Rahzel

I agree, particularly with "They can't just call a mediocre album a mediocre album, or even acknowledge a bad song/album because of hype. It's all got to be amazing, flawless, like the second coming of Christ."
Becuase it is what it is. It's a fad, a cultural phenomenon, something that's so good right now! even if it actually sucks, is actually losing its shine etc. because now international media has appropriated it to the point of making it seem like a political agenda its original creators never reeeally intended it to be, y'know. And, well, my point being exactly that they did intend it to be a political agenda... a lot. Just probably not to this degree.
 
But - it's somewhat akin to what anime was in the past, right? The whole "anime aesthetic", "anime game" (which was literally just: japanese game with cartoon graphics ... lol ; ; ; ), "anime whatever" of the 90s and maybe even early 2000s. And it was cool around the world, and then suddenly it wasn't cool anymore. Before that, the hippies were cool, etc. Think of whatever cultural fad to illustrate my perspective.    
 
So, I guess what I was trying to argue before is exactly that - sure VK was never terribly mainstream, but everyone who's like 30 now probably lived an era when it was, at the very least ... cool. In a, y'know, oh, ok, these kids with the colorful Final Fantasy hairstyles are actually creating something artistically new. Until, again, it wasn't anymore. And before not being cool anymore of course it was appropriated in many ways - it's not really a coincidence that every bandomen from back then suddenly became ~*multicultural and global*~. Anyway... So it's not really a coincidence that some elements are present in both because, well, pop culture/media/etc works like that. Not to say "nothing is new" but of course some trends will be literal emulations or polar opposites of others. Making these "others"' presence undeniable.   
 

kkkkkkkkkkkk mano falando em corona, eu to cagado do dimlim ser cancelado e a produtora só avisar em cima

On this matter I would like to congratulate Gravity for making a point of being acknowledged as グラビティ↗↗楽しさ♪FULLVOLTAAAGE. I think they took this very seriously and I appreciate the effort. 

1. Nightmare
2. Shounenki (I kinda like AmaBo but SHOUNENKI ......) 
(abyss, and after that everything is in no particular order probably just whatever I thought of as something I listen to semi/regularly)
3. Gravity
4. Neverland
5. Moran
6. ACME(/DIV)
7. Gigamous
8. HOLYCLOCK   
9. Kiryu
10. Leetspeak Monsters 
 
Honorable mention to kannivalism/baroque, ViViD and SCREW all of which I have never heard enough since back in the old days but what I have I either like or didn't actively dislike and should listen to more often. If I did, they'd probably replace the last 3 places. Also honorable mention to oldies Miyavi and Abingdon Boys School which I have seen mentioned itt and were my jams in my teenage years along with Ancafe or A9 etc. Actually, honorable mention to every non-vk jrock band standing in that abyss lol

I came into this topic expecting Hitsugi and I didn't get Hitsugi so here's mr. coffin on the rare occasion where he is smiling for your viewing pleasure! (big "I'm an emo boy who rarely smiles but when I do it's really cute, even though I'm nearly 40" energy)
 

 

 

 
Thank you, now I can go back to my regular "what's this crushing on visual kei oyaji bs? I don't know any of that" agenda

I don't believe there is a thread here for this site, but [ZOMBIEXJUICE] is a gallery for both scans and lyrics, originally created by @Arithmetica that I inherited last year and have been slacking on updating. 
 
 
The focus is predominantly on old-school bands, but I've been adding scans of whatever I have lying around. I'm currently in the process of organizing old content and providing thumbnails so it's a little easier to get around.
 
 
The latest update contains scans of the following:
 
-暗黒世界ハ闇 omnibus
-狂死楽園 by Madeth Gray'll
-パズル by Kneuklid Romance

The more "adult" my life becomes the more I resort to escapism. 🐸

1. Nightmare
2. Shounenki (I kinda like AmaBo but SHOUNENKI ......) 
(abyss, and after that everything is in no particular order probably just whatever I thought of as something I listen to semi/regularly)
3. Gravity
4. Neverland
5. Moran
6. ACME(/DIV)
7. Gigamous
8. HOLYCLOCK   
9. Kiryu
10. Leetspeak Monsters 
 
Honorable mention to kannivalism/baroque, ViViD and SCREW all of which I have never heard enough since back in the old days but what I have I either like or didn't actively dislike and should listen to more often. If I did, they'd probably replace the last 3 places. Also honorable mention to oldies Miyavi and Abingdon Boys School which I have seen mentioned itt and were my jams in my teenage years along with Ancafe or A9 etc. Actually, honorable mention to every non-vk jrock band standing in that abyss lol

グラビティ↗︎↗︎楽しさ♪FULLVOLTAAAGE!!! (Gravity) solo members new single will be released on 2020/04/07 in 10 types (!!), each editions will cost 1,200yen.
 

 
Previews here under the spoiler 
 
 

It’s Vrzel’s vocal lol

1. DIAURA - the one current VK band that has never let me down, ever.
2. GOTCHAROCKA - Some of the most catchy VK melodies I've ever heard. Shortcake is an earworm that I would be happy to have stay with me forever.
3. SCREW - they deserved so much better than the industry gave them. (One band that would have been far better off never crossing paths with PSC).
4. GazettE - the Holy Trilogy of NIL, Stacked Rubbish and DIM alone would get them this spot.
5-7 - the three BP Records bands, Kiryu, Royz and Codomo Dragon. Yes, they overflood the market with singles, but when they're on, they're ON, and each band has a unique charm. (Codomo Dragon, in particular, has put out some gems - Viper has one of the best openings ever).
8. Moran - only found them after they'd disbanded, wish to hell I'd found them during their heyday. Wonderfully deep, layered, sophisticated music - there isn't much other VK that can honestly be described as jazz-rock.
9. Alice Nine - if only because they were my first VK love and they earn a spot on my personal hall of fame with Rainbows and The Beautiful Name alone.
10. Lycaon - They were a rowdy, dirty sex band, but they were a damn GOOD rowdy, dirty sex band. (The more toned down Initial'L incarnation just isn't the same).
 
Honorable mentions include D=OUT, Mejibray, Fest Vainqueur, Morrigan, Jiluka, BORN, Kagrra and older Kra (I think a lot of people forget how damn GOOD they were from their launch until they lost their original guitarist).

October: saw my kpop boys (A.K.A. Pentagon - no, not that one)  
 
 
January: saw Miyavi and I can't really explain my picture in any way other than "I suddenly remembered I didn't pay to get close to him, breathe his air or shake his hand but to take a picture"  

October: saw my kpop boys (A.K.A. Pentagon - no, not that one)  
 
 
January: saw Miyavi and I can't really explain my picture in any way other than "I suddenly remembered I didn't pay to get close to him, breathe his air or shake his hand but to take a picture"  

October: saw my kpop boys (A.K.A. Pentagon - no, not that one)  
 
 
January: saw Miyavi and I can't really explain my picture in any way other than "I suddenly remembered I didn't pay to get close to him, breathe his air or shake his hand but to take a picture"  

Indeed. Actions > words. Always. You'll know them by their fruits.
 
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On a brighter note, a brief bit from a conversation I had earlier:
 
my future wife: ...so when you were a kid, you taught yourself how to ride a bike?

me: yeah, basically.

my future wife: so..."by-cicle-ly???"
 
me: ....
 

 
...and I thought my dad-jokes were unrivaled until now.

I agree wholeheartedly although I can't say I ain't the positive vibes only crowd lately, I think sometimes that also comes with like the tiredness of being the nth generation of systemic oppression and be like, ok, since this age of information makes everyone forget their wrongdoings so easily then I'll also give myself free pass to forget mine. No idea if realizing this makes me compassionate or it's just that I relate to these people on some degree, or both lol. But I guess this is what gives either way. Yes, some of the less compassionate people are also the ones talking the most about compassion.
 
 
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Ughhh I went to an anime con sunday (because I enjoy cosplaying and meeting artists and their works....... that's all I still enjoy in anime conventions tbh) and I'm pissed cuz nobody bothered to take a pic of my Macross cosplay ... sad story sis 😞 why is everyone so competitive when it comes to cosplay nowadays wtf it's just grown up people in cartoon costumes

ahaha, you ALREADY know! There's a lot that could be said here, but I'll try to keep things concise:
 
Essentially, I agree with what the author is trying to say. This new-age, "positive vibes only" / positive psychology nonsense is simply not functional. I see this type of stuff parroted in so many different ways on social media and people are just eating it up. It's like sure, it's good to be positive, but you also have to be sober-minded. Being positive does not mean you should just ignore the negative. No, not at all. Being positive is about being able to recognize, assess, and deal with the negative and still be able to move forward and grow inspite of it. In fact, if you can't do that, then you're not really being positive at all. You're just deceiving yourself.
 
In order to heal, you must first correctly diagnose the ill. And if you're reaping bad fruit in your life, you have to go back and look at the seeds that were planted.
 
Doing this takes honesty, humility, bravery, and compassion. You have to be honest enough with yourself to even recognize and admit that you've reaped bad fruit in your life. You have to be humble enough enough to take on the responsibility of dealing with that bad fruit (instead of pridefully claiming victimhood). You have to be brave enough to take on the daunting task of searching for and plucking up all of the roots that bore this bad fruit (cuz it can be painful and hella uncomfortable). And you have to be compassionate enough with yourself to realize that this is not an overnight process, and not beat yourself up for it.
 
But the people who have allowed themselves to be possessed by this "positive only" stuff are doing themselves and others a huge disservice because they negate everything i just mentioned in the last paragraph. As a result, these people are usually the opposite of honest, humble, brave, and compassionate. How can they be honest with you when they can't be honest with themselves? How can they be compassionate towards you when they can't be compassionate towards themselves? If they can't deal with the discomfort of dealing with their own selves, what's gonna happen when you come along and inevitably make them uncomfortable simply by being human? --> These are the same kinds of insecure, feeble-minded, and bitch-hearted people that will cut you off just for having a difference of opinion or a different perspective than they do. The kinds of ppl that get anxiety attacks when you tell them the truth about themselves.
 
So yeah, that whole positive-only nonsense disarms people from being able to competently deal with negativity, or rather things that make them feel negative or uncomfortable. Which is really just disarming ppl from dealing with reality in general. It doesn't help that this bitch-made attitude is being increasingly supported here in western culture. It's like so many people are trying to make the world into one big "safe space", but there's way more of the world than there are any of us individually, so the more functional idea would be to simply get comfortable being uncomfortable.
 
That wasn't necessarily concise
 
 
 
 

NEVERLAND new album "EMOTION'S" will be released at 2020/06/10
it will include CD and DVD (3500yen)
 
they will hold their oneman live tour "NEVERLAND EMOTION’S ONEMAN TOUR 2020 “初期衝動”" since 2020/06/13 to 2020/07/31 at Osaka MUSE (8th anniversary)
 

When people say that they need rational and empirical evidence that God exists, I just imagine one of two scenarios happening:
 
#1. The world's top scientists publishing a study called "Proof of God"  with said evidence.
 
or
 
#2. God appearing in a humanoid form and showing the world that he has control over everything by performing various miracles.
 
In both cases, this would completely miss the point of "believing" in God. I guarantee that most of us would see all of that proof and "empirical evidence", and the world would not change a bit. We'd see it and say "oh, that's cool.", then go back to treating each other like shit.
 
 

It’s 2020 and people still arguing over buying a CD?!? We have iTunes and we have streaming services these days. Even the most indie western band would have their songs upped. What’s that? Your obscure Japanese bands are not? Well, blame them for being elitist in turn for irrelevancy. Ironic.  
 
Like honestly, support when/if you can. It is not mandatory. Especially if your faves are attached to label. Unless self produced, those munnies would mostly ended up to the labels and producers bank accounts. However, it will ensure your band to not be dropped for having low sales.
 
But if you wanna support your bandomen and ensure that they would afford their next bowl of Yarou Ramen, or their Gucci/Chrome Hearts earrings, then you better be buying official bands merchs and/or attending their shows if/when they make stops to your area or nearby. much like drag queens, those bookings fee is how these bandomen paying their bills..., and some gari gari kun for that matter.

Hello folks,
 
This time I am not interested in your "disbanded"  favorites. 
However I am interested in your "active" favorites.
Only from "recent bands"  Bands born between 2012 and 2020. 
 
Also please only mention bands you REALLY follow.
Not just one you like,
Mention those only who you really "care, care"  about.
 
So, THE GAZETTE and DIR EN GREY  and some other ojisan bands are out of this questionnaire. Please do not mention them. 
If you don't know when your favorite band started you can check it on vk.gy 

If you don't feel to answer it on this forum you can use this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15CAZOQz0Qww6AqJCuxvuyLNZ4q0kK8GtmdUd9InWb5U/edit
 
Also those bands aren't included 😛 
SCAPEGOAT 2009
CODOMO DRAGON (コドモドラゴン) 2010
Missa (魅裟)2003
Scarlet Valse 2011
Kamijo 2003
Kiryu 2007
lynch. 2004

There are people with health bills, children and other dependants who still love visual kei but unfortunately have to skip lunch/transport to save that money for bills and other necessities. If you are able to devote those coins for your favorite bands then you are extremely lucky tbh. I totally agree that we should support bands we love and that if you can sacrifice that weekly McDonald's trip to support artists its a win win situation, but it's not that simple for everyone. 

Yeah, that one.   
 
Lol, I think I've seen that one before. Oh boy, his sister is actually to blame for my not only being accepting of the fujoshi life but also starting to like BL manga way back then, so I liked her a lot way before Love Stage. It's really a "wow... what a wonderful world" moment for me whenever I think of it.

I didn't want to revive that sexuality matters within vk topic but y'know, sometimes I'm laying in bed and I think about how Daigo's sister a full fledged BL mangaka actually wrote a whole BL with a MC who, according to her, was heavily based on her brother. Ok, sure, Naitou siblings are not a force to be reckoned with but still my brain always goes there and I am like hm. Interesting... facts... maybe.

04. Barguest
05. CALL MY NAME
07. RUN
08. ADVENTURE TIME