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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QBNLTwq5SY

new band "K.A." (tentative band name) will perform at event "Black Hole 2015 FINAL GIG" at Ikebukuro BLACK HOLE at 2015/12/29, although member details have not yet been announced
 
[live participating artists]
D.I.D.
グリーヴァ(Grieva)
ギャロ(THE GALLO)
More
SAVAGE
SHIVA
JILUKA
アヴァンチック(avanchick)
MALISEND
LONDBOY
∞INFi2TY
SERIAL⇔NUMBER
GE+IM
Misaruka
DAMY
メディーナ(Mediena)
レインディア(raindia)
Sin.
VENDETTA
Lydiar
K.A.

Can ya'll just make a 'VK sucks' section on the forum so all these damn threads can go there?

Personally, I still listen to VK bands. However, every year the number of new and upcoming bands with originality seem to be less and less.
Last year, I spent amonth or so searching for those "diamond in the rough" VK bands and found a few. My tastes may very from yours, but I share the same sentiments about finding more unique and creative bands.
 
(I am going to steal Lestalt's formatting, hope that's okay)
 
● アルルカン - They are a self-proclaimed “新世代名古屋系” band that are trying to bring back an updated version of Nagoya-kei.
● DADAROMA - Heavy and inventive band from Yoshiatsu (ex- Crazy Shampoo).
● DIMDIVISION - If you like 9 GOATS and the like, you might want to check them out.
● DIV - An EDM-rock/pop-VK/metalcore band. Their newest album has them going in a new direction, which is fresh.
● SRASH NOTES GARDEN – A hybrid VK band with singer-songwriter elements. I found out about the band on Sakanagatoreta's blog site (A middle-aged Japanese VK fanboy). You might want to browse his site to check out minor VK bands that a lot of people might not be talking about yet. He literally reviews almost everything that comes out. http://ameblo.jp/sakanagatoreta/entry-11797369774.html
 
A9's side project, DIAWOLF, is also really different.

You guys win the internet.
 
Andy looks awesome.
 
About the "TRE" -- unfortunately no, they're just writing the band name as "GALLO" (they did the same format for the covers of INCUBUS and SUCCUBUS); we're thinking the "TRE" refers to the third album.
 
Also, BELIAL was just posted on the webshop even though it was supposed to be limited to the live last night. Guess it didn't sell well. Sooooo if you're interested in dropping $20usd on a $6 CD for shipping, haha...

mia scares the shit out of me


 
paradigm paradox koichi must STAY
 

You forget that members of ass'n'arrow joined lynch. and Deathgaze
 

this is correct

The best way to watch Code Geass is to not watch it.

no one cares about the gallo enough to attack the fans lol did u think it was dir en grey circa 2008 or some shit
yeah someone started shit about the foreign gallo gya trying to fuck the band and i thought it was hilarious, and all of a sudden im sure the girl who they were shit talking was crying about how if u dont go to the lives dont talk shit blah blah blah on tumblr
i wouldnt know if theres any truth to it, it just made me giggle. good that you have a sense of humour about it, now spill the tea about the gallo drama bc it sounds entertaining ^.^
also to stay on topic the minimalism of the cover is actually so cute

endou, a beautiful cinnamon roll. too good for this world, too pure

I think most of what I'm about to say has already been said, but just to get my two cents out: I went through this phase of "hating" VK and thinking all bands that were popping out in the scene sounded alike and weren't really good. I'm not gonna dismiss that sentiment because I've seen it happen with plenty of people, although it's still hard to understand the exact reason as to why it happens. It was weird for me to understand it too, especially since I was a fan of the scene for a long time. But after a while, I realized that I needed that "anger" to open up my mind to other stuff and that VK wasn't necessarily the problem. Yes, the current trend of growling and metalcore isn't my favorite as well, but so wasn't oshare. So wasn't nu metal. But every single time I ended up thinking "this isn't for me anymore", I find out there are still bands doing their own thing, trying to be creative, trying to stand out. These bands do exist, and to be fairly honest, you just need to look at the bigger picture. VK, as a scene, has always had diversity at the same time it has lots of younger bands trying to follow the current trend just to stand out among others and get their space. What I mean by all this is: even though the majority of it doesn't seem appealing anymore, just give some time to see that there's still a few bright spots here and there that you'll probably enjoy. At some point you do grow out of following every single aspect of the scene, but that doesn't mean that it's not worthy giving it some attention every once in a while.

I think it's becoming more and more clear with thoughts like this that Visual Kei by itself isn't a genre, but a statement or movement. It similar to fashion; it changes every season and whether you like the latest trends or not, it's what you'll have to bear with. You can wear your old clothes for another year, or you're following the movement with pleasure. It's why I rather wait this movement of Metalcore out until groups to my interest are coming out in small waves again, and until then I stick with what I know.
 
If you take music genres apart, the essence of them doesn't change much. Thrash metal will remain as such, Death metal will remain as such, as is similar with a lot of other genres. Surely, new groups form and different sounds can be implemented in their compositions, but the core remains there. Visual Kei has established itself around a lot of such genres and we can only wait until one of the few trends in the rotation is chosen as number one again. And you like these genres or not, it's not as simple as selecting a few bands that might sound a little different for some people. If someone doesn't like Metalcore, let them dislike it. There's no chance that pushing it under their noses and saying they'll get by will change their opinion all that much.

such satanic, many wow

i'm...
waiting...
december 16 feels like its gonna take forever
 

Pfffttt "iconic":
 

 
And people say 90s "had no" oshare

even if you leave out the shitty bands that dont know what the fuck they are doing with their instruments there are plenty of bands that have their own sound and are very distinguishable. both big names in vk scene and new bands, as listed above. my opinion tho.
although it is true that some bands go thru the "every song we make sounds the same" phase lol

i said i wouldnt.......but i did

All those passive agressive comments on Facebook about people not changing their profile pictures are upsetting. If you don't want to change it that's fine, but don't play the 'edgy cool kid' by going on a gigantic rant about how you don't want to change it, it's bringing other people's spirits down a lot.

when you have too much indie music, you separate them as "indie" and "indie as fuck"

that song was pretty amazing
and its the short ver???

Taken from http://www.visunavi.com/news/149461/
 
Pentagon is going to release their 2nd full album on January 27
It's a 3-type release
 
Limited type A 
11 songs
Special booklet
DVD including four songs performed at Akasaka BLITZ on 2015/11/22 (and some backstage stuff i guess)
(¥ 3,800tax out)
 
Limited type B
11 songs
Special booklet 
DVD including the PV + Making of
three songs performed at TSUTAYA O-WEST on 2015/05/30
(¥ 3,800tax out)
 
Standard type C
13 songs
(￥3,000tax out)
 
and they are going to have their 1st one-man tour 「ゴーストバスターズ」(ghostbusters) starting from february 6th till march 20th(FINAL)
 
new look-ish

 

 

 

 

 

 
(sorry if i made any mistakes im in a rushhhh)

*checks list* apparently I'm currently watching 30 anime.
28 of those are currently airing.
 
I have to admit that I'm too lazy to type them all out so here's a pic: