Himeaimichu

Mei tweeted this, and it apparently mentions something about being in the studio? IDK, the ones here who speak Japanese can interpret it if you guys want.

I'm interested in the label BLOOM at the moment. DiSPINA seems like a good band, and XIII-Destructive Agent of Jap is awesome as hell. I think we'll get some good releases from DiSPINA, but IDK about XIII, since they seem to be slow on stuff. Kuroyuri will sadly go.. and Kuro is probably going to retire his ass. (Hopefully K and Mei will go on. Especially Mei, we need him) RANDS finally does something. Some bandman dies GossiP will eventually disband. And well.. yeah AINS will have only one band by then, unless Yukika manages to get some bands.

I was being sarcastic. Maybe I should use irony punctuation next time

The long missed gay things in Vkei thread has reincarnated once again! So, anyone got a good joke we can all expand on before the thread is eventually closed, like last time⸮ Because I got nothing.

I've never got much into these guys, but I'm thinking of trying more. They remind me a lot of Kagerou. Also, that short guitar solo with the wah pedal is just yus.

It was from 2015, I believe

I know. I'm getting him to post a new link Edit: It's from a campaign that is already over.

The doll is like a character. She functions as the vocalist's lover lol. In the band, each member represents something. The vocalist is a demon and Ryohei is a zombie.

They're a Tokyo based Visualkei band. I may be located in the US but @sakurakurakura and Ryohei are in Japan. I'm just promotion staff so anything specific you'll have to ask Tetsu (Akusaki) about

IDK. You'll have to ask our vocalist. He controls the executive decisions. We're pretty low budget though, so forgive us if the sound quality of the single is sub-par. There aren't any set "looks" at the moment, but the vocalist does have a twitter. @vo_akusaki We're also small and indie, but are slowly working our way up.

@sakurakurakura's band D:[ab]-e will release a new EP "Mystosis". It will have 4 songs: 1. 心中 (Shinjū) 2. リスカ狂愛者 (RISK kyō ai-Sha) 3. kurage 4. 赤い糸 (Akai Ito) We've also created a label to release our music under. Hellencöre Records. We're still working on the release date and will keep you guys updated. https://diable-official.jimdo.com/discography/ Lineup: 惡殺鬼 歪 (Akusaki Hizumi. @sakurakurakura) - Vocals 霊病 (Ryohei) - Guitars 幽儺 (Yuna) - Doll

I know this topic is pretty much dead, but I thought I'd mention a band no one has brought up. Most of us probably know these guys. Cuartet. They were Climax Enterprise's flagship band, and kind of represented the transition period between 90's and 2000's vkei. Before that, there was sort of an industrial-influenced sound mixed with a little punk being seen in bands like Gill'e Cadith and some of Kagerou, which then would be emulated in The GazettE and Cuartet (which, I'm sure we know are connected due to Saki and Ruki having a band together, and initially being produced by the same guy). During this early era, many bands were mixing sounds together, and Cuartet, being the Dir en Grey and Kagerou stans they are, kind of went into a Nu-Metal sound, but still keeping a bit of the post-punk and thrash metal influence the 90's had. In some songs, it even sort was more of a groove-metal sound, giving vibes similar to Machine Head. Though I'm not sure whether that's coincidental, or on purpose. I wish I could find more bands like Cuartet. So far, only Etcetera comes to mind, but they're way less Nu Metal. Also while Saki isn't the best vocalist, he carries a tune way better than Yukika did, and there weren't any audible deep breaths. I seriously need more early 2000's Nu-Metal Transition-Kei. It seems as if transition-kei that ISN'T Nu Metal is much easier to find. Saki continued with the Nu-Metal schtick, though I haven't listened to his current band enough to know whether he's still doing it, or progressed onto core.

I originally was hoping リストカットして was going to be a remake of JyuLie's 夕暮れにリストカット. I'm less cringing and more slightly disappointed.

I think so far, it sounds cool. Oh, and the lyrics to 雨女 definitely are a reference to 雨小僧 from Etcetera.

I totally love the color of their outfits lol

Welcome to the forum! I'm also working on a career in Visualkei, as a vocalist (but I'm waiting until I can move to Japan where my spiritual brother lives). In fact, my brother, @sakurakurakura, has a Vkei indies band called D:[ab]-e, of which I'm promotion staff.