Himeaimichu

Also, can we talk about Kuro's kitties? Aaaa they're so cute

A Mei solo project would definitely be interesting. I'm surely gonna miss Kuro's guitar writing. Hopefully, Yohan stays in the scene because he can surely slap a bass

I'm the odd one out, I actually really like this song. Yeah, the structure isn't as good as their others, but the pauses in the riff are so unexpected, and the chromatic tapping during the verses really give this a crazy sound. Also, the melody in the chorus is quite catchy. I'm waiting to be able to hear the B-sides to this. Just by the names, I'm sorta excited.

I feel as if piracy is a necessary evil, and honestly keeps a scene full of mostly underground bands supported by such a large foreign fanbase. Especially for those like me who prefer bands who by coincidence, are hard to find the music of. Also, as someone who cares about the preservation of the history and stuff, I feel as if piracy does help preserve a lot of stuff that would otherwise be lost to time. And some bands, I can't support directly anyway, since a lot of them release 90% of their stuff as a live distro. If I lived in Japan, I'd probably pirate less because I'd have larger, easier access to stuff.

Gonna keep my eye on this one

Just a really bad, nerdy joke lol

Another band to add to the list of bands with just a letter for the name. One day we're gonna have bands whose names are just a punctuation mark (or does that already exist?)

Plot twist: It's pronounced "Close back rounded vowel". No, not the actual vowel itself, just the IPA name.

I love your art! Traditional Japanese style art is my favourite, and you seem to do it really well

I'm confident Mei and Yohan will do something new. Not too sure about Kuro though since he posted that instagram rant about being tired of music. They're really such skilled musicians and deserved much better than the BS Ains got them.

Welcome to the forum! I'm a huge Kuroyuri fan too, as well as a Kagerou fan

Here is the Korean band I mentioned earlier. I don't know if they have any connections to VisualKei, or if they really count in this case, since they're Korean, and I'm not entirely sure how relevant other East Asian bands are to this. But if anyone wants to check them out, they're pretty cool. Pretty good if you like Lamb of God There is also a Darkwave duo out there called Drab Majesty, and while they're definitely not VisualKei, they *may* have some Vkei influence, since they used to use a lot of Japanese aesthetics, and the lead vocalist Deb Demure's makeup does resemble 90's VisualKei makeup, such as Közi's (But at the same time, other influential artists have used similar makeup, so). My GF actually got to see them in New Orleans, and even got to talk to the vocalist after the show, but she didn't have enough time to ask if he knew about Vkei

Sounds pretty good. Not my thing really, but I could get into it.

I forgot about those guys. They're pretty cool, but I haven't tried a lot of their stuff.

I don't think so. The band I knew of was an indie one whose bassist followed me on instagram a long while back. They're probably no longer active anyway. I'll check through my followers and see if I can find it again

The only good "non-Japanese" Vkei band I really know/interests me isn't really VisualKei, and isn't really Western, they're just a Korean heavy metal band that wears Vkei-looking makeup and all. When I said there are some good western Vkei bands out there, that was more of just a general statement, because there are some western Vkei bands that aren't as well known that were pretty good. There is one Italian one I knew of that was skilled, and not cringey, but I can't remember their name because I never took much interest in them.

I personally think there are quite a lot of boring/generic bands in both the Japanese and Western Vkei scenes. The main difference is that the Japanese ones tend to sound like other Japanese bands, and the western ones just sound like other western ones. I guess essentially, I view both scenes similarly. There are some good bands, but there are a bunch of generic ones out there too.

Sounds somewhat good, but I'm relatively new to Metronome, so I'll wait until I've listened to more stuff in order to get a full opinion

Excited for this. These guys are still kicking it

Karuna also preformed as a special guest with either Gilbate or Gezigezi, preforming a cover of 錯乱シロップ from his old band, Gill'e Cadith. (There was a picture of the setlist on twitter but I can't find it. fml) Also, Kaname did a very... interesting cosplay of Karuna's old look.