Manji 卍

Discussion of members and other DeG material:
Moving comments is really boring so don't make me do it again, thx. 

Half of this thread should be moved to the dir en grey section

Half of this thread should be moved to the dir en grey section

Half of this thread should be moved to the dir en grey section

You can only see tzk's back because they can't show that he's crying

Same, honestly (with regards to the actual music).
 
Boring sample, awesome visuals tho.

I can guarantee Deviloof will be fine!
the members are working very hard, please wait for and support a Deviloof which can only grownstronger

Someone,please tell me that this is a fake news 
   
 
 

yeah,that's it.and for sure, if they were japanese they would be one of the most commented bands here
their sound really impresses me,plus the "korean essence" in it ,which something that i'm not used to as i said
btw,the diversity,the passion,the elegant and at the same time sinister atmosphere on some tracks gives me
strong Sukekiyo's vibes and it's one of the favorite bands of the vocalist,so he's definitely influenced
i'm excited for this release,and glad that i've found someone to discuss about these guys
 
 
their other project is pretty interesting as well
 
 

Vo.礼 (rei) session band, "名無シノ演者" (meimushi no enja/No-Name Actors) will perform at vkdb 15th anniversary event "mode of V" on November 8 at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE.
 
[lineup]
Vo.礼 (rei)
Gt.青木淳平 (Aoki Junpei) (bask in the deep)
Ba.ごう (Gou) (Mrs.Habit, ex-JIVE)
Dr.セラ (Sera) (ex.GAMEOVER)

the dark age is not over
Are you guys ready for the second chapter of DOGMA? lol
 
 

well...that's the truth .

Ah I thought they sounded really different lol.
 
It seems while vk is strongly discouraged in china because of the government, korea just has an extreme case of bad taste. But it's not just vk, it seems the korean underground is so small it's virtually non existent. Makes me wish TRAX took off back in 2004 or whatever (Paradox and Scorpio were great imo).

I can definitely also see the paralels to sukekiyo, in both bands!
As for Black Metal or DSBM and VK together, it's actually very surprising that there aren't more bands doing it. With all the occultism, depression, suicide and general nihilism in the themes many bands are using and the fact that basically any metal genre can be considered 'VK music' now as long as the band has the look and plays at certain events its not that unlikely.
Recently I saw a japanese article about Madmans Esprit and that genre combination that is very in-depth and it way interesting to read. Although I was surprised of them calling early mucc DSBM.
 
Actually he is the guitarist of ms. isohp romatem while their vocalist is support guitarist for his live shows. Your point still stands, though. The metal scene in South Korea is already shockingly small and a visual kei scene pretty much does not exist anymore except for 3-4 bands. BP records bands keep playing shows there, though. So there has to be at least something...
 
btw, new look of ms. isohp romatem

well...that's the truth .

yeah,that's it.and for sure, if they were japanese they would be one of the most commented bands here
their sound really impresses me,plus the "korean essence" in it ,which something that i'm not used to as i said
btw,the diversity,the passion,the elegant and at the same time sinister atmosphere on some tracks gives me
strong Sukekiyo's vibes and it's one of the favorite bands of the vocalist,so he's definitely influenced
i'm excited for this release,and glad that i've found someone to discuss about these guys
 
 
their other project is pretty interesting as well
 
 

I agree 100%! Pretty sure if it was Japanese, people on the forum would already be hyping it. But the Korean language matches this style of music very well. 

this is one of the best things i've heard this year,they deserve total attention of this forum
visual kei and black metal,my two fav subgenres together,what could be better?
and glad that they kept the korean language in most of the tracks,
i'm definetely not used to listen any metal songs in korean,sounds really refreshing
 
 
 

Official artworks unveiled, one for each edition:
 

 
Wasn't expecting this... I thought they were going for a different art style, similar to the one hinted at the lastest promotional band photoshoot (white, pure and kind of ethereal, with some sort of a 'traditional asian' vibe -at least that was what Kaoru, Toshiya and Die's clothes seemed to hint for me). This looks like a mix between Tool and Björk. I really like it, but it seems weird! I give a lot of importance to an album's artwork, and it changes how I perceive its music. The only thing I do not like is the deathcore-ish font. On a second thought, it looks like a similar font to In Flames' 'A Sense of Purpose'...
 

Nice to hear people like them!
Their full lineup for the upcoming Korea/Japan shows has been revealed:
 

 
 
 

Somehow there is no Madmans Esprit thread on MH and seeing they even joined Gan-Shin Records recently I felt like there should be one.
The band was formed 2010 in Seoul and has been active with changing lineup as solo project of vocalist/guitarist 叫號 (Kyuho).
 
 
 
Their style is characterized as "post black metal / visual kei" under the concept "depressive suicidal blackened pop" and their new album is going to be released in October 2018.
 
 
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@Manji 卍 I'm really enjoying that ΣPSON album!
@IGM_Oficial ローマンRoman's PARADISE is def. one of my most listened to vaporwave albums. I'll have to listen to his more recent Future Funk material.
 
Almost forgot to drop Architecture in Tokyo (and ULTRA ウルトラ) here. This a pretty iconic vaporwave track:
(I'll have to touch on more of the city pop influenced vaporwave in a later post. What's interesting is since city pop has been sampled so much, it's starting to rekindle interest in the genre itself. I don't think the sudden spikes in interest like the Plastic Love phenomenon, would've happened w/o vaporwave.)
 
Additionally, AMDISCS (which has released AiT's material) has a lot of vaporwave, synthwave, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/user/AMDISCS/
 
ESPRIT 空想 who is most famous for SUMMER NIGHT, now goes under the alias of George Clanton. He just recently put out Slide, a Madchester/Vaporwave fusion album that really puts a new spin on the genre (could just be considered "indie"). I've never really heard 00's influences and vaporwave intermixed before, and it works out really nicely!