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”the GazettE結成15周年。全曲再録による初のバーラドベストアルバム。” This says it would be their first re-recorded ballad best album.

the GazettE BALLAD BEST ALBUM 「TRACES VOL.2」 【the first limited type】 12 songs / digital pack product number: SRCL-9336 price: 3,611yen+TAX　 [contents] song list has not decided 体温 (TAION) 絲 (ITO) 枯詩(KAREUTA) reila Cassis D.L.N WITHOUT A TRACE CALM ENVY 紅蓮 (GUREN) 白き憂鬱 (SHIROKI YUUTSU) PLEDGE UNTITLED 【regular type】 10 songs product number: SRCL-9337 price: 3,056yen+TAX [contents] song list has not decided 枯詩(KAREUTA) reila Cassis D.L.N WITHOUT A TRACE CALM ENVY 紅蓮(GUREN) 白き憂鬱(SHIROKI YUUTSU) PLEDGE UNTITLED

D.I.D. has been indefinitely on hiatus at 2016/12/27, and Dr.壱世(issei) has departed at the same date their new album will be released in 2017/04 with recording support Gt.ShinyA(ex-Signal) they plan to release various digital singles as they have numerous unreleased songs, and after these releases the band will cease activities

It's a shame that all that fanfare about D.I.D. returning and never quitting was undone. The way this band is calling it quits is a nice calling card but I never got the feeling that Akane got this band to where he wanted it to be. Music is what gives him his therapy anyway so a new project is not out of the question. At their prime they were just channeling the best of Para:noir and they could never get out of the shadow of a band they were supposed to be bigger than. Hoping the new album and unreleased material will change that opinion of mine.

Looks like a comment not worth taking seriously and this is a good thing.

I hope they pull a "Unraveling" and re record the songs in their "Dogma" style.

Afters 15 years, DASEIN will release a new album called "唯、此処に在る事が愛しくて"(tada, koko ni aru koto ga itoshikute) on 2017.03.08.

| An edgy visual kei band I can get behind. BORN went through two name changes and many more concepts, but underneath it all, average riffcraft and a lack of identity painted them into a corner they couldn't compose out of. By the end of their career, BORN lacked presence and looked better than they sounded. In constant, upstart visual band RAZOR has a large presence from the beginning, with opener "ANOTHER" featuring crunchy bass and drums pummeling enough to get the energy going. There's a visceral edge to this band I haven't heard in a while and I welcome it. Ryouga can also be found alternating between his own brand of vocal fry, demented ranting, his comfortable range, and some high pitched singing I haven't heard before. The use of auto-tune toes the line, but it's tastefully applied so I'll let it slide. RED INVISIBLE's core formula will be familiar to fans of BORN, but it is fresh enough to remain exciting. Each song offers something unique and they often take a turn towards the demented right at their most predictable which makes them interesting. "ギブミー不気味" (give me bukimi) is the best example of such a track, but most songs do it in their own fashion. "MISSING PIECE" is my least favorite track; as the token ballad of the mini, it would be better if the vocals weren't layered with unnecessary distortion and that annoying eurobeat synth was removed entirely. It's just a mess. A handful of sudden transitions and mid tempo choruses elsewhere constrains the band a bit, but there's so many ideas packed into six tracks that it will take a few listens before I tire of this. By the end of opener "RED ZONE", I've been presented with more than enough reasons to go back. It's so refreshing to see a visual band with some energy successfully channel it in their first release. RAZOR closes the door on 2016 with a bang. This is a band to keep an eye on. Support the band! CDJapan

Full article here: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/12/25/music/best-japanese-indie-2016

my dad got me one of those virtual reality things for my phone as a christmas gift, and HOLY SHIT is it cool. i'm so happy can't wait to watch porn in my little personal theater

Additionally all of those photos were taken by me.

A9 has announced that their new single "MEMENTO" will be released on 2017.02.28. Furthermore, a new album is planned to be released in April.

really hope Akane's health has stabilized enough so that he can go on with his scene endeavors. good to know their unreleased material doesn't go to waste as well.

Tchau

I hope they don't fuck up any of the classics, apply tasteful progression to those tracks only in the places where they need it, and release an album none of us knew we needed. Don't fuck this up with any Dir en grey interpretative bullshit it almost never worked for them.

Re-recorded taion holy shit

Re-recorded? Where does it say that. THat'd be cool if it was the case though, because otherwise this is pointless in 2016, even if the idea of 50 minutes of gazeballads in succession is sort of neat.

The "QEDDESHET" thread will always be one of the funniest just for the sole fact it's the first time Trombe threw shade at a band.

their new mini-album "GRAY" will be released at 2017/2/8 (2 TYPE)

Day 25: 鵺-chimera- by ギルガメッシュ (girugamesh) Release Date: 2016-01-20 Label: Danger Crue Records Genre: Visual Kei/Metal Impressions from @doombox: Impressions from @togz: Impressions from @ShanethVarosa: Impressions from @emmny: Impressions from @Ito: Sample song: Buy the album: CD Japan | iTunes | Spotify | Amazon

Never before have I been this boring with music for a twelve month period. My listening habit only started picking up steam in late November, so I'm hopelessly unaware of most things that have been going on in 2016. There's an exception though, and that's vk. I reckon I've at least sampled a lot of the releases that have come about here, and with that I can - by being liberal with the end of the year format - do a writeup of sorts on 2016 on my vk. Behold how amusical I am that this is all I got: Album of the year - DIAVOLO by The Gallo There's something to be said about these vk bands that are like the erect stamen of a flower dry heaving under the weight of a sojourning bee, ready to burst its ovula into bice mercurial goo of junkers flying overhead the dark big city alleys where starved street urchins are turning tricks for wartime sustenance. They started out with a rather basic and limited arsenal, but ever since their virtuosity started to gradually increase Jojo has become a madman and the frantic riffing is not behind. With the gimmick comes inevitable, although a completely harmless, comparison with Merry and think what thou wilt, unlike them, The Gallo hasn't domesticated their sound one bit and keeps going toward the extremes all their predecessors long abandoned. Fabulous concept, savage lyrics and unhindered by a lot of the things that hurt their other contemporaries, namely a lack of musicianship and the opportunity to conceptually flesh out their releases due to label obligation or otherwise. EP of the year - 絶叫！by Pentagon and 不完全な音楽 by Chanty Pentagon has really hit their stride after managing to figure out their concept after the, in my opinion, disastrous first album. The singles boy waltz and Jesus Phobia were great, yet the second album as a whole was exhausting almost to the point of occasionally being trite, but this rules. I think the obnoxiously flashy juxtaposition of hirokicore and metalcore is found nowhere else with such a schmaltzy grace about it. Chanty was just pretty good. Idk. I really like them despite not being able to put my finger on why it is so. Compilation of the year - End of Corruption World by Rin and 六道輪廻 by Avelcain Among the ranks of unfortunate disbandments this year, my boi kisaki's was the most heartrending. With Sui and Mizari in the fold I was sold immediately after the first single they put out. It also helps that I'm completely partial to Sui's voice and rather dislike Riku's; and speaking of schmaltz, the former just floors me multiple times throughout. Persecution Complex causes me to bite the side of my cheek and the remakes of Silent To My Pain and Psalms and Lamentations rule. Avelcain got kind of shit by 2016. The last single undisputably the most tired excuse for a release all year with the PV close in tow for its respective dishonors. That however doesn't affect the savagery of the early output. The intention shines through the murky layers of poor musicianship and flaccid nu metal riffing, the spirit uplifts Karma's performance and lets it soar. These were at one point the most miserable men in visual kei, and this three disc collection will serve as an interesting footnote in the genre's history. Anyone who's not into Karma's shtick should consider not listening to visual kei in the first place. Finish that business school to feed your ugly kids while your sexually dissatisfied wife has to work double shifts to pay for the lies of her therapist. The real vk connoisseurs will hail to the true intense vampires in the meantime. We miss you Karma Fav singles runs - Everything Mejibray and DADAROMA put out My absolute favorites of the scene are always really boring. My two favorite vk albums are by Kuroyume, my favorite bands list is like a VK primer and my favs of today are never anything left field nor particularly exciting. No casettes, no live dists, no nuffin. My taste in visual kei just happens to always be in tune with the zeitgeist; I go weak in the knees for cute boys, metalcore riffs and the kind of melodramatic choruses all these bands have these days. Mejibray and Dadaroma are in my opinion the brutal kei™ top tier at this juncture. Mejibray is of a rougher sort than the ultra polished DADAROMA, but what they have in common is personality, profile and a distinct sound. While I agree that the DADAROMA LP was a disappointing glorified best-of and Mejibray's B-sides are kind of shite, that stuff just doesn't really matter to me. These bands live and die by the purity of their character, the vibes I get from them intuitively. They register into my consciousness as a big deal, and who am I to argue with myself DUH. Mejibray and DADAROMA check my 2010's vk boxes. Other stuff I liked from this year Anfiel's singles were on point. Fabulous A-sides with the B-sides to match Codomo Dragon released a solid album that's more of the same, and that's what I enjoy. Won't make any converts. Kuroyuri to Kage's EP was good. Like Codomo Dragon it's more of the same, but with Kuroyuri to kage there's an even bigger risk that their novelty will wear thin. So far it hasn't. Everything DEZERT put out was decent. I'm getting bad vibes. This band is going to start sucking soon. God and the death stars put out an EP that was good Sukekiyo had a single that was good

I can usually organise the sale of limited CD's for MORRIGAN. however this time may be more difficult considering the stipulations. however I will see what I can do anyway.

y'all this is called business and making money, morrigan are smart af.

session band "◯▶︎□" has changed to new formal band "NIL UNDER RAIN" after their live at Shinsaibashi FANJ on 2016/12/24, and they will hold their presents live "嘲笑う世界に、復讐を。" at Shinsaibashi FANJ on 2017/02/23. Their distributed single "Rebirth" will be released through ZEAL LINK stores and at their live on 2016/12/24. "NIL UNDER RAIN" members: Vo.叫真-kyoma- (ex-Vardinal-->RevleZ) Gt.柑奈-kanna- (ex-Xepher(朔羽/sakuha)) Gt.弐嘉-nika- (ex-Vardinal-->Xepher(艶/yoshi)) Ba.七音-nao- (ex-Shellmy) Dr.彗-kei- (ex-Free Aqua Butterfly(support)(さとし/satoshi)) [track list] 01.Rebirth 02.AGILITY 03.INSIDE OUT http://nil-under-rain.com/

soko ni naru will release a new album on February 8th, 2017! http://sokoninaru.com/ https://www.facebook.com/sokoninarujp/ https://twitter.com/sokoninaru_band ■ミニアルバム『METALIN』 2017年2月8日発売 KOCA-93／￥1,800＋税 ＜収録曲＞ 1. Break out!!! 2. 新世界より 3. METALIN 4. family 5. 藍色の明日へ 6. 星の行方 7. sayonara blue

(Before that, I’m so sorry the length of this introduction reads like an essay but please bear with me ><) I have many interests, but let’s talk about visual kei as this is the one constant that has taken up most of my life. 2009 was a time of change for me and visual kei. Ameba launched its virtual community Pigg, which instantly sucked the life out of me and as it turned out, so many vk bandmen had no life as well. t's embarassing to talk about it now, but as teenagers with nothing better to do with our time, my friends and I would send as many friend requests as we could to band members and ‘stalk’ them whenever they logged online. Suddenly vk had become so much more intimate as we could interact with vk bandmen in real-time like never before. But pigg was more than that. Some of my fondest memories have been the designated VK showroom where you could stream youtube videos to a crowd, meeting new people in the club rooms who share a common interest and of course having to witness the silly antics of some of those bandmen. I got to know a lot of bands that I would otherwise never had found out about, had conversations, learning about their personalities and interests. I also got to learn that some of the musicians in the darkest and heaviest bands have the cutest personalities behind the keyboard, fawning over the colourful array of virtual fashion items pigg had to offer. (Asanao from lynch. case in point) It was a fun and unique experience. And at the same time, information was not only more accessible than ever before, but more abundant as well, and keeping up with blogs, news, forums, and playing pigg consumed every moment of my every day which back then, I had the time and youth to do so. But eventually, I burnt out. I attributed my losing touch with vk to information overload. It’s been more than 4 years since I stopped going on pigg and ameblo for good, but those few years of intense dedication, even today, felt like an aeon. I used to make a lot of parodies of bandmen, and loved deduction and connecting the dots - which bands had photoshoots at which set and making 6-degrees of separation connections between members of different bands and loved hearing stories from the past. I also had a enthusiasm for drawing, having drawn over a ton bands over the course of 2 years between 2011 and 2012, but suddenly it’s 2016 and all I have are 3-year-old drafts and unfinished sketches. Everything had been halted because life kinda got in the way… shattered-tranquility had long stopped being my home page and my internet’s search history doesn’t remember vkdb.jp anymore. Hmm. So in that gap between about 2012 and now, I had the mother of existential crises, questioning whether I was really going to follow vk for life. But my passion in the music is genuine and still alive. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’ve been disconnected from the community that I love for far too long, and I don’t want that. I don’t want to forget the memories I’ve made, the bands that I’ve followed, the stories I’ve heard and the things I’ve learned along the way - be they good or bad. I don’t want my interest of VK to die, and I don’t want to stop making funny content about VK forever. (And most importantly, I don’t want to be the only VK fan in Australia that I know. So if you’re from Sydney, please hit me up so I don’t feel lonely :3) I want this to be the place where I can share my knowledge about vk so ask me anything and I hope to relearn what I’ve lost these past few years. And once again, I’m astronomically sorry about the length of this introduction (I hope it was bearable). Merry Xmas btw

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is something of a modern classic and a hidden gem imo. Imagine John Carpenter, Tim Burton and Joe Dante making a film together. It's like a mix of Carpenter-esque horror, Burton-esque fantasy and Dante-esque comedy. An instant classic!

Their OHP : http://did-official.com/

Someone here reads Japanese. Can't wait for this.

I always thought that Untitled was the bastard child of the string of A# key ballads that they wrote. That is such an awkward choice....everything else, I'm here for. As someone who loved DOGMA, even i wouldn't wanna see that lol

Sad news, but yeah.. Expected. Would be nice if Akane could start a new project or something.

Looks like a band who is going to disband soon and this is a good thing.

is it finally time to start speculating that their self-glorifying kickstarter campaign was, like, funded by dynamite tommys loansharks & they weren't amused with return on investment resulties

So we all know the GazettE's awesome second single, Kichiku Kyoushi (32sai Dokushin) no Nousatsu Kouza, but does anyone know who the guy on the cover art is?

Their OHP has posted information on the single. It's going to have 3 different versions! Regular version will contain an additional new song. So much for not releasing singles in different versions. I don't mind though! I'll be getting TYPE A and Regular version! [初回限定盤A] NINE-0004 ￥2,000＋税 豪華ブックレット仕様（CD:MEMENTO、MEMENTO-inst- DVD:MEMENTO MV、PRISMATIC 〝LIVE AT DIFA ARIAKE 2016.12.24〟） [初回限定盤B] NINE-0005 ￥1,800＋税 （CD:MEMENTO、MEMENTO-inst- DVD:SHILVER 〝LIVE AT DIFA ARIAKE 2016.12.24〟、Spiegel 〝LIVE AT DIFA ARIAKE 2016.12.24〟、MEMENTO MV OFF SHOT） [通常盤] NINE-0006 ￥1,200＋税 (CDのみ:MEMENTO、MEMENTO-inst-、他新録曲1曲＋inst） Source: http://a9-project.com/special/memento/

Gt.Akira and Ba.Shunsuke have stated that Marco will have an important announcement at their last year event live on 12/26....not sure if it's that live or their end of the year countdown event on 12/31, or how important this announcement really is. *Please correct me if this is just a misunderstanding. *gulps*

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, NOT AGAIN 2016,STOP WITH THOSE DEATHS ALREADY R.I.P.

*looking at the website* That's...a unicorn, not a zebra lmao

Wow, that's interesting. Merry Christmas for you too!

Holy shit, YES! Does that mean we get a new album around July/August next year? Hooooooooly shit!

A littlr project darkage promotion haha Shou's hair is handling business

Been waiting for Kyoma's re-entrance onto the scene in a formal band... Looking forward to this!

Last item I recieved was D's Wonderland Savior, all three copies Have a lot more incoming, but mail is being slow at this time of the year.

- DADAROMA - 造花とカラシニコフ 【TYPE B】 - Insanity Injection - Psychotic Cabaret - the GazettE - the GazettE LIVE TOUR 15-16 DOGMATIC FINAL -漆黒- LIVE AT 02.28 国立代々木競技場第一体育館【Regular edition DVD】

All I need now is THE CHAOTIC ZION and to try and find a copy of Sicks and I have their entire discography.

i have never listened to this group before today my Japanese friend on twitter decided to show me this and i thought this was Really Good© 👍👍👍

Many bands on the list come and go, but here is a recent one with active bands: 1. DADAROMA 2. Dir En Grey 3. DEZERT 4. Gallo 5. ALSDEAD 6. the god and death stars 7. Hollowgram 8. Nocturnal Bloodlust 9. Mejibray 10. Codomo Dragon

Their last single "ハッピーエンド(happy end)" will be released at their last one-man live "八十八の煩悩と鐘の音" at Shibuya REX on 2016/12/28.

Every once in a while I'll wander into these "new band" threads and then get a painful reminder of why I try to avoid them.

Spent some time writing down all the lyrics of the album. It's here in my blog. Enjoy!