reminiscing2004

this is why visual kei exists

https://youtu.be/H6ALSCSkNw4?t=87

just remember this LOL

(Without cheating) can you name any releases exact release date that you still remember from being once so hyped?

I've thought long and hard and this is my list:

Versailles - Jubilee : 2010 Jan 20th

Versailles - History & Lemon Hall DVD's : 2009 May 20th

DELUHI - Flashblack CD/DVD : 2009 May 20th

DELUHI - Yggdalive : 2009 November 4

I can remember lots more month/year combos, but getting the day is the ultimate test. Some of mine might be off (i didn't check), but my gut thinks they are correct. How about you? 😮

Any murakami fans here? I'm late to the party and read HB Wonderland and Norwegian Wood.

What next?

Any マイナス人生オーケストラ fans who can help me identify this song?

https://vocaroo.com/i/s1jMHyZApvlq

Anyone have examples of bands that were way better in their later discography?? I feel like all of my favorite music is from the first half of an artist's career, even outside of VK.

There are so many bands/artists that I even feel like I need to explicitly mention that I only like their old stuff in conversation, because they've gone from really great to really not great imo. Thoughts?

awake 34 hours, sleep 14 hours

ahhhhhhhhhhh.......

Does anyone know where this acoustic ver. of Coo Quack Cluck comes from?

dunno if theres a thread, BUT, if you could only have one VK/j album trapped on a desert island, what would you pick?? I might be without internet for a while soon, and I'm just planning to download some bangers beforehand

hmu with those 1 album reccs

getting hammered and binging Vidoll PV's

#livingmybestlife

Happy Birthday, your high quality uploads are so appreciated. 😮

🎉

how the fuck do you search for "D' stuff, this is so pain

entry level vk complaints, but GHHH

I don't understand why the bass level is so low in Leda's projects. I just assume that someone who was such a heavyweight sick bassist would want some sick bass action on their recordings. For DELUHI, I can kind of understand, as Aggy seemed to be a pretty barebones, unnoticeable bass player, but ryu from FED seems to be pretty great. *seems* because I can hardly ever hear him, but it looks like hes doing some tough shit in the live dvd

Oh well, the new FED single slams, so I finally care

i need more BONGO kei

deluhi's lorelei has left a gaping hole in my heart by teasing at something so glorious

if you were ever a fan of the band, the new Killie is a must buy. decent sounding re-recordings, the densest release yet. instantly enjoyable if you've listened to their other recordings.

a perfect summary of their work, only shame is that it wasn't released a decade earlier when it could have caused some more waves....

not quite as cohesive in a conceptual way as some of their other releases, but serves the purpose of a great album, in the more traditional sense.

im feeling like :

"ALREADY LISTENED TO HOMURA UTA AND ZEKUU TWICE TODAY, FU WO TATAERU UTA -- BOTH PRESSES, IVE DECIDED IM NO LONGER SLEEPING AND INVITE ANYONE WHO PASSES ME BY ON THE STREET TO FIGHT ME"

It's funny how at the time of MYV doing the Kvki Boiz stuff, it seemed to have huge mixed reception in the foreign communities. People were shocked by him having like mc hypemen and a DJ.

In hindsight, especially considering what he's done in the last decade, that period was so fucking inspired and unique ..

Just saw the Nightmare last live, wow. For the first hour and a bit, i had this sort of melancholy discomfort watching due to Yomi's vocals. I haven't really kept up with the band since like 2010, but it sounds like he's completely changed his singing technique, or hes burned out his voice, or a bit of both. It was tough at times, because you could tell he was really giving it his all and you he could hear the voice straining in ways that make you cringe a little bit because it seems physically painful. Of course, no one wants to go out as a vocalist like that, especially when the rest of the band was playing so well.

However, throughout the final encores, Yomi definitely redeemed himself and you could tell it was taking all of his being to do so. The Star[K]night orchestral arrangement that played at the end before the final encore was really top notch and totally got the feels going. In the end, I feel like it will be really enjoyable for anyone who was a fan of the band at some point to watch. It's challenging at first to feel like you're struggling with Yomi's performance, but he really does make the most of it.

Maria Cross's "Sex" came in my head while cooking...

Is this a turning point in my life?

mix tradeoff idea: cheap kei hell/obscure bands only

ultimate goal is for your partner to have not even heard the name of any of ur artists + demo sonic aesthetic, freshman releases, etc.

New FED album sounds cool.. Shame the second-rate mix and triggered drums sound NOT-COOL

cmon guys ur killin me. why must the best years of leda's guitar playing be packaged in this subpar wrapping

remember JAME? remember JROCKREVOLUTION? remember fucking CUREMEDIAUSA????

flashbacks

Remember S.K.I.N.? Rememberカラス??

lol?????

Slipknot gets a lot of hate from the metal fans who have graduated onto more technical/mathy/atmospheric metal substyles and bands, but damn...

It doesn't matter how much nutty tech death or mathcore I listen to, Iowa always holds up as one of the heaviest albums ever. The drumming and vocal  performances really sell it so well, and the production does an amazing job of not going too clean pristine (the problem of many A-list metal act's albums and tech death metal bands), but also not disregarding the power of well-executed recording/mixing and being too raw in a weak way (the problem of many new-era black metal/experimental/atmospheric inspired metal bands). Perfect blend of precision and fervor, sonicly speaking. 

Sometimes you just gotta EXTRA appreciate Nakigahara..

its like one foot in the world of juunanasai and one in guren, wrapped together in this perfect production that they only could have afforded at that point in their career. im not able to say that often enough. respect, man