togz

ayy, welcome back!

Garo joined that weird ramen band, singed there for a while and then left to oblivion... No news about Toki.
I am still mad at Meku for being Kamijo's slave.
 
Sad. Very, very sad ://

@togz Oh, no! If that's true (Garo retiring), I'm also really sad ;w; He was such a unique, amazing vocalist and I was quite looking forward to hearing him come back! His talent will truly be missed T_T So unfortunate to hear about Toki as well 😕 At the very least, I hope he's doing well in whatever endeavors he's involved in.

@monkeybanana4 @Wakarimashita The saddest part is aside from Nikky and Mekus Kamijo endevors, Toki has been in some sessions bands? Idk about recently but he seems to have fallen off Twitter. And Garo probably retired and I’m sad he was one of the best vocalists I have ever heard. Oof big sad mood guys

I do too...

Same here! I love their music~ I still listen to it even though they're long gone ;w;

message an admin

@God There is a name change thread, but it's mainly for tracking the name changes of users so no one gets confused

@Paraph I'll add that to my list! Thanks a ton!

ooo Virge also!

@Jigsaw9 oh man I thought he left after Varyl again. But now i'm super stoked to check it out. Thanks man

@togz Yup, Verxina is the ex-gossip vocalist's new band.

@Paraph sweet I'll give them a listen
@chipathy I heard a song by kizu and they fricken rock. DIMLIM is actually one of the only VK bands I follow already mainly because they play with some metal bands sometimes. They're pretty skilled. How owuld you say they are compared to say deviloof?
@yomii Nazare is new! I'll check them out. Codomo dragon is still around huh? They were also pretty good! Thanks for the recommendations
@Jigsaw9 I know XaaXaa but I haven't really dug in to their discography as much as I'd like. I was supposed to see them in Japan but they pulled out of the line up because of a car accident 😧 RAZOR IS MY JAM. Followed them briefly because of Tetsuya (RIP SKULL) but I have fallen off and i'll have to check out their newest stuff. As for Verxina... is that Hiro's new band... the guy from the old af gossip?

@Paraph sweet I'll give them a listen
@chipathy I heard a song by kizu and they fricken rock. DIMLIM is actually one of the only VK bands I follow already mainly because they play with some metal bands sometimes. They're pretty skilled. How owuld you say they are compared to say deviloof?
@yomii Nazare is new! I'll check them out. Codomo dragon is still around huh? They were also pretty good! Thanks for the recommendations
@Jigsaw9 I know XaaXaa but I haven't really dug in to their discography as much as I'd like. I was supposed to see them in Japan but they pulled out of the line up because of a car accident 😧 RAZOR IS MY JAM. Followed them briefly because of Tetsuya (RIP SKULL) but I have fallen off and i'll have to check out their newest stuff. As for Verxina... is that Hiro's new band... the guy from the old af gossip?

in addition to written above, i suggest nazare. also codomo dragon's last album is incredibly good

You might already know them, but other than the aforementioned bands, I recommend Xaa Xaa, RAZOR and maybe Verxina.

Kizu and dimlim are the new hot kids on the block, other than that I second laveil mizeria and crucifixion as well

La'veil MizeriA

I love the unexpected so I am more excited to listen to it!

I also agree with KyattoFaibu. I've almost left the VK scene exclusively for the fact that the fanbase as a whole can seem rather toxic. It's very competitive and with the heavy rotation of new bands all the time, it just gets old with people shutting them all down in any way that they can. It pushes people away I think from even wanting to interact. I have a good 3-4 friends that have accounts here but don't bother being active because people tend to be overly opinionated and hold their opinion high and truest instead of just focusing on what they like and connected with the people who like those things. I don't like Mejibray and I never have and never will, but I wouldn't go around posting something insulting about them any chance i could on a new release, new look, or general news about them. I don't like them so i just don't care and I'm not going to discourage someone from liking them if that's what they choose to like. And yeah some will say in defense you shouldn't worry about what others say and if they don't like it don't be on the site... well there you go... people don't like it so they're not being on the site. What did people expect. These are just a few small examples, but i agree with pretty much every point CAT5 made.

Living is just slowly dying anyways.

After all, we all are slowly dying

I also agree with KyattoFaibu. I've almost left the VK scene exclusively for the fact that the fanbase as a whole can seem rather toxic. It's very competitive and with the heavy rotation of new bands all the time, it just gets old with people shutting them all down in any way that they can. It pushes people away I think from even wanting to interact. I have a good 3-4 friends that have accounts here but don't bother being active because people tend to be overly opinionated and hold their opinion high and truest instead of just focusing on what they like and connected with the people who like those things. I don't like Mejibray and I never have and never will, but I wouldn't go around posting something insulting about them any chance i could on a new release, new look, or general news about them. I don't like them so i just don't care and I'm not going to discourage someone from liking them if that's what they choose to like. And yeah some will say in defense you shouldn't worry about what others say and if they don't like it don't be on the site... well there you go... people don't like it so they're not being on the site. What did people expect. These are just a few small examples, but i agree with pretty much every point CAT5 made.

I agree with all the reasons mentioned above. The state of MH is affected by a multitude of factors. The state of filesharing, the state of the VK scene, the season, aging fanbase, and so on.
 
However, one thing I've noticed that has had a serious effect on our community over the years - and something that rarely gets mentioned - are the individual attitudes of our members. Now no community is perfect, but I've noticed that there's a subset of users here who seem to pride themselves on being "bitchy" and "petty", and seem to have set their hearts on being divisive - the kind of users that would rather talk shit about other users than discuss music with them.
 
Most probably don't think of themselves as part of a community here, but the fact is - we're a community because we all have a common unity - J-rock and Visual Kei. So when you have users injecting divisive elements like the ones I just mentioned, it becomes cancerous to the community as a whole. I've seen users here continually hold other users in contempt for shit they did YEARS ago. I've seen users start shit with other users for no reason. I've seen users intentionally set out to "burn" other users just to seem "cool". I've seen users intentionally stalk and harass other members. I've seen A LOT being staff here for over a decade.
 
Hell, even I've been thrown under the bus by certain members here - and if anyone knows me, I've always strived to be as understanding, agreeable, and diplomatic as possible - as a staff member, fellow fan, and friend. But regardless, there are people who are purely intent on being divisive - even when you approach them with good intents. But for what? Who does that help? Who does that serve? It definitely doesn't help the community at all. 
 
I can't tell you the amount of times people have come to me personally and explained how they want to participate here, but they're afraid of getting bitched at for having a different opinion, or attacked for any odd reason. Many people have left the community for these very reasons as well. I'm pretty sure some people get off on being an asshole or a "sassy bitch", but that shit ain't cool to people who just wanna come here to fellowship with other J-rock fans in peace. We all got lives outside of here (which are difficult enough as is), so the last thing any of us want to do is log on to see some GROWN-ASS ADULT with the maturity of an emotionally neglected 13 year old project their own misery on to others. That shit ain't it.
 
And yeah, lest anyone want to call me out as a hypocrite -  I READILY admit that I've played my part in the divisiveness and the nonsense in times past as well, and I take 110% responsibility for it. I'm not innocent either and I'll be THE FIRST to tell you that I ain't perfect. Far from it. But the point of this post is not to place blame on anyone or to call anyone out. It's simply to call awareness to the fact that we all contribute to the state of this community on an individual level as well. Our individual contributions have a resounding effect on the whole, like a ripple effect. As staff, we can enforce certain rules here. But we cannot dictate the attitudes of the members here. We can't dictate how you choose to interface with the community here. We cannot dictate the state of your heart. Nor would we want to do any of that.
 
I simply want to point out that the actions we take here, no matter how meaningless or miniscule they seem, DO have an effect. And based on those actions, the state of our community will either be tilted in a better direction or a worse direction. It's up to yall to decide.

Because it takes me ten years to like... function on MH. Lol