I still haven't listened to the whole single, but bought the title track from iTunes. After listening to it x times, I realised it really reminded me of CINDYKATE and their party-like tracks :') Can't wait to listen to more from PS
パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト 十字架も役に立たない
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito juujika mo yaku ni tatanai どう逃げても どこへ逃げても 世界はまだ終わらないなら 狂え 騒げや
Dou nigetemo doko e nigetemo sekai wa mada owaranai nara kurue sawage ya BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BANG
マンデー 大人しくバスを待ち チューズデー 流行りのシャレたランチタイム
Mandee otonashiku basu wo machi chuuzudee hayari no shareta ranchitaimu ウェンズデー スタンプだけの会話 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY…
Uenzudee stanpu dake no kaiwa THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY… IT'S MY TRUE LIFE？
く く く 繰り返しの日々の裏 密かに起きてる怪現象
Ku ku ku kurikaeshi no hibi no ura hisoka ni okiteru kaigenshou アセンション アンデッド UFO 実験 棺の中目覚めたアイツ
Asenshon andeddo UFO jikken hitsugi no naka mezameta aitsu YEAH OH YEAH 死んでゾンビになるよりやっぱ
YEAH OH YEAH shinde zonbi ni naru yori yappa ヴァンパイアで血を吸いたいぜ
Vanpaia de chi wo suitai ze
パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト ランタンに火を灯して
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito rantan ni hi wo tomoshite 妖怪も ゴーストも 混ざり合ってGO WOW
Youkai mo goosuto mo mazariatte GO WOW パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト ウォーキンデッド みんな一緒
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito uookindeddo minna issho 価値観も つまらん見栄 終末で意味は無いから 狂え 騒げや
Kachikan mo tsumaran mie shuumatsu de imi wa nai kara kurue sawage ya BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BANG
毎回 自重して何も言わない ちゅーか心の闇 そのせいじゃん
Maikai Jichou shite nani mo iwanai chuu ka kokoro no yami sono sei jan 飢えて 愛より人の不幸 探す フライデー なんて ヤミヤミなLIFE uete ai yori hito no fukou sagasu furaidee nante yami yami na LIFE
ぼ ぼ ぼ 暴飲暴食の果て いつでも薬を持ち歩く
Bo bo bo bouinboushoku no hate itsu demo kusuri wo mochiaruku ビタミン ミネラル サプリが大好き 過食な健康食品です
Bitamin mineraru sapuri ga daisuki kashoku na kenkoushokuhin desu YEAH OH YEAH 我慢で最後のラッパを聴くなら
YEAH OH YEAH gaman de saigo no rappu wo kiku nara やっぱりプリンが食べたいぜ
Yappari purin ga tabetai ze
パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト 百鬼夜行に交通整理
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito hyakki yakou ni koutsuu seiri 悪魔とか 天使とか 無宗教ならモンスター
Akuma toka tenshi toka muchuukyou nara monsutaa パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト どーにもならない混沌は
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito doo ni mo naranai kaosu wa 生きてても 死んでても 大した差なんて無いから 歌え 踊れや
Ikitetemo shindetemo taishita sa nante nai kara utae odore ya BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BANG
HEY YOU 肉の誘惑に負ければ 好きな子もマルカジリDEAD
HEY YOU niku no yuuwaku ni makereba suki na ko mo marukajiri DEAD 目的なく歩いてるなら 地球の裏側までパレードしようか
Mokuteki naku aruiteru nara chikyuu no uragawa made pareedo shiyou ka 魔法を唱えよう 念仏はやめて成仏したくない
Mahou wo tonaeyou nenbutsu wa yamete joubutsu shitakunai 魔法を唱えよう 実は未練だらけ アブダカダブバ○スでYEAH
Mahou wo tonaeyou jitsu wa miren darake abudakadabuba○su de YEAH
パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト 十字架も役に立たない
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito juujika mo yaku ni tatanai 妖怪も ゴーストも 混ざり合ってGO WOW
Youkai mo goosuto mo mazariatte GO WOW パニックパニック！トゥナイト パニックパニック！ナイト やがて来るのか？最期の日
Panikku panikku! tunaito panikku panikku! naito yagate kuru no ka? Saigo no hi 妄想かも 本当かも 君が決めりゃいいよ
Mousou ka mo hontou ka mo kimi ga kimerya ii yo さぁ 狂え 騒げや BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BANG
Saa kurue sawage ya BOOM BOOM BOOM BANG BANG BANG
Pentagon's latest release, it came with a lot of scratches and broken gash across the front. /snif
Finally got Mix Speaker's,inc.'s Dokuro Kitchen, they're never going to release the full MV and I need to see it.
xaa-xaa's Ame ni korosareru and Yuki Dokei, the latter came with a blurry chekki and a poster which I'm waiting to put up in my new room Also got a handtowel.
And SHOXX for xaa-xaa x DADAROMA interview.
Same, the fangirls are rabid enough as it is.
But my sister's a hardcore kpop fan. She's still freaked out by Mejibray videos even though I've been showing vk videos to her ever since i can remember.
I don't think these girls can leave the comfort of their clean,pretty, mellow-sounding men for the vk dirty,disturbed, satan-worshipping-death-wailing guys. So it's okay.
ehhh hello, my name is sybil ! i'm 22 and i'm from mtl, canada!
I've been a vk fan since 2008 i think and after a few years of ups-and-downs, i can finally say I'm back ♫.
I got into vk through bands like gazette and ancafe but only became an actual fan when I got into malice mizer, moi dix mois and then later, Versailles. I was in an "aristocrat"-ish phase back then lol.
Uhh through Versailles I got to discover Matenrou Opera, my absolute favorite band, and I've been following their activities since then (the good ol' indies days aaaah).
My favorite bands are Matenrou Opera, Malice Mizer and I'm a fan of everything Satsuki (Rentrer En Soi, included). I need to say I love Baiser, Lareine and Metis Gretel, too...! ♥ (Also, I got into Acid Black Cherry this year and I'm a total fan.)
I'd say I'm an "old vk" fan because I pretty much adore anything cringey and kotekotekotekotekote (Key Party records ayyy) but I don't really like the "snobbish" elitist attitude that comes with it. My favorite band is not from the 90s/2000s and I've been getting more and more interested in new bands (which is why I decided to come on this forum and discover new sound). Bands like More, Arlequin and Gallo really sparked my curiosity and I'm really excited to see if I can find more bands like that.
ANYWAYS THAT WAS QUITE LONG SWEATS I'M SORRY
i havent been on a forum in the longest time i hope i still have the gist of it
I still don't think VK was ever in the same realm of popularity as Kpop, though. Sure, VK was more popular 10 years ago and a lot of fans moved onto the "next big thing" (that still happens a lot btw). But Kpop got a HUGE push from going viral with "Gangnam Style". Literally, millions of people were introduced to Kpop through that song, then 2NE1 was on American programs like "The Bachelor" and commercials. That's the first thing I thought of when @itsukoii mentioned that. That they didn't want this video to make VK some viral new thing that suddenly gets passed around at every work station and you begin to hear it over the music stations in convenience stores.
Same, the fangirls are rabid enough as it is.
But my sister's a hardcore kpop fan. She's still freaked out by Mejibray videos even though I've been showing vk videos to her ever since i can remember.
I don't think these girls can leave the comfort of their clean,pretty, mellow-sounding men for the vk dirty,disturbed, satan-worshipping-death-wailing guys. So it's okay.
This was a lot less cancerous than I expected. No 'Japan is crazy' comments. Like everyone else, I'm curious about the random choice of bands, at least I discovered Insanity Injection. It was a good way of getting the shock factor over and done with haha Perhaps Smileberry or DIV would've been more accepted?
I wish they'd got ' that 99% of band members are men and no, their looks don't make them homosexuals' thing out of the way, but I guess it will be done in the youtube comments.
But what the fuck are they on about '...Minus the clown, it's good'? Yoshiatsu was born to be a clown. He should stay a clown
シビレバシル (sibile bashir) presents 『本能』音源発売主催劇場「優越感カテゴライズ」 @ Takadanobaba AREA 2016.6.08
This is the third concert I’ve attended at AREA in one week and finally there was a bit of a crowd for this one. It still wasn’t sold out… but moving from one side of the floor to the other would’ve been tough at this one; whereas the other shows I attended there were pretty much wide open for most of the night.
I made mention of it in another live report… but holy crap these things start early! 3:30 in the afternoon is way before you should be thinking about attending a concert. Assuming the show will be ending around 9pm or so that’s over five hours of VK concertage; too long even for a show you like and rarely get to attend. (and it seems longer because I still think it’s weird to sit down between sets and refuse to do it on very misguided principles.)
IGGY - Yes I had just seen them the night before at a different event show. Haha. Actually three of the bands playing tonight were repeat bands for me (from three different shows, I definitely hit the VK hard during my week in Japan). I kind of wondered, especially because I was standing near the merch tables in the back for both shows, if the dudes in Iggy didn’t think, at least briefly, “who is this giant white dude who keeps showing up but doesn’t come buy anything of ours?” For the record; I like Iggy but their merch consisted of two CDs I already had and checki… and I have yet to, and probably won’t, wade into the world of buying tiny pictures of bands I like.
Anyway, the actual music performing was mostly the same. Same tracklist as far as I could tell, same outfits for the most part. The weirdest, basketball shorts wearing member did not have black makeup smudged all over his face for this show, though he did still move in the strangest, jittery way.
It seems a bit premature to sound so jaded after a week of VK shows; but I think I’m kinda over the diving into the front row of girls thing they do instead of moshing. It has its place, and can be fun there, but when you’re by any definition the opening band and don’t have a ton of support in the building… it gets kinda awkward. Like, if I can tell from back here that you’re just half-heartedly jumping into the girl in front of you because the band is yelling for everyone to do it and you’re standing too close to ignore them, can’t the band tell two feet from you? I don’t know, it’s just, if you’re only going through the motions why participate at all?
The jumping in one direction and then back in the other (which Iggy do during ‘Continue’) is still fun to watch though… don’t ever stop doing that VK bands!
Archemi. - If I didn’t have anything new to add for Iggy I really don’t for Archemi. I did know when the having to kneel down, praying furi was going to happen this time though… so I wasn’t as clueless looking the second time.
Later in the show I wandered over to their merch table, figuring I’d seen them twice now (once for free!), and they’d put on good shows… so I’d pick up Archemi’s newest mini-album. They didn’t have any CDs for sale (maybe it’s tough to bring those along when you’re playing shows outside where you live?), but they did have cheki… so I’m starting to realize what the real money maker is for VK bands and why selling songs online to the ten people outside Japan who would buy them just isn’t important for the visual economy.
スタア区。(starku) - Starku came out in very pretty gold kind of R-shitei to me looking marching band-ish jackets. In fact the vocalist kinda reminded me of R-shiei’s if he were a 13 year old prone to temper tantrums. Starku’s vocalist also came out in flip flops…. Which is somehow according to my twisted logic even worse than being barefoot on stage.
Overall it was a little too perky and colorful for my tastes, and the bassist was way too loud for his skill level (or at what he was asked to do); but just because it’s not my tastes doesn’t mean I don’t recognize that Starku have a lot of potential and were undeniably fun during some songs.
They also dealt with technical difficulties better than most bands I’ve seen that had to pause for unexpected problems. Starku had to stop a song about 30 seconds in because the drummer was having some sort of problem. Rather than mumble some shit and act awkward, the vocalist and a guitarist started performing some, I assume classic, song that the crowd seemed familiar with. Then the bassist started to make fun of the stage right guitarist’s half falling off weave, and eventually just snatched it off and started waving it around like a lasso. The girls ate this bit up and even I was impressed by how easily they passed the time while the drummer was working to get things right.
Doak - Yooo, so Yuuki is kinda a big dude, huh? Not like fat at all, just not a typical tiny VK bandman. He also definitely has big teeth.
So I’ve been rooting for Yuuki since Unsraw’s -9- came out and it was like “holy shit VK bands aren’t allowed to sound like that!”. I don’t really like Doak, and only rarely really liked Unsraw, but I want to see them succeed y’know? (Yes I know they’re breaking up) Yuuki has always seemed pretty dedicated to the scene, and probably deserves more credit for mixing deathcore into VK like five years before everyone started doing it.
A couple times during their set I could actually imagine the band onstage was a bunch of grizzled dudes with black tshirts… and I mean that as praise for a heavy metal band.
I really liked Doak’s drummer, and how freaking high he raised his sticks before pounding his kit. He also had a giant crash symbol with the big holes set up slightly behind his head up high, so that when he wanted to whack it the motion had this innate flourish and pantomime that made you pay attention. When the set ended, instead of tossing a drum stick into the crowd, he just let go as he was striking his last beat on a tom and let the stick sail into the audience….. He was kind of a bad ass (what band will he be in next/has he been in??).
Doak’s set included no talking, which I kind of prefer when I can’t understand what they’re saying anyway, and during their last song Yuuki just spit a bunch of water on the crowd and then stormed off like a boss. So, still don't’ really like what they’ve released, but they put on a good show.
Morrigan - I’m pretty sure Morrigan only played two songs and then their stir the crowd up repeating song for like 15 minutes for their set. Luckily, the vocalist of Morrigan is unafraid of mixing it up with/in the crowd and can keep the energy up throughout. (seriously, I saw Morrigan twice in Japan and I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the two-minute-long-on-CD RIP for about 25 minutes live haha)
My favorite parts of the mayhem were Aryu laying down across the backs of four girls bent over the bar nearest the stage, and when the bassist grabbed the guitarist’s giant teddy bear (which he holds during their intro) and started whacking the girls up front with it. Imagine a four foot tall brown stuffed bear making slow arcs through the air lit by strobe light as the bassist channeled all his energy into beating the crowd with it. Pretty surreal/amazing.
Aryu had some fun with one of the Sibilebashir gloves that were for sale during a break in the set. (someone will have to explain the significance of those multicolored gloves to me)
Morrigan’s drummer has somehow gotten away with a look that includes hair that probably takes only two minutes to style. Good for him (cheater!).
Avelcain - Ooooh… they’re back in black suits like when I saw them in 2013. That is a bulletproof VK look in my book.
Avelcain’s set (both here and the similarly long sets I’ve seen online) are definitely heavy on b-sides and slightly older songs. I’m glad Avelcain seem to dislike their most recent stuff as much as I do ;).
They might be the only band that utilizes call-and-response well (that I’ve seen this week) in VK. It’s just a given that at American shows you’ll be stuck next to a bunch of people singing along inexpertly… Japanese audiences really only do it when specifically called upon to. I think it’s an engaging move that is underutilized.
I’m a big Avelcain stan, but even I’ll admit most of the live videos that have surfaced of them have been rather lackluster. I’m happy to report actually in the room they sound much better than the brittle recordings straight from the soundboard would lead me to believe. I guess a lot of sloppiness can be covered up by the walls of reverb/noise live. Karma did sing most of the words too, which seemed like something he only half attempted to do in some live videos… and the backup vocal track seemed much more subdued in person.
They ended their set with 死化粧 which is just an awesome song (and I’m not sure I had seen in any live videos of theirs yet). I feel like when tastes change and I’m listening to Avelcain in ten years, a lot of their stuff may not age well… but 死化粧 has the possibility to be a bit more timeless. Just a quality pop rock song with a hint of sadness that doesn’t rely too heavily on current hard rock/VK trends. A girl standing near me was quite literally crying during this track. It definitely had an effect on the crowd.
I will say that the two most annoying fans in AREA were Avelcain fans. They weren’t actively obnoxious… but they sat through every band up to Avelcain’s set and were not off to the side/back where it might be cool to do that. If you’re going to wait for your fave to play… at least stand up and watch the other bands play. (if for no other reason than they were a tripping hazard sitting around while the crowd was jumping around during the other bands’ sets!)
Between sets I noticed multiple people dropping benjamins (or you know, whatever the fun way to say 10,000yen bills is) on cheki at the merch tables. I have no comment other than to say thanks I guess… VK wouldn’t exist without you!
Develop One’s Faculties - The VK band with the strangest phrase for a name going right now! First band I’ve seen that got a rousing round of applause as they took the stage, I imagine this was mostly enthusiasm for Johannes’ steampunk bikini.
That video may not be from the show I attended. But they were wearing the same thing and played that song… so it may as well be. Gives you a good indication of how pumped the crowd was for DOF. I don’t think I realized how popular they were (you know, relatively).
I liked their vocalist/guitarist and guitarist’s dueling solo moments. During the jump from one side and then back the other way (which, again, is a fun part of any VK band’s set) at the end when they came back to where they started everyone in the crowd that had a towel would toss it up into the air. Made the show look like a budget graduation ceremony.
DOF had lots of energy and seemed like skilled musicians. They’ve got something good going it was cool to see in the beginning. (cue them breaking up…)
シビレバシル (sibile bashir) - Up front I’ll mention: I enjoy the idea of Sibilbebashir’s slightly weird take on VK. And respect that they are the rare band who can do strange and dark without being *heavy*. (not to mention their fun video cover of Shiina Ringo) But I don’t really like them all that much. Though I did thoroughly enjoy the nurse-kei-ish look they had at this show. I don't’ know, their songs just have never really clicked with me.
I suppose by virtue of hosting the event they got to play the longest set of the night. The crowd actually had thinned just a little bit by this point (I guess the people who come just for their faves had left… but tickets are like $45! Get your money’s worth girls.)
The vocalist, as expected, was weird and very engaging. Their die-hard fans might have been the most dedicated of the night (based on my cursory evaluation haha). The rest of the band had a couple moments to shine, but for the most part deferred to the vocalist.
Shamefully in hindsight, I left a couple songs before the end. It was a really long show! So if they did some giant, bunch of bands band out and jam together I missed it.
As I wandered back to the Takadanobaba station, I noticed Sibile Bashir and Avelcain posters were posted at the station advertising their respective one-man gigs. I didn’t notice them there earlier in the day… as much flack as Shimizuya Records gets (justifiably!)... it would be pretty cool if they posted these ads during the show so everyone leaving and heading back to the trains would see them after seeing the bands.
This show in general had a bunch of fun bands, and was a great last concert for my week of VK in Japan.
This was a lot less cancerous than I expected. No 'Japan is crazy' comments. Like everyone else, I'm curious about the random choice of bands, at least I discovered Insanity Injection. It was a good way of getting the shock factor over and done with haha Perhaps Smileberry or DIV would've been more accepted?
I wish they'd got ' that 99% of band members are men and no, their looks don't make them homosexuals' thing out of the way, but I guess it will be done in the youtube comments.
But what the fuck are they on about '...Minus the clown, it's good'? Yoshiatsu was born to be a clown. He should stay a clown
This was a lot less cancerous than I expected. No 'Japan is crazy' comments. Like everyone else, I'm curious about the random choice of bands, at least I discovered Insanity Injection. It was a good way of getting the shock factor over and done with haha Perhaps Smileberry or DIV would've been more accepted?
I wish they'd got ' that 99% of band members are men and no, their looks don't make them homosexuals' thing out of the way, but I guess it will be done in the youtube comments.
But what the fuck are they on about '...Minus the clown, it's good'? Yoshiatsu was born to be a clown. He should stay a clown
platy got a reaction from leafwork in HIZAKI solo new album & Jupiter LIVE DVD release
platy got a reaction from suji in HIZAKI solo new album & Jupiter LIVE DVD release
platy got a reaction from IGM_Oficial in HIZAKI solo new album & Jupiter LIVE DVD release
platy got a reaction from hiroki in Purple Stone
platy got a reaction from peffy in Youtubers React to Visual Kei
platy got a reaction from itsukoii in Youtubers React to Visual Kei
platy got a reaction from emmny in ぞんび(zonbi) new maxi single "墓場 de ラヴソング(hakaba de love song)" release
platy got a reaction from lichtlune in Youtubers React to Visual Kei
platy got a reaction from ぺるしゃ猫 in Youtubers React to Visual Kei
platy got a reaction from Takadanobabaalien in ぞんび(zonbi) new maxi single "墓場 de ラヴソング(hakaba de love song)" release
platy got a reaction from CloudyTree in ぞんび(zonbi) new maxi single "墓場 de ラヴソング(hakaba de love song)" release