to tears right now. 3. ｄｉｅＳ is in Unicode. I am a Unicode hater. Everyone needs to use regular letters. Fuck those oversized Japanese equivalents you can all use ASCII and lick my chocolate bum. 4. There are too many viking bands. Shirtless muscled men makes me feel insecure in my manliness.

Live at home until you're 30 with Mom and Dad because you can't afford to buy a house? Exam hell? Finally get your job as a salaryman and work overtime routinely because it's expected of you to do so, to the point where there's a term associated with "death by overwork"? All this happening in a country with one of the highest suicide rates and one of the highest depression rates? I can't imagine why no one my age in Japan is obsessed with sex. They're all too busy trying to survive and do what's expected of them.