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ヴァージュ(Virge) new single "凱歌" will be released 2017.11.01. TrackList: CD 1.凱歌 2.踊り子 3.泡沫 4.夜想 DVD 1.凱歌 Music Video Dr.或(Aru) (ex.MALISEND) has also joined -Edit- New Look: vo.遼(Ryo) gu.紫月(Shizuki) ba.沁(Shin) dr.或(Aru)

らせん (Rasen) (Crucifixion x La'Veil MizeriA side project) will be releasing a new single "切断" (Setsudan) on August 9th. It will be sold their live at 恵比寿clubaim (Enbisu clubaim) for 1,000 yen. A track listing was not revealed, but based on their other 1,000 yen singles, it will most likely contain two songs. Also, they also released an additional single on May 6th called "死化粧" (Shigeshou). I don't recall seeing a thread here about that, but that's out floating around in space for you kote-kei collectorz out there. 1. 縋想 (Sugasou) 2. 死化粧 (Shigeshou)

session band "Badass?" has changed to new band "ラストクレイン (The Last Crane)" at 2017/8/5. Vo.Leo Gu.よっぴ (Yoppy) Ba.ミオ (Mio) Dr.ゆうき (Yuki) https://twitter.com/TheLastCrane

— (💙) if you think he's slaying iT at the gyudoniya kitchen support — (🐕) if you think ドトールコーヒー turned his resume down

i think we've reached the pinnacle of vk band names

*stalks every single new band announcement hoping for karmas return* *promptly leave, disappointed every time*

NIL UNDER RAIN will release their 2nd single (Live-limited) on 2017.09.06

Band's still ruined due to the shittiness of the vocalist

KARMA IS SHAKING RYO DID THAT

blonde Kaoru looking like shit is a way bigger problem than whatever failed political message they've been trying to squeeze over this tour

I legit almost cried. The quality sounds like it could be from an old sega genesis game. Everything about this is amazing.

ain't this the tea where is my depression art GOD

Ugh. Such a shame that one fuckboy can make such a promising band stop activities.

Their output has been a bit hit & miss for me, but they've definitely got my attention, so I'm keeping an eye on them. I like LIQUID VAIN, but those harsh vocals kinda ruin it for me. Really diggin the melodic-punk vibes on 邪崩 tho,

I'm just going to forget that @Disposableever existed and listen to this on repeat for the next 30 minutes.

Dear esteemed colleagues, As you all know, a year has passed since the passing of the legendary AvelCain. It has been a difficult year, but we have been able to rely on each other for emotional support in this trying time. In memoriam, we are continuing to hold on to the hope that he will be coming back in some form or another. While he may not be with us in physical form, he is in the air and he is the wind between the tree branches that hung his signature red noose. We continue to hope for his arrival back to this world, and for that we will utilize this thread to consolidate our understand of the beautiful being that had left with his absence. Please don't hesitate to share any information you have about his return, and together we will await the good news...the pot of gold at the end of the blood stained rainbow. PS. Distribute this throughout all your networks, Thank you. -emmny/KarmasWife666

where's THAT guy from malisend tho

SO ready for the return of bedroomdemotapecore

Kaoru is often the one that makes the questionable fashion choices. I mean seriously...

Artists use their preferred medium to present thought provoking/evocative/controversial/whatever messages all the time. Kyo & Co. aren't the first and they certainly won't be the last. And considering this is the same band with the vocalist that promised to one day fuck our parents as well as rape our daughters on our graves, I REALLY don't think they're concerned with offending anyone. Also, if they were worried about killing off their fan base, they never would have recorded DSS.

can't think about anything except literal under-the-table BJs he's been giving to supply his band/mitsu incum 😱

Wow I can't believe I haven't posted about the album until now: I. LOVE. IT. Not at all disappointed, I just found their choice for the title track to be questionable (it's my least favorite on the album). My favorite is definitely track #5. I'm always a sucker for their use of the piano As someone mentioned here earlier, some of the tracks are definitely...danceable (namely #9. It'd be so fun to hear live!). I also hear some slight industrial elements throughout this album that I totally dig. I'm glad that they're trying some new things! The collab tracks were okay, with mama being my favorite one. Gara did a GREAT job, and now I gotta look into MERRY more :^)

He's definitely improved a lot since their first single. And in VK where a lot of singers either sound the same or can't sing at all I think kouki is like a hidden gem.

Three songs from their self-titled...am I noticing a trend?

Agreed. Once you get used to his voice you really start to love it. Also I think he made some progress over the years.

You can tell there actually aren't that many unpopular opinions in this thread, because the second you actually post one it turns into a page long polemic within the span of a single day @CAT5 I agree. Their alt-rockiness feels more western and direct, and it's something they took straight from the source to fit their own sound and concept, and not like how it usually works in vk where you get the western influence second-hand by looking up to a domestic band. I also don't think there's a vk band that sounds like d'espairsray, so that's something. RAN OUT OF POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY i can't even listen to stuff like maverick these days. I immediately get this mental image of whatever comes up when you google "fishnet goth"

Ya know, speaking as someone whose tastes lie chiefly outside of VK...I think there's always been an element to D'espa that sounded distinctly non-VK...and even non J-rock to an extent. Your Linkin Park comparisons kinda give a bit of credence to those claims on it's own. But Hizumi's voice...it definitely had a VK tone to it...but his delivery seemed sharper and more...controlled? than a lot of VK vocalists I've heard. He also had a kind of "pizazz" to his delivery that I thought stood out. I don't think I can properly articulate what I mean, but hopefully you kinda get what i'm hinting at. Also, the production quality for [Coll:set] was stellar, but I definitely wouldn't say it was typical of VK or J-rock as a whole. [Coll:set] was pretty densely layered (maybe even overproduced), but also had a really punchy quality to it that I could only poorly describe as "western". So in a way, I can see why you'd want to dismiss them add exclude them from the VK canon, but for those same reasons, I think that's why I've always been fond of them. Mind you, I pretty much stopped caring about their work post-2006. REDEEMER was somewhat "redeeming" tho.

oh nvm, I didn't see the embedded video by some reason this isn't half-bad compared to the other up and cumming scene kweens of this year tbh, I like the slightly shoddy vocals. I hope the baguette chanteuse doesn't end up in the same-sounding flatrange VK vocalist stall a single or two from now (also I think they'll disband fast.)

not really badass actually

Yes, that is Rigo Tovar.

A fan of BAISER, MALICE MIZER, and La'Mule? You'll fit in quite well with this parade of bangyas

welcome to MH! hope to see you around

Welcome fellow lurker! May the gods of flashness stay with you.

Took a spooky night video of my new rig. Dual GTX 1080s in SLI, i7-5820k, 40 GB of Corsair Dominator ram (though windows is acting kinda buggy and only detecting 32), and more HDDs than is probably sane (3TB in SSDs, 8TB in mechanical) all slapped on an ASUS R5E in a Lian-Li DK-04 desk case. This thing really powers the fuck out of some spreadsheets because I never have time to play games :'3

Their first release was amazing. I could clearly hear how much Koryu and Tetsuya brought music-wise, Tsurugi added a lot as well on top of that. The other two.... The title songs are kinda weird, which is not the main problem. The b-sides are so vanilla, that a thought appeared that they do them purely to please their female fans. And there's zero-to-none of elements that made their first release to stand out in the world of visual-kei.

※ MIRROR is my favourite D'espairsRay album, fite me all of you ※ REDEEMER was their last good album [2] ※ I don't really care for MONSTERS, some of the tracks on that album are incredibly bad!

So even MIRROR was that bad? The last album I liked from them and preferred over Coll:set (never understood the massive hype, sorry) was REDEEMER due to its otherwise consistent yet surprising diversity (i.e. not just trying to fanboy MM during each and every rocking number) for a vk band of that time. KAMIKAZE is still one goddamn banger, and even this: Along with Lizard... Makes me miss them even more.

this is gold! thanks, nostalgia!

i'm calling the police

SET-LIST: ⅩⅡ dizzy/蜉蝣(kagerou) Deceived mad pain/ギルガメッシュ(Girugamesh) pulse_/lynch. xxx/MALISEND xxx/MALISEND

What the Muk did you just Mukin’ say about me, you little pidgey? I’ll have you know my Rattata is in the top percentage of Rattatas, and I’ve been involved in numerous gym battles with Brock, and I have over 300 confirmed Rattata catches. I am trained in Normal-type warfare and I’m the top youngster in the entirety of Pewter City. You are nothing to me but just another trainer. I will wipe you the Muk out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on Route 3, mark my Muking words. You think you can get away with walking past me on your way to Mt. Moon? Think again, Muker. As we speak, I am contacting my secret network of youngsters across Kanto and your Pokedex is being traced right now so you better prepare for PokeBattle, Magikarp. The PokeBattle that wipes out the pathetic little Pokemon you call your Bulbasaur. You’re muking fainted, Kakuna. I can stand right here, and only right here, and my Rattata can make you black out in over 700 ways, and that's just with tackle. Not only am I extensively trained in Rattata combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of my comfy cargo shorts and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable Abra off the face of the region, you little Spearow. If only you could have known what a PokeBattle your little walk past me was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have stayed in Viridian Forest. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you pants wearing idiot. I will tail whip fury all over you and you will faint in it. You’re Muking blacked out, Red.

a new question for everyone in light of recent events: whom can you trust? can you even trust yourself?