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Welp. This thread makes me grateful that I pretty much stay in my own lane and avoid other vkei fans anywhere but on MH.

Fixer is pretty far off from Sui's aesthetic, lol. He seems to be trying something totally different musically and visually with these guys. Hope it turns out good...
 
fuck starwave tho.

Welp. This thread makes me grateful that I pretty much stay in my own lane and avoid other vkei fans anywhere but on MH.

4 hours ago, suji said:
That person writing this really needs to work on their English.
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The tone is weird, but there are only a couple of actual errors there. I've seen a lot worse English on this very forum.
(Apologies for double post)

The band got really boring since their 2016's album WELCOME TO GHOST HOTEL ...
Such a waste of talents, I really love their beginning era, CALL ME… , 少年ワルツ and ひじきとカラアゲ were solid releases.

Haaaaaa. I saw this coming a mile away.

That's really unfortunate to hear. Another one of my favourites bites the dust.
I know people did not like their "lack of direction", but I really appreciate a band that can pull off a mixture of genres. I usually get bored of bands that tend to do the same thing over and over. I don't personally have a problem if they want to make a pop single, and then a rock single, and then an album with a mix of both. I know people will disagree with me, but I thought Chizuru is talented enough for multiple styles (or at least, the post-production on his voice is good enough, lol). My preference is not the super-poppy cute style, but I really like his singing in rock-style songs, and his rapping. I hope Chizuru at least continues with doing vocals in a VK band.

Waiting for FLCL Post-punk. 

I'll give that a try one of these days, anything by Shinichiro is usually good.

This has always confused me. Why make another season of something as timeless and classic like FLCL (and other anime series)? It doesn't need to be touched and be potentially ruined by another season/spin-off/sequel/etc., lol. I know there are instances where another season/sequels/remakes/etc. could actually work in the franchise's favor. But more often than not, it tends to ruin said series/franchise.

This is generally how I feel about anime. Golden age best age... until I watched Carole & Tuesday and it gave me a little sliver of hope in the current anime generation. The fact that it's made by Studio Bones/Shinichiro Watanabe helps a lot, because I might not have touched it otherwise. It really feels like Bebop and Champloo but in 2019 and it's so fucking NICE.
 
Speaking of FLCL, I started Alternative today and it was a snore. Just zzzzzz. I can't imagine Progressive being any better but I'm finally giving 'em a shot and that's something, I guess.

wow that vocalist seems emotionless both in the singing and in the performance of that video.
 
he also has a pretty bad voice.

Kamijo and Machi had the best hats ever! 🤩

jfc yes

gross

Here's a message from my YouTube channel.
Hello everyone! After a lot of reflection I made the difficult descision to private my two most recent videos, the full MALICE MIZER Deep Sanctuary VI live, and the APRÈS MIDI part of it. Why did I do it? Two reasons, one is that I'm dead scared of copyright strikes, and risking my entire channel for just a few videos is not worth it. And the second is a more moral question, I felt guilty uploading an entire new blu-ray. All of these people worked so hard on it, and I just put it free and public. It's true that the blu-ray is very, very expensive and inaccessible, but it's still very illegal and disrespectful to do it, especially so soon. It just didn't feel right or just to have uploaded in its entirity so quickly, especially when the Japanese MM store still has copies in stock. If you still wanted to watch it, or want to see it again, I'm really sorry! But I shouldn't have uploaded it in the first place. I couldn't feel at peace with myself knowing that I disappointed the artists, actual buyers and was risking to have my entire channel shut down at any time. Even though the videos were getting tons of views really fast, the numbers weren't worth the risk and guilt. The Bel Air and Gardenia are still online, with links to buy the actual blu-ray, you can use a Japanese shopping service to buy it from the MM store. I cannot control what others are uploading to YT, and I'm not here to stop anyone from doing it, but I want to feel at peace with myself. I might unprivate the videos if enough time passed, and if every copy is sold out. It might be in a month, a few months, or longer, I don't know. I hope everyone can respect and understand my descision. Again, I'm sorry for disappointing everyone... But my channel isn't going anywhere! I'll continue to upload amazing music by amazing artists! Just much older things, so nothing recent or still profitable. And I'm working on my first full album now, so expect to see occasional videos about it! Thank you for reading.

I'm sure many of you older VK fans have also noticed this, unless I'm imagining things, but I don't think I am.
 
 What I noticed is that the indie bands of the current VK era are playing at a level that they didn't about a decade ago, and I mean in terms of sheer skill. Bands of the present day are blowing bands from about 10 years ago completely out of the water by this metric. They are playing faster, heavier, and more complex riffs. Vocalists have become much more polished singers, and the ability to growl has become much more common in a vocalist's skillset, whereas 10 years ago there weren't many decent growlers in the indies scene, and most of those who were, still didn't perform at the level of guys from bands like Deviloof, Nocturnal Bloodlust, DIMLIM, DEXCORE, D.I.D, etc.
 
I'm wondering if anyone has noticed this, and what the reason may be? Has the VK scene just gotten much more competitive? Are all the average bands simply not being noticed? What's causing this massive skill increase? Another thing I've noticed is that band members don't have zillions of past bands in their resume anymore. It's as if they've reached a high level much more quickly than they used to. Back about a decade ago, the best musicians would usually work their way up to reach a high skill level, having played for years in previous bands before finally reaching a more major status, and continue to improve from there. Nowadays, it's very common for musicians with little to no known band history to play at the level of those with years of history behind them.
 
So I'm just curious to know what you all think, but I'm sorry if this has been brought up before. I have no doubt that this has been on people's minds, especially jaded fans who have been involved for a decade or longer, and have noticed several shifts in the scene within the current era. Lastly, I don't think the skill increase is a bad thing, although I did enjoy the slower, simpler sound that bands used to have. It wasn't as impressive, but the tunes were fun. I don't think bands with my favorite type of sound will ever emerge again, but it doesn't bother me. I still have those bands, and they still exist as a part of history, with music that can still be obtained. Everyone has different taste and I'm happy w/ the scene.
 
Here's a random song I just dug up to show off my taste, just for the fun of it. 
 

Seth's voice in Malice Mizer is perfect!! 😍

Moi dix Mois - Gardenia  

vo.悠樹(Yu-ki) & gt.雲雀(Hibari) have announced that there will be something "good" on August 20.
One-day revival? New session band? NEW BAND? We will have to wait a few days... The hype is real!  

!!!! : ( the fuck is where i mean i love this welcomes love you!!111
 
yay thank you so!!1
i want to relate it but im trying to figure that amazingly im out of place now lol lame
thankkkk you yay nozoMIIII the kind of girl that would kill before her boyfriend rather than killing the living girls that try to get him! love her x x x
a a a lovely nineties vibes they g(r)ave me!!! hehehe i remember i liked vulgar cause was the first one i discovered ( i owe youtube, never had anything related to merch of them but i will try cause i wanna relink on them before they coming to london!! i wish i could go, aw, after that things gave me bad slap on my ass at the end lol) i also like whitening to death and, being honest since 2016 - now i didnt listened to them so i have not an opinion on the last ones t___t yay

what the fuck
 
...welcome to MH though

guys, I found it 
 

I’d probably beat up gackt
hes horny on main about 99.9% of the time 
he’d probably enjoy it tho now thinking about it....oh god