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Scarlet Valse new look!
 
 
Vocal : Kakeru
 
Guitar : You 
 
Guitar : Rin 
 
Bass : Shian
 
 
Drums : Yo-hey
 
 
 

Scarlet Valse new look!
 
 
Vocal : Kakeru
 
Guitar : You 
 
Guitar : Rin 
 
Bass : Shian
 
 
Drums : Yo-hey
 
 
 

Ai and Kisaki in one session band - am I dreaming? That's so goooood

This reminds me of when Tatsuya (ex-Syndrome) came back in a generic synth kei band and it flopped.
 

wtf i never cared for scarlet valse, but now Imma have to start????

^
their new single "Knife..."will be released on 3/30
 
their first mini album "Genesis of Astaroth ~第一章~" will be out later on 6/19
 
bitch you will NEVER be David...

Scarlet Valse new look!
 
 
Vocal : Kakeru
 
Guitar : You 
 
Guitar : Rin 
 
Bass : Shian
 
 
Drums : Yo-hey
 
 
 

Same old, they definitely have Lynch. syndrome where they write exactly the same song over and over again.

They are totally ripping off themselves in every track. Now I'm lazy to look up the songs I'm saying they are copying, but any careful fan should know them well.  Btw, the chorus for 'Ikari' is totally sweet and dramatic, so it's nice, but surely not something I would put on repeat.

Astaroth will make 3 important announcements on 03/01/2020 at 18:00 (Japanese Time) through their official Twitter
 
 

New 7th Single「パンドラ」(Pandora) 2020.04.22

CD
1. SE
2. パンドラ (Pandora)
3. 古毒のカンタレラ (Ko doku no Cantarella)

DVD
1. パンドラ (Pandora)（MV）
2. パンドラ（Making）
Live?
3. Stargazer
4. 歌舞伎町ミッドナイト
5. くたばれエイリアン
6. モノクローム
7. 捻くれモンスター
8. 2次元ラヴァーズ
9. 依存症パズル
10. 愁いのアリア
11. 心の在処
 

 
https://mikansei-alice-official.amebaownd.com/posts/6007214

I understand your hatred for him, he is a shit in person but it is impossible not to admit that he is a very good musician and bass player.

For the next 2 weeks I will enjoy my very first Japan-trip. As I will visit 4 concerts in this period I thought you may be interested in a report of the shows.
 
February 15, 2020 - Buglug, Arlequin, Kizu (Man only) - Meguro Rokumeikan

 
So this will be it: My first concert on Japanese ground! I was beyond excited. The concert was scheduled for 5:30. We went there early to avoid any troubles. In front of the venue a nice guy from Israel spotted us and gave us some useful tips for attending a concert in Japan (the entrance system, behaving etc.) Thanks for that man! He also told us that this venue is legendary one. Especially known for X Japan shows in their indies. 
We entered the venue after climbing some stairs down. It was much smaller then I expected. I would say it has a capacity of 150~200. There were no boundaries in front of the stage so the atmosphere is really  intimate. 
 
Arlequin (アルルカン) started the evening. Of course I am familiar with the name of the band but never dared to listen to them. But wow - they were great! They really really had fun with the man only gig. Aki pumped us with shouting Otoko!! several times. He even grabbed his guts lol. He did some stage diving between one song. I really liked his stage performance and the rest of the band was great too! I will definitely get into their discography. They played around 45 minutes. I can‘t report a setlist, sorry. 
 
Second band was (finally) Kizu (キズ). They were the main reason for choosing this concert as I really ship them! So this report will be very long. 😁
As not being the headliner you could see that most of the fans came for Kizu. So as their intro started the venue was pumped!
Lime‘s outfit was a mix between a vampire and the Joker. He had a long black cape, joker makeup (the Heath Ledger one) and hair extension. 
Reiki looked as usual with his short trousers. But his hair is grown much longer. 
Yue had a very dandy look with his hair combed back. He wore a black suit which was open so you could see his upper body. 
Kyonosuke had an interesting look with combed back hair too and a black ruffled indefinable top.
 
They started with Heisei which is so much better live! Lime played a second guitar. 
Next song was Buta also a very nice live experience. 
Then Jugo - and omg what a madness. So much headbanging and Furi. Same with the following Elise.
I‘m not a big fan auf Kuro ame but I have to admit the song is beautiful live. Lime sang the first verse without microphone and that gave me shivers. You could also see that the song is very emotional for the whole band.
The silence after Kuro ame was short as they played Oshimai - fuck yes! It was wild. Reiki did his guitar flip and the crowd was insane. 
Last song was Kizuato - forget what I was saying about Oshimai... this song was insane! That breakdown in the end. 😱 I hoped that they play it and I was so happy. 
And this was it. A 45 minute concert which felt like 10 minutes... If you have any chance to watch them, do it!
 
Setlist キズ:
平成
豚
十五
ELISE
黒い雨
おしまい
傷痕
 
And last but not least BugLug entered the stage. They were the headliner for the show. I‘ve never heard one song of them so I was excited to see what they may deliver. Light went out and a SE started to play as someone tiped my shoulder. It was the lead singer lol. They surprised us and came from the entrance straight through the audience to the stage. They shouted something with a megaphone. That was really cool. Next surprise: Before they started to iniateted a wall of death. Neat!
They did a really good and entertaining show with stage diving, moshing, fan service etc. While the last song the singer came right into the audience and sang the whole song there and even started to mosh. 
Great band but their music is not my cup of tea. (Please don‘t kill me dear BugLug fans!)
They also played 45 minutes. I don‘t know their songs but I took a picture of their setlist if someone is interested.
 
So this was it! A great concert with left us all with smiling faces. next one is the Meme Oneman on February 18.
 
I hope you liked this review and didn‘t fall asleep while reading. I will soon write again after the next concert.

Hey kids, this smells like a...
 
 

I never understood why care so much about a band ripping off diru when diru never sounds the same from album to album. Might as well let someone else copy a sound they're obviously never going back to.

Calling them a deg knock-off because Jin started screaming 2/3rds into their career is a bit of a stretch. Not even the DSS prog aspirations of like one song the last album really cut it for such a label. 
 
Early Nega is quintessential UCP sounding stuff that was musically going along the same broad strokes vk was in general at that time. Deg doesn't have the trade mark on screams, growls and chugs when you can find that in vk from like 2000 onwards, or 2001 in this case since Ray was already ripping off Slipknot by that time while the boys in Dir en grey were still dressed in drag. 

Bullshit. Nega is basic and bland compared to Dir en grey, sure; but their vocalist sure loved copying Kyo when he started incorporating a low-rent version of his high screams. 
 
Like I said, not nearly as unoriginal as Mao or Wataru; but derivative nonetheless. 

tbh without kisaki it isn't even mago, might as well be a cover band at that point. 
 
This band is so underrated I might go and resurrect the old Nega thread if there's one. Their long ballads from back in the day fuck 
 
 

We want Phantasmagoria revival too! T__T

LOL just was my hope!!!

Absolutely!  

yikes less than 300 views in a day lmaaoooo fucking rip yohio 
 
I can't believe how this dude can't dedicate himself to any project he starts. He can obviously rip off gazette musically, sing and scream very well and design merch for himself and what have you. And despite all that, he doesn't commit to a consistent release schedule, he doesn't stick with any project he starts ( remember the girl band? remember awoken by silence? remember this oskar he was hyping on his label? actually remember his label in general? or his podcast for that matter ) By the time a nobody vk band like Jigsaw or something has put out release after release while struggling to stay alive in cut-your-hair-or-die no welfare Japan, this dude has only flexed to an ever-dwindling number of people on twitter in an attempt to become a motivational speaker or something. He's accomplished astoundingly little after the second solo album came out and it's been years. He's obviously from a rich family and definitely hasn't worked a day in his life because his malnourished manlet child-body looks like wouldn't survive a day in the cold, so why the fuck can't he get anything done when he has all the time in the world to sit on his ass and play video games? I loved second and third DISREIGN pvs so I'm just blown away how someone can be almost legit for one minute and a total flop for the remaining 59. 

my sleep paralysis demon