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My body is ready.

ah, and it's me again. but I had my first 'photo shooting' last weekend and I really like the outcome. sadly not many pictures are looking as good as I wish they would but well, I'm not used to pose so I fucked up. Edited only two pictures so far tho.

Please, whoever going to upload this single, USE THIS AS COVER.

Tracklist: 1 . 離人 2 . 肉腫と繁殖と不快感 ¥1500 The single will be distributed via Tower Records; shop benefits TBA https://twitter.com/official_dimlim/status/1123059435419492352

Their new single 『R.I.P.』 will be released on 2019.07.10. Limited edition : 2000 yen + taxes CD : 1.Creepy Creature 2. ??? DVD : 1.Creepy Creature (PV + making-of) Regular edition : 1620 yen CD : 1.Creepy Creature 2. ??? 3. ??? A one-man tour "NEVERLAND ONE MAN TOUR’19 AWAKENING MONSTERZ" will begin on 2019.07.12 at LIVEHOUSE DRUM SON and will end on 2019.07.31 at Womb. On 2019.06.18 at THE LIVE HOUSE JUZA, the band will hold a live. The first part will be the live while during the second part, they will broadcast a preview of their upcoming clip/making-of "Creepy Creature"

Their new single 「The DOPERA」 will be released on 2019.07.24 ! TYPE A : 1944 yen CD : 2 songs DVD : 1. The DOPERA (PV) TYPE B : 1944 yen CD : 2 songs DVD : 1. The DOPERA (Multi-angle PV) TYPE C : 1620 yen CD : 3 songs and the instrumental versions TYPE D : 1620 yen CD : 3 songs and the instrumental versions

アザレア (Azalea) has changed their name to ワルアガキ (Waruagaki). They will start activities under this name at 2019/6/10 at Hiroshima SECOND CRUTCH, at which their live-limited 0th single "令和ゲコクジョウ (Ryouwa Gekokujou)" will be released.

BBQ 🍖🍖🍖🍗🍖🍗🍖🍗

Just listened to the four singles back to back... this album is going to be amazing. I especially like "Flower of Romance". No-one can make the guitar sing like Kei does.

did he burn his hand or...?

paging @madygrain

And we only gotta wait til July for them to be the best reiwa era band, what a bunch of chads

indie scene LEGENDS coming in single-handedly saving the art of artkei, literally WHO ELSE

One minute before the end of the Heisei era, that's a nice timing !

Not that people have settled and shit. Just a small, sexy detail:

遠藤ミチロウ (Endo Michirou), of the legendary Japanese punk band The Stalin (and a productive solo career) has passed away in a Tokyo hospital on 2019/04/25, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. The funeral where only his close relatives were present was held shortly afterwards. Rest in peace, the OG Japanese punk rocker!

The newly reformed COCK ROACH have announced their new album「Mother」. The release date is to be announced and is tentatively slated to come out sometime in the fall 1.胎児の見る夢 2.Mother 3.電脳双生児顕微鏡狂想曲 4.ユリイカ 5.炎国 6.新進化論エレクトロニカルパレーダー 7.海月 8.花と瓦礫 9.Cosmo ballet 10.青い砂に舞う君の髪 11.死者の見る夢 http://cockroach.jp/archives/133 Track 4, Eureka, was a track originally released as a single by the band in 2016 shortly after they disbanded in 2015. The new lineup of COCK ROACH features the original vocalist and bassist with the guitarist and drummer being ex-members of me-al art. Vocals / Guitar : Jinpei Endo 遠藤 仁平 Bass: Yuya Honda 本田 祐也 Guitar: Ebisawa Hirokatsu 海老沢宏克 Drums: Honda Naoki 本多直樹

I was on my phone in a bus when I heard the news. Drinks on me boiz and sad reacts only

BAROQUE's new album "PUER ET PUELLA" (boy & girl in latin) will be released on 2019.07.30. More details will be announced at a later date The tracklist of their "VISIONS OF // PEP" live gives an idea of the album's tracklist:

烏名 鳴と不愉快な仲間達 (Karasuna Mei to Fuyukai na Nakamatachi) has now become a formal band called gulu gulu Vo. 哀/I [Ai] (ex.Kuroyuri to Kage f.k.a 烏名 鳴 Karasuna Mei) Gt. 凛人/Rito (ex.MIZTAVLA 光 Kou) Gt. Kazari (ex.llll-Ligro-) Ba. 藍珠/Lanju (ex.Grieva 緋雨 Hisame) Dr. 螢ちゃん/Hotaru chan (ex. Balalaika f.k.a カタセ ケイ Katase Kei) They will make their first appearance at cure festival on 4.28 and hold their first oneman on 8.12 at ikebukuro EDGE Their first Single「変なメリーゴーランド」 will be released in 2 types on 5.28 -不味い盤- 1. 変なメリーゴーランド 2. 嗅覚障害 3. 不味い麻酔 -美味い盤- 1. 変なメリーゴーランド 2. 嗅覚障害 3. Rubra

Maybe because some veteran singers who have functioning brain cells don't wanna be reduced to mediocrity 😔

Loon Eye's Millyie - notably the members on the center and bottom right...

Literally...in a sea of graphic design abominations only DIMLIM has come with any ARTISTE visions.

I hope their ultimate IVth lineup is completed by the visual kei king @Endigo himself!

THE BEST HEISEI ERA BAND WTF THIS IS SO FUCKN CONCEPTUAL I LOVE EVERY SINGLE SECOND

Are you sure that's a bukkake motif? I can't find any lol

Actually I think it came with the deluxe edition of his first mini-album, which was why it was so high xD But yeah, also having to buy this and that for an exclusive bonus could really wear you out if you're a gaijin x.x

Random necro, but I really wish Sui would update his Global store more often ;w; I've noticed that nothing else has been added since Stigmata, probably because not as many people shop there (mainly because his shit is so expensive, especially if you wanted certain bonuses). Maybe if they would implement cheaper shipping options like SAL like Spook Jack's store, then I would definitely buy more stuff from there since I would like to put up some exclusive scans on my Sui blog It was bad enough having to pay an extra 2400 yen to ship a 5000 yen pamphlet RIP.............

Cersei ready to take that throne next episode. 👸

i'm living for the guy with the bukkake hair & ball gag x

that's an encouraging sign

This episode, while it had it's problems, still probably my favorite episode of GoT.

okay i've listened to that sample once again and i need them to go all out for eroguro concept, get their cd artworks done by suehiro maruo, deliver only military/school uniform looks and all that stuff

Hey lads and ladies, Just thought I'd post a quick hello here and see what's going on. I actually have been popping in here for a while to see peoples views on various bands and such, but thought it was time to join up and get involved in the discussions! Glad to see a place with a good handful of dedicated non-Japanese vkei fans anyhow. Little bit of background then, do play in my own band as a guitarist and main composer so feel free to ask about that if interested. Is more on the "extreme" side of metal so if you're not interested that's cool! haha. Live in the UK, been to Japan a few times, been to a few vkei shows on my travels and of course do support the vkei bands I most enjoy as much as possible living overseas. I'm not new to vkei but am also not a long time veteran of the genre, got into it properly 4/5 years back, actually through a Japanese friend who I was doing language exchange sessions with who recommended me a handful of bands and immediately got taken in by it and have been dedicated ever since! To name a few of my top vkei/japanese rock/metal bands: Dir en Grey, The Gazette, DIMLIM, Kizu, RAZOR, JILUKA, DADAROMA, mamireta and many more... I do also have a reasonable comprehension of the Japanese language but am far from fluent so am sure some of you guys here are much better with it than I am. haha. So anyway, yeah, look forward to chatting with you all!

I actually really like it. From what I heard with the other live songs, they'll probably have a few Kuroyuri sounding songs

Wow, magician kei😆 I love how awkward they are, lack of any showmanship and the audience was awed into silence by their bad performance. Even this digest video last almost 10 mins... I can't imagine how long this magic show is and the anguish that these audience experienced.

So to come back to this months later, I ended up using Windows' built-in screen recorder (intended for gaming) to record the live stream. Of course I had to manually start and stop the recording, but I was watching the thing anyway. Because I watched it after-the-fact I was able to cut out the unnecessary parts and just record the live itself.

Well, Arche had 3-4 tours. TIW had 1-2 tours. Probably that's why it felt much faster to learn about new single

i can't wait till they enter the 4th form and rename themselves D'espairsRay if u know what i mean ;))))))))))))))))))))))))

It’ll probably be a year since TIW, by the time the single drops.

I’m really sad. even though he was so bad at guitar he was a great performer and i loved to watch him in concerts. just an extra, he’s one of the most handsome bandomans with no make up that i’ve ever seen in my life. that was a surprise lol

I swear to god their looks are created using a bot mixing a random historic period, a visual kei/mainstream fashion trend, and an unrelated word or two on a formula; you can legit sum them up as: トゥーン・ワールド: 1976 Playboy Mansion Yakuza Birthday Rave Comedown 人喰テディベア: 2009 Penicillin Cosplayers Looking Edgy At An Animecon ポップコーンモンスター: 1992 Very Kawaii David Lynch Psychopath Clown Extravaganza ボクラノウタ: 2006 High School Halloween Thrift Store White Room Carnival Jesus Phobia: 1950 Masonic Initiation Meets A Failed Versailles Skit WELCOME TO GHOST HOTEL: 2005 Nu-Metal Visual Kei Scene Embarrassment 反抗声明: 1999 VK Band Graduating On A JPop Label Potpourri カルチャーショック: 2012 Tumblr Demiboy Moodboard Realness This Thing: 1984 Down Syndrome Awareness Campaign Retro-Couture (their next single: 4000 BC Indigo Child Caveman Morigirl Homage)

This is funny because dimlim is basically the one band MH agreed on since DEZERT and even the slightest indicator of them POSSIBLY going to shit is #triggering... edm-gate is wild hahahaha truely paranoia (they are basically the last band remaining in post 2017 vk that is listenable so I don't blame yall)

I honestly havent listened through a gazette album from start to finish in a good min so take my opinion with a grain of salt but something about their og stuff felt more refreshing and interesting, then we got toxic and that's lol af, and nowadays it feels like on a technical level their most impressive stuff but on the other hand something about it feels uninspired compared to the rest of their discography

first mei and now kyouki hello saku no need to wait, honey

After dealing with depression for a few years, I'll give some of my pointers (that worked for me.) Seek Counseling/Support Group/Family When things got rough for me, and I was feeling my worst; I felt like the last thing I should do was to "push" my problems on someone else. I would conflate that idea to completely isolating myself from friends and family, not making contact whatsoever. In that distorted mindset, you feel like everyone is better off without you and no one should worry about you, etc., but that is not true at all. Everyone still worries about you, and you're making it more difficult for yourself to get the help that you need. We spend a lot of time thinking about ourselves, and our own failures/problems, so we have a tendency to think that others are thinking the same about you. That's absolutely not the case. Try your hardest not to dwell on the past b/c ultimately it's about who you become, people can change. Your past doesn't have to define you, in your eyes. I was especially scared to tell my parents I was dealing with depression, b/c they didn't really "believe" in it at the time. I too convinced myself I was purposefully being lazy and neglectful, but when you spend a lot of your day sleeping/not moving/ignoring hobbies... that's not normal... Like a couple others in this thread, feel free to inbox/dm me. I'm not a professional, but I certainly don't mind giving advice/people talking to me. Please seek guidance from another individual, that one person or persons could be the catalyst for you to get better. Don't be ashamed of seeking counseling. I think more people need counseling, it's extremely helpful. Getting a Physical/Blood Work/Medication I ended getting up getting blood work done after coming home to find out I had a sharply elevated red blood cell count compared to previous tests done. Turns out that was from my lack of oxygen b/c of constricted nasal passages -> poor sleep, hence my constant tiredness (a sleep study might reveal sleep apnea, but losing weight & allergy medicine (helps passage constriction) has worked like a charm so far.) I was pretty sedentary for a long time, so I was severely out of shape too (which exacerbates said problems.) So while I was gradually becoming more fatigued (lack of oxygen/poor sleep, shit diet, no exercise) I was also taking on more classwork/work which caused a snowball effect. If you can, seek your primary physician and get yourself checked out, you never know if it could be something else. Otherwise, don't be afraid of medication. Just make sure if you have any side-effects that make things worse, stop immediately and seek your doctor for alternative options. Diet & Exercise Yes, I did get a gym membership... I know there's a lot of hesitation b/c of costs, but I can assure you it is wholeheartedly worth it. I worked with a personal trainer for a few months and lost about 11kg/25lbs in that time-frame. I still have a lot more work to do, but I'm getting closer to a healthy weight. I feel better and I look better which has made me much happier :D. Stop the soda, stop the fast food, take vitamins/supplements, and cook for yourself. Drink water, drink water, drink water, drink, water... It seems like a hurdle at the start, but trust me it gets easier, so much easier. Also, go outside and get some fresh air, it helps too. You are what you eat/do. Getting Organized So once I got into an exercise/dieting routine, that helped kick-start my organizational tendencies. If you make a daily planner, it helps put "meaning" into everything. It helps you inject more discipline into your life, which I find much more effective than looking for motivation. No, don't wait until someone tells you to do something, or you're prompted to do something -just do it, no excuses. It might seem cumbersome at first, but it helps structure your life tremendously. You don't have to follow this in verbatim. Ultimately, everyone is their own and different things work for different people... But, I think these choices can help dramatically improve your quality of life.