kyoselflove

As most of you know, I'm quite a fan of punk and its subgenres, and the Japanese punk scene sure deserves its own thread on the forum. I guess everybody on the forum knows bands like The Stalin, Anti-Feminism, Balzac, The Piass and so on, so I won't make a big deal about those, even though I am a fan of several of those. But feel free to talk about all kinds of punk from hardcore to d-beat to crust to horror punk to grindcore to skate punk to street punk to thrashcore to psychobilly and so on, but keep it to the bands that are on the punk side. Take grindcore as an example: please do talk about grindcore, but keep it to the bands rooted in punk.
 
Bands like S.O.B., Napalm Death and Extreme Noise Terror played a type of grindcore that belongs in this thread. These guys basically played hard, brutal punk with metal influences, unlike grindcore bands such as Impetigo, Terrorizer and Repulsion who were more on the metallic side and played and more death metal influenced grindcore. Same goes with metalcore and whatnot too. You get the point.
 
 
 
 
 
 
I'll start and post some of my favourites from the Japanese scene throughout the time:
 

Gauze
 
Formed in 1981, Gauze turned out to be one of the most influential Japanese punk bands of all time, if not THE most influential band from the punk scene in Japan. The band is recognized throughout the underground punk scene in the whole world to have released two of the best hardcore albums of all time with 1984's Fuckheads and 1986's Equalizing Distort, and the band proved to have a massive influence of the scene in Japan, as well as underground scene all over the world. So the band did get lots of recognition, but far from what they had deserved IMO.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR1f17xEzSo
 

S.O.B.
 
Another highly influential band, but unlike Gauze this band had more influence on the grindcore scene throughout the world, and grindcore legends Napalm Death, Brutal Truth and Carcass have all told lots about the influence S.O.B. had on them, Lee Dorian, vocalist on Napalm Death's two first albums, have always been open to how the band borrowed a shitload of S.O.B. riffs for their 1988 masterpiece From Enslavement to Obliteration. Lee Dorian and Shane Embury even went on to play on 1989's Thrash Night EP. The band started out as a brutal and fast hardcore band, before evolving into a pure gindcore band with 1990's What's the Truth?. Their debut EP Leave Me Alone consists of 9 songs, clocking in on 09,16 minutes, and their debut album consists of 18 songs, clocking in on 19:42 minutes. Too short? Nah. With the intensity of the bands music the lenght are more or less perfect.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eib9a4GM5M
 

G.I.S.M.
 
G.I.S.M. are robably best known for their strange live shows where Sakevi did plenty of strange things, like running into the crowd with a chainsaw, attacking front rows with a lit flamethrower, beating random concertgoers with a club, and firing gun shots on stage with a revolver, as well as attacking journalists and photographers who try to approach him. But beneath this, we find one of the early metapunk bands, blending hardcore and heavy metal into one raw, dirt mix. Their second album saw the band leaning more towards heavy meta, though, with close to no hardcore left in their sound. It's a great album, but not close to as good as their debut, Detestation.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twFu0ZABwvk
 

Disclose
 
Disclose are one of the hundreds and hundreds of Discharge clones, but unlike all the other clones, this band is actually more or less just as good as the original. Disclose plays d-beat and sounds like a fuzzy and distorted version of Discharge, and for someone who worships the altar of Discharge it's impossible not to love this band. There's not really more to say. Fantastic band!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv7-ziKfbIQ
 

Framtid
 
This band here, is one of my all time favourite hardcore bands. Framtid isn't a very productive band, and during their 20+/- year long career they've only released two full lenghts (16 and 21 minutes long), a few demos and a few split releases. So yeah, not very productive and it took them 11 years from their first to their second full lenght. But who gives a fuck when the quality of what they're releasing is as high as it is? Two genius albums and two of the best in the genre. Raw, dirty and brutal hardcore. This band is hardcore hell!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJ07f4V6q8
 

Zouo
 
There's not too much info on this band around, but what I do know is that this band played top notch hardcore. Dark and dirty, with obvious G.I.S.M. influences, though the hardcore side of G.I.S.M. Fantastic band!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bavbNYSA8_s
 

Death Side
 
Pure hardcore with fantastic leads and great riffs and vocals. Not as raw or ugly as some of the other mentioned here, but just as good as most of them.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1gJHPGoPS8
 
 
 
Other great bands to check out:
 
Unholy Grave
Deathpeed
Kriegshög
Outo
Gudon
Electric Funeral
Crow
Paintbox
D.B.S.
Ghoul
Kuro
Nurse
Disarray
The Rustler
Swindle Bitch
Kyah
Mental
D-Clone
Forward
Confuse
 
and
so
on
 
All these are well worth checking out IMO. Great bands, al of them.

Yeah, Kisaki and that damn head tilt.  He always looks the same lol.

A few things got shared before my shop started, but for personal reasons, I'm currently in the process of getting my shop registered as a legit business. Because of this, I have to do things more "by the book", which certainly doesn't include illegal things like uploading. Beyond that, some people don't want the stuff shared. If there's something really rare that's only available at the shop and someone spends... say... $40 buying it, I think it'd be pretty shitty for the shop owner to go "oh you spent all your hard-earned money on that? now I'll give it to everyone for free!". If the buyer wants to upload it, then that's great, but they own it now and it's completely up to them. As "nice" as it'd be for people who couldn't buy, I'd be lying if I said that doing such things wouldn't lose me a TON of business in the process.

I can play the bass a little bit. Used to play the saxophone lol.

Those are some cute little smirks.

I know we've had a thread like this before, but it basically died out and with so many new community members I figured it'd be better to remake the thread than revive the old one (not to mention a lot of videos of that one have been removed due too switching boards and YT copyright).
 
So here it is, feel free to share any PVs that you find atrocious, is it in production quality, having a lame "story", tackiness or just for being absolutely cheesy or over the top. PVs you just find uninteresting for not having a lot happening don't belong here though, make sure the PVs you post have at least some sort of humor factor. I'll start with a few of my favourites :'D
 

 
On a thread about cheesy PVs one does not simply forget about Versailles, especially their indie PVs. From the awful CGI rose petals to hilarious vampire storylines and the ever so famous castle where at least 30 other PVs were filmed, Aristocrat's Symphony always earns a few giggles from me when it appears on plug.dj.
 

 
Kings of cheese, basically. D should rename to "T" for tacky. The only thing that makes this even worse than Versailles is that they're taking themselves completely serious. Even when being a D stan a few years back, their PVs were really REALLY painful to look at most the time.
 

 
Probably filmed with a handicam in any other regular living street. But don't forget about the open forest, where you can see cars passing in the distance. Absolutely amazing and a master piece of our time.
 
Pls share your faves
 
NOTE: Please try not to post more than 3 videos to avoid lag!

Since I took some photos today to show a friend a couple of dresses I purchased, I thought I could put up those since my hair is done in them unlike my original picture. Took forever positioning the mirror (had to be on bed hah) even though I couldn't get a full body image! >.< And the 'selfie' looks a bit weird, I think I was in the middle of blinking. xD A bit too much lipstick too lol, doing your own makeup is difficult.. I hope the dress design/details shows, sorry if it doesn't! Being someone who does a photography course, I am SHOCKING with the lighting and camera use. Apologies.

Another theory about his absence:
He actually just got into League of Legends.

The Single kicked ass that's all i have too say i love all the songs
and it's a 10 star for me (again)
 
i suck at giving reviews... 

I've been making use of my Vita by playing Ys: Memories of Celceta. Great game and a must have for Vita owners. So far I'm 20 hours in.

Lol, the beauty of what is known as RPG. < 3 Indeed!
Haha, my nana was with me in the same room when sis and I were playing the demo and sis told me not to turn around no matter what and I did thinking it was safe and I really did throw the controller across the room and screech as the woman grabs the character. xD I totally understand, playing alone AND/OR in the dark, it's not safe kids.
Oh my gosh, Amnesia!? xD I find that game more funny than scary, now that I've seen so many walkthroughs of it lol. I feel brave for saying that now haha, I can't believe how different it is actually playing the game instead of just watching others play it. You're brave though for doing that you know!!
 
Edit: Oh yeah, after reading sai's post again, I've been meaning to play Lightning Returns since it came out. I actually really enjoyed the game trilogy (is that even the correct term? ><) even though it wasn't very well recieved or liked. I should really try out the classic Final Fantasy games soon actually. 

Hehe, yeah it is addicting, I love leveling up and finding secrets and completing all quests lol.  I seriously can't play it alone, let alone in the dark lol.  I tried that once with a game called Amnesia, alone, in the dark and with headphones.  I got into 15 minutes before I couldn't take it anymore.  That game is seriously scary. Haha! 

Oooh, my sister would love you just as much as I love you for saying you also usually only play RPG games. : 3 I get very easily addicted to just having to level up your characters. I adore unlocking all those power ups and new moves! But yeah, the games with the most interesting and engaging storylines are always a must play to me, reason why I can understand the hype and love for both those two games. 
Haha, wish we could all get together and just play that demo. That'd be a night to remember! ( sis always says playing/watching horror in the dark is best, but I'm WAY to scared to do that unless it's with her or a group of friends, so much fun haha x) )

I love the Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls.  I also usually only play RPG games, love games with a good story.  But those two have pretty good stories so I loved them.
P.T. is definitely scary, but I get scared easy lol.

The Last Of Us and Beyond: Two Souls (slowly completing that is). Thanks to the help of my little sis, and literally forcing her to keep these two PS3 games instead of selling them so I could give them a go, I became interested in the two popular games. And for me, that's quite rare, they've both got a really engaging story. But I usually only play RPG games, since I'm only a good player with those kind of games and enjoy them the most. I'm just a total fail with any other games on the Xbox or PS consoles.. Also trying out the P.T. demo slowly with her, because we're both such scaredy cats even though we love horror. ><

Final Fantasy Theatrhythm Curtain Call on 3DS because i'm still a kid and it's way too addicting.
 
(and Murdered: Soul Suspect but the demons are just way too difficult to sneak up behind them and i'm just--- stuck)

I love your reviews but I might just be totally biased about this one because I adore the band too much to fully agree with everything in your review. xD

*tackle hugs*

so what, you are the prized guest!

GAUZE, because I only listen to music made by trannies.

Whoa that's a major difference! I still like the before though

Toshiya crooked or straight, for sure <3

huh

“Theatrical blue black” VISULOG Interview translation
 
http://heresiarchy.tumblr.com/post/97853581582/mejibray-theatrical-blue-black-visulog-interview
 
so excited for Theatrical blue black & their upcoming album after reading this interview!
 

I created account some time ago, but I forgot to put the topic in this thread xD
I am akiko from Poland.
 
My biggest love is J-Rock, since July 2008.
My favorite band is 宇宙戦隊NOIZ, what is uncommon. Because no one listens to them ;_;
The rest of my most favorite bands is PIERROT, SIAM SHADE, Angelo, LM.C, SuG and LUCHe.
 
In 90% of cases lead guitarist is my favorite member in the band xD
So I will not exchange them all xD
I will mention my three favorite vocalists:
- キリト [PIERROT, Angelo, solo career]
- 栄喜 [sIAM SHADE, DETROX, solo career]
- ANGEL-TAKA [宇宙戦隊NOIZ]
 
That's all, so I give a link to my last.fm and tumblr.
On my last.fm page you can see small list of concerts at which I was xD