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best jrock cd cover
returnal and 6 others reacted to Jigsaw9 for a post in a topic
For some reason I'm really attracted to stylish/stylized covers featuring only band members so here's a batch reflecting that. BUCK-TICK - 悪の華 BOØWY - BEAT EMOTION Laputa - 私が消える Madeth gray'll - Lucifer ~魔境に映る呪われた罪人達と生命の終焉~ SOFT BALLET - DOCUMENT Might come back here later and make another post with my fave pieces of artwork not featuring actual musicians, lol. -
7 pointsthe only album art i'll ever need
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6 pointsThese are mine 9goats black out D'espairsRay Dir en Grey GazettE Sadie @Paraph Karte is on my list too! I didn't post it since you already did. "Any" is probably one of my favorite 9goats song.
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best jrock cd cover
spockitty and 5 others reacted to Paraph for a post in a topic
9GOATS BLACK OUT - Karte this was very beautiful to me. sonically and aesthetically. it's probably one of my favourite vk releases of all time. -
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best jrock cd cover
-NOVA- and 5 others reacted to monkeybanana4 for a post in a topic
Really always enjoyed Moran's single/album covers. I love their L'oiseau blue single and their All Time Best album covers. Also thought of Kagrra's last album. Beautiful and enticing to look at its duality theme (between the two different versions). -
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YOSHIKI to score soundtrack and theme song for "xXx 4" movie (and series)
returnal and 5 others reacted to Senedjem for a post in a topic
everyones uncle who pirates action movies to sell at family reunions is about to learn about the visual keys -
5 pointsi couldn't find this topic. if it exists feel free to close as necessary. i know there's a "worst jrock cd cover" thread, but how about ✨best? ✨ spreading those positive vibes. one of my favourites has always been protoplasm by rentrer en soi. i've always dug the photo, and ryo's heels tbh. also i think this is when they first stylized their logo differently, and i stan (stun?) another gem is 4u -mary gold- by d'air. it's pretty simplistic but i've always found it endearing. their covers kind of went downhill from here tbqh but the bops forever remain. for something more current, i'm really digging the inferiority complex and narcissism cover by rands. i think the overall design is pretty gorgeous. kinda wishing they had done it in a digipak format, though.
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5 pointsI've always been fond of the cover for Downy's 5th Untitled album: Not only is it interesting to look at, but something about it just captures their bleak, dystopian sound so well. The cover to sleepy.ab's "palette" is another favorite:
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5 pointsthe god and Death Stars it isn't a singles cover is beautiful
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Deviloof new singles, album, & European tour
porawantstodie and 2 others reacted to 123Sandman321 for a post in a topic
Not a single vocalist you listed can't scream/growl properly. They are objectively trash, absolutely zero technique. Contrary to them Keisuke actually has a proper technique, combined with an insane range. Choosing to reject such an obvious evidence is just misguided. Did you even mean what you said? If so, I can't really take you seriously. -
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best jrock cd cover
spockitty and 2 others reacted to Gesu for a post in a topic
I'm quite fond of DIAURA's Focus album cover. Regular: Limited edition: And how could I forget DELUHI's Vandalism album cover? It's my go-to profile pic on a lot of sites. Also, every Lycaon album cover with Yuuki on it because daaaamn. -
3 pointsi was going to post that soft ballet cover! lov it ♡ also all early b-t releases have great covers too. my fav is 1. BUCK-TICK - SEXY STREAM LINER 2. GOATBED - Ying & Yang Shuuji is one of the most stylish men of vkei actually. 3. Mejibray - Emotional【KARMA】 tRiPpY 4. sukekiyo - ADORATIO 5. kein - 自責と蠱毒 this is creepy af 6. メリー - アンダーワールド just look at this creature!
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best jrock cd cover
PIZAZ and 2 others reacted to reminiscing2004 for a post in a topic
killie – afterall, the opinion of one in a hundred million will not reach anyone -
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Glamscure 4th Anniversary and new single, "Baptisma" release
吸血鬼 ~Kyūketsuki~ and one other reacted to Akrus for a post in a topic
Glamscure will celebrate his fourth anniversary in April along with other bands. Bands. * Glamscure * La'veil MizeriA * 魅裟 (MISSA) Special Bands. *ヴィデオなんちゃら Vo.長澤佑哉 Gt.ハルイ(glamscure) Ba.永山 銀(HALVERT) Dr.悠介(カラビンSp) * St2 Vo.ケイオス(glamscure) Gt.SIN (覇叉羅) Ba. TERUHIKO (ex-NeiL) Dr. ツトム (ex-Kill=slayd) Also the release of a new limited single called 「Baptisma」 was announced for the same month. * Baptisma Price: ¥500 ND: FSCD-009 Label: Front Swamp Records CD. 1. Baptisma -
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What did you last eat?
Koumori and one other reacted to -Tetsu- for a post in a topic
some Gyoza and Karaage and while playing I snacked some Edamame. love the asian super market close to where I live! -
2 pointsWoah, that's a lot of series with a ratio of 1 guy to 4 girls. Hard pass, I won't be watching anything but one punch man and attack on titan. As much as I love giving new things a try, I'm losing more and more of my patience towards most anime, especially anything involving a 14 year who wants her teacher to impregnate her at all costs. Why.
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BrenGun Drawings & design
monkeybanana4 and one other reacted to BrenGun for a post in a topic
I still need to practice more! I stopped to draw realistic by hand for years. Made a few in the last couple of weeks. And this is the last one! Vocalist of the Japanese ROCK band DOPES. -
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Deviloof new singles, album, & European tour
Tokage and one other reacted to zaa_zaa for a post in a topic
Frankly, to me it's a typical deathcore band. I understand why people like it, but praising the band that much like some people do clearly shows that the only thing they care about in such kind of music is whether the band is japanese visual kei or not. There are thousands of bands that are on par with Deviloof when it comes to signing and technical aspect. Yet, there are always some cool moments in Deviloof's songs that I like. -
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YOSHIKI to score soundtrack and theme song for "xXx 4" movie (and series)
WhirlingBlack and one other reacted to Takadanobabaalien for a post in a topic
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2 pointsAll of them. I need my money back.
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1 pointEven if MORE will hold their 5th anniversary on 2020.06.21 at ikebukuro edge, the band will go on hiatus after the live of 2019.02.17 However Loki said, that he will try to return as fast as possible before their 5th anniversary.
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1 pointComposer and professional procraXtinator YOSHIKI will score the soundtrack for the 4th installment in Vin Diesel's "xXx" movie franchise. He will also be composing a theme song for the film which is currently in pre-production, with casting being underway and shooting to start later this year. According to a recent press conference he will also do a cameo in the movie itself. An "xXx" TV series is also in the works, with YOSHIKI being one of the producers (he will be scoring the soundtrack for that one too). No word yet about the X JAPAN album of course.
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1 pointYou say "properly" as if he isn't a poser. Brutal isnt about Technique it's about intention. This dude obviously wants to be brutal but isnt there. Mejibray, the piass and Aikaryu on the other hand are not and are just making music; so they dont have to be as good Alex terrible, Phil Bozeman, Dickie Allen, ect. they just have to not ruin the heavy/ish instrumental. Are you saying you prefer new BMTH 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and they're more brutal cause oli wasnt doing unclean properly and had no technique back then? Tsuzuku definitely has a great filthy Piggy lows (body), powerful raw mid screams (body,rare), sinister highs as welll as nices frys(body), and powerful shrieks and Aikaryu has better fry/highs too. Brutal is basically like fashion, you have the ITs, the people wanna be not ITs (Deviloof, Diru), and the different swag that still serves (mejibray, Aikaryu, the piass). EDIT: Also i know this is a mejibray website so i wont so i wont be taking your "opinions" seriously. "they are a band that got worse over time" being spammed. the only songs that support that were statement was "hakuraku" and Yokusou (欲槽) ended that.
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Currently Airing & Watching Anime Discussion Topic
platy reacted to colorful人生 for a post in a topic
LOL. This season will probably be trash to most people (aside from the continued series), but I've read a couple of these, so I can give some insight. Kenja no Mago Isekai fodder. Mildly interesting since it has trash-Harry Potter vibes, but it's pretty meh like most isekai series. Main hero is so OP that the story just drolls on. I've read most of it, but have it stalled b/c it's gotten pretty boring imo. Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai Yep, Bokuben and Moeyuki are getting animated :D. If you liked Nisekoi or any other school-life/slice-of-life/rom-com series, you're going to like this one. I actually prefer this over Nisekoi b/c the characters are better. Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai I dropped this one. Too ecchi centric. Senryuu Shoujo This is one of the series I really like as it's pretty cute, and the comedy w/ the 5-7-5 is refreshing. Would recommend. Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san Another one of those series w/ a several hundred-year-old loli. It's cute, but it really plays to a certain audience >_>. I've stalled the manga simply because it feels very episodic and the content is not that interesting. Hitoribocchi no ○○ Seikatsu This one is cute and funny. Its comedy is centered around the main character's social anxiety, and leads to some interesting situations. It's also been memed to hell. Joshi Kausei I read some chapters of this a couple years ago. The series has no dialogue, but it's not particularly bad (?). I'm curious as to how this is going to work, since It'll probably come off really lazy without any dialogue. -
1 pointI gotta give it to Karma. When I first heard the PV, I didn't like the song at all. After listening to the mini several times, I absolutely love it. This is oldschool j-rock made with today's possibilities of recording - clean sounds and such. And their song "Enbu" is an absolute beast to me - I hear so many references there to old-school bands.
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1 pointone of THE most #comfy bands ever in my humble onion
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1 pointThe instrumental slaps, but the vocals are weak af and muddy. Therefore Mejibray, Aikaryu, and The Piass will remain the brutal kings of VK. David's Blood-Resonance for Existence-, Femme Fatale's GRIM REAPER and 劇情テノール (gekijotenor_)'s beast slap harder imo. They should learn how to do deathcore properly or drop it. better than Quinstet though.
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YOSHIKI to score soundtrack and theme song for "xXx 4" movie (and series)
suji reacted to Takadanobabaalien for a post in a topic
That twitter snippet is the most embarrassing thing I've heard in quite a while, and I listened to Miley Cyrus party in the USA yesterday, mind you. -
1 pointGoddamn it. It really irks me how much there are brainless assholes that still support this dude after all those years of borderline scamming. I once commented "nobody cares, just release the album" on a FB picture he posted with some random celebrity and a lot of people started attacking me lol I'm glad to see people here aren't blindly supportive towards him considering the extent some people's fanboying go...
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1 pointI'd rather listen to MOAB because it sucks less than TIW but the bassless production is as bad sounding as the overly-clipped mass of sounds of TIW imo. I don't know, I never really had a problem with Uroboros' original mix and I think the strange-sounding production actually aids to create the unique atmosphere the album has, but I don't really any issue with the remaster either (except with "Stuck Man" that sounds really weak without the bass as prominment as on the original). I think the best thing the remaster did was enhance the vocals (when the subject matter is vocals alone, I usually recommend people to listen to the remaster because comparatively, the growls are much clearer, the harmonies are crispier) but I see how someone would feel like it lessens the power of the original experience as a whole. I wonder if we'll ever have another good sounding album by them lol. Even they are mostly sticking to the same production crew for a while, their sound has been getting increasingly worse overall. A band with their importance and influence having only 3 great produced albums out of 10? WTF That's sincerely why I want them to tour as less as possible to really have the most time to work on studio possible. You can really feel how rushed the whole process for TIW was (not only when it came to production overall, but the writing really felt dumbed down and lacking too). Kinda curious how much they toured in 2007 (the most they ever toured in an year) and 2008 (not as much as they did in 2007) and still came out with something with the scope and complexity of Uroboros in less than two years after Marrow. Maybe they're just old and rich and lazy now?
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best jrock cd cover
Wakarimashita reacted to Gesu for a post in a topic
Was actually gonna mention Moran. Their album covers are gorgeous I also like the limited edition version of the GazettE's Beautiful Deformity. If I think of any more, I'll mention them. -
1 pointfinally decided to make an account after lurking the past couple of months! recently starting to get back into vkei after a 10yr + hiatus. my favorite bands were mucc, dir en grey, merry, girugamesh, and probably more that I can't recall. although mucc was the band that made the biggest impact on me, I haven't been able to enjoy any of their releases from over the past 10 years lol. oh well, I still have hope. since updating myself with the current scene, so far I am super impressed with dimlim and kizu. looking forward to discover new music and possibly go to lives with others living here in Tokyo (y)
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1 pointthe song is really good, and call me crazy but i'm kind of digging their retro look. i like that it's something a bit different. reminds me of something out of vice magazine. esp. like
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1 point@Ultra Silvam Hi! I see that you are fairly new to MH, and so firstly, I'd like to greet you and officially welcome you to the site. Thank you for joining us here on MH, and furthermore, I appreciate you being open enough to share your experience with us. To answer your question in general - no, there's absolutely nothing wrong with asking that question. That's generally something you'd want to establish prior to embarking on a relationship with anyone. Now to address your situation. I'm going to be straight-up with you. I won't presume to give you any advice, but I will relay to you the truth as I see it, based on the information that you've provided. I apologize in advance if my comments seem harsh or insensitive, but I assure that is not my intention. I empathize with you because I've also been in similar circumstances before, and I know how it feels. So with that in mind, it's my hope that something I say will help you to avoid unnecessary heartache in the future. There's no easy way to say this, but this guy is not looking for the same thing you're looking for. He said so from the jump: This is all code for "I'm going to waste your fucking time". Two things to look at here. #1: He said he "didn't mind" - not "I want to" - showing that he doesn't really care either way. That's NEVER a good basis by which to approach an intimate relationship. If he's not intentional, it's very likely that he's on some bullshit. #2: He said he "wasn't looking for anything serious". What does this mean? What's the point of entertaining a relationship if you're not going to be serious about it? He's basically telling you in so many words, "yeah, I don't mind hanging out and having sex with you, but don't expect me to commit to you". aka. He's going to waste your fucking time. If your heart is important to you, it's absolutely worth guarding. It's not something that should just be handed out to anyone. You want to be with someone who is intentional and serious about guarding it. Not someone like "i don't really care either way", ya feel me? Some more things to look at: Words are something else, right? The right ones will make you feel all giddy inside and send you over the moon. Here's a general rule of thumb about people: Listen to them intently. Most people will tell you who they are without even realizing it. But words can also be deceptive. So more importantly than listening to people, you also have to observe their actions and see if they line up with their words. Check this out. He tells you "he likes you" and reiterates the fact that "he isn't looking for anything serious", but then he proceeds to have "unexpected" sex with you? Many unexpected things happen in life, but sex is never one of them (unless it's rape). Conventional wisdom won't tell you this, but contrary to popular belief - sex is actually quite serious. Let's examine your own words again: This world will quickly sale you on the idea of 'casual sex', but I don't believe there is such a thing. And just because it's "the norm" doesn't mean it's functional. Here's why: Sex cannot be divorced from emotion, or family, or responsibility, or respect, or children, or love and so on. The idea of 'casual sex' would have you believe that it's just some standalone act done for fun and pleasure, but sex itself is innately intertwined to too many other critical components of life for that to be so. Your own emotions are a witness to this truth. So it's no wonder that you've developed such feelings for this guy as a result. You've engaged with him in a deeply intimate manner. But it's all good, don't beat yourself up about it. Just know that these things are bound to happen when being intimate with others. So you have to exercise due caution in this area. If a guy is willing to have sex with you, but is not willing to commit to you - what does that say about this guy? And what does it say about you that you'd allow such a guy to have sex with you? There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with having standards. In this world you'll need them. Let's continue: If I had to guess, "busy" is one of the biggest bullshit excuses ever used. Some people do get genuinely busy, but even if they do, they'll let you know that they're busy. You won't have to guess. Likewise, If someone is truly into you, you won't have to guess. Trust what your gut is telling you. You probably already know what the deal is, but whether you want to believe it or not is another story. A bit more: I'm going to address the text that I highlighted here: It seems to be me that you're giving this guy way too much leeway to walk over you. If he can't be arsed to communicate with you regularly, what makes you think it will get any better down the road if you WERE to enter a relationship with this guy? "I'll hang out with you, but I don't know when" - Damn, this guy must be the BUSIEST GUY IN THE WORLD HOLY SHIT!!!! His schedule is just THAT jammed pack that he doesn't know when he'll be able to kick it with you? Fuck outta here bro. This guys is on bullshit and is just stringing you along. If a guy really likes you - he's going to MAKE time for you. It's as simple as that. I'm really sorry that you're going through this, and you'll have to excuse my bluntness, but I think the real questions you should be asking is "why am I allowing myself to be treated like this?". "Why am I fawning after someone who has clearly demonstrated that they don't value me?". Seeking the answer to these questions will likely yield you better results. I believe you already know the answers to the questions you want to ask. Now obviously what you choose to do is completely up to you. There's no harm in expressing your feelings to this guy, but based off of what you've told me so far, he seems highly unlikely to truly reciprocate. Personally, I think you'd be setting yourself up for undue heartache and should just leave this guy alone before incurring further damage. He's already made it clear where he stands - and several times at that. Furthermore, his actions have solidified that stance. Take heed to yourself, because I know from experience that we often get lost in the clouds and make the mistake of projecting our own needs, desires, and fantasies on to other people instead of looking directly at what's in front us, and facing reality. In doing so, we often break our own hearts. Once again, I apologize if I was a bit too coarse with my words, but I do hope you can glean something from this. And if not, that's fine too. Whatever the case, I hope that you're able to learn from the situation - whatever the outcome - and move forward in a good direction.
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1 pointDefinitely one of my most favorite bands ever! I have just discovered them lately, but I love their music.
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1 pointSadie was one of the first VK bands I've listened to. But I do remember that there was this awkward documentary from Germany where a girl ran away from home to Japan, to meet the band and to ask Mao to marry her. Everything was of course staged, but I will never forget how cringy it was for every German speaking VK fan.
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What are you listening to?
juuichi reacted to violetchain for a post in a topic
SHIN going all-out on his GACKT impression at karaoke. -
1 pointFan club gets first dibs on tickets. And it ended on that date of January 29th. Interesting to see a PV collection. I wonder if 春ノ夜ノ夢 would be included since Subaru hates the fuck out of that PV. I'm gonna buy both types I guess, just because No Fate alone for Type-B.
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MIMIC live-limited 4th demo mini-album "KING MIMIC" release
colorful人生 reacted to Yukami for a post in a topic
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THE THIRTEEN
Kabukichoatmidnight reacted to 123Sandman321 for a post in a topic
Anything post Gamushara, that gives you 3 mini-albums. EVIL MAD SCIENCE, URGE and LAMENT. They had some passable songs even before, but they were spread too far inbetween all the trash, especially on their first album, so...no need to bother picking through the garbage, when you can just spin the actually listenable stuff. -
1 pointtwinning honestly if it even gets to that these days, i'm picky af anymore
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1 pointI just discovered this band and they have to be one of the best VK bands I've heard in years. Bless BLESS, I loved every track.
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1 pointJasmine You Found Alive at Business Meeting in Dubai