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I've built a DIY music streaming server using Koel+Docker, a web-based music player. It's a very neat app.
I have a server with a gigabit port and several TB monthly bandwidth + 500GB storage connected to it, so it perfectly fits a music streaming server.
Now I just have to throw whatever I want to listen to into the server and stream it from anywhere with internet.

Hi from Sweden!
It's very much a niche thing here as well - I know of less than ten people actively listening to (at least, older) VK here.
 
You have nice taste! Do you prefer indies-era X or major-era X Japan?

This thread needs a revival, there's been so much good stuff in the scene lately!
 
New Skeletal faces are a pretty dope deathrock band and my recent find:
 
 
Trashlight are making some heavily shoegaze inspired post-punk/goth music, their EP is fresh and new:
 
 
Another great deathrock band that recently released a debut EP, Nox Novacula:
 
 
Also kaelan Mikla and Whisperign Sons are going to drop an album in the following weeks. The songs they have released for preview are already very promising:
 
 

Hi and welcome!
 
Do you like indies (pre-Hide era) X too?

Hi everyone.  I've been into vkei for a long time now but just found out about this awesome forum. It has been my little secret world so I haven't researched that much about different communities/forums or even talk to people about it (at least not alot). Other than vkei I also listen to alot of different music and music genres and always open for exploring something new. First time I was introduced with vkei was when I was 11 years old when I first seen Hide - Light My Fire cover on youtube (that exact video from 2006 is still up on yt) and since I am from small EU country I've never seen anything like that so I was very curious what is that all about and why is that guy wearing weird fashion and rest is history which changed my life forever. I am not a big fan of modern vk but I don't hate it and I listen to it a bit. I am mostly fan of 90s-00s stuff like Pierrot, Kuroyume, Luna Sea, Piass,Baiser and my favourite X-Japan and then later bands like Kagrra, Gazette, Mucc, D'espairsRay, Plastic tree, Nightmare (which is heavily underrated imo) etc... From newer bands I really dig Jiluka,Archemi, the Raid. and many more. Don't know what else to say, thank you for reading this squeezed and messy text, looking forward in meeting some new people here!  (and sorry if I posted this in wrong part of the forum im still trying to learn how things work here ><)
 

I bought seven CD's and they were well packaged and undamaged upon arrival. They came in nice plastic protective sleeves (I know some of you guys are into that lol), and the shipping was crazy fastttt. Shipped from Singapore on a Monday and arrived by the end of the week. Thanks @hiroki!

I have been looking for the score to "Kurenai - Original Japanese Version" (by X, later-on X Japan) for a while.
It was included in the same magazine (Rockin'f 1988.6) as the flexi sheet itself.
Someone uploaded it to xboards, but the link is now dead.

The Black Comet Club Band has released their 3rd album 'The Wild Bunch' digitally on May 26th preceding their tour of the same name.

『THE WILD BUNCH』
2018.5.26 ダウンロード先行配信
＜収録曲＞
全曲：作詞/作曲　高野 哲　編曲：THE BLACK COMET CLUB BAND
M1 THE WILD BUNCH
M2 Revolver
M3 Deracine
M4 Poker Face
M5 John & Jane Doe
M6 John Doe
M7 Jane Doe
M8 Amapola
M9 誘惑 (yuuwaku)
M10 Yabadabadoo
M11 Perfect Strangers
M12 Que Sera,Sera

TBCCB is a band formed by Tetsu Takano (ex Malice Mizer, ex Mega8Ball Zigzo, nil, The JuneJulyAugust) that merges together members of both nil and JJA.

The album is advertised as being "Subscription only" but can be purchased through various online music retailers listed on the official page:
http://www.wildbunch.site/

Furthermore, while the website and most of the online retailers list the album as being 5 tracks only, Google Play actually has the full 12 track album for purchase and download. Perhaps it is a mistake and the intention is for only 5 tracks to be released as a digital teaser with the full 12 track album to be released at a later date on CD? If so, snap up the album in case they revert it back to only 5 tracks like the other retailers~
https://play.google.com/store/music/album/THE_BLACK_COMET_CLUB_BAND_THE_WILD_BUNCH?id=Bswv7rc4vf4ucuxjidaxyrn3dku

ASYLUM new album "AWAKE IN A REVISITED WORLD" will be released at 2016/10/19
 
[track list]
01.Creeping Worms(Under Your Rest)
02.Silent Moon/run rabbit run
03.Flow
04.Empty Talk
05.Lust for a Day
06.Into Deep Forest
07.Revisited World
08.A Winter's Tale
09.Awake
 
 

At least they're using soundboard audio. While I appreciate good video quality (I'm a video editor) and it irks me to see how sloppy some indie bands/labels edit or produce their videos like that blatant misspelling of devidskullnorecords.com, having good soundboard audio will save even the poorest quality video production.

And I know once I buy a DVD / bluray, I just end up watching it once or twice through, maybe playing it in the background after that and mostly I listen to the ripped audio again and again. So I'm looking forward to this one~

 

La'veil Mizeria's Kikyo replied to me on Twitter and was happy that someone from Finland is coming to their concert
HIRO (Verxina, ex-gossip, ex-visage) liked my tweet
Kyouka from Insanity Injection followed me back
 
That's about it  

Me:

 
 
 

Hello folks! Selling off some stuff again
 
Feel free to ask if there is any questions or if additional pictures are needed.
Worldwide shipping is $7, regardless of order size (registered shipping is $17). Payment via PayPal.
 




 
V/A - Ayers - Real Airs of 2000 Years in Ayers (CD, 2000) - $20
 
Condition: NM/NM. Complete with obi.
 
Obscure early 00:s compilation! I think this was released to commemorate a livehouse called Ayers in Saitama.
Recorded at Studio Kararec and released on the Spirits label (same as the 99°C compilations).

Samples availiable here:
 
 



 
V/A - Nuclear Fusion Tour - SOLD
 
Condition: NM/VG+
 
SUPER rare promo-only 3" CD on Extasy Records (catalogue #: EXS-02) featuring GILLES DE RAIS, SIGHS OF LOVE POTION & LUNA SEA!
This was distributed freely during a 1991 concert and not availiable for sale in shops.
 
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KUROYUME
 
黒夢 - 生きていた中絶児…  (complete w/ obi)  EX/EX - SOLD
黒夢 - 亡骸を・・・ (w/ slipcase & booklet) VG+/VG - SOLD
 
Slipcase of 亡骸を・・・ is a bit dinged, and the booklet is in loose leaf system. Not sure if came like that or if it was the work of the previous owner.
Both albums play great!
 
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ROMANCE FOR~ - 楽園への回帰 The quest for the Grail cassette - SOLD
 
NM/NM. Complete with booklet.
 
Tracklist: 
01 砂時計
02 ～pale～ 光を見る前に…
03 ボーナストラック
 
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NEO SONIC ARTS - Anemone/How to kill?~How to Love? cassette NM/NM - SOLD
PICTURE LOOP MACHINE - Nervous Prostation cassette NM/EX - SOLD
 
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LUNA SEA - Image or Real VHS - SOLD
Played a few times by me. Complete with fold-out lyric sheet/poster.
Classic live performance during Luna Sea's arguably best era!
 
Tracklist: 
01. Fate
02. Mechanical Dance
03. Suspicious
04. Search for Reason
05. Sandy Time
06. Time Is Dead
07. Blue Transparency
08. Chess
09. Déjàvu
10. Moon
 
Color / Stereo / 60 min / NTSC
 
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X - Blue Blood Tour: Bakuhatsu Sunzen Gig. '89-3-16, Shibuya Kohkaido VHS - $30
Like the LUNA SEA VHS above, played once or twice by me. Complete with booklet.
 
Tracklist:
01. Prologue ~ World Anthem
02. Blue Blood
03. Sadistic Desire
04. Easy Fight Rambling
05. Week End
06. Stab Me In The Back
07. Piano Solo
08. Drum Solo
09. Guitar Solo
10. 紅
11. オルガズム
12. I'll Kill You
13. 20th Century Boy
14. X
15. Unfinished
 
Color / Stereo / 59 min / NTSC
 
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X - X Clips VHS  - $10
 
Compilation of all the classic X music videos! Bought during a visit to Japan years and years agao.
A bit wear around the edges of the packaging, in nice condition otherwise. WYSIWYG; not sure if this came with a booklet or not.
 
Tracklist:
 
01. X
02. 紅
03. Endless Rain
04. Week End
05. Celebration
06. Silent Jealousy
07. Joker
08. Say Anything
 
Color / Stereo / ~57 min / NTSC
 
Sample:

 
 
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DIE-QUÄR - 無口に腐乱… VHS - SOLD
 
AWESOME video release by early & obscure VK group DIE-QUÄR (they also released a CD on Moon Dops, same as GILLES DE RAIS before they got picked up by Extasy).
Live footage combined with hometaped shenanigans, not unlike the early DESHABILLZ videos! Recommended for fans of oooold school VK!
Complete with insert.
 
Tracklist: 
01. xxx Sexed
02. ジレンマ
03. 狂い掛けた百夜
04. 逢魔が刻
05. Fin ~幻想の森~
06. Malice ~序曲の舞~
 
Stereo / Color / ?? min / NTSC
 
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GILLE' LOVES - 真紅のデカダンス ~Décadence of Rose~ VHS - SOLD
 
You know the deal here. Lucifer Luscious Violenue hometapes with GILLE' LOVES music laid over, self released on the Gothic Romance Invitation label.
As I recall, the picture quality is a little bad on this one, but it may very well be because this was filmed in Lucifer's basement sorta.
With booklet + FICTION (band after GILLE' LOVES) sticker.
 
Tracklist:
01. 薔薇の王国
02. 血と薔薇
03. BURNING WORLD-破壊の序曲-
04. 夢、夢のあと-Reve apres reve-
05. 真紅のデカダンス-DECADENCE OF ROSE-
 
Sample:
 
 
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And finally... this isn't strictly visual kei-related, but may be of interest nevertheless:
 

 
Dokkiri! Japanese Indies Music 1976-1989 book - SOLD
Author: Kato David Hopkins Public Bath Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-4-9908636-0-9
 
Thorough guide and history about the Japanese independent scene from the late 70:s to the end of the 80:s.
Lots of info about japanese experimental, post-punk, hardcore, punk, new wave band & records etc.
Sort of like Julian Copes "Japrocksampler", but with more focus on the 80:s rather than the 60:s/70:s.
 



 
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Thanks for looking! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or so
Got more stuff for sale over at Discogs as well: https://www.discogs.com/seller/nattliga_toner/profile
 

I Want Die QUAR VHS and Romance For Demotape!
inbox!

One of the small joys of being a VK fan is the unique phenomenon of enjoying a band while having absolutely no idea how to say their name. And I don’t mean because a band’s name is in Japanese, I’m talking those band names that are ostensibly written in English but because of weird characters or punctuation you just have no idea how to properly pronounce or verbalize their moniker correctly (although most of the time the pronunciation just completely ignores the extraneous symbols).
 
Let’s try and trace the history of these unnecessary symbols and letters in VK bands’ names and highlight the influence (or lack thereof) of these punctuation provocateurs.
 
 
D’erlanger

 
The band: One of the proto-visual kei bands that began in the ‘80s and had an outsize influence on the first generation of post-X visual bands.
 
The name: D’erlanger kinda makes sense as a French word, so they themselves are forgiven, but it is apparent a lot of teenagers in the 80s who would go on to become players in the golden age of visual kei saw that apostrophe and thought “oh cool!” for entirely unintended reasons.
 
I said D’erlanger makes sense as a French word… but it’s not a very ‘band name’ kind of word. Can’t imagine throwing up the metal horns to a band called ‘from Erlangen’.
 
See also: L’Arc~en~Ciel, La’Cryma Cristi, La’Mule
 
 
L’Arc~en~Ciel

 
The band: No introduction necessary really. Almost certainly on the Mount Rushmore of VK bands, whether or not you like what they’ve done since the start of the new millennium (and I don’t). Pretty and melodious songs with just enough edge to appeal to a wide swath of fans. Not to mention a sexy frontman.
 
The name: Another word that makes sense if you’re French, but L’Arc~en~Ciel up the ante by adding some tildes for no reason other than young Tetsuya and Hyde probably thought they added an even more magical feeling to the word ‘rainbow’.
 
L’Arc~en~Ciel’s (making their name possessive *does* add a certain balance to the word…) popularity in both VK circles and a mainstream audience meant that adding dumb punctuation in the middle of your name for no reason was now completely tolerated.
 
Tetsuya has specifically denied he got the L’Arc~en~Ciel moniker from a cafe near where he worked as a teenager with the same name. It may have also been stolen from the D.H. Lawrence book ‘Rainbow’, but even that story is tainted because it includes the *movie* version.
 
See also: a million song and album titles with tildes in them, E’m ~grief~
 
 
cali≠gari

 
The band: Either groundbreaking, experimental rock that revolutionized and kick-started the ‘eroguro kei’ genre, or dissonant-sounding weirdos; depending on your tastes.
 
The name: Obviously lifted from the groundbreaking German silent horror film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”; an admittedly cool source of inspiration for an art-y VK band. The name even has a cool rhyme and visual symmetry when written/pronounced in Japanese (カリガリ).
 
See also: a ton of also-ran bands that have stuck unnecessary equals signs in their names: Loz'a≠Veria, D≒sire, Kar+te=zyAnose, Eyes≒Mirrorge, PARANOID≠CIRCUS
 
 
ZI:KILL

 
The band: Early VK rockers that burned out too quickly to be mentioned among the all-timers.
 
The name: Originally formed as G:KILL, which doesn’t shed any light onto the inspiration for the name, but is an interesting fact. G/Zi:Kill both *kinda* sound like Jekyll when katakan-ized, and Visual Kei has no lack of love for that story.
 
You may be noticing a trend so far; early VK bands apparently hated having blank spaces in their names.
 
See also: La:Sadie’s, ru:natic,【_Vani;lla】, ha;qch, DAS:VASSER, L'yse:nore
 
 
Aliene Maφriage

 
The band: One of the harbingers of VK starting to get really dark and almost certainly offending the middle-aged parents of the teenagers listening to it. Lots of leather and hair... and in Aliene’s case; some good songwriting to back it up.
 
The name: In the book Freakonomics the authors cite a study that shows, all other things being equal, people are more likely to be asked to interview for jobs if the interviewer/hiring manager can pronounce their name. I have to believe this is why even Kyoka & Co. started writing their name simply Aliene Ma’riage eventually; they were probably tired of having to pitch things to record label execs who looked at their name and thought “pass” before they even heard the banshee wails.
 
I couldn’t find anything about the origins of their name. It is a vast improvement over their original moniker Autism though.
 
See also: √eight, ∋elf gravity∈, ZETSURIN⚡HAGUKI
 
 
Kagrra,

 
The band: The undisputed kings of beautiful neo-japonisme in VK.
 
The name: Even Kagrra,, who peddled a very classic Japanese aesthetic, weren’t immune to an unnecessary flourish such as a comma at the end of their name which, when spoken, led to a kind of hesitant mumble as if you were supposed to continue a train of thought which was still at the station. I mean, revisit that previous sentence I wrote, should it really have been written “Even Kagrra,,”? Kagrra,’s name certainly gave the editing staff at Shoxx a headache.
 
Kagrra,, originally called Crow, took their name from 神楽 (Kagura), a Shinto music and dance tradition.
 
See also: Thankfully the comma didn’t catch on much.
 
 
+DéspairsRay+

 
The band: One of the rare examples of a band who can pull off unabashed zetsubou unironically and follow it up with soaring choruses and catchy melodies without sounding disjointed.
 
The name: Another band that dropped some of the more superfluous parts of their name as soon as they started to gain some popularity. If I had to guess, their name is probably one of the most mistagged in VK. I know for sure if I opened iTunes right now I’d have songs by +DéspairsRay+, DéspairsRay, D’espairs Ray, Despairs Ray and probably more in my artist lineup.
 
The members of the band haven’t commented specifically on how they chose the name, with Zero even saying “It's nothing special.” I interpret this as ‘we know it’s dumb, don’t ask about it please’.
 
See also: VAL+IX+LIA, MARRY+AN+BLOOD, Ti+Dee
 
 
Nuvc:gu

 
The band: Nobodies.
 
The name: I honestly was pronouncing this “nuv-ka-goo” until I heard @Biopanda say “New vogue” in a Rarezhut stream and the lightbulb went off. I almost want to give them credit for using the *shape* of punctuation to emulate letters, but then I realize that’s incredibly stupid unless you’re working with some seriously custom fonts.
 
See also: VΩID, k@mikaze, SHAD∞W, XOVER
 
 
Exist†trace

 
The band: Probably the most successful all-girl-kei band ever (which unfortunately isn’t saying much). Started out very gothy and have gradually transitioned to a more mainstream sound. They let the pretty one sing and it makes me sad because Jyou has come up with some flat out beautiful, haunting vocal melodies.
 
The name: Miko said in an interview that,
 
And let’s be honest, that explanation makes no sense. It sounds cool though, and really that’s what you need in a band name (and something unique that can be Googled).
 
My biggest problem with their cross symbol is that it probably shows up as a question mark or some other placeholder punctuation 20% of the time because who the hell has the time to look up the unicode symbols? (although I’m sure people who write about Witch-house bands have the code for the cross symbol memorized.)
 
See also: Serpentine†Ghost, Jail†Breaker, Vice†risk
 
 
xTripx

 
The band: A surprisingly endearing mix of oshare kei and numetal.
 
The name: Weirdly, I always pronounce the first ‘x’ in xTripx’s name but not the last one (ecks-trip). I actually think more bands need to come to terms with the fact that eventually the world will run out of new band names and everyone will have to resort to having a moniker that looks like a circa-2002 emo fan’s AIM screenname.
 
See also: xジハードx, 【TRiANGLE▼SONiX】, Noi’X
 
 
12012

 
The band: Undercode stalwarts that started out lo-fi and disjointed and nu-metal influenced but very charming, and graduated to poppier fare when they decided to take a stab at becoming famous.
 
The name: ‘Ichi ni zero ichi ni’ if you’re Japanese, ‘twelve-o’-twelve’ if you’re me. Allegedly named after a section of the California penal code that deals with illegal weapons… and that actually kind of tracks. It’s an extremely boring section though (besides we know Wataru prefers hand-to-hand combat):
 
 
Not a cool law for a band name. I think we’ve got a retconned term a la 420 and 311.
 
See also: Plenty of other band names that need a pronunciation guide:  0801弐209XX6* (zero hachi), …。(silence), 6→7 (upper)
 
*The guitarist of zero hachi should get an unnecessary punctuation in band names lifetime achievement award. He was in all these bands according to vkdb: †Zaide†,  Diod'honneur,  カレヰド, re:Make, 0801弐209XX6.
 
Be sure to add your favorite band name with unnecessary punctuation!

CANDY GO!GO! will release a new single on April 8th, 1500yen+tax (limited to 2000 copies), also they will hold a live on the same day at Shibuya TSUTAYA O-NEST
 
 
TRACKLIST:
1: HONEY TRAP
2: Borderless
3: 未練タランティーノさん (Miren tarantīno-san)
4: BORDERLESS
 
COVER
 
 
Official twitter
Official website
 
 

Mercuro has opened their OHP...I wonder whether they will resume activities
 
http://mercuro.jp/
https://twitter.com/MercuroOfficial

When talking about shirts, i wanna thank Elias for selling these amazing prints through his shop Necrosphere!
 

 

https://www.last.fm/user/FAKE_STAR_

Every live I've ever seen of  a visual kei show has had only females in the crowd. I don't think I've ever seen a male in the crowd. Why is that? Are men embarrassed to be seen at those types of shows or is there some cultural reason behind it? I can kind of understand for some acts but the same is true even for a lot of the heavy metal vk concerts too. Is visual kei not "real metal" for them or something? When I went to see The Gazette when they toured the U.S. there were both men and women in the crowds. Maybe the men prefer to stay in the back of the crowds and that's why it seems to skewed?