desparejo86

Metalcore, ugh, absolutely - but what I mean was that I like rock and roll drumming in VK; big bombastic groovy and emotive (Shinya from LS, Sakura from L'arc, Minato from Dead End), and not the supertight almost-drum machine like metal drumming sound that you hear in a lot of modern stuff.
 
And solos are essential! Just the mix of the things I was describing turns me wayyyy off.... reminds me of Belle Ame from the Beck anime.

Nanase Aikawa is forever bae. Bad girls for the fuckin' win.
 

Awful: 
Schwarz Stein (self explanatory) 
Abingdon Boys School (just rolls off the tongue poorly)
GLAY (what the fuck)
L'arc~en~Ciel (Pre'tenious~As~Fuck)
B'z (horrible. just horrible.)
Gackt
La'Mule (lolz)
Fake? (how am I supposed to google you assholes? especially in 2006!)
GALLLLOOOOGAAMEEESSHHHH
 
Awesome:
Kuroyume 
New Sodmy
Velvet Eden
Oblivion Dust
Kagerou
Dead End
Kuroyume
Kuroyume
Kuroyume
Kuroyume

Chilling with some friends last night, I'm not in the picture but I found this humorous.
 
 

ya girl dyed her hair again

kill me

I made my own Hospital Kei photoshoot!
 

Hi guys, long time no see.
 

One of the better selfies I've taken for a while.

Old and new stuffs :
 
The Cure - Disintegration (vinyl)
Joy Division - Closer (vinyl)
Lacuna Coil - Delirium
Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandonned Us
Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep [CD+DVD]
tool - AEnima
 

More magazine from pura <3

- DADAROMA / スタンチク
- hirofumi王子 / Rose Evergreen


- Raphael / Never -1997040719990429-


- 櫻井有紀 (rice, Raphael) / 独唱 -悠久の桧舞台-


- DAMY / 無修正
- ARCHEMI. / 仏狂

 
- AIRIS / Celestial Fragment
- DIEALO / DECISION


- ザアザア / 中毒症状
- 篠突く雨 / 輝夜-kaguya-
- DEVIZE / Irony

 
-  VIVALET / 2度目の絶望とSuicide ceremony
- JILUKA / Faizh

Got some goodies on presumed dead but surprisingly resurgent media this weekend:
 

My buddy's hardcore band and another split I picked up on a whim 'cause they're from my hometown.
 
 

That DLQ goodness courtesy of Rarezhut.

メアリィ - メンヘライズム
 

The first thing I got was actually from last Friday as gift from my boyfriend.  I was too lazy to actually post it last week, though.

BugLug - V.S (Type A)
 
Getting the non-Japanese stuff out of the way first.  I got this at my local record store today while I was looking for Loudness LPs.  XD

Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From the Move
Hanoi Rocks - Self Destruction Blues
 
Now here's my newest J-music stuff that I just got today.

Color - Overwhelming Superiority VHS
Color - Land of Revolution VHS
 

Gastunk - In the Fire
Gargoyle - Halleluyah (Rockin' F Single)
Virus - 退屈しのぎのLOVE愛視線 (Rockin' F Single)
Passion Rose - Out of Control (Rockin' F Single)
Gastunk - Dead Song (Rockin' F Single)
Aion - Gasp For Breath (Rockin' F Single)
 

Strawberry Fields - Alibi
Strawberry Fields - Venus
Strawberry Fields - Faded Blue Night
 

D≒SIRE - Stay
Glay - Heavy Gauge
Princess Princess - Princess Princess
Wands - Piece of My Soul
Wands - Little Bit...
Rouage - Mind
Shazna - Gold Sun and Silver Moon (Both versions because I like to collect crap.)
 

Zeppet Store - Clutch
Princess Princess - Let's Get Crazy
Wands - Wands
Princess Princess - Dolls in Action
Jolly Pickles - 黒じゃない世界
Seamonkey - ちょうちんふかし
Redtail Cat - Girl
Laputa - 翔～カケラ～裸
 

Baiser - Terre
Kill-Slayd - Krank
Zinx - Empty
Baiser - 接吻

Just a list, no explanations  in no particular order, bands listed are acts I like the vocalist in;
 
1. Morrie - Creature Creature (don't know if this counts as vk though)
2. Kagrra, - Isshi
3. Kuroyume - Kiyoharu
4. Versailles, Lareine, solo - Kamijo
5. Malice Mizer, Pride of Mind, solo - Klaha
6.  Pierrot - Kirito
7. D'ERLANGER, Die in Cries - Kyo
8. Da'vid/shito:aL - Pietoro
9. Guniw Tools - Full
10. Velvet Eden - Dada

1. Morrie (Dead End, Creature Creature)
2. Morrie (Dead End, Creature Creature)
3. Morrie (Dead End, Creature Creature)
4. Morrie (Dead End, Creature Creature)
5. Morrie (Dead End, Creature Creature)
 
It's all about Morrie, guys.
 

Gackt was just one of three different singers Malice Mizer had, he had nothing to do with their breakup.
 
Never heard that rumor before; 100% started by a western fan who was pulling stuff out of her ass. Anyone with a musical ear can tell that Mana and Kozi had no hand in writing Gackt's solo material. Apples and Oranges.
 
Gackt was likely not at Kamis funeral for the reason listed in my reply below. 
 
 
I don't know what official statements Gackt, Mana, or Kozi have made because we don't really need to, ya know? None of them will tell you what occam's razor will, because it's not flattering to either party.
 
Nippon Columbia decided that Malice Mizer were small potatoes and Gackt was the star. And they were right! Gackt wrote the highest charting single on Mervilles, Le Ciel, which also happened to be the most commercial song on the album. Gackt had the great voice, incredible looks, a legion of female fans and he wrote the biggest hit on the album. He was poised for stardom, Malice Mizer could hold him back. 
 
So Nippon Columbia put their money on Gackt solo and ditched the band, and their gamble paid off in spades. People tend to gloss over/forget, possibly due to Kamis death, that not only did Malice Mizer's label give Gackt a solo deal, but they dropped Malice Mizer. That wasn't a coincidence.
 
It is what it is. I hate Gackt solo, but wouldn't trade Bara no Seidou or the Klaha singles for anything. I just wish we'd get one more album out of MM.... instrumental, with Klaha, a new singer... I don't care.

Not really a fan of ranking albums, they all have so many great qualities.. Luna Sea had some of the most outlandish shit they ever made. It's got that raw, dreamy wicked vibe written all over it. Lots of dark green, blue, purple and black feelings, vines spiraling out from a naked body.There was no album as graphic as that one until Mother came along, where the production value and overall atmosphere tied together so perfectly. But if you look at pure musical content, I'd probably say that Image is ahead of the others.
 
Anything after Mother would be my weakest pick. Sure, I love Style. It's like a musical representation of Sugizos magenta hair. LOVE&UNIVERSE all over the place. Just doesn't turn me on as the raw grit they churned out before. 
 
Personal favs: Face to face and Branch Road.
The futuristic atmosphere in Face to face is just insane. It's also a real testament to where they perfectly combined artistic integrity with a new level of songwriting (eg. when the music seamlessly enchances the overall concept of the song).
Branch road? Jesus, it's got so much shit going on. The dynamics between the different parts makes it feel more like a story than a rock song. Toppled with great counter riffing, Sugizos delaybombs, and the overall schizophrenic vocals. I'd say the vocals are the main character of the story. Switches between Ryuichi talking to himself and lashing out at the world builds a great dissonance that is later unleashed in the force of a thousand suns orgasm that is the chorus. It bursts out in some ambivalent scene of "fuck the world, but I'm going to be the one doing the fucking".
 
Dat scream doe.

I hate Angelo. Angelo were a lazy, low rent GARBAGE band when they debuted, and now, even with Karyu in the fold, they continue to make GARBAGE a decade later. And people buy it (apparently)! Their best songs sound like songs that weren't good enough for a Pierrot album ten years ago.
 
Versailles is a freakin' joke. They're how I imagine a Saturday Night Live skit mocking Visual would sound. If I had to genre-tag them, I'd label them Anime Convention Rock.
 
Inoran should be publicly stoned for this bullshit. This is the guy who wrote Gravity... and am I watching a music video by him or, like, Pitbull? 
 
I hate Kiyoharu releasing garbage ass new songs and calling it Kuroyume because Hitoki's playing bass. COULD YOU FUCKING NOT THANKS.

Tila Tequila's insane ass retweeted me once, so I can pretty much die happy

Since there is no full-length album release in sight, I may as well review the single for those curious.
 
The track is great! Quite a departure from the material on the "Switch" EP,  "In Secret" is a reserved, mid tempo rocker; dark and very Kagerou-esque. It opens with a haunting harmonized guitar line that leads into a choppy riff. The verse has a great melody that is actually kind of enka-sounding, while Yuana, Kazu, and amon bang out the chords in unison . The chorus has those reaching, drawn out lines that Kagerou is remembered for, but Selm's voice is a lot fuller than Daisuke's was, and is really makes STEREO.C.K. so different from Kagerou, despite having both Yuana and Kazu in the band. And I absolutely love amon's tasteful drumming as well; he gets the job done without throwing in the slightest of ego-driven fills.
 
I am in love with this track. Can't wait for the "Nos Black" single to go on sale to the public, and am more than ready for a full length!!

Jesus Christ.
I posted this review to encourage people to fucking buy it  because it's a good single worth buying. And if you like the band but aren't going to buy it, here's a heads up: the new release is good.
 
It was like ten bucks at the zoisite online shop. They ship overseas.  Everyone does have the same access.
 
Are you seriously asserting that someone would write a review to brag about having ten dollars?
 

Jesus Christ.
I posted this review to encourage people to fucking buy it  because it's a good single worth buying. And if you like the band but aren't going to buy it, here's a heads up: the new release is good.
 
It was like ten bucks at the zoisite online shop. They ship overseas.  Everyone does have the same access.
 
Are you seriously asserting that someone would write a review to brag about having ten dollars?
 

Been listening to BODY the past few days and figured they could use a little love.
 
Cipher (D'erlanger) and Tetsu (Zi:Kill) formed BODY following Zi:Kill's breakup. Naoki Kimura landed the vacant vocalist position after being approached after a gig by Yasuyuki Saito, guitarist of Reaction, who had gone to work for Sony Records and was scouting a singer for Cipher and Tetsu's new project. Naoki was an amateur singer who had never even heard D'erlanger before, due to only listening to western bands at the time. Motoki Okada, another really green player, rounded out the lineup on bass (I've never found info on how he landed the gig, I'm guessing through Saito as well).
 
Despite having loads of talent and a some great songs, BODY didn't work out; they disbanded following one album and a series of shows at the Nippon Budokan. There have been many theories why they broke up, I've seen it suggested on Japanese sites that their debut album, Flame, was derided for poor sound quality and the albums shortcomings caused internal strife within the band. The album was remixed with some added keyboards and overdubs and re-released a year later, but it was too late, as Cipher and Tetsu had formed CRAZE and released their debut single by the time the remixed Flame hit the market.
 
-As stated above, Cipher and Tetsu found success in CRAZE following BODY's breakup, and are both currently in the reunited D'erlanger.
-Naoki dropped off the radar for a few years before resurfacing as the new singer for the his mentor Yasuyuki Saito's band, Reaction, with which he performed until Saito's death.
-Motoki and Naoki also formed THE LOVEROCK VIOLENT together with Kenji Shimizu, who was a BODY support member.
 
 
 
Disclaimer: I got 90% of this information from Naoki's old blog, so if anything posted here is untrue... Naoki be lying.