Himeaimichu

says the L,DEAR listener

mp3tag and tag scanner would be nice, if they made it for Android, since the bulk of my music is on my phone. 

I'd totally like to use the script vk.gy has, but I don't know any android apps that'd work with it, since it's based from mp3tag

Oh yeah, I used to have that app. The way it tagged album art was weird though. It'd always be compressed and if anything happened to the song file, the art would be gone. 

Also, I have no idea if that's compatible with mp3tag scripts, since I trust the vk.gy tagging script. Other auto-taggers would wrongly tag my Visual Kei music. The auto-tagging software on the PC I use to rip music with thinks that a Kuroyuri to Kage single is Michael Jackson, and that Cuartet is the RnB group "Shai" lol

Bruh if the future is jut a bunch of squares, I wanna live in the past

😤💯

I'm mostly just disillusioned by seeing so many old homes being taken down and replaced with really ugly looking ones. Like, I get that cheapness and efficiency is importance, but I wish they would figure out a cheap and efficient style that you can add on, and I wish they would at least keep the artistic vision of the buildings they're replacing. Especially with old Victorian homes. I fucking hate seeing Victorian homes get replaced with bland, gentrified squares.

My problem with a lot of modern exterior and interior designs is, there is no room for adding on, because they're made in such a specific way that anything added to it would look oddly out of place.

Take this victorian home for example. I could easily see myself using this as a blank canvas for interpreting my artistic vision on the house. While it's very rooted in English styles, it's neutral enough to where a change in color scheme and the addition of decorations could turn it into any style I want. That's the ethos a lot of colonial architecture in India and Vietnam take. They take a British or French base, and add on traditional elements to their liking. However, if you wanted, you could totally turn this into something modern or even futuristic looking, with the right know-how and artistic vision.

But then you have houses like this, which you can't really do much to without it looking weird. I can't add any "old world" decorations to it because it would look massively out of place. The style is kind of forced to me minimalistic.

And yes, I get that with buildings, function matters more over aesthetics, but I do feel like there should be a balance between efficiency and artistic design. And I would at least like to see some curves and shapes that aren't rectangles. I mean, not every house can have a completely flat roof, that just doesn't fit for the climate of every place lol.

Plus, one thing I've noticed, ironically, this this new "cheap" style of architecture, is actually mainly a thing of the rich. Most of the towns I see with old-school architecture, are often the poorer parts of town (I mean, I am poor so I have lots of experience in those places lol).

But then you go to where the rich people live, and you see these people paying out the fucking ass for buildings that look so... square. So while theoretically it may be cheaper to build, the people commissioning them can afford to actually have some artistic taste.

I actually find that poor people who save up to add on to their old houses, put more effort in making it look tasteful than the rich people who just plop a fucking square anywhere, even if it looks out-of-place.

And look, if I were rich enough, I would just have my own house built in whatever architectural style I want, but sadly, I'm not. I'm disabled and lower class, so if I ever do get lucky enough to own a home, I have to work with what's given to me. All I ask is for a neutral style that I can actually work with lol. One that I could make as minimalist or as maximalist as I want.

Man, I was a youngin' when Myspace was hip but even I remember these charmingly garish mid-2000s sites. Sent you a friend request btw!

Lmao I'm glad to be the second person to join your VK group 

I'll be sure to accept the request! Hopefully more adults catch onto this site, because even though it's very archaic, I feel like it's got some strengths that modern social media could learn from. 

@suji Oh it's more than that. She's basically become a political pundit like her brother and her entire fanbase is just Ben Shapiro fans who want to fuck her lmao

Hime has it down. My biggest gripe is that she says stuff like "If you don't wear modest clothing, don't expect men to not objectify you or treat you as an equal" yet she wears modest clothes and people objectify her as nothing but a MASSIVE (and I mean massive) rack all the time. 

At least her youtube is a refresher from all these other Youtubers who try to look like Kim Kardashian.

fake t-shirts? you bet there is lmao.

For some reason, the idea of a fake T shirt with horribly photo shopped pictures of members of Diru, GazettE and An Cafe with "Shamate Muisc Brigade" on it just crossed my mind xD

(Note: Shamate is the Chinese version of VisualKei people)

bootleg dir en grey toilet brush

I remember Sin was in Syndrome too, wasn't he? I know Ruiza was. 

Hopefully the vocalist is still into music and doesn't mind coming back for one more collab. And I think Kyo secretly wants to go back to doing 90's style Vkei, since a lot of Sukekiyo's stuff has that 90's Vkei gothic rock influence. Also, there are some pics of modern Kyo wearing 90's makeup, and he still looks good in it. In fact, I can sort of feel as if he likes wearing it still

Yeah I think only Kisaki wasn't in D haha
Hmm their singer Hideki re-recorded some songs on their 2010 ep Rise of Insanity, did you check it that out? I think he still sings okay. ^^ Wow I never thought Kyo would go back to vk looks. I remember when his pics were of he shirtless with sunglasses and without any makeup lol When i saw that I thought dir en grey started to hate vk and would never go back to their roots

I'll have to check out that EP~

Also, I think the only reason why Dir En Grey said they weren't Vkei was because they were trying to expand onto an American audience, which expects masculinity and Brootality. I think that's why Kyo formed Sukekiyo, so he can live out the old days. I mean, his first idol was Kiyoharu from Kuroyume, which we all know Kuroyume for their mix of Alt. Metal, Thrash Metal and Gothic Rock. 

I think Dir En Grey's transition into Nu Metal in the 2000's though was natural, since Nu Metal is a derivative of Alternative Metal. Hence why it still felt natural. The Deathcore stuff... felt unnatural. And the fact it's progressive means that it's kind of a dead end, because now people expect brootality and shredding. 

I wonder what would happen if Kisaki stayed in Diru. Would they be as big as they are today? Would they still be Vkei? What would they sound like? 

I guess that's why I loved Phantasmagoria. They were like the prog version of a Kote-Kei band xD. I notice a lot of former 90's Vkei musicians tend to kind of keep the old elements in their new bands, like Kon did for Cell. Even though Cell was Metalcore, it still felt 90's-ish

@KomorebiI usually take what they say with a grain of salt and some skepticism. However, I feel as if going out of their way to get into Vkei guy's personal business, or leaking nudes is just utterly wrong and needs to stop. 

We all enjoy the gossip, no matter how wrong it may be lol

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. The gossip can get quite funny too. Even though me and my friends end up roasting Vkei guys over simple rumors, it's just all fun xD

@Platy Noice~

I didn't even know that they on Matina in their early days X) 

@Spectralion Oh yeah, they were. They were signed to Eternal, which was owned by Yayoi, guitarist of La'Miss Fairy, and formerly of Mirage. In turn, Eternal was a sublabel of Matina. 

Eternal also had Deadly Sanctuary, which had both Yayoi and Yuuga (who would go on to form Devil Kitty and we all know who signed to Rockstar Records (Also owned by Yayoi) when they came back), and Etcetera, which was the old band of Yukika, who now owns Ains, and was the first guy to sign R-Shitei and Alsdead. 

So, they had some pretty important people on there xD

I don't give a single fuck about Ekksu Jyapan

And I roll my eyes every time I read an interview and someone says they're "inspired by X"

@orange~ Saver Tiger actually formed in 1980 xD

But I think Vkei really turned away from its original path when Buck Tick and Kuroyume came onto the scene. I mean, before that, it was mostly an offshoot from the Japanese Thrash Metal, Hardcore Punk and Speed Metal scene, but then you have Buck Tick with this Gothic sound, and Kuroyume combining the sounds. I think it's funny how in the west, Thrash Metal was considered a response to Glam when in Japan, bands like Aion combined the two.

@SeimeisenI care about X, but I care about the other early bands just as much. 

Just like how I care about Dir En Grey, but I also care about La'Mule just as much because they were just as influential, if not more. 

I mean, if you're popular enough in the indie scene for bands to copy you even before you even make enough records, that says something xD

@reminiscing2004 I know right? I only use them as a convenient way to group similar bands, but in the end, it all boils down to Rock and Roll.

I definitely don't see BFMV as punk, wtf? I think many of the metalcore bands are closer to metal than punk anyday. Maybe if you wanted to simplify their genre definition, I'd just say they're rock or something.

For me technical instrumentals + heavy music = metal

but then again, I don't really care about genres.. so who am I to say?

Noobs

Yeah. Part of me thinks a mix of Kiri to Mayu would also work, since the remake seems like it would be where I could splice up the song structure. The remake of Tsumi to Batsu could also function as a little intro for the original. Gah, why must my laptop be broken, and all I'm left with is a chromebook? xD

2 steps ahead of you sis

Ehh, that's more of just a tribute to the old version of Zan, instead of mixing the old and new versions. 

I knew it! xD. I just randomly found you through Haru and I was like "She seems cool. I'm gonna add her" xD. 

aww  ;u; u seems cool too ! 

Yayyy thanks!~ 

what do you mean? everything is crappier than our lord and savoir Maria Cross

...especially this video

I hope that no one notices the typo and the band keeps with it until releasing a live DVD with it on the name. It'd be awesome.

they already adressed it on twitter

apparently ains made the flyer without gossip knowing about it, so they got really happy when they presented the final flyer to them and they saw that they were going to do a one man there. they didnt even notice it at first but when they did they all burst out in laughter. 

@Peace Heavy mk II they did tho. Noah was even breakdancing with a couple of guys xD

I think Noah himself preformed in the US a few times, if I'm correct. 

And there is that agency that got Morrigan and Rides in Revelion to preform outside Japan. 

AN has brought more than one band for most of the years I've gone (I think the only recent exception was the year with just Matenrou Opera?), so there might still be some VK. Honestly, even if it's just BACK-ON this year, we got metronome last time, so I can't say it bothers me. 

Yeah, Avanchick definitely went to the US. There's like a full video of it up on Tokyo in Tulsa's Youtube. As far as I know, NOAH never went overseas as a solo artist, he just started selling some solo merch overseas through Chaotic Harmony.

It does seem like there's been a bit of a decline, but there are definitely still a few other conventions in North America that usually bring VK bands. 

I'm pretty sure if I find myself in Japan, I could just go to the bar Yuuga frequents and maybe if I feed into his narcissism enough, he'll give me Devil Kitty rarez lmao

That would be pretty funny

Im mostly looking for different rares. ahh sht...  you know you just gave me an idea on how to get them XD

@Jun_ Thank you!

Oh, happy birthday! (And welcome to adulthood? ) Hope you have a great time and that things will be even better~

@monkeybanana4 Thank you so much!

Their music and aesthetic did influence early Vkei bands though. Like, listen to the song Catholic. Visual Kei literally partially grew from Japanese Goth bands. Obviously G-Schmitt pre-dates Visual Kei, but their music was definitely an important step. Many of the first Visual Kei musicians were goth, and probably listened to Japanese goth bands as well as your standard western goth bands.

Obviously G-Schmitt isn't full on Visual Kei, but to say they didn't influence Visual Kei at all, is really stretching it.

I'm afraid people who went to see late 80s post-punk liveshows or walpurgis etc events made their own post-punk/no wave bands to stay underground...  I can hear post-punk-ish rhythm and "nerve" in the very early vkei, but it disappeared too fast...

And then there's the great Auto-Mod, who had Tomoyasu Hotei on guitars before he moved on to Boowy. I always considered Auto-Mod/Genet to be the secret grandfather of visual kei. It always felt like Kiyoharu got his early warbly voice in Kuroyume more from Genet than the obvious Robert Smith. The Tribute to Auto-Mod album really drives that home with Kiyoharu's epic Deathtopia cover.

And then there's Libido who I've gotten into recently who was connected with YBO2 and the Transrecord scene of krautrock. Their songs definitely had gothic moments both aurally and visually. One of Libido's early guitarists actually was one of the founding members of G-Schmitt before moving on to other projects.
 

Saw them in march & have seen their name in a few lineups for shows

Inugami is immortal. Those crazy bastards aren't going anywhere anytime soon lol.

Usually, you can check the official site for their recent activities.

they never specified a date. im also waiting for it

this live video must be epic...it's been 2 years without any music video

@Takadanobabaalien I hope they haven't forgotten about it, or ditched it.

@Gichi GichiYeah. Any video involving Kuroyuri is guaranteed to be epic xD

You seem to be making excuses for him. I think he even mentioned and apologized for it. Kisaki himself should be above scandals it's not the fans fault if he gets involved with these types of things which isn't the first time for him. 

IDK, I'm just not as harsh on people as others are, I guess. Though, if he actually did this himself, hopefully he's learned his lesson. 

But still... the whole thing just doesn't add up. IDK, it's in the past, it's happened. 

KISAKI deserves an extra 2 birthday cakes this year specifically FOR that Tanuki mess a while ago. Here's to another year of the same makeup **

I didn't know this about Gichigichi tbh apart from the subject matter I had no idea it was a reference! That's cool considering it was one of my favorites from their album - kind of still one at this time lol!

I'm really reminded of the internet a few years ago seeing anyone who talked about visual kei tried to identify sub genres unnecessarily XD

Yeah, I remember that used to be big xD. I only ever use subgenres as a convenient way of classifying similar bands. Really though, it's all Vkei, and that's all it really is

you should change your name to Vkeipedia

hard to say since a lot of kote has been lost to time

@Komorebi = "kotekote" is over the top old school 90's aesthetics, sometimes with a modern twist

@ZeusTrue, but most KoteKei bands play Gothic rock and Alternative Rock, not Dj0nt, so its very unlikely xD.

But if Moll'e Node uses one (and I could tell it was specifically an Ibanez 7 string), it's definitely possible another one could.

http://weloveucp.com/blog/what-s-soleil-a-brief-history/

@inartistic did a writeup about Soleil and says they closed their doors in 2002

@IGM_OficialI thought it was the other way around, that Soleil closed and Matina survived? Because Syndrome was a matina band and formed in 2000

@Biopanda Thank you!!

@IGM_OficialVisualKei encyclopedia is a wiki page about Vkei bands and such

(lol typo) *depending on what the owner has set for the club.

The staff is still figuring out how clubs work too, so we'll probably make an announcement or something about them soon.

@CAT5 From what I've seen, they kinda function as mini-forums.