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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

Versailles new CD (type & title not yet finalized) will be released under Warner Music Japan in 2016 summer, although details have not yet been announced btw they will hold "Versailles 9th Anniversary Premium Show Case" at Zepp DiverCity Tokyo at 2016/06/25 and their "full revival" live "CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES" at Maihama AMPHITHEATER at 2016/08/07

Your list looks GREAT! You put in so much work collecting all of the artwork and doing both tracks and albums. *high fives* I really liked all the songs listed below. Even though, the entire list is pretty solid, some artists just aren't my personal tastes but I can respect they have good quality music. 14 HEART OF THE YOUNG by coldrain 15 MONEY by DADAROMA 19 INAZUMA by ALSDEAD 20 闇 by ザアザア 25 WHOLE by coldrain 26 DIVINE by coldrain 28 PRETTY LITTLE LIAR by coldrain 29 モルヒネ＃２ by DADAROMA 41 GODDESS by THE GAZETTE 43 マダラ蝶 by リライゾ 44 最終電車 by DADAROMA 45 睡蓮 by MUCC (I still don't like TRENDY as much as their last albums, but it's still pretty good MUCC) LOL Everything coldrain, tbh. <3 With the albums coldrain, DDRM, and DOF I really enjoyed. LOUD GRAPE! I need to find Kodomo Sekai because I totally missed it somehow! ;; I have a few other releases from them and I thought they were really good!

Very good song and PV! Looking forward for dadaism#2 (And they all look so good espcially Yoshiatsu)

new band "FeniX" will hold their first live at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/01/14 and their presents live "Rebirth〜Blast off "FeniX"〜" at Ikebukuro EDGE at 2016/04/06, and their distributed demo single will be released through indie CD stores, and their new maxi single "Rebirth" will be released at 2016/04/06 (1,000yen) "FeniX" members: Vo.勇(yuu) (ex-LieLuck) Gt.ryu (ex-Silver Linings) Ba.kaz (ex-Silver Linings) Dr.DAIKI (ex-LieLuck) [track list] 01.Rebirth 02.Black eyes http://www.fenix-official.com/

Not the best option but there's an extension

You guys are so right.... I knew that but I guess saying first caught me off guard... forgot this was their first mini-album in years

^hey, i'm watching that right now too! but i haven't continued it in a while...nor any other anime either.

They are major since gr8 story, but this is the first mini album since! Almost 8 years after Punkitsch

Ant1ett new digital album "Kiss and Goodbye" has been available for download through iTunes since 2015/12/28 [track list] 01.Water Gate 02.Paranoia 03.Lucifer 04.Unfinished 05.Mother Maria 06.Nineteen 07.Back to Zero 08.Violent Emotion 09.Chelsea Hotel 10.Bruxelles 11.Final 12.Kiss and Goodbye

I've missed the last few updates and just saw the mini album news! What happened to all of those doguu mini album tracks? Did the band seriously go to LA - Los Angeles - to record this album or are they playing up the whole X Japan thing? X largely records in LA since Yoshiki relocated in the 90's. Canou mentions it again on this blog post: http://yaplog.jp/sakujojo/archive/1141 ====================================================== And here are slightly updated lyrics (just the ending english) to the song Big Money from today's munimuni e-mail newsletter: [bIG MONEY / CANOU] 太陽の影。 好奇心が僕らを染める。 口付けは甘い舞踏会の始まり。 似ている残像の色紙。 映写機は動かない。破裂するシャボン玉。 夜へ飛び込め。 祝福の蛇は禁断。 木の葉ひとつ魔法の指先を充てて。 髪の毛、切り落としふわり風に舞う。 黄金の季節。咲き乱れて。 キミを守りたい。金で守りたい。 強欲なんだ。強欲なんだって！！！ マネープリーズ・・・。マネープリーズ・・・。 マネープリーズ・・・。ビッグマネープリーズ・・・。 街中の明かりが消えて、ランプに灯を燈すんだ！ 大金握り締めて。僕らの夜へさあ行こう！ I also twilight... I walk in the moonlight. Dancing in the moonlight. ============================================================

I love your art style!

Old stuff

5 new songs and 2 old ones.... if you think about the price of a single if you get the regular version it's still worth it

I know that I already waved this forum over here 2times goodbye, but this time I will stop posting to this forum. Maybe maybe~ I will drop a single comment in the news section such as I did in the "The Droop" topic. But that would happen very very rarely. DM's will be always open~ However I will not re-upload etc stuff. Those who wonder the reason? I think many of you already know the reason. Well take care folks~

Good plagiarism

jun is my bae <3 I just like that look he has of sweet insanity XD honestly all 3 are cute. Toya is super serious, Jun is cray cray, Jui is sexy flirt

よしあつ photoshoot's preview for ROCK AND READ 063.

takashi kill my ass

their new mini album "A KILLS A" will be released at 2016/03/11 [track list] 01.A KILLS A 02.NEO SONG 03.&4 04.KOGEN 05.BIG MONEY

It's super sad that the 'fans' have such a massive influence on these bands. It's their personal life that shouldn't concern anyone. People cheat on their partners all the time, and while it's looked down upon, it shouldn't have to decide someone's career or future, and it definitely shouldn't be decided by people who have nothing to do with it. More than half of the world's population would be shunned, jobless and homeless if it would live by the ridiculous sentiments emerged in the Visual Kei fandom. These rabid girls need to step down.