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LUNA SEA is my favorite band ever and I like all their albums so it's difficult, but I'd say MOTHER would be a good start. 
For Kuroyume I would recommend Mayoeru yurichitachi romance of scarlet.
X Japan - Blue Blood I guess (someone else might be better at recommending here).
BOOWY - JUST A HERO
BUCK-TICK - Seventh Heaven
 

Necro bump I wanted to revive this, so here: Plastic tree, Luna sea, Kuroyume, LOUDNESS, and Pierrot. All of which I'm interested in but I didn't want just because their discography are just so big to tackle. Any recommendations? 

To be clear, I'm quite the Juri fanboy so even if he starts covering Justin Bieber songs (god forbid) I'll probably still buy them :'D
 
I agree with RpgRiser that if we measure his music against DELUHI we're just setting ourselves up for disappointment. If I listen to this as I would listen to pop music, it's actually quite enjoyable. I've always felt that Juri has a kind of singer's instinct that makes his vocals blend with the instrumental in a way that doesn't require too much effort (both on his part and on the audience's part). I'm not sure how else to describe this - it reminds me of ALvino's Shota whom I also feel is an amazing vocalist (incidentally ALvino does a similar kind of a music). For me, this quality is even more valuable than any kind of uber vocal technique that can be gradually honed. In any case, it's nice to see him having the heart to pursue what he wanted to do - he was quite matter-of-fact in his interviews/trailers about his concept/vision for the individual tracks, which I prefer over some bands (that shall not be named) who half-heartedly come up with a bunch of tracks and we make what we will of them.
 
The one complaint I have is that instrumentation could have varied more. Good pop can and should be more eclectic than just varying the same backing instrumental and replicating them for every track - something that's disingenuous for anything longer than a single.

Hey guys, YOSHIKI's doctor here. He's got a real bad hernia, so we're gonna need to push that release date to 2018.

Visual Kei:
Avel Cain: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rT_bYlh6Sc  - Yomigaeri [Yes, it's probably weird but well.] 

Lycaon:
Shadow / Mayaku 

The Gallo:
Musou

Kuroyuri To Kage:
Yukosou


Non-Visual Kei:

Sia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxW7CvAsNLA - Chandelier 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn-HJ4UAMnE - Bird Set Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EuVY9LzlsE - Titanium

Rihanna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mcw6Itowy0 - Diamonds. It was so awesome Live. A moment I will never forget. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EegfBDzf_Ik - Stay. From the same Concert. Opening Act~ It was so awesome...

Loic Nottet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NaylnKA850 - Elastic Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D3oBKlCghA - Chandelier 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHMnBA5eMJg - Chandelier 

GJan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA5ZEU3qaSA - Need Your Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv8Uyyw9Gzo - Need Your Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8AGLfe4bv4 - Need Your Love 

Solstafir:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeqFVbZv43E - Fjara 

The Veronicas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCmBIun8CwY - Mouth Shut 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogQvgFsgGQk - You Ruin Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4-FIOZBYl0 - Cold

Damien Rice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPMrnMYlTew - 9Crimes Ft. Maria Mena 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMm38957PBY - 9Crimes Ft. Lisa Hannigen

KPop:
Girl Groups:

Davichi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjR5D7N3aNc - MinKyung; Immortal Songs 2 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munCMqV0ZnQ - Love Is All The Same HaeRi Ft. YangPa & HANNA 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwyKTJ6MJG4 - That's My Fault. SPEED Ft. MinKyung 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfH4dMX8Row -  We Were In Love Ft. T-Ara 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBUx6ORlB2U - Don't You Know? 

Ailee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3u_1fSbSw - Ice Flower 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOmnfmXlZCc - I'll Always Love You 
https://youtu.be/XOFMI6jPamM?t=1m35s You Raise Me Up Ft. HuhGak 

AfterSchool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjZYvr0Udw - One Love - Kahi Ft. Suki 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LweF7m0Mf5w - When I Fall - Live 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb01iLJp2uY - When I Fall - Live 2014 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lIh7WR3bNQ - Shampoo 

4Minute: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK9Vh0WdKhA - I'm Okay 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyXHVniGa20 - Nightmare Ft. IlHoon [Sadly he's not in this Performance.]

SISTAR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Ca6gNiq3k - HyoLin Halo

2NE1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCZp8sj11g - I Love You Ft. Jung SungHa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qImLDYuw7n8 - Broken Hearted Girl 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfg6w4P7SsM - Take A Bow 

T-Ara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEXfqzzl6Jg - Don't Leave 

The SeeYa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3hrkID5a74 - Be With You Ft. TaeWoon

Song Ji-Eun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYZc49tWgNA - Don't Look At Me Like This - Korean Version. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taEuQXvoWsk - Don't Look At Me Like This - Japanese Version 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQdFbwKZk28 - Going Crazy Ft. YoungGuk

Sunny Hill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZz7uUVszqA - The Grasshopper Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22o_BtTo4vs - You Don't Know 

VIVID[The Kpop Group]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTDrMpaFw6c -  딱걸렸어 뮤직비디오

Boy Groups:

F.I.X:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw4vfHPLjlo - We Were In Love 

B.A.P:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuZ5GlXDpFI - Goodbye 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLXvOMMqtQ - I Remember Ft DaeHyun 

Boyfriend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6zh7eOqANw - Janus

Dalmatian: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLdbrJPQtTg - E.R 

Infinite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PloIrFlzstw - Can You Smile 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJhn-aK6lpM - 60 Seconds - Infinite Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcgk0khpQEw - 60 Seconds - SungKyu Version

Phantom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-aWM3qty8c - Burning 

Tablo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5LAeIrd97g - Bad Ft. JinSil 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyAd8tZK3GE - Ft. Bom 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJdvKe-EJMk - Airbarg 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3FVZ3JhAnw - Tomorrow Ft. TaeYang 

U-Kiss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIPmUGIKKlk - Believe 

Well kinda longer List but all of this Songs have an emotional impact on me aswell as the Live Versions of it. 
There are a few more Non-Visual Kei Acts but no fun to ut them on here lmao.
Already took enough Time haha.
[Also, u can kinda dig that's I was deep af in to Kpop lmao]
 
 

All of them. I need my money back.

I... haven't read any new jrock fanfics in ages, to be honest. Although I do still read fanfics, I kind of branched out quite a bit beyond jrock. But when I did read jrock fics, it was mainly either Dir en grey or PIERROT fics. I did write a few PIERROT fics, though they're all somewhere on different LiveJournal communities. I haven't bothered looking for most of them, to be honest. ^^;;;;;;

LOL! I feel the same way about my fellow Cubans, where I feel that not having a pressure cooker in the house is just asking for trouble. Well, a different kind of trouble than using a pressure cooker in the first place. XD

Canned black beans are fine, especially if seasoned with sugar, vinegar, and olive oil to give it the flavor it needs. The other beans I tend to run into are either red beans or garbanzo beans, but I'm picky about the last two (because they like to throw in veggie pieces, especially onions, and I hate veggies in my beans).

I usually do the soaking method, I love pinto beans but haven't come across canned pinto beans.  
 
Dry beans that you gotta soak overnight, I don't know many brazilians that eat canned beans? Most of us are born with a pressure cooker and a bag of beans. Not burning them in a normal pan is an ancient art that takes years to master. Maybe I should give canned ones a try more often.

LOL HOLY FUCK
 
 
You'd be hard-pressed to hear that A LOT of at home cookers cannot do this lol

My 4 year old son requested a Dir en grey song in the car today. Never been prouder. 

Ongakusenkasha, which publishes the monthly visual kei magazine SHOXX, ceases operations and files for bankruptcy. The company owes an estimated 4 hundred million yen in debt.
 
Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160920-00010000-teikokudb-ind
 

A lot of vk bands are on radio, problem is Japan has like two radio stations for every citizen so you're bound to never finding the right channel. 
 
I'd say the problem is that the teenagers aren't socially awkward and angry anymore. Don't know what happened but the "I dress in black and hate the world, also im misunderstood and poetic"-kids, which formed the faceless masses of casual vk listeners, are all but gone. Only the hardcore are left and they always just formed a tiny piece of the fandom.

sorry i don't have it in me to translate their comments atm but that's the gist of it. masashi also mentioned that his ongoing uncertainty and dissatisfaction over the band's difficulties started to become a cause for concern for both the members and fans, and when he who's standing on the stage became the person people needed to worry over he felt like he has failed as a bandman and as their leader. he also emphasized that FoLLoW's disbandment isn't because the members couldn't get along well; in fact he was able to come this far only because of them.

Oyuugi Wagamama-dan x PaRADEiS: Didn't one of them have sex with a minor?
 
SuG:  A bunch of grown men trying to pretend they are still teenagers.
 
NEGA: GOOD LUCK SAYING THEIR NAME IN PUBLIC!

deadman:

ALvino: A school teacher, a prince, and an otaku walk into a recording studio and make cinnamon roll music.
 
Angelo: Revenge is a dish best served after smashing their heads in with the plates over and over again.
 
LM.C: Electro-disco with the occasional guitar and the aesthetics of the girl's toy aisle at Toys 'R' Us after eating too many pixie sticks.
 
Psycho le Cemu: Musical cosplayers with a better budget and the dance moves of a nursing home squad.
 
Fairy Fore: They came, they saw, they burned out too quick.
 
Gackt: Nothing lasts longer than a Gackt and he just keeps going and going and going...

I'm still here just for Karyu.

Okay, I have to know what the hell a song called Literacy would sound like. lol. xD

Yes, yes I am. I've been following them since the beginning too. XDDD
 
There really are so few ALvino fans and it throws me for a loop, honestly.

you're an ALvino fan? damnnn i never thought i'd find one here. i've loved them since... snow line XDDD
 
i'm also too embarrassed to reply to this topic, but yeah, a lot.