Kiyoharu is God

Woops, sorry. Can't delete the thread so...

Yoshiki participated in one of reddit's IamA events. During these events users at the site can directly ask celebrities etc. questions. He was promoting the documentary and other crap. He didn't answer many questions. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5b5986/i_am_yoshiki_songwriter_music_producer_drummer/ Anyway, some highlights: lol So dramatic @_@ Is he serious here? I don't follow Yoshiki closely so I'm not sure, but does he really perform and record a lot outside X-Japan?

Wow you guys are something. Disbanding P-T after hearing just 12 seconds of a song? No vocals even? OK

Seems like a lot of thought and work went into that DVD jacket.

kuroneko posted the new album jacket on her instagram:

We will never get another Vanishing Vision. Everything will be piano ballads.

It sucks because they're really good but they haven't really done much since returning. A few lives here and there, one single, DVD releases, and a bunch of best-ofs? Surprised they couldn't get together to at least release one new album. That's almost like X-Japan bad except X-Japan is more annoying about it since they keep teasing an album.

Kiyoharu, HYDE, SPEED OF LIGHTS, Mumiy Troll, and VANIRU have now joined the line up. Never thought I'd see the day where Kiyo would ever do anything associated with Yoshiki. Seems like all the tickets have been sold out too. Maybe? http://visual-japan.com/

THE YELLOW MONKEY are releasing their first single in 15 years and 9 months on October 19. The title of the single is SUNA NO TOU. Included with the title track is ALRIGHT, the song which the guys released a PV for earlier in the year. There will be two versions of the single. The regular version will only include the title track SUNA NO TOU and ALRIGHT. The limited edition version will include both songs and 12 live songs taken from concerts in their THE YELLOW MONKEY SUPER JAPAN TOUR 2016. 『SUNA NO TOU』 Regular Edition (Release 10/19/16) 砂の塔 (SUNA NO TOU) ALRIGHT 『SUNA NO TOU』 Limited Edition (Release 10/19/16) 砂の塔 (SUNA NO TOU) ALRIGHT プライマル。 -東京･国立代々木競技場 第一体育館- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) SPARK -長野･ビッグハット- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) バラ色の日々 -広島･広島グリーンアリーナ- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) BURN -宮城･セキスイハイムスーパーアリーナ- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) 楽園 -愛知･日本ガイシホール- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) WELCOME TO MY DOGHOUSE -大阪･大阪城ホール- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) 花吹雪 -埼玉･さいたまスーパーアリーナ- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) BRILLIANT WORLD -福岡･マリンメッセ福岡- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) 球根 -兵庫･神戸ワールド記念ホール- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) TVのシンガー -神奈川･横浜アリーナ- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) パール -福島･あづま総合体育館- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) カナリヤ -北海道･真駒内セキスイハイムアイスアリーナ- (Bonus LIVE Tracks) Special teasers: ALRIGHT PV: http://www.unblockyoutube.co.uk/permalink.php?url=d5D4zsG3n1yrwOe1CfU%2FGgpOMVqlAOKvGJhJyUWKE08B5BmJLK9kdeON1qaUlOUVKvVvV7PTIwdqhZsGzw%2FN1HiguhyMNiOsCSYJhDeF%2FugIuN1124cJ%2FoBcdNaS68eEPzAUA110T1U9QT6j%2Bu9CNkrMrih%2Bmq%2BmGvnyvxR8LCg%3D So great to have them back! I love ALRIGHT, and the title track on the new single sounds cool so far.

The (2012?) dub of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure season 1 will begin airing on adult swim on October 15th. It will cover the first part of the JoJo story, known as Phantom Blood. Anyway, you can check out the promo in the YouTube video above. Just wanted to give people a head's up since I'm in love with this series. Been a Berserk fanboy for a while now. And eventually got into Fist of the North Star and Franken Fran. Loved those. JoJo is something that I heard about for a long time but I always ignored it. In retrospect, a totally stupid move given how obsessed I am regarding it now. As I mentioned, this first season covers Phantom Blood... Which tends to not be a favorite among JoJo fans. Jojo gets really insane/wild in the later parts. This one of crazy, but more reserved than the others, so I think that has a lot to do why it's not embraced as much. That said, I believe people love this part just not nearly as much as the others. It's fucking great. And, the anime adapations that David Production has done of the series has been fucking incredible. Like, I'm sure there are fans of other mangas who are jealous of what JoJo has gotten over the past several years. Currently they're airing the adaptation for part 4. I'm hoping that makes its way over here too. Anyway, be sure to check this out if you've ever been curious about JoJo!

女子ベース最強の"漢"、清。待望のソロアルバム発売決定！ 収録曲 1. SOLO 2. Knock It Off 3. Celebrate? 4. Time Machine 5. NETA 6. The Sun 7. A Whole New World 8. Call My Name 9. JAM 10. Dizzy Day http://www.killer-tune.com/?pid=106740672 ※Kiyoshi's 1st solo album with CD available at the online shop"KILLER TUNE", Shibuya"GRANDEY BASS TOKYO"& the concert venues. & will be released via iTunes Store, Amazon & other digital retailers on Oct 7. Sounds really nice. Been looking forward to this expecting an instrumental album. Totally forgot she sings too.

TRICERATOPS. Well, not really a discovery as I've been aware of them since the early 2000s, but I never bothered to check them out. And prior to getting into them this summer my only experience with the band was their cover of UNICORN's HIGE TO BOIN on one of the UNICORN tribute albums. Anyway, they're freaking great. I'm a sucker for good pop rock, and they have written a lot of it.

Really loved their latest album HEBI DE ARE O WO KURAE. Are these guys indie? Their PVs, promo shots, and fashion always look high quality. New song is fucking awesome... Gives me SADS' PORNO STAR feels.

kazu performing KAGEROU songs makes me happy. Would have been cooler if they had performed 腐った海で溺れかけている僕を救ってくれた君 though.

Yes, they're in the business of selling off slaves too. And Kiyoharu is being sold along with the brand. What are you even asking?

KAELA is releasing her new album 『PUNKY』 on October 19th. It's her latest new album release since 『MIETA』 which was released 1 year and 10 months ago. Here's the CD jacket: 【LIMITED】 ￥3,700＋税　VIZL-955 ・DELUXE SLEEVE CASE ・DVD付：「EGG」「BOX」Music Video、他特典映像収録 【REGULAR】 ￥3,000＋税　VICL-64563 ・CD ONLY And, here's the short ver. of the PV for 「BOX」: http://www.unblockyoutube.co.uk/permalink.php?url=d5D4zsG3n1yrwOe1CfU%2FGgpOMVqlAOKvGJhJyUWKE0%2FQ4F6Aze4Fxc5PLPxlRj7LNfN8%2FCCwmNS68PY50CpVng%3D%3D

Cardy! Btw, for anyone who is more familiar with the language, is Shin like joking about this in his tweets today or is the translator just wrong? https://twitter.com/SHiN_0322

What the fuck? He owes back taxes? Didn't he just open up a bar?

It's kind of weird saying this on a (VK focus) Jrock board, but for the longest time that I followed Jrock I've always tended to ignore any of the new VK bands. I was always into the 90s bands mostly, with MUCC, Merry, lynch., being the exceptions. That said, I still see band names pop up often just by visiting sites... Not that I know what any of these VK bands sound or look like. For example, I know BORN and Lycoan are bands. Never heard their music, but I know they exist. Anyway, I found out about these guys last year. I really liked their violations mini. And the album they released last year was good too. What blew my mind when I was getting into them is that I found out they have been around forever. I thought they were a new and upcoming band ready to make it big. When I saw their discography with releases from 2006 I was like what the fuck? And yet, until last year I had never heard of them. Ever. On like any news site. Natalie? Nope. Musicjapan Plus? No. Jame? No. Like, how the fuck did these guys manage to go under the radar so badly. They're pretty fucking good. You would think more people would have made a bigger deal about them.

I don't unerstand Golden Bomber's apppeal/popularity. At least other comedy bands like KISHIDAN, jealkb, and GROUP TAMASHII play instruments. Like, what do you get out of a Golden Bomber live performance? I was watching the recent Rock in Japan Festival broadcast and they're in it just doing stupid gags while pretend performing. Like the bassist and drummer pretend play and then stop to get the crowd's attention... Meanwhile the song is still playing in the background. Wtf?

Awesome news! Looks like the LS guys are really busy... Inoran especially Inoran solo album Ryuichi solo album Muddy Apes released an album a few months ago Luna Sea album and single Tourbillion album

What a great band.... They've come a long way from 我、在ルベキ場所. Time flies. Feels like they were celebrating their 15th not too long ago. Like others (I guess) I hope their tribute lays off younger bands and has contemporaries/friends instead: Merry, Plastic Tree, ROTTENGRAFFTY, ROACH, jealkb, caligari, SID, heidi, etc. Now that I think of it, shame Giru disbanded before this was released...

Fucking awesome set of bands right there. That's more like it. And LADIESROOM and TOKYO YANKEES are cool to see though I'm not going to pretend I'm a fan. Love that TUSK is involved here.

Song is pretty good. Nice melody. I liked heide more though. Video looked okay too... At least most of it. The green screen stuff on the guys sucked, but otherwise it was inoffensive. Just a video of the bland playing which is what I prefer to see in videos.

I don't see DEG going anywhere. If they do break up they'll be back together in a few years. That band is one of the few internationally successful bands... Relative to other Japanese bands. They would be stupid to toss it away even if their hearts aren't in it. They could just keep doing side things. And I don't see Babymetal changing their members... That shit would fly in Japanese with people "graduating", but not overseas. People like Babymetal because the pop and metal fusion. It's not because it's a bunch of teenagers doing it.