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Hello there! I heard about this community from a friend, Kuroi_dix. Some of you might know me from my YouTube channel, Cantavanda. My favourite Japanese bands are MALICE MIZER, LAREINE, ALI PROJECT, AMADEUS and deadman. Here's my last.fm: https://www.last.fm/user/Cantavanda My main reason for joining is for the marketplace, I hope that I'll be able to find and buy releases I'm looking for, but it'll be great if I could meet some new people here, and get involved in the community. I doubt I'll be very active though, since I just can't get into much popular VK bands, or music in general. I'm very picky with what music I enjoy. So hello!

https://twitter.com/ziggrat_info/status/963732405050777600/photo/1 La'veil MizeriA and ジグラット (Ziggrat) will release a coupling CD at their 2MAN live 『逢魔時のお誕生会』 CD Title 『逢魔ヶ時に鐘は鳴る』 Tracklist 1.Farewell feat.社 2.絶体プリズム feat.祈狂 Price: ¥1000 RD: 24.02.2018

"Hiatus" Well stay hopeful if you want ^^

This new single called 「いつか変われる頃」(itsuka kawareru koro) will be available as of 2018.03.14 during their lives and via mail-order. (1000 yen) The second one will be released in April.

visual kei kingz can't be bothered

Followed! Kelly, the Kpop missionary We've already been following each other for a while, but...!

no one mentioned OZ? too sad "Erode" is not uploaded on youtube, it is included in the mini-album "SIX"

They've uploaded a bunch of audio to promote their first gig

it could be their management says "leave us the fuck alone" and no one tries anymore.

have a blessed valentines & lots of love, dahlingz

YES. Spread the DEAN gospel to the world! Edit: Since I haven't posted my profile in a couple years. Follow me~ https://www.last.fm/user/Doombox_

Thanks ✨! I mean I wouldn't put Dean inside of the kpop umbrella, he's more of a cool R&B boy✨. He has nice slow jams so if you ever want more, I can hook you up with some songs

Recently changed my lastfm to this one here! Currently lots of Architects since I saw them live a few weeks ago. I'm still having a withdrawal.

Gave you a follow Pretty sure I owe that DEAN play to @doombox, as Kpop is not something I usually listen to.

god bless you and your YouTube channel, dude. you have great taste!

This project will hold a live on 2018.04.15 at SHIBUYA DESEO. Members : Vo:真緒(Mao) (ex-Sadie) Gt:MiA (ex-Mejibray) Gt:SARSHI (Hero) Ba:塩谷朋之 (Tomoyuki En'ya) (12012, More etc) Dr:JIN (ex-Screw)

Any fans of his music? I only recently discovered him and I've been binging through his discography. I really enjoyed Call Me When you're sober and appreciate all the other genres of music he combined with the rap/trap style. His passing was very unfortunate and sad on a number of levels.

I bet half of that green bar is your influence too haha. downy and hitorie for sure.

No one has mentioned Yaminade yet? Amateurs. (EDIT: Spoke too soon, seems like Filth_y knows what's up. Props.) On a more serious note, I feel like the term is getting so wide in this thread that almost any heavy band could qualify. In my mind Brutal Kei™ was always simple, hard-hitting, nu metal based VK from the mid-2000s. Since1889s track HERO is the archetypical Brutal Kei™ tune in my mind. At least I don't associate modern Deathcore acts like Nocturnal Bloodlust etc. with the term at all.

I just want to say it took me a while to get here but, i know know vanessa is garbage and mejibray is the talented one. Genki couldnt sing and didnt scream enough + the "heavy" songs all were watered down with weakness mixed in the instrumental. I'll give them i am psychopath though, that was just right. Basically Vanessa aint touching: shuuei (whole single), Raven, Madari, Baby crossing sabbath, Gaichuu, sadistgate, Hakuraku, apocalypse, ect.

how dare you forget Aikaryu His growls are airy but he has the best deathcore style screams before NB and Deviloof fraud ass. Death thrash For the win followed by The piass. they don't get the credit they deserve because teru joined flop ass versallies. but juputer has put out some decent melodic death now thanks to teru awesome compositions This is why "brutal" VK will be nothing but a joke because term users skip the bands with real elements and mention bands that are nullified by the likes of Paradeis and Aicle on their psychotic days . Word to @fitear1590 Someone mentioned Re:dis and yes this song actually counts. It's count you blessing level with nasty grindcore vocals Honorable mentions mejibray - Gaichuu, Apocalypse tsu is the the best at death/slam vocals. and the only nu metal that should be mentioned is screw's Anyway the brutalist moment in vk belongs to the piass' black=right @4:43 was pure deathpunk FTW how you say Qeddeshet is too american and nothing vk when you listen to devilloof? the hypocrisy is strong. Also replace one so called "brutal" VK band with another and you won't be able to the difference +1 for Qeddeshet.

[tracklist] 1.君を殺して僕も死ぬ(嘘) 2.昏睡 3.サイコな晩餐 4.流星 5.EVERGREEN 6.ゴシック†ナイトメア 7.mad day'Sick rain 8.拒絶 9.君ノ"心臓"ニ恋シテル 10.deletion noise 11.scar-let 12.迷走トワイライト(再録) 13.赤いバスルーム 14.告白＿時々、雨 15.ハルカ・モノクロ

I do think Sludgy Cult also counts as a cover

Wow that's a lineup I would not expect to see.. they'll probably become a formal band sooner or later. I doubt they did all these costumes and photoshoot for a one day only thing

yes!! honestly I don't understand why firing Chaos sent them on hiatus (lyrics credits/royalties aside), they sound practically identical.

I miss them so much, PLEASE COME BACK T.T

Dat compatibility with me doe~ Followed <3

Yes the posts on which I saw "2018.04.20" fixed the date ^^ so yes only one day.

Very nice look on the cover.

A collection album 「贖罪の山羊」(Shokuzai no yagi) will be released on 2018.04.25. (1 type ; 15 songs + booklet)

new year...same plastic surgery sis

Couldn't afford the second Duran

Your compatibility with inumbra is High

Finally sorted out my life XD https://www.last.fm/user/trianglewars

here's the HD version of the group photo and some slightly different solo photos~ damn aru looks good. //edit: they also posted a little video from the oneman live

slay me KING

There's been a lot of negativity in this thread recently (not sure if troll or not). Just throwing my hat in the ring with some positive (but hopefully fair) mini-reviews. You do not have to agree with my opinion. GAUZE: Slightly awkward in places. Much of this is generic for a VK band. Unlike almost anything later, this is basically a true Visual Kei album, with strong pop hooks, light, bouncy instrumentals, and some exceptions. Mazohyst is the first sign that the band want to go conceptual, epic, and darker than their peers. The Mode of... tracks do little more than just exist, possibly a throwback to La:Sadie's or perhaps Malice Mizer. I find Schwein no Isu and MASK very forgettable. ZAN is gigantic; the remake doesn't stand up to Kyo's insanity in the original version, yet it makes up for it by being br00tal (or something). Also, the video for Yokan is fucking hot. Fav track: アクロの丘 MACABRE: This album is the seed of what is to come. It's almost a proto-UROBOROS in its concept, yet maintains the playful pop of GAUZE enough that it isn't totally bleak. You can tell that they wanted this album to be truly epic, but their immaturity as a band means that it doesn't quite hit that mark. It's still great, though. The only song I'd lose here is audrey (too predictable/tedious). Fav track: egnirys cimredopyh +) an injection ain't afraid to die: Just this one song alone is better than many albums out there. Glorious. Kisou: I guess some people love this and some loathe it. For me, it's the former. This is the first time we see DEG try something totally new. It's like Experimental Industrial Electronic Punk; really raw and in your face. The amount of sonic variety means that there should be something here for everyone. The interludes are cool, although I can see why maybe they're disliked. I'd say that this album is almost perfect, with only The Domestic Fucker Family being weirdly out of place. Oh, and PINK KILLER is amazing. Fav track: 鴉-karasu- six Ugly: Strangely, there are two remakes here, with Children being only 2 years old at the time. However, everything here is good. Excellent, in fact. It'd be cool to see Hades back in the live show. Fav track: HADES VULGAR: OBSCURE is enormous. That's not to say that this is the only reason to listen to the album. When this first came out, I was a little disappointed, as every track sounded more or less the same (just guitars, barely any electronics unlike Kisou). It quickly grew on me, though. There's very little to dislike here (at a stretch, maybe Sajou no Uta is a tad forgettable). At this point, there's almost none of the old DEG sound left. Fav track: NEW AGE CULTURE Withering to death.: I was so not excited when this was announced and I have no idea why. I dithered on the purchase until I heard a clip of 愛しさは腐敗につき, and then instabought it just for that song. Wow, this thing is great. Some people criticise the production (it sounds too clean?), although it seems fine to me. This is a return to a more playful aesthetic for the band that I still really wish they'd touch back on. Aside from the rather blah Jesus Christ R 'n R, this album is solid. dead tree to the end is basically perfect. Yes, even Beautiful Dirt. Yes, even GARBAGE. Love this thing. Fav track: Spilled Milk THE MARROW OF A BONE: Weird Engrishy titles, weird Engrishy lyrics, Kyo's voice steadily getting worse with each successive live, and the band just suddenly went very dark and angry. This album turned a lot of people away from the band. I listened once and almost threw away the CD. Didn't listen to the band for months. Then I gave it a second try, and it made sense. I spent an entire Summer listening to nothing but this while painting. It was truly something else. Yes, it's messy, ugly, and raw as fuck, but that was the point. It's grotesque and Kyo sounds like a cat in a blender. But alongside all this rage, we have moments of utter spellbinding beauty, too; songs that are some of the highlights of DEG's entire career up until this point. Just fantastic. My only complaint might be that some of it feels a little undercooked. A little repetitive, perhaps. But it feels honest and true in its message. Fav track: 艶かしき安息、躊躇いに微笑み UROBOROS: Hoo, boy. This one. This is the album that MACABRE wanted to be, but wasn't. It's also possibly the most complicated album in terms of song structure and writing techniques. This thing is an absolute beast; a monster. In my opinion, this may be the band's finest moment. Every track here has a reason to exist. It's marvellous. Possibly my favourite album next to Kisou. The initial release was plagued by slightly dodgy mixing (didn't notice how bad it was at the time). Another big problem with the original version was the inclusion of the atrocious English versions of Glass Skin and DOZING GREEN. The remaster fixes these things, but also adds in the remake HYDRA 666 for absolutely no reason. It doesn't really fit and already had its place on the single. Fav track: VINUSHKA DUM SPIRO SPERO: Thought UROBOROS was complex? Think again! Here, the band decided to cram as many ideas as they possibly could into each song, resulting in some completely bizarre Frankenstein's monster of an LP. This is the sort of album that you could probably hear something different in every time you listened. In the studio, it works very, very well, but live, the album falls short, with the band's meagre 5-piece unable to fully re-create the enormous sound they created with computer magic. This album is good, but it's also quite bleak, dreary, and at times a little tedious. It tries to push the UROBOROS idea too hard and goes a bit off the deep end, for better or for worse. This was also the time where the band's output became glacial. Hageshisa to... was released two years prior to this, and I was already bored of it when the album finally came out (and the mixing was terrible). Also, side note: the 'symphonic' versions are absolutely rubbish. They should have hired an orchestra or some actual performers to play with them (not necessarily on stage). Also, second side-note: this is the beginning of the polarising 'Kyopera'. Fav track: 「欲巣にDREAMBOX」あるいは成熟の理念と冷たい雨 ARCHE: On the surface, this is a return to the band's old sound... sort of. It's like looking through a gloomy telescope at that old material and reminiscing on it. I'd say this is more mature, more measured. Less spontaneous. It's really very good. I have absolutely no complaints here. Fav track: 濤声 TL;DR: I am a Dir en grey fan and I like the band's music. So there.

2018 IS THE YEAR OF GOTHS

There’s Dir en grey and DIR EN GREY.

Missa is a Garden single with some other shit on it. Kiri to Mayu is the standout track for me though.

I'm being 100% real when I posit this question. I love this band. I really do. So please understand I'm coming from a place of love when I ask. So, I've been listening to VESTIGE OF SCRATCHES, and I can't understand why any one of us would like any of this old Dir en grey shit. It's. Awful. What compelled you all to like this band? For me, it was after my mom bought me a copy of Withering to death. after I was sick for like...2 weeks. Tl;Dr - old DEG is a mess, what got you into them?

5,000 yen for this memory with Junno

It would be a shame not to mention SAVAGE a.k.a. DEPAIN ! These guys are insane live! I wish more of people would know about them! It's difficult to feel them if you haven't seen them live. I didn't liked their music that much before but when i saw them performing i sold myself to them. lol

Sex Android AND Guruguru Eigakan members? HYPE AS FUCK

Hey anyone here like Vomit Remnants? They had a new album this year as well as a compilation of their entire discography both are available on spotify:

This release is so unnecessary,a CD with all of their intros, seriously?! Loved this band,but they already released their best album (Wich was a compilation of their discography instead best) so this is a kind of "please give us all of your money one last time"

Not sure if it's been mentioned here but a good one I found that's neo-classic deathmetal Veiled in Scarlet from their album Idealism

Oh yeah that's a good docu. Don't regret I watched this although I had to throw out a lot of those discovered bands afterwards.. I'd say Infernal Revulsion and GxSxD were the best ones presented. The others.. well.. not really worth mentioning besides the fact that they're japanese.