Paraph

This mini album mmmmm yes. Perfect from start to finish, gotta love the reworked songs.
 
Fun fact: "701125" most likely refers to 25th November 1970, the date of famous author Yukio Mishima's death (who died by ritual suicide after attempting to carry out a coup at a military base).

Arlequin new single release date January 30th, 2019!!! Spot with previews for each track on their channel. Sounds incredible, the new mixing style they’re going for is exactly what they needed.
Tour dates, album art and group photo as well on twitter!
 

I'm reading Utena, I got the omnibuses and they're HUGE.

Does anyone remember their VHS 'Black Fairy' complete with Subway restaurant realness and parody commercials (near the end of this clip)? lmao I could not get enough back in the day.  currently down the rabbit hole
 

Also, a very underrated Vidoll gem to get your groove on.
 
 

Enjoy watching the videos they make. It reminds of this hilarious video between Rame and Shun (which YouTube is not allowing me to embed the video for some reason...) 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl8X-M-OGCQ 

How unexpected, but interesting nonetheless 

Does anyone remember their VHS 'Black Fairy' complete with Subway restaurant realness and parody commercials (near the end of this clip)? lmao I could not get enough back in the day.  currently down the rabbit hole
 

Also, a very underrated Vidoll gem to get your groove on.
 
 

I will never forget when I received their Hisai live DVD the Christmas of the year it came out and I replayed that thing for weeks. One of the most consistently fantastic bands I've ever heard. I remember the phase in their career where they stopped using Fukaya Yuichiro's illustrations for their CD artwork and I was shook. When they started using them again I was overjoyed. I can't even pick favourite songs with Kagrra, because there are too many to list. 😭❤️
 

I will never forget when I received their Hisai live DVD the Christmas of the year it came out and I replayed that thing for weeks. One of the most consistently fantastic bands I've ever heard. I remember the phase in their career where they stopped using Fukaya Yuichiro's illustrations for their CD artwork and I was shook. When they started using them again I was overjoyed. I can't even pick favourite songs with Kagrra, because there are too many to list. 😭❤️
 

One of the most promising and talented vk bands I've recently come across. I stan my empty wallet. rip money.

Another chapter has been written and filed away into the ever growing library of visual kei history, so we resume our customary annual review of all of the great albums that saw the light of day in 2018. Unlike previous years, we elected to wait until the middle of January so the stragglers of the year had their fair chance to weigh in. This list is also not in any specific order, although DIMLIM's CHEDOARA deserves a mention for getting the most votes internally and therefore kicks the list off with a bang. Even in our most challenging years, there's always something fresh and new around the corner waiting to be discovered. Like always, this isn't an exhaustive list and plenty of the hidden gems slip through the cracks, so if you have anything to add to the list tack it on at the end so the entire community can find something new to enjoy. 

Without further ado, here are some great J-Rock albums of 2018.

DIMLIM -- CHEDOARA

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Sigh - Heir to Despair

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Dir en grey - The Insulated World

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emmurée - lightless

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キズ - 「傷痕」

 
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Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - No New World

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陰陽座 (Onmyo-Za) - 覇道明王 (Hadou Myouou)

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The GazettE - NINTH

 
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グリモア - プシュコマキア

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DADAROMA - dadaism#4


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@platy
 
 


lynch. - XIII
 

 
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Thanks for reading!

I'm hoping we'll eventually get some kind of compilation album. They have a LOT of hard-to-get material (live only releases, etc..).

This was pretty much me too.  Loved their early stuff on UNDER CODE, then soon as they became major... BIG NOPE.
 
This song was my jammmm
 
 

Oh man 12012. I loved their early days. Shudder and their three EPs Bell Salem, Knight mare, and 深 ~deep~ are still some of my favourites to this day. I lost interest after PLAY DOLLs sadly. I remember when the teaser PV for Cyclone dropped and I was not 👏having 👏 it 👏. I did like a few tracks here and there afterwards but they don't compare.

Mah jams
 

One of the most promising and talented vk bands I've recently come across. I stan my empty wallet. rip money.

big mood 

So i ripped one of their VHS tapes and uploaded it to youtube and thought you all would be interested in seeing it.
It contains the PV for Venom which alot of you may not know even existed.

kPR6T1Pun7s

super excited to finally add something from GREGORY to my collection! ;D
 
GREGORY – IN VAIN
アザレア - サヨナラ。
まみれた - 粉砕するぞ！ (Type A+B)
まみれた - 俺を必要とする人はこの世の中に居ないよ (Type A+B)
SARIGIA – ANOTHER PAIN
DIERRY CALL - 「ジェネシス」
CANIVAL - 最終単独公演「CANIVALIZM」
 

 

List of stuff (not in order)
Nihilizm - Cry This More (Live-Distributed Single)
Vidoll - Bastard (Limited Edition), V.I.D.-Very Important Doll- (Regular Edition), Tokyo Maimu 2008.12.19 C.C. Lemon Hall DVD
the Gazette - NIL (Limited Edition)
Joker - Pinky Love Affair (Is this the title? Just roughly translated it.) (Thanks @Ultra Silvam for the clarification!)
Sadie - 溺哀-dekiai- (both versions)
Kagrra, - Ouka Ranman (Limited Edition), Miyako (Limited Edition), Shizuku (Limited Edition)
Alice Nine - Alpha (Limited Edition)
Versailles - Jubilee (Limited Edition)

zoisite shop haul

A lot of old stuff ❤️ Michiru Project DT sealed and come with autograph, GOKIBURI 1st full album sealed, and more amazing stuff ❤️

Haul from osaka shopping (minus random Puresound VHS's)
 

Nightmare - Awakening [TYPE B]
 
I already have type A and C, but I wanted the live DVD that comes with Type B xD 

I finally got this mediena towel and I thought it'd be nice to hang it on my wall above the little table on which I have all my mediena cd's and other stuffs on display but I realized I have no idea how I could hang it there... So I ended up hanging it on this ethernet cable that I've hung across my ceiling lol. Probably not the most optimal solution but it's the best I could come up with... It looks quite nice there though. pls don't mind that orange piece of tape there it's uhhh a fashion point
 

You could say she was lakynn some common sense.

...No?
Fuck you, my mum thinks I'm funny.