reminiscing2004

Interesting discussion. First off, I think you might be exaggerating the change of his vocals, as you see it. Even looking it at the live clips you cited, let alone all of the other recordings from 2002 to this point, I don't think there was ever some drastic 'switch' where he got better. (I don't think he was ever 'bad' as many people believe.) You could maybe argue that about his screams, but I'm mainly addressing the clean singing voice.
 
Also, something really key to consider (especially with live performances) is the circumstances of the sound setup at the venue. As a vocalist, you are desperately depending on monitors, either on the floor in front of you on via in-ear headphones, to allow you to hear yourself. Standing on stage with the band, you often can't hear the sound of your own voice. This makes your performances at shows vary a lot based on how the venue can accommodate this. Most small venues will have sparse to nil monitoring options. Even in higher budget tours where you have monitoring equipment, you are presented with a new problem: bigger venues have even louder sound systems. Even among same size venues, the acoustics differs wildly, so the live sound team is facing a new set of challenges every show. And on top of that, the house guy doing the mix might put you too low on X night at X venue, and do the opposite at Y venue on Y night. My whole point is that for Ruki, or any vocalist in a loud band, each show will not be a level playing ground for their performance. It's very plausible that at one concert he could hear himself fantastic, while at the other he had insufficient monitoring or was in a crazy reflective room that drowned everything out.
 
Additionally, the idea that someone can improve very suddenly at a discipline is generally a fantasy, imo. Even if you are practicing something for 6 hours a day, progress is usually steady, but diminishes over time. For instance, imagine there are two people who practice singing for 6 hours a day. One of them only started singing yesterday and the other one has been professionally singing for 3 years. The newbie will make a considerable amount more overall improvement than the veteran in a month's time. This is what makes it so difficult to be in the highest echelon of skill in a certain field. If it takes 100 hours to become 'okay' at something, it might take 1000 to become good, and 10,000 to become very good.

3 ムック limited editions, two V.A.'s, and a lone Ryohei
ty rarezhut!

3 ムック limited editions, two V.A.'s, and a lone Ryohei
ty rarezhut!

Thought of this right away (aside from a gamut of acts you guys mentioned already) but seems like "weeb emo" is severly underappreciated anyway (fun fact: the said act evolved into another, jazz-fusion-based collective after their demise)
 
Also:
 

 
Lives up to its title - GOAT!
 
Ps. where's Slint? I thought you guys were very memetastic

Lets see if this works...
 

Hearing In The End on Finnish television back in the day is what set me on the path of being edgy. I had never heard screaming in a song before and I was completely enamoured with it, of being that angry and sad in a song when before all I had surely heard in my life was some cookie cutter radio shit that one just tolerated to listen to out of habit. I got Hybrid Theory for my 8th birthday and I was told to turn it off because it was bothering the dumb guests; an informative childhood moment in realising that I just hate everybody.
 
 
 
 

I met a colleague at my volunteering work for the first time and he was such a fucking creep, asking me to go to the storage room with him, whispering to me the question 'was my relationship with my partner serious' and saying he could give me a ride all the way back to my mom's home if I needed a car. He kept starring at me while he thought I wasnt noticing. 
The dude is sixty years old and married. Ugh. I just hope I don't have to see this cunt again. Why do old people think they can get away with being slimy as fuck. 

Was this too obvious?
 

 
The evolution from this to this in five years time always wows me

Musically, this is probably a bit soft(?) for my usual tastes, but I really really love the sound of the recording so I thought I'd mention it.
 
This is free from so many of the recording/mixing techniques commonly expected with 2010's VK that I generally just find uninteresting and emotionally flat. I really liked this song because the drums sounded natural and roomy. They aren't triggering synthetic feeling kick and snare samples and it hasn't been compressed to shit. The mix in general just sounds super pleasant, in part because it hasn't been squashed in a number of ways for teh loudness!!! Production wise, I find this waaaay more similar to how late 90s emo and post-rock sounded then anything visual kei in the last decade and I really love that.
 
It's really cool to see a band going in this direction with their recordings. Because it's something most people don't really consider, most bands just feel pressure to bandwagon on the trend of what everyone else's records sound like and hire the same engineers because its safe and lazy.
 
I like the falsetto vocals and the instrumental breaks, so I'm excited to see what else this band can do. And as mentioned, I hope their recordings continue to glisten with beauty...

first four books of the ring series~

Musically, this is probably a bit soft(?) for my usual tastes, but I really really love the sound of the recording so I thought I'd mention it.
 
This is free from so many of the recording/mixing techniques commonly expected with 2010's VK that I generally just find uninteresting and emotionally flat. I really liked this song because the drums sounded natural and roomy. They aren't triggering synthetic feeling kick and snare samples and it hasn't been compressed to shit. The mix in general just sounds super pleasant, in part because it hasn't been squashed in a number of ways for teh loudness!!! Production wise, I find this waaaay more similar to how late 90s emo and post-rock sounded then anything visual kei in the last decade and I really love that.
 
It's really cool to see a band going in this direction with their recordings. Because it's something most people don't really consider, most bands just feel pressure to bandwagon on the trend of what everyone else's records sound like and hire the same engineers because its safe and lazy.
 
I like the falsetto vocals and the instrumental breaks, so I'm excited to see what else this band can do. And as mentioned, I hope their recordings continue to glisten with beauty...

vocal : Kaname.
Twitter : https://twitter.com/kanametivity
 
guitar : Soa
Twitter : https://twitter.com/Sioux_Soa
 
guitar : Ciela
Twitter : https://twitter.com/ciela_sioux
 
Instagram: http://instagram.com/ciela1111
 
bass : YACHIRU
Twitter : https://twitter.com/Sioux_YACHIRU
 
drums : Lotto
Twitter : https://twitter.com/Sioux_Lotto

 

 
 
 
1st single "Hue"
1.Adonis
2.Human
3.Kamio
 
 

 
2nd single "Last Scene"
01.Last Scene
02.Uso
 
Free Single Amrita (01.10.17)

01. Amrita

Hi,
I'm 31 years old, from france. I've been into Visual kei since 2001 and my favourite bands are: Dir en Grey, Deadman <3 , 9Goats Black Out and Mucc. I recently had a crush on Sukekiyo and Insanity Injection (saw them on stage last january)
 
Btw, I listen to a variety of music genres (metal, hip-hop, electro...)
 
I don't know what else to say... XD I'm not good at introducing
 

Gossip (Ains band)
Sirene
La'veil MizeriA
SCHWARZ KEIN (シュヴァルツカイン)
Zombie (ぞんび)
Hizaki

Was this too obvious?
 

 
The evolution from this to this in five years time always wows me

wowowowowowowowoow. this is super fascinating, especially since i think a lot of the members have been quite inactive. i always wished kaworu joined a new band, but its been 10 years of inactivity.
 
rip teru, tho he probably couldnt justify the stress of relearning a bunch of tunes on top of the ridiculous amount of complex guitar work already stored in his mind from his two main bands.
 
edit: nvmnd, teru said on twitter hes not playing because hes touring with versailles in south america
 
pls share ur aikaryu rips old fans that have been revived from their vk slumber because of this post

wowowowowowowowoow. this is super fascinating, especially since i think a lot of the members have been quite inactive. i always wished kaworu joined a new band, but its been 10 years of inactivity.
 
rip teru, tho he probably couldnt justify the stress of relearning a bunch of tunes on top of the ridiculous amount of complex guitar work already stored in his mind from his two main bands.
 
edit: nvmnd, teru said on twitter hes not playing because hes touring with versailles in south america
 
pls share ur aikaryu rips old fans that have been revived from their vk slumber because of this post

wowowowowowowowoow. this is super fascinating, especially since i think a lot of the members have been quite inactive. i always wished kaworu joined a new band, but its been 10 years of inactivity.
 
rip teru, tho he probably couldnt justify the stress of relearning a bunch of tunes on top of the ridiculous amount of complex guitar work already stored in his mind from his two main bands.
 
edit: nvmnd, teru said on twitter hes not playing because hes touring with versailles in south america
 
pls share ur aikaryu rips old fans that have been revived from their vk slumber because of this post

wowowowowowowowoow. this is super fascinating, especially since i think a lot of the members have been quite inactive. i always wished kaworu joined a new band, but its been 10 years of inactivity.
 
rip teru, tho he probably couldnt justify the stress of relearning a bunch of tunes on top of the ridiculous amount of complex guitar work already stored in his mind from his two main bands.
 
edit: nvmnd, teru said on twitter hes not playing because hes touring with versailles in south america
 
pls share ur aikaryu rips old fans that have been revived from their vk slumber because of this post

When Crack Brain revived, Hizaki skipped it too. Revivals are rarely all of the original members unless they're all retired salarymen 

obviously, fuck Teru butttttt

This video has been posted in another thread, but the news deserves its own topic.
 
 
All of the original members except for Teru.