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Oooh the dark wave GILLES DE RAIS went on to become Pale Cocoon.

Vanished Empire 

REMNANT
ZWECKLOS
GOTHIC LOGIC

LiQuid ButterFly

mm...

can't think of more right now.

but not all haunted house bands are pure gothic.
they support, visual, goth and metal. and a mix of those 😄

Lol I should have realized that when I saw MEIN KAMPF AND ROSENFELD and M.O.B.S.

@Ikna I always wondered why a lot of fans of Japanese goth absolutely despise Vkei and refuse to acknowledge any connection. Like, you can't tell me Madame Edwarda and G-Schmitt did not influence early Vkei

@Himeaimichu The only explanation I have is that goth in itself is so heavily misunderstood and our subculture was often mistaken for a lot of things that have barely anything to do with it. The scene has kinda developed a disdain to be linked to anything vaguely non-post-punk and it's very anal about categorizations. For the same reason it's become impossible to bring up "proper" gothic metal á la Type O Negative to the table. You will be shutdown quite fast for these people will "educate" you how bands like type o are 100% metal and metal isn't goff. It doesn't matter that Type O's sound is heavily influenced by post-punk or that a gothic metal band like Paradise Lost straight covered a bunch of goth rock bands like the Sisters of Mercy.

I guess it's the same with VK. Goths don't want to be confused with/linked to VK fandom and japanese heavy rock music. I remember that tension already existed way back in 2007, when some goth people I knew were very pissed off by the fact that Moi dix Mois were playing at WGT. (the irony here is, that a  lot of music at the WGT festival isn't even goth, but EBM, Metal…). Their argument was that this new invasion of japanese "faux-goth" will muddle the scene. Believe me, I tried educating some friends about the links between early Vk and post-Punk, but they keep insisting, that VK, because of its Metal influences nowadays, is a blight on the scene andhas no connection.

I can understand that they want their own identity and history and to not be lumped with vk. I'm sure Japanese goth probably came to Japan due to the import of German goth, much like how Japanese hip hop came from importing from the US in the 80's.

I'm just glad that protesters are singling out the rioters and ANTIFA trying to cause problems and create a confrontation. I was thinking of moving to Portland, but sure as hell not anytime soon, downtown Portland is destroyed.

It is?! Well 😪, my sister and I were about to look into heading that way too. Nevermind. Worst timing...

Yeah it's awful, almost all of the businesses are looted and boarded up. They were already hard hit from Covid-19.

Don't take it personally, the more active you are the more you'll be accepted and integrated into the hive mind.

Acceptance is not the problem but accepting it is 

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You could bottom it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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by deleting it

You won't lol

Among my top vocalists, wish he would do growls on the studio recordings too and not just live

Yeah his growls and screams are really really good and putting that shit in instead of the ooh oohs and la la las would help a lot

I agree with Yuyo, what seems to be the best today may instantly be discarded and taken down tomorrow... there's no helping it sadly, just crossing our fingers. ;(((

edit: Also there are some surprises now and then... for example I've seen dead MEGA links only a few days after being posted, but also some Mediafire links that are still active since like 2013, haha.

Yeah it's weird some mediafire links last for a decade and some are taken down within a week. I suppose jpopsuki is the last bastion. 

I think it's useful to make sure when uploading stuff to never have the artist name nor the release title in the filename, just some totally random shit instead. In my experience those files tend to stay up longer and not get taken down by labels and such. At least this is the case for Mediafire and MEGA (at the moment these two have the most longevity with active links imo).

I love the Yoshida brothers, but I don't like shamisen in my VK lol

Question of tastes! I always loved when bands put out their Japanese roots in their music, makes them more unique imo!

Envyl feels like an absolute mess but I love the other 3 bands

I added it to the DÄLLE disco the other day.

Didn't see it, thanks for the heads up.

👌Enjoy.

@Gesu Don't worry, still love ya~ ❤️ And we'll still fan over about Diaura, Moran, and all things related to VK  

 👀 don't worry gesu, there are worst things out there lol

Ayyyyy, thanks guys and true, true.

Thank you! I'm a huge fan of Phaidia and GIlly so finding out that he did something after is great news.

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fact: SEX ANDROID >>>>>>> SEX-ANDROID

Lol nope 

Is that the computer monitor brand?

No, it's like if your overly aggressive senior class president became a senator. 

I don't think bulb ever actually released anything, if I remember correctly they're more like a live session thingie playing covers of Western goth/dark acts (but my memory is a bit hazy on this).

I found a video of them playing "My Cat" by Jack Off Jill. Nice, haha.

I think I saw they released a mini-album in 2016, probably live only.

Kouryu from Razor is my favorite: Instagram.com/kry_u

Thanks, always open to other suggestions!

I don't know if it's on the artists on IG list or not, that thing hasn't been updated in forever.

it happens

Shit certainly does happen. 

I feel ya. Some days are just... yeah. But if I've learned something in this life it's that things work out one way or another in the end - no matter how cliché that sounds

I feel that. They have a 'mood' that is very characteristic of the depressing nature of the fall/winter seasons for me. I'd love to see them someday >":

It's like "Woah, why did I stop listening to this?" but then again my musical tastes are cyclical.

Haha, I'm the same way. My favorite bands seem to be on a rotation.

I watched the whole season all at once at HBO Max, it was really good! It was just one cartoon where he hunted him down with the scythe (which is only on YT for free), but everything else was the usual LT gags and stuff. Really enjoyable!

Meanwhile, he and Yosemite Sam still have their guns on the mobile Looney Tunes game!

That is so weird HBO owns LT and South Park now.

Really want to check it out! The animation looks old school and decent.

remember that death in june reviews go to global music discussion

Spoiler: it's rarez

because they're desperate for ratings

I'm inclined to agree with you since apparently they had an antifa member who had fire bombed an ICE office on recently.

https://www.instagram.com/lime1582_official/ he posts stories often 

Hnn? Yeah, was about to post the same as chipathy (and indeed, he does post stories a LOT)  I didn't know about the two deleted ones o_o This one is on his twitter, but the link is broken (https://www.instagram.com/lime1582_offic/) but based on the name I could find it, I think that's how I found it in the first place hahaha. 
Yue was the hardest one to find honestly, for me at least ( https://www.instagram.com/kz_by/ in case interested)

i literally thought the same thing & then afterwards i regretted looking at that hashtag anyway ;w;

I didn't check anything, just made sure it wasn't her and left.

Well, not like there is much opposition anyway. Only Australia and Iran come to mind, possibly South Korea. That would be a really fun group to watch, tho, with all of them in it.

South Korea could give them a run for their money.

i have an infection deer x 

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Lillies and Remains is dope. One of the few bands that sing entirely in Engrish that I don't mind.

Welcome to the club！

no deer x 

It's really taken off there. I find it interesting as there is far less of a drug-culture in Nippon; seems to be more music-based and less drug-inspired?