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If there's no thread here, that implies no one cared enough to listen to it. I don't want to speak for everyone on this forum, but YOHIO isn't popular here for many reasons and opening discussion won't make him more popular. Some just hate because he's living the dream. Others hate because he sounds like a transplant of poorly-done visual kei (note NOT a poorly-done visual kei transplant; if he actually sounded decent he might have fans). For me, it always seemed as if YOHIO wasn't popular more so because he took the rose-tinted glasses off the scene so we can see what caked-on foundation and desperation looks like and less because he sucks musically. The man can shred a guitar, select western audiences are becoming slightly more receptive to less traditional metal aesthetics, and I've heard worse visual kei bands stanned for less. Seremedy was hot garbage and I'm glad that's gone, and whatever side project that spawned off of the four leftover members is equally as irrelevant, but DISREIGN is proof of western scenes willing to accept visual kei for me; it's a budget The GazettE clone but no one minds because they're palatable enough to get by. consider this my mini review of his entire career.

Hi everyone. I say "thanks for existing" because it's really neat for me to see so many people together who share my interests. It's totally out of my comfort zone to go about and do this as I am a "suffer in silence" type, but I thought it was about time I try to reach out and get more involved in this music scene, maybe make a friend or two with similar interests. But if not it's okay, I just like reading what you all have to say anyway. I am from a tiny town in the South of the US, so I haven't gotten the chance to see many bands live or meet people who even like this kind of music. I've been listening for about 10 years, though I stopped a few years ago after Vidoll disbanded (my favorite band back in 2011, though now I see it was just because my teen self was infatuated with Jui, lol. still am tho) and I have been listening again since last April when I saw The GazettE live. I've never tried to socialize online with other VK fans until now, I don't really know why. But here I am! I like everything from oldies like Luna Sea, Buck-Tick, Malice Mizer, Aliene Ma'riage, Baiser, to bands like DaizyStripper, Matnerou Opera, etc! ! Ive recently gotten back into the scene and I'm discovering the potential of newer bands like Arlequin, xaa-xaa, Jiluka, HOLLOWGRAM, and beyond. If you have any recommendations I'd love them as well. Well thanks for reading and I'll try to make my voice heard here! Nice to meet you all.

SCAPEGOAT Vo.春 (Haru) will be absent from live performance as he will have to rest his voice for over a month due to vocal cord paralysis, and 柳 (Ryu) (ex-MoNoLith) will act as Guest Vo. at their live at Yokohama BAYSIS at 2017/2/4.

There should not be any dispute about VK bandomen being associated with these porn circles or not since it's rather obvious that they ARE in fact very close with certain agencies, industries etc. Come to think of this example: what the heck is that IV fuccboi (?) from ViViD doing nowadays? He would be cashing in some serious ¥¥¥¥¥ in COAT-WEST and whatnot if you guys get what Imma saying, huh (AFAIK a lot of you actually share my sentiments about him, no homo no hetero)? Kinda validates my statements in regards to how e.g. idol group scene kinda double-standardizes the image of "innocence" with various figures being involved in gravure, even hardcore porn as we speak (e.g. Kamen Joshi). God bless this decadent sub-culture. We are all doomed, folks.

Even though i do find that one DISREIGN sign boss, i vote we blacklist Western v-kei bands (or as i like to call em: Swed-kei) from discussion here lmao Or black listing YOHIO in general would suffice.

he's watching you

my lion standing in the back always watching

Oh wow, Shikari Sound System, Bloody Beetroots AND The Qemists? This'll be good.

inb4 Ryu stays on as Scapegoat's second vocalist (i'd be totally down for this)

Anfiel is on the vol. 85 cover of Gab!

彩冷える (Ayabie), Fatima and ホタル (Hotaru) will revive for one day at AREA 20th Anniversary at Zepp Tokyo at 2017/6/3 and 2017/2/4, respectively. [live performing artists] 2017/6/2: R指定 (R-Shitei) アルルカン (Arlequin) DIAURA DEZERT NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST MEJIBRAY 2017/6/3: 彩冷える (Ayabie) A9 GOTCHAROCKA コドモドラゴン (Codomo Dragon) vistlip ユナイト (UNiTE.) 少女-ロリヰタ-23区 (Lolita23q) 2017/6/4 LSN ダウト (D=OUT) D Fatima ホタル (Hotaru) LIPHLICH

It's not an inherent dislike of Western visual-kei in my case, but it's more that just about every Western visual-kei band has tried to emulate styles and hallmarks that I find to be the worst part of the scene, mixed with occidental influences that I also dislike. I say most because there have been a handful of examples that really weren't too bad. While I do not have any official numbers, and this may just be confirmation bias, but it does seem like most Western vkei bands come from Sweden (especially in response to Yohio getting attention at whatever that European American Idol thing everyone on Twitter cares about, as well as in Japan from people like Dada and Kenzi. He more or less made the dream real). There's a fair number from Brazil and Chile as well, but outside of their own attempts at promoting themselves on last.fm, here, or on Facebook, they never really got much attention.

imagine ur vk fav performing in this

If he wants to devour me, I'd let him

Alright this was a tough day, boring as hell, 10 hours straight if CDs and DVDs and names but here it is: Biggest update I've made so far, added more than 350 CDs to the list ! Created a google sheet for the whole list You can now search with romaji names or japanese names for bands, and japanese names only for releases ! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19RE1gmDJEe2uH_ujdOMksgymp_Yp1HoifFcJWbkmnG0/edit?usp=sharing Enjoy the list As usual, PM me for infos, or anything you'd like to know about those items

haha what elese would you guys do for song rips ; ) ) ) ) ) haha just asking for fun haha for a friend lol haha sorry that was my friend typing on the computer he's sitting next to me

Yeah, it's crazy how much support they have for an entirely new band with no veterans from the scene. Not many indies VK bands can hold a free concert, collaborate with a clothing brand and organize their first one man within 6 months despite their only releases being live limited. AND their latest single, albeit limited to X copies, sold out on pre-orders and day one purchases alone, while only being sold through indies VK record shops. Crazy.

I think it's been a good 10 years since I last posted on a BBS, but I've been looking for a J-rock/V-kei community for a while now and I was glad to find this one (figured that if I can't shut up about the music I love listening to I should probably join!). I'm really into MUCC these days (can't wait for their new album! Just a couple more days!), and really love the big classic geezers (X Japan, Luna Sea, Buck-Tick, Kuroyume). I also love going to gigs and finding new bands to listen to. Thought the scene was dead until a year ago, but nope, still alive and kicking. DEZERT are currently my favorite fairly-new v-kei act. They're unpolished (sometimes in a good way) but give good vibes and have an interesting interaction with their audience. I'm here to learn (so many bands I've never heard of just from skimming through the site, yay!) and meet new people. So, um, hi!

How did I miss this gem of a group?!??!

Who?

,,,ngl i'm surprised more bandomen aren't doing gay for pay. the only one i can think of is sola from superboys

2017/02/03 【広島県】 はつかいち文化ホールさくらぴあ 01. SA BIR 02. VINUSHKA 03. RED SOIL 04. 蜷局 / Toguro 05. BUGABOO 06. 慟哭と去りぬ / Doukoku To Sarinu 07. GLASS SKIN 08. Behind A Vacant Image 09. INCONVENIENT IDEAL (With an Unplugged Ver. intro) 10. DOZING GREEN 11. 凱歌、沈黙が眠る頃 / Gaika, Chinmoku Ga Nemuru Koro 12. Revelation Of Mankind 13. 詩踏み / Utafumi Encore 14. 空谷の跫音 / Kukoku No Kyouon 15. Sustain The Untruth 16. Chain Repulsion 17. STUCK MAN 18. 冷血なりせば / Reiketsu Nariseba

This song is so goddamn catchy, good lord!

me but with the rest of マルコ's discography.... i'd suck some dick for those tbh

This is cool but I want a new Crossfaith album!

Meme idea: Big Smoke's order, but Kyo is ordering

Who knows, but at least you've found them now!!! <3

AW YEAH MY GAMING DICE ARE HERE

the visual-kei facebook group also has an alarmingly high tolerance for eastern european 'vkey bands'

YUKITOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Yeah, this is not my favorite song on the album either, I don't blame him lol. But the video was cute. Kinda wish it would have shown them tracking down all 4 members because I'm kind of sick of OOR = Taka's face.

The new single has been announced webshop/live limited 2017/04/09 Title: 昨日の怖い夢。 1. 昨日の怖い夢 2. 発狂カルテ 1200 JPY

AWWW how i missed you temari <3

not that familiar with OOR, but aren't they big enough to actually do something about the same fans hogging the front row? most vk bands ban shikiri once they start doing lives at the bigger venues anyway, so i'm surprised OOR still has this problem. as for "crazy fans" in general: i draw the line at the point where a fan's display of affection for the band and/or its members intrudes upon other fans' ability to do the same. until that point, i wholeheartedly support fans who are comfortable with being as crazy as they want. yes i may have no idea what blackdoll is going on about 90% of the time, but it's her prerogative to say what she wants about Lycaon. if you love something/someone, just show it? tbh it bores the hell out of me to associate with people who are constantly hedging and checking themselves to make sure that they don't lapse into their 'fangirl' mode because that's somehow inappropriate. but really, for vk at least, many people can't seem to accept that music is only one part of the lived experience of a bangya, especially so if you happen to live in japan. i'm still astonished every time someone claims that only when you're level-headed enough to extricate yourself from the 'craziness' of the scene and be able to discuss the band's cadences and progressions (not even lyrics, mind you) in the same way a bunch of paleontologists examine fossil records with measured excitement can you finally be crowned a card-carrying Mature Fan. clearly the irony isn't lost on people who quite fearlessly denigrate other sections of the fanbase for their supposed 'elitism'.

i can see both sides, on one had he's still a person and everyone deserves privacy and respect on the other OOR are complete shit and he should be grateful

I'm a big fan of Luna Sea and Buck-Tick as well. Welcome!

There's some good and some disappointing to be heard in this previews. A solid fifty seconds for each song is virtually unheard of when bands give us ten to fifteen seconds now. Their self-titled is the bar I judge all their new material off of. This fits somewhere between the best of album and Holy Grail, probably closer to Holy Grail. Listening to these previews really highlights how tired HIZAKI's compositions are. He's great when noodling on his guitar alone for minutes on end but when tasked to make space for a vocalist he recycles the same guitar techniques and motifs. Even if his compositions are aurally different, they all still sound alike. KAMIJO and TERU definitely need to compose more. MASASHI needs to step it up as well since his contributions have been good quality. More diversity is what this band has always needed. I'd kill for a Versailles release where everyone but HIZAKI writes a song. Songs sound okay. "Inheritance" and "Marionette" get my attention the most but since all previews were the chorus that's not a fair way to judge anything. I'll probably end up liking them all.

So it's the feeling of sellout and dropping the dark imagery. Ok I get that. It happens a lot, and occasionally turns the band from a cult band to a monster success, like Journey, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, and Chicago. I also had a WTF reaction to World Maker, but they pulled back a little with This is Now and I think it was quite good. But I don't see them as generic J Rock. Jyou is too distinctive a vocalist, she and Miko do great two-part harmonies (like Ginger) and Mally is one of the best drummers around.

Jajjaa, cierto. A ver si podemos reactivar un poco el hilo abriendo la conversación... ¿Quienes han podido ir a ver a bandas en vivo (japos obviamente) y cuáles han sido?? Por mi parte he ido a ver solamente a Dir en grey y X JAPAN en Chile. En algún momento PLASTIC TREE anunciaron su venida para acá, pero cancelaron... me devolvieron la plata, pero me dejaron quedarme con la entrada, asi es que la tengo ahí guardada junto con las otras decenas de entradas de conciertos jaja.

Can I just say how much I love May's smile (BIOSPHIA)

Scrolling through Tumblr and literally stared for 10 minute at just his smile. Such a genuine smile and laugh, wonder what he saw. Too damn precious.

Maybe not the most beautiful to other people, but they are certainly my favorite.