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Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

post-visual kei actually

Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

Well here's some of my cosplay selfies from a convention two weeks ago. :^) Bonus points to you if you recognize any of the characters.
 
 

iunno man

Dir en grey and Sukekiyo are known primarily for their Dark-toned music, which they do well for the most part. With that said,  I think DECAYS (and probably Seraph), gets hella flack because its on the lighter side.  Kinda as if its illegal for the individual members of Dir en grey to be involved in or do any sort of music that isn't dark toned. The salt when Secret Mode came out was hilarious at best. SO many ppl were "let down" lmaoo.  Of the 3, DECAYS's appeals more to me these days primarily because its a nice break/contrast tone wise. And their music, while its simpler than Dir's and Sukekiyo's is much more easier on the ears but still creative enough to keep me going back. DIE really struck gold here. 
 
Or maybe ppl aren't sleeping on DECAYS but its just cool to rag on em. 

Here's another translation, this time of the live-limited song by Diaura released last February (this one was quite cryptic in some point but I hope to have made evident the meaning)
Kanji:

I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live...still I live...
終わりなき舞台の上で
傷付きながら それでも光へ
また踏み出していく

強い雨の日も光のない灰空の日にも
決して離さずに 僕の手を強く繋いでいくれたね
遠き日の影に置き去りにされたままの歌も
決して色褪せず揺るぎない僕を映し出していた

猛然と吐き出す衝動
カラカラと空回る
猛然と吐き出す衝動

降り注ぐ声 次なる時へ
この夜を駆けてゆく
無の世界で 何もかもを失っても
君へと伝う

I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live...still I live...
終わりなき舞台の上で
傷付きながら それでも光へ
また踏み出していく

慰めの言葉も心無い愛情も
何もかもを拒む日々に
「どうして僕は生きるの
傷を背負い何処へ行くの？」
問い掛けてた

狡猾に捻じ曲がる回答
カラカラと空回る
猛然と吐き出す衝動

降り注ぐ声 次なる時へ
この夜を駆けてゆく
無の世界で 何もかもを失っても
君へと伝う

I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live...still I live...
終わりなき舞台の上で
傷付きながら それでも光へ
また踏み出していく
 
Romaji:
I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live...still I live...
owari naki butai no ue de
kizu tsukinagara soredemo hikari e
mata fumidashite iku

Tsuyoi ame no hi mo hikari no nai haizora no hi ni mo
kesshite hanasazu ni boku no te wo tsuyoku tsunaide ite kureta ne
tooki hi no kage ni okizari ni sareta mama no uta mo
kesshite iroasezu yuruginai boku wo utsushidashite ita

Mouzen to hakidasu shoudou
karakara to sora mawaru
mouzen to hakidasu shoudou

Furisosogu koe tsuginaru toki e
kono yoru wo kakete yuku
mu no sekai de nani mo kamo wo ushinatte mo
kimi e to tsutau

I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live...still I live...
owari naki butai no ue de
kizu tsukinagara soredemo hikari e
mata fumidashite iku

Nagusame no kotoba mo kokoro nai aijou mo
nani mo kamo wo kobamu hibi ni
'doushite boku wa ikiru no
kizu wo shoi doko e iku no?'
toikake teta

Koukatsu ni nejimagaru kaitou
karakara to sora mawaru
koukatsu ni nejimagaru kaitou

Mouzen to hakidasu shoudou
karakara to sora mawaru
mouzen to hakidasu shoudou

Furisosogu koe tsuginaru toki e
kono yoru wo kakete yuku
mu no sekai de nani mo kamo wo ushinatte mo
kimi e to tsutau

I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live...still I live...
owari naki butai no ue de
kizu tsukinagara soredemo hikari e
mata fumidashite iku
 
Translation:
 
I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live…still I live…
On an endless stage
Still while I carry a wound to the light
And I am going to make a step forward.
 
In the days of strong rain and even in the ones with the grey sky and without light
Don't ever leave my hand, which was strongly connected
Songs became as they are left behind to the shadow of the distant days
I never fade and I reveal myself steady.
 
Impulse of spitting out savagely
Turning around the sky
Impulse of spitting out savagely.
 
A voice which downpours to the next moment
This night runs away
Even if I lose everything in this absent world
I will follow you.
 
I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live…still I live…
On an endless stage
Still while I carry a wound to the light
And I am going to make a step forward.
 
Comforting words and thoughtless affection
In the days which reject everything
"Why will I carry on my shoulders the wounds of the life and where I will go?"
I wondered.
 
Cunningly twisting answer
Turning around the sky
Cunningly twisting answer.
 
Impulse of spitting out savagely
Turning around the sky
Impulse of spitting out savagely.
 
A voice which downpours to the next moment
This night runs away
Even if I lose everything in this absent world
I will follow you.
 
I sing for you belive'n universe
still I live…still I live…
On an endless stage
Still while I carry a wound to the light
And I am going to make a step forward.
 
Kanji/Romaji from Jpopasia
Translation is mine, so credit me before posting it elsewhere!

Amazing. Gotta get one of these  

Never did I think I'd live to see the day. 
 
Please don't be a best album... 
 
Edit: so it looks like someone got a tracklist up on JPA. I'm feeling so much disappointment right now.
 
1. panic panic (パニックパニック)
2. BLAME (Re-recording ver.)
3. Aoiyami (アオイヤミ)
4. mirror ball (ミラーボール)
5. Imperial Dragon (Instrumental)
6. Kaitenmokuba (回転木馬)
7. sakura.
8. Scar (Re-recording ver.)
9. desaba (デサバ)
10. catwalk (キャットウォーク)
11. subarashiki kono sekai e (素晴らしきこの世界へ)
12. poison chocolate (ポイズンチョコレート)
13. kabukichou butterfly (歌舞伎町バタフライ)
14. usotsuki pierot (嘘つきピエロ)
15. amazuppai mango (甘酸っぱいマンゴー)
16. adrenalin BANG! (アドレナリンBANG!)

Purple Stone has just announced at their two-man live tonight that their new album "赤と青(Aka to ao)" (2 types, 2700 yen each) will be released on 2017/08/23
 

 

^^
i feel so bad for european fans bc they always get their hopes up but get shit on with these promoters and eventually their jrawk well is gonna dry up
unlike us in NA who have no hopes to begin with ^.^

Welcome to the forum! : ) I'm sure you won't be disappointed  

I'm surprised there hasn't been a mention of Jui (ex-Vidoll) here yet. He had a really good range and multi-faceted voice to me, and admittingly so, I believe that he sounds a little different and more limited now after his throat surgery in 2010.
 
Overall, he still has a unique voice. I have yet to find anyone that sounds even remotely similar to him.

It was fine until the obligatory key change, then I was like "ugh byeee"
 
Atsuki looks fucking hot without makeup tho. Chizuru looks great both with and without makeup.

a lot of singers  (like Dir en grey & Plastic Tree) have had surgery before & they're still around~

isn't that just a matter of opinions though? lmao

I think sources should be obligatory for posting in this thread first of all, lol. I like the potential it has so it ought to b salvaged.
 
cause it kind of feels like "post your thinly veiled opinions as shit that noob vk fans say" thread

Part 2.

 
And on an OST video for Hyperdimension Neptunia:


Just sort of weird how much people will big up the stuff they listen to, as if it's the sole source of a type of music, or that it's the best and the only best.

2NE1, Wonder Girls, T-ara, now Sistar. RIP 2nd gen girl groups.