shiroihana

HEY i dont have an intro post so i thought it would be appropriate to make one now
 
hi im Chi, the koichi enthusiast, i live in the wild lands of Brazil
i like a bunch of bands so please just go on http://last.fm/user/nine-headsto check out what ive been listening to
my posts are 2/10 not even IGN would recommend me
 
please celebrate w/ me and bring some food & beverages 
lets party 

 

Lycaon, Nocturnal Bloodlust, Arlequin, Mejibray, GazettE, Dir en grey, Diaura, Dadaroma... Mostly heavier/less happy-sparkly bands.
And then Royz, my somewhat guilty pleasure, being the exception to that rule.

Hey, I just stumbled upon this site not too long ago, and now I feel like I actually have a place outside of Tumblr where I can actually talk about VK stuff instead of just reblogging pictures and occasionally saying something funny or stupid that gets a bunch of notes.
So....... hello there everyone.

u wot 

hi

I knew you would be back. There is no cure for Herpes.

Gaz's way of being "polite" is pretty shitty tbh. I appreciate the feedback but you don't have to be a prick about it. This guy literally goes around tagging my bands on last.fm as "bad vocalist" "poseur king"  etc. This guy doesn't know the meaning of "constructive criticism" he just knows insults. Like shit dude I know you don't like me but give it a break already. My makeup style is heavily influenced on old school visual kei. Our band is influenced on old school visual kei and so this is the style I was going for. 
 
Also in regards to the other question. I'm half naked because I don't really have a lot of cool clothes and I just so happened to be half naked there. Why is it a big deal? Not like you can see much except for my shoulders. 

hello
i thought i should stop being shy and introduce myself 
 
i'm 19 year old from australia
favorite thing to do is probably read manga and listening to music...i really like visual kei and jrock although i just started getting into it more recently. my top favorite bands are the Gazette, DIAURA and DIV but i listen to a lot of other bands too
i also like playing video games both on console and pc when i feel like it although im generally too lazy...
 
well thats basically me, i hope i can get along with everyone

"BOOHOO MOST OF IT IS IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE"
 
Yeah this might surprise you but not the entire world caters to America.
 
This is just another guy who thinks shitting on kpop on the internet makes him cool. Please go back to 2010. Also, I find it very insulting he calls the girls "braindead twats". Just because they perform a song you don't like, they're pretty and excel at song and dance doesn't make them any less intelligent.

Hello everyone !

I’m new to this forum, and I think that the best way to start is to present myself.
I’m eiheart, a 27 yo french girl (aka now you know why I talk like shit 8D I’m working on it tho), and I’m back on the VK ship. I started listening to VK in 06’-07’ or something, and I left in 2009 (I remember the last song that I’ve heard and found good was LEECH from gazetto). I left because I was “bored” of the scene (some of my favourites was disbanded tho), I’ve totally lost interest, I needed to see others horizons. But I fell again (with gazetto, how ironic is that XD I’ve heard that DIVISION was their best effort to date, so I’ve decided to give it a try, it was a good surprise and I re-discover my love for their music and all that I've missed). So I came back and take a look at the new scene.
I’m listening a lot of music from all horizons and style, I don’t stick on the azn side (I am not this kind of person nor a fangirl). You can take a look at my last.fm (and you can add me if you wish, you’re very welcome).
I can also participe to the dl section, by uploading my own stuff (oldies of course xD but maybe some can be interested ).
I think it’s all for the moment. If you have questions, don’t hesitate.
Bye 
 

 
(i hope my english wasn't so appalling   )

So, well, I've wanted to join here for quite a while now, but have never had enough confidence to do it. I've actually, just today, decided to join as many social community things (sig..) as I could to try to socialise with the people I want to talk with more (even though I have no clue how to do ANY of these stuff on the internet....), but seeing as I known no one where I live who likes VK and Japanese music in general. So that's why I've decided now to join up here, in a random moment of feeling both scared and excited... So please go easy on me if I say something dumb or wrong, I just want to join in with you guys. There's too many awesome people here so, even though I'm shaking, I'd like to chat with you all as much as I can and make friends and just chat about what we all love.
So thanks for reading my pretty dumb introduction, hah, don't let me bore you, run along now or I might just be overwhelmed if anyone replies. xD Anyway, enjoy your day and see you around (love reading comments from everyone so I'll still probably stay on the sidelines still anyway xD) Aha, well, take care and everything.

Hi everybody !

First, since english isn't my mother tongue, I apologise for any mistakes !

So, I'm Lustair (from ex.Lamiel Yuina's band), I'm french and in visual kei since quite a long time now...
I spent the last 7years exploring more and more deeply into the visual kei history until the point that I can't find bands I never listened to any more... But they still remain !
There is a lot (all pretty old and absolutely not famous indies bands, like "La fille male garder"), It just became very difficult to find any CDs or demo tape any more.
By the way, I'm not in the current visual kei scene except few bands like emmurée, ・・・。[silence], ALSDEAD (I can't explain why but I like this band since the release of "puzzle"...), Lynch, and the godfathers like DEADEND, Luna sea, Kuroyume.
In my opinion currently there is quite interesting bands too but they all sound the same for me cause' of the chords they use and the vocalists do too much and don't sound natural at all.
But of course I'm still following the visual kei scene's news.

I didn't use english for a long time, I think it will become better with a bit of practice...!
 
Nice to meet you !
 
 

Hi there! I've been a member here for quite some time and have never introduced myself, forgive me. My real name is Felipe though I go by smilesxchibi in many places. I am 22 and have been exposed to the visual kei scene since I was 14 but jrock since I was about 7.
Some of my favorite bands include Versailles, Jackman, SuG, Amber gris, Nocturnal Bloodlust, Deathgaze, Dir en Grey (old school), VanessA, Art Cube, Nega, Kibouya Honpo, and many more hehehe.
I'm an easy person to get along with, shy but open minded. Though Im not afraid to speak my mind.
(I hope this makes for a decent introduction ><) feel free to ask me anything as well
Also I am a graphic designer, recently graduated lol

Hello, just wanted to say you have good taste!  
Enjoy the forum~

Heey there!
I'm usually bad with introducing myself but I thought I give it a try ^^
 
Someone recommended MH to me (I don't know if it's okey for him to be mentioned here? xD) since then I'm wandering around this site ^^
I live in Germany and I'm into Visual Kei for about a year now (I guess? that's not very long xD) it became my obsession *-*
The first VK Band I listened to was DIAURA which I found randomly on youtube. My favourites are:
 
Mejibray
MY BACTERIA HEAT IsLAND *-*
Chemical Pictures
AvelCain
Dir en grey
BORN
D'espairs Ray
D.I.D
Lycaon
... etc. ^^
I'm open to everything so if you have a recommondation feel free to write me (:
 
I'm looking forward to what will await me here

(I wouldn't exactly refer to them as "nobodies" at this point, at least not from a domestic perspective: http://weloveucp.com/blog/arlequin-sold-out-in-3-minutes/ . Plus, they have two ex-UCP members, even if CindyKate / Cu[be] weren't all that popular, but it got them an obligatory initial following).

Artist: ア​ルルカン Album: 墓穴 Score: Okay paradoxal, you win. Finally.
I could understand if someone glanced at Arlequin, sighed, and thought to themselves "yet more standard pretty boy metalcore". Snazzy looking bands with laughable musical ability are a dime a dozen in this scene, and they all sound the same - like recycled shit sprinkled with preservatives so you won't mind the stench or notice that you've already heard that riff five times this week. It's also understandable that due to the massive waves of shit that lap on the shore constantly that Arlequin flew under your radar. They certainly flew under mine. So, as I girded my loins for part two of really bland metalcore that people adore for reasons I do not understand, I was caught off guard. Imagine my face, then imagine how it would have looked when the first track was a righteous kick in the ass.

At one point I may have even thanked VK Jesus, but don't put me on record as having ever said that.

What sets Arlequin apart from the countless other bands that play this exact type of music are that they're good at it. Or, good enough to impress me. Arlequin is the one in a thousand band that can take electronics and metalcore and construct music that doesn't make me deaf. The last visual kei band capable of that feat was D.I.D., and they've left a void in the scene that Arlequin is both ready to and capable of filling. It's not the Holy Grail of visual kei but it's better than anything I've heard this scene fart out in a while. That in itself is revolutionary. It's also sad that decent has become good and good has become great in this small, inbred scene but this is not the time to bemoan the gradual manufacturing of this type of music. All the other basement-kei no1curr aggressive metalcore bands in Japan that spend more money on make-up and wigs than guitar lessons should pull up a chair and take some notes.

Boketsu is three tracks featuring decently good production, impressive riffs from guitarists intimate with their instruments, and a vocalist who can both growl and sing. The last part alone is what really puts this band on my radar. He can clean up on the technique and watch the inhales before he ruins his voice, but the lack of modulation and the remarkable consistency he displays on all three tracks is great. He reminds me of a Kyouki who is more in control of his voice but he definitely has his own style. He's also charismatic enough to make the aggressive verse - poppy chorus formula work to their favor. There's also enough power and energy in the breakdowns to put them a notch above obligatory, although I can do without them all the time. There's amazing bass presence on both the part of the bassist and the drummer and even the electronics are placed thoughtfully and not slathered all over the place like special sauce on Big Macs. This is solid but not amazing and it's clear where there's room for improvement. As these members make more music together, I expect them to become an even tighter unit.

Arlequin did not overplay their hand here. Halfway through the first track, I had to toss my hat up to them. For a bunch of nobodies, they wrote some solid tunes here. This is confirmation that at least SOMEONE over in the land of the rising sun is playing more than brainless metalcore. Even in 2014, there's room in visual kei for stodgy old heads like me. I look forward to seeing this band move up through the ranks and become semi-influential.

That is, if they don't pull the whole disbandment shuffle before then.