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Hello, My name is Kristy Ive always found my latest goss to Vkei music through Visualioner and Youtube. Recently a friend of mine uses this forum and she recommend me to come here and join the monochrome heaven family. I remember the the first two bands that brought me to Vkei were Alice nine and An Cafe. I've been listening to Vkei since 2005 and stuck with it ever since. My favourite bands are Gazette,Sadie and Nocturnal bloodlust. Currently listening to Jiluka, Rides in Revellion, Dexcore, Fixer, Razor,Royz and Dadaroma. Lovely to meet you all

RESULTS! First off, I want to thank everyone who participated! For those who planned to, but could not, it's OK! There's always this year's awards to look forward to. Maybe. Anyways, On to the Results! ______________________________________________________________ Best Overall Artist/Band Best Album Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP Best Cover Art Best Song Best Look Best Newcomer Best Veteran Best PV Saddest Disbandment Most Overhyped Band Most Overhyped Release Most Underhyped Band Most Underhyped Release Most Disappointing Release Most Anticipated Release Band that Changed their Sound for the Best Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017 What the hell were they thinking!? Award Best Revival/Returns There were SO MANY ties , as well as categories that had NO CLEAR WINNER. In any case, thanks everyone once again for participating in the JRock Awards this year, and let's look forward to if/when we host 2018's!

I hadn't seen the music video for the title track yet when I made this... where's the rest of the band (the guitarists are still in the band right???)

Oh hey it's great value mia

Hey everyone. I'm koutetsuhime, or kou for short. I've also gone by awakenthesadist/medicalshower in the past on LJ and batsu (ohh boy blast from the past). I also ran a few communities over on Livejournal, so if you recognise me from there or batsu, heeey. It's really quite strange to come back to a fandom you used to know so well and feel so lost, so I thought I'd join this community and try to get settled back in. So apparently I made this account way back in 2012 and never introduced myself, oops. Seems like a little while after Versailles went on hiatus, I kinda lost interest in VK, and now I'm trying to return to being somewhat involved in the VK fandom. I got super into the metal fandom for a while there, even doing concert photography and shit, but I was getting a little bored of it and somehow ended up coming back to VK. Embarrasingly enough, I think it was that terrible Finebros 'people react to VK' vid that sparked my interest again. Of all things. I don't have many newer bands I like, but I've been obsessing over DADAROMA like crazy! And that last lynch. release was pretty awesome. (I'm totally open to band suggestions.) I'll forever continue to love Aikaryu, but I also still quite enjoy Phantasmagoria, Unsraw, Deluhi, older Versailles, really old Dir en grey, and some others. I also listen to various metal bands, BAND-MAID, aaaand... Babymetal. I really need to get back into my listening game, honestly. A bit rambly, but yeah, that's me. よろしく☆

New year, new phone, new wallpaper.

I guess they had . . . no desire to continue. ;<

I also can't read all Kanji/katakana, however I've figured out the tracklist CD NAME: べリアル Tracklist: 01. EXORCISM 02. SINGIN in THE REIGN 03. エミリアの土曜日 (Emilia no doyoubi) 04. VENOM 05. Pupa 06. 桜流し (Sakura Nagashi) 07. Ghost Labyrinth 08. defective scene (Only in regular version) 08. Shallow 「P'」 (Only in Limited edition) 09. RISE 10. TONIGHT DVD 「Pupa Music Clip」 + 「Music Clip offshot」

Their new album will be released on 2018.02.14.

A new KIYOHARU single has been announced. AKA NO EIEN / TSUMIHOROBHOSHI NOBARA will be released on 2/9, however it's limited to a live venue release rather than a wider public release. AKA NO EIEN is the lead song off the upcoming YORU、CARMEN NO SHISU album (slated for 2/14), while TSUMIHOROBHOSHI NOBARA will be only be contained in the single. JIN OKI plays flamenco guitar on AKA NO EIEN. Duran plays guitar on TSUMIHOROBHOSHI NOBARA. Yuji Okiyama (who played BASS on Kiyoharu's earliest solo releases) and Katsuma (coldrain drummer) will fill out the rhythm section. Single jacket has been handled by YUTARO (sads' bassist). https://natalie.mu/music/news/265292 https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000150866#utm_source=tw_BARKS_NEWS&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_auto

Someone brought this up from another board with regards to Phenomenon: But Diru will never become another NIN though, no?

I got a job~! Now I have to start practising swedish way more Even though it has gotten lot better in just two months. (I will work in a hotel, where I have to speak in three langauges. If I was brave enough, I would try to learn japanese hotel vocabularly but my boyfriend keeps telling me not to and refuses to teach some stuff because he would want me to speak keigo.)

Wagakki band with male vocals, nice

excited for the song with mia x leda, the solo mia rips into as the preview fades out sounds amazing also that random nagoya-but-not-at-all-nagoya end track is weird but im curious and hearing how yo-ka and jui sound on their backing vocals (hopefully they can take some parts away from asagi because it'll be a nice contrast)

Just listened to the new .. "album" .. i guess. That shit made my head hurt a lot. I mean... if you wanna cash cow the shit out of this band, at least give them something listenable.. those remasters are of the worst kind I ever heard... and OH Yeah, this is like the first time I listened to the remake of a remake of a song, or even the remake of a pre-remake. Awesome right? My ears are puking but oh well .. some die hard fans will come all over this just because there's DIR EN GREY on it. At least they kept the cover authentic. This really sounds like a CD with ALOT of scratches. I'm out. VOS sucks. 0 points.

Best Overall Artist/Band : Jiluka Best Album : Jiluka - Xenomorphic Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP : Lievre Clay - Fatsia , The Black Swan - 蟲聲, and 黒百合と影 - 昨日の怖い夢。 Best Cover Art Best Song : The Black Swan - 蟲聲 and Jiluka - Omelas Best Look : The Black Swan - 蟲聲 Best Newcomer : Lavans and グラビティ(Gravity) Best Veteran : ユナイト Best PV : Rides In ReVellion - F.A.T.E. Saddest Disbandment : SuG and Lievre Clay Most Overhyped Band : Dadaroma Most Overhyped Release Most Underhyped Band Most Underhyped Release : The Thirteen - Evil Mad Science Most Disappointing Release : Vexent - Victim Most Anticipated Release : Deviloof - Devil's Proof Band that Changed their Sound for the Best : Baboo Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse : Pentagon Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017 : Jiluka What the hell were they thinking!? Award Best Revival/Returns

Eins:Vier self-cover best album "Self Cover Best 2018 Searching Red Light" will be released at 2018/03/14 (2 types) Live-limited edition (12000yen) will include CD (10 tracks), DVD including "Eins:Vier One Man Live 2017 “Searching For Me”@ Meguro Rock May Kan LIVE DIGEST, 32-page booklet, goods (Original Squoche - Reprinted Version Logo Sticker - Original A6 Clear File Tour2018 "Searching For You" Lamination Pass / Member signed Cheki included), and will be in a special sleeve case Regular edition (3240yen) will include CD (10 tracks, with different track 10) and 8-page booklet only 1.Dear Song 2.In your dream 3.メロディー 4.Notice 5.Not saved yet 6.Words for Mary 7.花の声 8.Nursery tale 9.碧い涙 10.I feel that she will come [regular edition only] 10..In a void space [live-limited edition only]

@The Reverend Nice review Rev. I sure to say both guitarrists are still on the band, I just can't say if this was recorded before or later the original drummer and bassist depart.

Same here. In fact, I have a playlist that’s a drastically altered Arche with the inclusion of and Zero and Tefu Tefu.

Full MVs and documentary

The problem is with the track sequencing, which is another issue DEG has. Very rarely do their albums flow well from track to track. The problem with DSS is Different Sense shouldn’t have followed Beelezebub; it’s too different of a mood shift for it to work, so they slapped on that interlude that sounds like Shinya and Toshiya tumbled down the stairs together. I mean, shit, why is Clever Sleazoid in between Namamekashiki and Ware, Yami Tote on Vestige? That’s ridiculous. Arche is a mess too, especially the latter half.

is it?..

Best Overall Artist/Band: Jiluka. Everything they released this year was flawless (to me). Best Album: Acid Blood Cherry and Pantheon -Part 1- (Matenrou Opera) take the crown this year. Gotcharocka's Screamy was also really good. Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP: Jiluka - Xenomorphic. D's Orokashii Ryuu no Yume was also great and Do As Infinity released pretty solid singles. Best Cover Art: I never really pay attention to those, but Grimoire's cover art for Uranometria alone makes me want to buy it. Best Song: Ajna. Best Look: D's dragon look is what I had been waiting for since 2014. No kidding. Best Newcomer: Kizu. They are great on CDs and live. Best Veteran: D and Mucc. Best PV: I literally only saw like 3... Grimoire's PV for Frabjous Natch was entretaining to watch. Saddest Disbandment: Yusai. I had high hopes for them. Ramiel also kinda hurt, they were nice live. Most Overhyped Band: 0.1 no Gosan. They aren't that great imo. Most Overhyped Release: Virge's first mini. Everyone was going nuts about it and I found it dissapointing. Their singles were better. Aiolin didn't live up to the standards either. Most Underhyped Band: Amabo needs more love, though all their releases being live limited doesn't help them AT ALL. Most Underhyped Release: Can't think of one, really. Most Disappointing Release: Maybe Keel's Shishi... I expected more. Aiolin's releases too. Most Anticipated Release: Ajna. I actually looked at the PV several times, and I NEVER do that. I also ordered it with EMS cause I couldn't wait a month to get it. Band that Changed their Sound for the Best: Definitely D Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse: Probably NoGoD? Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017: Jiluka and D, hands down. I don't want to count to check which one eins either because I'll get depressed. What the hell were they thinking!? Award: That fairy-kei look D threw at us in may. I can't believe I have photos with them looking like that. Best Revival/Returns: I don't follow such old bands, but probably the only one I'm interested in is Mary Rue, cause You <3

Best Overall Artist/Band - JILUKA, ARCHEMI, Matenrou Opera Best Album - Pantheon Pt 1 (Matenrou Opera) Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP - Black Pentagram (Unlucky Morpheus) Best Cover Art - TRACES Vol. 2 (the GazettE) Best Song - "Violet" by Unlucky Morpheus, "Night Howling" by Aiolin Best Newcomer - アクメ(ACME) Best Veteran - KAMIJO Saddest Disbandment - BLESSCODE Most Overhyped Band - LACK-CO Most Overhyped Release - THE CORE by RAZOR Band that Changed their Sound for the Best - Matenrou Opera Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017 - the GazettE Best Revival/Returns - リグロ(llll-Ligro-)

I mentioned it elsewhere, but they used several mixing engineers for this, not one. And I refuse to believe no one thinks the now-audible bass and drums in the Vulgar and WtD tracks is an improvement. Not all the remastering worked well, but then I think some of this stuff couldn’t be saved to begin with (Kisou, Marrow).

Thank you! Glad I bought it when I saw it then

Apparently it was one of their first singles, released back in October of 2002. Limited to 2000 copies.

This exists on youtube actually, i didn't know that this was the live in question because the footage was short (the YT edit cuts out the outro so i thought more was to follow, LOL) thanks though!

Did you mean this VHS? Something i randomly found while on google its in a unexpected mpeg format and Audio is 192 kbps: (I dont take credit and the Video quality is badd....) In addition i have other stuff. This video was original taken from a videos folder i found on the internet entirely japanese idk how to make sense of any of this (Dead link as of yesterday) but i did find out one of the artist in which i posted a .vob recently in the videos section. Here is the site i got this videos link from may contain something im unsure. If you skip to line 3909 it starts listing off bands most i never heard of. https://pastebin.com/9j3LvtK0

Welcome! Pretty obsessed with Dadaroma myself so I hope to see you over on their artist thread! Haha, I can relate to this actually xD

I was a really big fan of AND, so I was pretty disheartened when they disbanded. I checked out REIGN when they first formed but I wasn't really feeling their music. I've listened to some of their latest songs on YT and I really like what I'm hearing. From what I understand, they've had some member changes recently?

Don't know if this has been discussed in another thread, but I watched yesterday's nico live and suddenly remembered the talks of Kyo spicing things up with some synths or even a theremin from a few pages back and lo and behold (after the 30 minute mark, theremin after 33). Prophetic much? Predict somethin nice for me too.

watching kokkoku and i love the miyavi vs kenken OP! makes me happy that my son bokuriri got his first ever anime theme! ED of kokkoku!

1. MUCC - because to me there was never a band that captured my heart in few days and then one year later I see myself buying tickets for the European tour XD. I've also learned MUCC did one of my favorite endings from Naruto when I started researching more. Their music is beautiful, I think I've annoyed a handful of friends to listen to them after I got into them XDD. Their slow jazz-like songs are everything to me, along with the hardcore ones and the electronic phase they had. 2. L'Arc~en~Ciel - their music was with me since Rurouni Kenshin and then Fullmetal Alchemist and "Link" was my go-to jam when I wanted to bawl my eyes out. Their music always calms me down or is nice to listen on road trips. Recently I can't stop listening to "Sell my soul". And "Caress of Venus" makes me emotional. Hyde's voice and Ken's godly guitar skills are truly playing with my heartstrings and I'm here for this ripping my heart away party. 3. SID - who will always make me think of Kuroshitsuji when I listen to the songs they did as openings. Their songs have this gothy-black suits-in a bar-drinking-while jazz music is playing in the back and then bam some rock elements on the side and ballads sang by Mao's sweet voice that blend so well with the slow flow and some guitar magic there vibe. Love it. I love "Kill Time" from their new album so much <3. 4. BAROQUE - who are my all-time guilty pleasure. I got introduced to their music in Japan last year, so that means I listened to new songs first. And at first I thought that's how they roll and didn't mind. But then I went to one...two of their oneman gigs and my ears were crying of happiness (if that makes sense anymore) when I heard their oldies but goldies era songs. Damn they are good. I couldn't stop listening to them and I was literally upset a concert lasted only 2 hours. I could've stayed there the whole day. Kei's solos live were something I looked forward to hearing every time. 5. BUCK-TICK - have grown in my heart for quite a while now. I fell in love with their music when I watched their BUCK-TICK Parade in 2012 where MUCC covered "Jupiter". I wanted to hear more of their songs and I'm currently still searching for more good songs, so if one of the veteran fans here can hook me up with some jams I'll be truly thankful. So far everything I listened to I absolutely love. I love this gothic, punk-rock with some electronic vibes (kudos to Imai-san for making me want to listen to his solos the whole day). They also have these nice slow jams that I enjoy blasting on a nice evening. 6. AKi - I love this solo project he has been doing for a while and I went to their oneman gig once and had so much fun. His songs are catchy and they're nice to dance on and also most of them are in English, which makes me kind of happy that he is doing fun things I guess. His latest song, "My Story" is my road trip jam. And I must admit I'm a sucker for AKi's husky singing voice. His bass solos make me happy. 7. LM.C - because sometimes I love blasting up some nice pop punk and electronic rock. They are also a band I got to listen more during my year in Japan. I briefly knew about them before but never looked them up. What a big mistake because I missed on so many nice songs. I love their colorful theme that they have both in their stage clothes and music (I low-key want a hair like Maya's hair, especially the new hairstyle he's sporting nowadays XD). At first I thought they looked weird enough for me to give the a chance and boy was I right. Out of all the songs they have, the one that got stuck in my head at first (and put me in this mess) was that sinful "Rock the LM.C" song XD. Goddammit that song is too catchy. Maya's rap made me smile though. But then "Double Dragon" was all-kill for my heart. I got hooked up after this song and I can't escape, but don't help XD. 8. Golden Bomber - gurl I can't even explain myself how much I got deep in the rabbit hole when I heard of them. I heard of them from a friend before going to Japan and liked their music and their fun performances and unique concept, but when I got in Japan they were literally everywhere. Like, I took one step and Arashi and Golden Bomber were on adds next to each other or at supermarkets. The first thing I bought in Japan was a gum packet with Golden Bomber on it XD. But, Sho's vocals are mad skills. Like proper nice and beautiful, especially the cover he did for MUCC's "Brilliant World" (made me cry for 3 weeks). I saw them once on Halloween Party and seeing them live was so much more amazing. 9. Girugamesh - I was soft for them since ancient times because my knowledge for vkey came from a lot of anime conventions I used to go to, and you could always hear one of their songs playing. And then I listened to more songs and really liked them. My ultimate song is "Zecchou Bang" because the lyrics made me soft and cry for hours when I looked them up. Their songs would always give me energy and I love listening to them especially when I clean my room. Their nu metal and metalcore vibes are my shit when I want something to make me head bang and jump for hours. I can talk years about their cover for MUCC's "Samidare" though and how I'm still crying at it. I also follow Ryo's youtube almost religiously and am looking up for more cover songs /quietly sobs/. 10. Lynch. - because I very recently (like few months ago) got into them and I have yet to listen to a lot of songs from them. But they are a guilty pleasure metal core that I like listening to. They are the first band that made me hop back into the metal core limo from time to time. And for some reason Hazuki's growl works for me well. I also once tried looking up the lyrics for "Creature" and got too embarrassed after I realized what lyrics were in it eheheh XD. But my guilty pleasure song from them will forever be "Sorrow". I love this rock ballad with romantic lyrics (and can we please appreciate that bass omgunfjdks XD).

K, thank you for the review, it was a good read. I will comment about bands I know (I know just three btw ) I'm still think if I should post mine. As for 2017, I think MUCC got some really impressive releases. You probably already know I felt in love with their 新葬ラ謳 like I never did with a release from them before. I'm not a fan from the full 脈拍 album itself, but I dig some songs like 脈拍, 絶体絶命, KILLER and CLASSIC. From 真天地, I have only listened to their 糞麺氏ね mini, but I don't it hit me like I was hoping to. I will look for others releases to actually create a full opinion from what they are doing. I haven't checked 『メンヘラ』はじめました at all, so this mind be the first I will go for since you claimed it to be better than the other lol Here we go, Xaa Xaa,... I truly like those guys and I also followed than since Belmosaic, but if to compare with the past years from their music (even including Belmosaic, this is personally a weak release, but I love 落とし穴 to the level of being one of my favorites from them. From this one, I do like 人殺し, 最後の歌 and 交尾をしてよ too. @BrenGun You should definitely check their albums from 2017. In special 新葬ラ謳.

Know what else? Drain Away should have been replaced with Amber. The fans have failed.

That's worrisome, but also an oportunity for them to develop as a band. To be fair, there are few acts so derivative as Morringan nowadays, their songs all sound the same, but they generally are good, so that's not a real issue. If Pitty is indeed the main/solo composer, they'll have to get their shit together and expand their writing (the good option) or try to mimic Pitty's style (the lame option)

because they don't want to become a famous rock band like the other young bands ?! Their are a lot of old bands who are still playing at Meguro Rock May Kan or Ikebukuro CHOP. The band is not their main job. They are still playing together because they want to and they like to.

On the news: "Bandman wakes up to find a bear's head under his duvet"

KAMIJO & Hatsune Miku maxi-single, "SANG -Another Story-" will be released on March 21 in two types. Limited edition (2000 yen) will come with special cover artwork with 3D printing. Regular edition is 1500 yen. Tracklists are the same from what I can see atm. Other than that, there's no real difference between both editions... [tracklist] 1.Sang -Another Story- 2. (tba) 3.Sang -Another Story- (instrumental) 4. (tba) (instrumental)

1. DIAURA - the one current VK band that has never let me down, ever. 2. GOTCHAROCKA - Some of the most catchy VK melodies I've ever heard. Shortcake is an earworm that I would be happy to have stay with me forever. 3. SCREW - they deserved so much better than the industry gave them. (One band that would have been far better off never crossing paths with PSC). 4. GazettE - the Holy Trilogy of NIL, Stacked Rubbish and DIM alone would get them this spot. 5-7 - the three BP Records bands, Kiryu, Royz and Codomo Dragon. Yes, they overflood the market with singles, but when they're on, they're ON, and each band has a unique charm. (Codomo Dragon, in particular, has put out some gems - Viper has one of the best openings ever). 8. Moran - only found them after they'd disbanded, wish to hell I'd found them during their heyday. Wonderfully deep, layered, sophisticated music - there isn't much other VK that can honestly be described as jazz-rock. 9. Alice Nine - if only because they were my first VK love and they earn a spot on my personal hall of fame with Rainbows and The Beautiful Name alone. 10. Lycaon - They were a rowdy, dirty sex band, but they were a damn GOOD rowdy, dirty sex band. (The more toned down Initial'L incarnation just isn't the same). Honorable mentions include D=OUT, Mejibray, Fest Vainqueur, Morrigan, Jiluka, BORN, Kagrra and older Kra (I think a lot of people forget how damn GOOD they were from their launch until they lost their original guitarist).

New year postcard from FC Uruha's looking good xDD Sorry for the poor quality lol

limited edition : Regular Edition

DEZERT and XAA-XAA don't disband Another year where former Kagrra, members don't return to music LUNA SEA remains the best visual kei band to have ever existed A new art-kei™ supergroup is formed La'cryma Christi returns in some form MUCC releases a couple of singles; as always, they suck The HeaRt revival never goes anywhere heidi. finally gives up and kaisans Janne Da Arc remain dead One of aie's projects disbands More disbands; Sugar reforms YOSHIKI will continue to give interviews saying "every time I'm on stage, I might die" VK remains mostly garbage

Wow thanks, now I feel old and shit. Great list.

The Japanese government finally outlaws br00tal kei entirely, thereby saving the entire music scene because they still didnt fucking do it this year like i hoped they would lmao

Best Overall Artist/Band: 甘い暴力 Best Album: THE LIGHT by Rides in Revellion Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP: UNIVERSE by REVIVE Best Song: イカロスの夢 by DIAURA Best Look: RAZOR Best Newcomer: LAVANS Best Veteran: Royz Best PV: 光 by アンフィル Saddest Disbandment: GAMEOVER Most Overhyped Band: キズ Most Underhyped Band: 甘い暴力 Most Disappointing Release: 輪廻転生 by REVIVE Most Anticipated Release: 君、依存、タトゥー by 甘い暴力 Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017: 甘い暴力 What the hell were they thinking!? Award: Noulla

I honestly thought that Kyon would be joining them since she mysteriously reappeared recently and even tweeted a photo of her and MARY RUE's members. To be fair though, their current drummer is only a support member, so there's a chance she could join them later?