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I don't think this is a debate thread, but I really do take issue with calling a band like Baiser uninspired when they changed up the formula with each album they released. The first album and demos don't even sound like the same band that made the second one, and by the last one they'd tightened up their game considerably from the third. La'mule also showed healthy progression throughout and the BERLIN single sounds like they would've had another chapter ahead of them had they not disbanded.

After having zero piercings for most of my life, I saved up and got four. Two in each earlobe and it was a lot of fun.

Watch me reading ALL bands names as they were italian words. 😎 Upside is that japanese and Italian work similar in pronunciations so if the band has a japanese name it usually doesn't end too much f*cken up.

my first exposure to x-japan was a vocaloid cover of "crucify my love"

ugh this is such a sad reminder that dexcore technically outperform both but no one cares about them on the kizu levels of stanning OT i'm surprised that the new track almost sounds decent, if only they could get a better vocalist! oversanging falsetto queen sounds grating a.f.

While plebs argue about which maximum the hormone slipknot rip off album arriving about a good decade too late to be relevant in the rest of the world was the best, real g's listen to

therapist: mustache kyo isnt real, he cant hurt you mustache kyo:

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It's just "trip"

Part two to my terrible vk pronounciations, I said Versailles as "ver-say-lees" until I saw the actual pronounciation :v

Kyo isn't flawless, we already know he had always pushed himself so hard that today he has a pretty much messed up throat. But I feel his work in sukekiyo, while being way more melodic and sophisticated than in late Dir, let him put out the best of his performance all the way up rather than in his former band. So listening to sukekiyo feels actually really refreshing and more natural when it is about listening to Kyo, imho.

because dexcore sounds like tons of other western bands who probably do it better? although i think they are okay, i personally am here for more "visual kei" sound

nnnn the shitty normie-kei acts thoughT they were safe from this demon and his creative napalm

i wonder how he sings live. i doubt that mio is able to hit all the notes tbf...like, there are really, really high notes, and in this song there is that highest one i almost don't believe he is capable of singing. and i see that two most popular young bands on the modern scene - kizu and dimlim - use really high notes in the vocal part, can we say that high-pitched vocals are trending now? sho is somewhat capable to sing live his part, lime clearly fails sometimes. if the bands are just competing with each other trying to impress fans but vocalists can't sing good while doing lives, i think it's not worth it. imo it would be v wise of a vocalist to rather use a narrower range but to sing perfectly.

So it’s my birthday in just under a month, and people find it weird or sad that I don’t celebrate it? Can anyone else relate? Like, it’s just another day to me

With the exception of a handful of songs, I really don’t care for La’Mule or Baiser.

I'm just mad at how old they look in the bad pic...why the lighting....CHOICES!!!

Whenever I eat a gummy bear or a jelly baby, I instinctively bite its head off first. That's bad, righ?

I still just read it as "x-trip-x"... why does it look like an emo username? The only thing that's missing is "rawr".

that was just a complete meal. clean production,cool intro,awesome growls,bombastic chorus,great solo,an emotional video but i gotta agree with @yomii . i feel like MIO is going too far with his clean singing but the rest...god they are already miles away from some metal bands that have been on the road for more than a decade.

Even though I know the correct pronunciation of "xTRiPx" now, I still read it as "eks trip" in my head every time I see it.

I said it as "ver-sails". Also, I pronounced DELUHI as "de-LOO-ey" (which makes me feel stupid because once I learned how to pronounce it, it seemed so obvious), DIV as all the letters spelled out (so, "D-I-V") and DIAURA as "die-aura".

I'm in love. They are all I dreamed since I was a teen (female lead visual kei band + late 90's/early 00's visual kei sound + elegant gothic aestetic).

hueye vocalist's voice is so sweet wow o:

Did you notice that this is an actual coat of arms?

I should probably clean the insides of my pc more often than once in 1,5 years... So much dust, oh god.

Călătorie 8th digital single "WALK 〜through the life〜" will be released on 2019.04.21. Laer (L-THE WORLD-) will make a guest appearance as a bassist. btw check out the L'arc en Ciel easter egg below~ Happy Easter! 🐇🐇🐇

How anyone prefers the fucking maudlin saccharine syrupy dog shit they did later to Vanishing Vision is beyond me

yaaaaay new music!

^ A last song called "THE UGLY POOL" will be sold during their live on 2019.04.26. (1000 yen)

★added!★ 5/11: DIMLIM／SLOTHREAT／Mirrors／Sailing Before The Wind @ TSUTAYA O-Crest 5/17: まみれた(mamireta)／DEVILOOF／SCAPEGOAT／JILUKA／breakin' holiday／SiREN @ 高田馬場AREA ★cancelled★ 5/6: 烏名 鳴と不愉快な仲間達(Karasuna Mei to fuyukaina nakama-tachi)／GRIMOIRE／DIMLIM ／まみれた(mamireta)／Hueye／モンストロ(monstllow)／後日解禁バンド／Aster @ 高田馬場AREA

林檎飴 / Candied Apple Lyrics: Takeru Music: Yuuki I’m getting dizzy, I'm so crazy about you! Sorry, I made you wait! What’s that, you’re even wearing just the right yukata!* And it seems like you decided to put your hair up the perfect way too! Me too – look, look, I’m wearing that yukata you wanted to see! I wonder if I’ve tied the obi I can’t seem to get the hang of wearing neatly? When the two of us draw closer to each other, is it you that’s making me feel hot? I ask for a fan** I like you! I like you! I like you! I love you! When we join hands, I feel like I’m floating My heart’s pounding, what should I do? When I look at you, I get nervous Am I making your heart race too? When I look up at the night sky, it’s like it’s whirling around Of course, it might also be because of your dazzling smile I gaze at you, and it’s like I’m spinning round and round*** A candied apple that’s going to melt during the night Hey, hey, can you hear it? The sound of my pulse I’m so unsteady on my feet, it’s like I’ve forgotten where I am Rising up faster than the fireworks shooting into the air, My feelings for you are ready to explode Counting all those frustratingly slow days on my fingers, I feel like if I tell you, it’ll all fall to pieces But I want to tell you, I’ve gotta tell you! I want to say it to you! I’m right on the edge of my capacity I like you! I like you! I like you! I love you! Ah, that’s it, I want you right now! When we join hands, I feel like I’m floating My heart’s pounding, what should I do? When I look at you, I get nervous Am I making your heart race too? When I look up at the night sky, it’s like it’s whirling around Of course, it might also be because of your dazzling smile I gaze at you, and it’s like I’m spinning round and round A sweet love that’s going to melt during the night I’m getting dizzy, I'm so crazy about you! Notes: *I’m not sure about the “tte are” **Not sure about the specific verb here ***Not sure what “kyurukyuru” means – I think I saw someone compare it to the kind of turning sound of someone rewinding a videotape on Japanese Yahoo Answers, but I don’t know if that’s correct 林檎飴 / Ringoame Kimi ni kurakura muchuu! Gomen ne, o-matase! tte are? Chanto yukata kiteru! Kami mo agete bacchiri kimeta n da ne! Atashi mo horahora kimi ga mitagatteta yukata da yo! Narenai obi kirei ni musubeta ka na? Chikazuku futari no kyori, atsui no wa kimi no sei? Uchiwa aoida Suki! Suki! Suki! Daisuki da yo! Te o tsunaide fuwafuwari Dokidoki dou shiyou ka na Kimi o mitsume haraharari Kimi mo dokidoki shite kureteru? Yozora miage kurukururi Egao yappa mabushii ka mo Kimi o mitsume kyurukyururi Yoru ni toketeku ringoame Nee nee kikoeteru? Watashi no kodou Koko doko? gurai fuwafuwa na no Uchiage hanabi yori mo kyuujoushou Kimi e no omoi bakuhatsu shisou… Yubiori kazoeta modokashii hibi… Omoi o tsutaetara kowaresou de Demo iitai, iwanakya! Kimi ni tsutaetai yo! Kyapa girigiri!! Suki! Suki! Suki! Daisuki da yo! Aa mou hayaku kimi ga hoshii! Te o tsunaide fuwafuwari Dokidoki dou shiyou ka na Kimi o mitsume haraharari Kimi mo dokidoki shite kureteru? Yozora miage kurukururi Egao yappa mabushii ka mo Kimi o mitsume kyurukyururi Yoru ni toketeku amai koigokoro Kimi ni kurakura muchuu! Kanji: Done from the lyric video

They certaintly have grown a lot since their indie days. While I can't say that I'm a fan of modern day GazettE, I do like their auditory aesthetics. I think what's seriously lacking though for me is some good melody. We know they can rock hard and their sound is polished, but personally there are maybe only 4-5 tracks between their last 2 albums that I thoroughly enjoyed and remember. It's like they went from making Gazerock to making Gazesthetics.

Protein shakes. Soy protein helped me gain & maintain when paired with an exercise routine

that album cover has a scary amount of 'generic djent band' energy

this is what peak art kei looks like, you might not like it but this is it

I'm back and my memes are shittier than ever. I might have to take a break before the well really does run dry. ETA: Thank you to @CAT5 for posting that thus/furthermore/henceforth Winnie The Pooh meme in the random thoughts thread. You introduced me to a new meme format and for that, I am eternally grateful.

The instrumentation is perfect but Karma’s voice ain’t it. It sounds very forced. His style is one of those that you have to write the music around or else it clashes, but that’s just my opinion lol

I wanna like Rands so bad but i just can't get behind this new direction.

That thing about unsubstantiated was sarcasm/irony when it's kind of patently obvious despite differing opinion in specific details when it comes to any individual in question, but I think the general character of the scene is beyond dispute. Not just stuff on the internet that someone google translated and then related to a friends niece's cat, but personal experience of irl acquittances and etc. This scene is super dodgy and the esteem towards its elders is so strong that 'til he is in jail nothing is going to happen aside from the gasp when the story initially came out. Maybe gya reacted and go to his shows or something no mo', I mean we can hope. And you're right, that we're free to do as we choose. I was just a little triggered because of the tone here sometimes example of the tone here: the guy sells his own demo tapes under a pseudonym on the japanese ebay just to get by was referred to as prominent and powerful

My point was that all these soliloquies about bandmen and the community having to denounce Kisaki from the community like a leper who ordered national socialist paraphernalia in the mail completely ignores the fact that in Japan and in the vk scene it probably doesn't work like that. And I wasn't referring to Kisaki's past at any point by the way, but rather to the widespreading hazing and abuse that is not even widespread but referred to in numerous interviews including members of DeG and The GazettE just to name some of these indie nobodies spreading harmful unsubstantiated tanuki rumours, bits of which you can find from this forum. If anything even close to the shit that's in these stories came out involving someone in the American showbiz industry, they'd be goners or at least caused a polemic of such magnitude that we already have with the me too movement and so on; and then you add to this that in Japan you just don't sell out your elders because their gya came out on the supreme justice court of twitter, especially ones that has given a start to a number of people in the scene. God knows what kind of stuff is going in the background too with the father of the child and so on. The pics are about as incriminating as you can get and my knee jerk reaction is to hope the child will be involved with none of these people in the future, but the legal procedures are messy especially when it involves messy people, and if you think anyone at 100% is voluntarily involved with kisaki then godspeed to u fam

Couldn't say it better!

Why is it that when people make baseless accusations about innocent people, everyone believes it and their reputation gets ruined, but when someone is proven to be an absolute cunt with irrefutable evidence against them, money settles all and, eventually, no-one gives a shite? Disgusting, naïve and disrespectful to everyone involved. I just hope the poor kid's alright and that Kisaki is eventually incarcerated. This is why I stay out of shit like this until there is evidence. I believe in innocent until proven guilty on both sides and no amount of bullshit will ever cloud my perception on that. Kisaki can fuck right off if he thinks he can buy his way out of this mess he started. Still, I'm not going to say that this damages all of VK. Yes, what Kisaki did was fucking abhorrent, and it undoubtedly damaged his reputation and, unfortunately, probably those of the people who have worked with him in the past as well, however I said that I believe in innocent until proven guilty on both sides, so I'm not going to let this take away my faith in the genre. Don't get me wrong, my faith in him is down the toilet, but that's him as an individual. Instead of letting his actions define what could and couldn't be possible in the lives of the many, many J-rockers we all know and love, I'm going to just separate him from it all. It's argued by a lot of people here that the art should be separated from the artist, so I'm separating Kisaki from VK. Abusing someone isn't a staple of the genre, it's a crime.