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11 UGLY by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE UGLY 12 Camera Obscura by Lycaon Lycaon Camera Obscura http://i.imgur.com/Agk83BL.jpgpx;width:auto;" src="300" alt="Image" /> 13 REBELLION by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF REBELLION 14 TURBULENCE by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF TURBULENCE 15 reincarnation by Develop One's Faculties Develop One's Faculties reincarnation

Pay money To my Pain "Relive": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBkKb_sfco

This thread will have my picks from 2015, which will include a top 50 dedicated for my favorite songs, and a top 15 for albums and singles released that I most enjoyed. Do you liked it? Make a comment saying what do you enjoy on the list. Don't liked? Let me know by adding a comment with which song/release you missed here.

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It's cool to see someone else's top picks for 2015!! To be honest I don't care much for any of these artists except for XAA-XAA, but maybe this new year I will give these bands another listen!! Hard to come up with my own list... Not good with thinking of individual songs, because there's so many to choose from! But when it comes to releases, there are many that I loved from 2015 that really, in my opinion, brought me back into the visual kei scene... But they didn't seem to be popular with other fans here lol Like Dead Children's Haunted Vox and Devil Kitty's minialbum and both of GRIMOIRE's singles just to name a few.

6 銃創 by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 銃創 7 OVERTURE by vistlip vistlip OVERTURE 8 INAZUMA by ALSDEAD ALSDEAD INAZUMA 9 LAYOUT by vistlip vistlip LAYOUT 10 dadaism＃１ by DADAROMA DADAROMA dadaism＃１

I'm sorry, but what the hell is even going on here? Honestly, as long as a band doesn't say they no longer identify with the visual kei scene, like DIR EN GREY and L'Arc~en~Ciel did - if you start out in the scene and still keeps your roots in it, you are a VK band. Even GACKT every once in a while says he's a VK artist. I wish people would keep this in their minds more often. There's not an oshare-kei scene. Zeus said it perfectly - visual kei is a big umbrella that holds several different kinds of music and, for the most part, looks. AN CAFE, for example, started out in the scene, grew in popularity by playing in events with other VK bands and appearing in every kind of media directed to fans of the scene, were part of a VK label for years, etc. One of the cool things about VK for me was always the fact that there's always tons of different kinds of bands who, despite being completely different from each other, still play together for the same audience - the VK audience. Example: that huge visual kei festival (V-ROCK FESTIVAL) that took place years ago. Just check the list of artists who played there. tl;dr, it's not a matter of opinion, it's all VK.

all 6 songs of their new mini album "光(hikari)" will have PVs, for which 4 PVs will be produced by each of their members respectively

Monochrome Heaven Top 50 of 2015 #10-#1 10. "Enigmatic Feeling (2015 mix)" by 凛として時雨 (Ling Tosite Sigure) 9. "Red Carnation" by Jupiter 8. "戦-ikusa-" by 和楽器バンド (Wagakki Band) 7. "Foster Mother" by sukekiyo 6. "パレード (parade)" by KEEL 5. "蕾 (Tsubomi)" by SCAPEGOAT 4. "きれいな海へ (kirei na umi e)" by THE NOVEMBERS 3. "発火 (Hakka)" by KEEL 2. "Death in Reverse" by Mono 1. "EVOKE" by lynch. I hope you enjoyed reading the list and saw some familiar favorites along with some new faces! Tune in tomorrow for December's BNT!

Again, awesome list brah. Love that you took the time to do a big list with pictures and all. I really like pretty much everything on your list, my list shares some as well which you shall soon see, hehe. And it`s in numerical order, right? So 1 is your favorite of all? For me, the big surprises were the new challenger`s arriving with DiaWolf and Develop One`s Faculties. They create good, different music that has found many fans outside of a specific fanbase, I think they stand out as being a different style in your list, along with Moran. Also BORN really stepped up and killed it this year, too awesome. SCREW has some pretty cool tunes, I am not into them too much but they have some rocking songs like the one on your list. GAGA I have not listened to too much, I will check them out some more. BLACK GENE was also good, though they always change their style around. Anyway, thanks again for posting. It`s a lot of work, but it`s nice to look over when you are all done, like your own personal yearbook, huh?

God I fucking love this man, Yoshi for president, Taira for governor, and Jin for secretary <3 <3 Oh my lorrddddd this pv is great slayyy DADAROMA

New PV and look from DADAROMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyQGyWQP6Q

1 MIMIC by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND MIMIC 2 VENA by coldrain coldrain VENA 3 LIVE THE STALIN by BORN BORN LIVE THE STALIN 4 オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ by BORN BORN オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ 5 夜明けを前に by Moran Moran 夜明けを前に

41 GODDESS by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE GODDESS from UGLY 42 UNCHAINED by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF UNCHAINED from TURBULENCE 43 マダラ蝶 by リライゾ リライゾ マダラ蝶 from 44 最終電車 by DADAROMA DADAROMA 最終電車 from 最終電車 45 睡蓮 by MUCC MUCC 睡蓮 from T.R.E.N.D.Y. 46 裏返り by Black Gene For The Next Scene Black Gene For the Next Scene 裏返り from 裏返り 47 LAST DANCE by Lycaon Lycaon LAST DANCE from LAST DANCE 48 COLD CASE by vistlip vistlip COLD CASE from COLD CASE 49 ジプシー by Lycaon Lycaon ジプシー from ジプシー 50 ANITYA by SCREW SCREW ANITYA from 昏睡

31 VICTIM by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF VICTIM from REBELLION 32 INCUBUS by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE INCUBUS from DOGMA 33 INFERNO by DIAWOLF DIAWOLF INFERNO from REBELLION 34 DERACINE by THE GAZETTE THE GAZETTE DERACINE from DOGMA 35 コドモセカイ by LOUD GRAPE LOUD GRAPE コドモセカイ from コドモセカイ 36 MIND by VRZEL VRZEL MIND from MIND MONSTER 37 And-O by XII-Destructive Agent if JAP XII-Destructive Agent if JAP And-O from And-O 38 籠絡 by GAGA GAGA 籠絡 from 籠絡 39 兆 by GAGA GAGA 兆 from 籠絡 40 BALLAD by Lycaon Lycaon BALLAD from ジプシー

21 逆卍より、愛をこめて by Black Gene For the Next Scene Black Gene For the Next Scene 逆卍より、愛をこめて from 逆卍より、愛をこめて 22 VS by LOUD GRAPE LOUD GRAPE VS from コドモセカイ 23 SHOOTING STAR by Black Gene For the Next Scene Black Gene For the Next Scene SHOOTING STAR from SHOOTING STAR 24 夜明けを前に by Moran Moran 夜明けを前に from 夜明けを前に 25 WHOLE by coldrain coldrain WHOLE from VENA 26 DIVINE by coldrain coldrain DIVINE from VENA 27 EVOIII by ALSDEAD ALSDEAD EVOIII from INAZUMA 28 PRETTY LITTLE LIAR by coldrain coldrain PRETTY LITTLE LIAR from VENA 29 モルヒネ＃２ by DADAROMA DADAROMA [ モルヒネ＃２ from dadaism＃１ 30 IGNIS HEART by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST IGNIS HEART from PROVIDENCE

11 灰色の森 My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND [ 灰色の森 from MIMIC 12 幸福についての尺度 Moran Moran 幸福についての尺度 from 夜明けを前に 13 PROVIDENCE by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST PROVIDENCE from PROVIDENCE 14 HEART OF THE YOUNG by coldrain coldrain HEART OF THE YOUNG from VENA 15 MONEY by DADAROMA DADAROMA MONEY from dadaism＃１ 16 MONOGRAM by vistlip vistlip MONOGRAM from OVERTURE 17 BABEL by vistlip vistlip BABEL from OVERTURE 18 未定 by Moran Moran 未定 from 夜明けを前に 19 INAZUMA by ALSDEAD ALSDEAD INAZUMA from INAZUMA 20 闇 by ザアザア ザアザア 闇 from 死にたい

1 REM SLEEP by vistlip vistlip REM SLEEP from LAYOUT 2 オルタナ by BORN BORN オルタナ from オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ 3 REPEAR MIMIC by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND REAPER MIMIC from MIMIC 4 目覚める２分前 by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 目覚める２分前 from MIMIC 5 銃創 by NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 銃創 from 銃創 6 嗚咽 by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 嗚咽 from MIMIC 7 坩堝 by BORN BORN 坩堝 from オルタナティヴ・タランチュラ 8 GOD COLLAPSE by BORN BORN GOD COLLAPSE from GOD COLLAPSE 9 凶の世界/My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 凶の世界 from MIMIC 10 ネジレル/My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND ネジレル from MIMIC

The way I understood it, visual-kei is a big umbrella which has several sub-scenes, including but not limited to oshare-kei, nagoya-kei, kotekote-kei, etc. So for example all oshare bands are visual but not all visual bands are oshare. I just see them all as different flavors of visual-kei. I have heard of some more esoteric *-keis which describe the mannerisms of how they dress, but I have never heard anyone claim that these sub-kei's are completely separate from visual kei.

I love Frederic so here are some vids i uploaded on youtube for a friend.

Nice! Thanks for the Tempalay update, @seurong. I'll definitely need to check out their album. I'm pretty sure they are officially utilizing the love I have leftover from disappointment with 踊ってばかりの国's (odotte bakari no kuni) last two albums. Here's some nice 2014 gems that I don't believe have been posted yet. Ykiki Beat Just a grand indie pop anthem and interestingly enough, the singer almost has a Scottish accent! フレデリック (Frederic) I know @violetchain has posted about them a little, but here's their best video. So fun!

also the paellas. i think i might like this more than their album. #BELIEVE

Pretty good! The guitarist reminds me of MiA

it is announced at BAROQUE Xmas live "G O O D M O R N I N G B O Y S A N D G I R L S" at Shibuya VISION at 2015/12/25 that they will commence recording for their new CD in early 2016, which will be released in 2016, although details have not yet been announced btw they will hold their one-man live "G O O D M O R N I N G B O Y S A N D G I R L S" at Nagoya ell.FITS ALL at 2016/03/17, at OSAKA MUSE at 2016/03/18 and at Shimokitazawa GARDEN at 2016/03/25

SuG new (and first major) mini album "VIRGIN" will be released at 2016/03/09 (3 TYPE, 7 songs) limited edition TYPE A (4,860yen) will include CD+DVD+"SuG TOUR 2016 SLVS" handshaking event ticket, limited edition TYPE B (3,240yen) will include CD+DVD, and regular edition (2,000yen) will include CD+member letter subscription ticket+SuG masters cards (2 out of 10 pcs) [CD track list] 01.teenAge dream 02.SICK'S 03.桜雨(sakuraame) 04.純・不純異性交遊(jun fujun isei kouyuu) 05.無限Styles(mugen Styles) 06.In the shadow 07.Smells Like Virgin Spirit [limited edition TYPE A DVD contents] ・European tour documentary ・LIVE「VersuS 2015」documentary [limited edition TYPE B DVD track list] SICK'S (PV) teenAge dream (PV) 桜雨(sakuraame) (PV) Smells Like Virgin Spirit (PV) 桜雨(sakuraame) (PV shooting off-shot)

@@doombox I'm pretty in love with the coldrain's songs this year I have to agreed when saying I do like older releases from MUCC more, but this song went in so crazy mood at my ears that they won me with that xD Loud Grape release great songs, but they don't release that much anymore -.-

@@sairensu Yes, some bands don't get a lot of fans like others, this also goes to XAA XAA. Dead Children and Devil Kitty's music don't worked to me. @@Tetora Number 1 is the favorite for me... and yes vistlip song, not BORN x'D For SCREW, this one and something BUDDHA was the one that really I trult enjoyed. Black Gene changed a lot since SALA left and SAN joined the band, but I still like them ^^ Yes, it took a lot of work, tbqh I'm pretty satisfied seeing it here lol

^Oh wow, thanks for posting those! <3 Cool to see them doing DNA desu and Ai no meiwaku in the second one. The sassy hand gestures always make me smile.

just for info, "K.A." stands for "KILLANETH"

Sadly it's only one new track, but I can't wait xD Their new look is amazing <3 maya with black hair <3

Kaya lucky bag has been available for ordering through official web-shop since 2016/01/01 (6,480yen), which will include rare goods, cheki etc. (with value of 15,000yen)

^ No offence, but this is getting really strange. Sounds like oshare is a separate genre now. I always though that Visual kei is genre that requires 2 components: flashy looks (hairstyles, make up, costumes) + music itself. And here we go - as a musical genre vk contains a big variation of musical directions. It's really hard (and no particular need) to divide it into subgenres, but there are actually styles that have common characteristics that allow to unite them into separate subgenre. Oshare kei is one of most obvious visual kei subgenres, which is characterized mostly by positive music and vivid looks. So I wanna hear opinions why oshare is not part of vk anymore. Thanks.

Despite being awfully consistent with not a single weak album in their 40 years and 23 album long career. No matter which one you ut on you're in for a good ride, but the quality is a bit up and down of courser.. But there's five Motörhead albums I consider a must in everysingle metal fans collection: Overkill Ace of Spades Iron Fist Orgasmatron 1916 No Sleep 'til Hammersmith is a must too, to be honest. Might be the very best album ever. These albums are everything a rock 'n' roll and heavy metal fan should want from a rock/heavy metal album. Brilliant albums, all of them. Motörhead was also one of the very first rock/metal bands I got into. The majority of us skateboarders used to listen to stuff like Motörhead, Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Religion, The Offspring, Pennywise and so on, so they got played a lot during the 10 years I skated a lot.

what about using Kamijo x Zin double vocals!

the garbage is still there, its just hidden

Shut up.

Just got my stuff a few days ago, and forgot to write a review >____<"""". But everything came perfectly, and shipping time was about average (came from Ukraine, so I expected it to take a while lol). But very stellar stuff, total awesomeness all around!!

Monochrome Heaven Top 50 of 2015 #20-#11 20. The GazettE - "OMINOUS" 19. PELICAN FANCLUB - "Chilico" 18. coldrain - "Words Of The Youth" 17. "Pairidaēza lost" by IX -NINE- 16. "灰色の森 (Haiiro no mori)" by My BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND 15. Mouse on the Keys - "the lonely crowd" 14. Lament. - "The Screaming Pain" 13. DIV - "イケナイKISS (ikenai KISS)" 11. DADAROMA - "最終電車 (saishuu densha)" See you tomorrow for the next ten!

Did MiA left MEJIBRAY?... No... wait......

Let's play~

yyyyyeeeeeeeeesssssss Also lmao @ them releasing it pretty much at the same time as the equally endlessly postponed X Japan album

this is what happens when you're stuck in a scene focused entirely on making fangirls want that colorful rainbow dick tbh

I feel bad for their fans, but personally I hope Kaya will get back to his solo career (and/or Schwarz Stein), and that the other members continue in other, more worthwhile projects. In theory this could've been an awesome band (see: Meties), but it was missing some good tunes imo.

T/ssue's White~

Took me a while but dammm i didnt know f(x) was going to slay so hard, like damm