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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

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)

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.

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we have problems with dinosaurs here.

No, that's Ao Sakurai from cali gari. <3 that photoset.

Hey there, welcome to MH!! I love Alice Nine & DIAURA as well *__* Anyway, enjoy your time in here!

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

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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

I meant that these titles are so American-ish

AHahahahah I prefer this than GANGSTA!

Dr.莎奈(sana) is ex-EVE Dr.祥(yoshi)

i knew they were good!

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

Maybe when I was way younger, I'd have thought yes about something like that. But, I'm third generation Norwegian because my grandma came over here with her parents from Norway. Once I found that out, I was hella stoked on my heritage because that's just rad.

lol! 今中国で働いてるんですか？ ちなみに日本語喋れる人は結構いるけど、 日本人ならほとんどいなさそうですね^^

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.

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

Sure, tho I can tell you Sludge can be over a ton of different styles of metal (lots of bands include sludge breaks ect.) and since downtempo isn't considered a genre here, I can't tell you if they are the same thing... possibly not entirely since it's a scene that's evolving in a totally different region. To use a description from a metal website But some of the most popular sludge bands are EYEHATEGOD, Down/Superjoint Ritual, and one of my fav (unfortunately defunct) bands Acid Bath. Superjoint is more on the hardcore side. Acid Bath has a good mix of tempo. Eyehategod and Down are really slow but not that heavy (imo). So there is a bit of a vacancy in the slow (downtempo) and brutal side of sludge in my library, but maybe this list can help you if you're looking for more than my limited knowledge.

Here are my jpop recommendations. GIRL NEXT DOOR HAL (disbanded) Ryohei Yamamoto (inactive?)

You might give Yasutaka Nakata's projects/produced acts a go? (seeing as you mentioned Tommy february, Koda kumi and Boa) and there's Kyary too but eh... MEG might fit your taste too: and ofc Ami Suzuki So yeah, my safest recommendations so far

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.

ahaha this so much! BOKU WA NIHONJIN WA DAISUKI DESU~ ^___^

I could tell her she's wrong, she wouldn't care. I'm old enough to move, but my country's economy and job market doesn't let me to do that. Anyway, that's not the topic about toxic parents, but about astrology xD.

Maybe lecca?

I guess it depends on the show and the crowd. On one hand you have hardcore shows where the focus is the pit, and on the other you have VK / Dir en grey shows where the crowd reacts in HORROR at the sign of a mosh pit. At VK and mainly the Dir en grey shows I have witnessed, people are there to get as close to the band as they can, want as little movement as they can, and want to focus on what the members are doing on stage. I have seen a few mosh pits at Dir en grey shows in years past; but they're either extremely small, or have people that don't know how to mosh in the first place (one guy was throwing punches at people and hit several in the face). At hardcore shows, there is more often than not a big crowd up front climbing over each other and screaming while a huge wall of death goes on behind them. They're two very different atmospheres that I feel have to be gauged accordingly. I won't mosh at a hardcore show for the reason that there's a bit too much chaos for my liking. There's a venue nearby that is in a basement, and features a balcony that hangs over the floor. Well, during high energy shows, not only will people crowd surf; but people will launch themselves from the balcony onto the crowd below. It's a total joy to watch; but it can be rough being apart of it when you don't know what to expect. I'm fine with moshing, and will take part in it; but it has to be the right show for it, has to have the right crowd for it, and you have to be in the right mood for it. Sometimes I want to hang by the bar and enjoy a band's set, other times I want to dive head first into the assault and see what happens.

People enjoy music in different ways, and in an ideal world it shouldn't be a problem. But every single time I've been to a show where it happens it gets a problem because the moshers, karate dancers and the rest of the mongers does it right where people want to stand and enjoy the show. They don't go to the sides or back where there's empty, no, every single time they do it right in front of the stage so that the people who are there to see the band has to go to the sides or back. They don't give a single fuck about the rest of the audience. E X E C U T E !

Mosh pits are a big no for me. I'm sure they can be a lot of fun for people who are into that, but I'm just not too keen on having a bunch of people jumping around me, being extremely aggressive, and touching me every which way. Not to mention all the sweat or what have you, being involved too If I were to ever get in a mosh pit, it surely wouldn't end well. Panic attacks and tears would certainly be coming from my end, lol.

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.

I had no idea Sarah Jessica Parker was in one of their videos!

Las Vegasssss. aka satan's asshole.