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I don't know when the last time I posted one of my hauls, but this is practically everything I bought since July.
 

Wizard - Bribe of Love
Wizard - Bribe of Love 2
 

the Raid. – ウラメシヤ (Type A)
GLAY – Ashes.EP (Limited Edition)
AILE – CURE FEATHER ~君へ届きますように~
AILE – LOVE FEATHER ~君へ伝えたい事~
 

BLÜE – BREATH (Limited Edition)
Shelly Trip Realize – PRESENT
V.A. – LOOP OF LIFE V
MAZOHYSTERIA – two Loves
V.A. – CANNONBALL vol.2
弾丸 NO LIMIT(Dangan NO LIMIT) – BULLET (Limited Edition)
 

Dog in the PWO - Hotdog
Misaruka - Animus II
Misaruka - Animus III
Mirage - Risk en Eve
Fanatic Crisis - Mask (First Pressing)
Vidoll - Puzzle Ring (Type A)
Pierrot - Celluloid
D=OUT / Daizystripper - Onizakura  I didn't realize I had the back side of the case showing until after I uploaded this picture. 
Mirage - Ryuusei

Hello  I am the singer of a punk band called Clan dos Mortos Cicatriz, we have a lot of eroguro elements and japanese literature references on our lyrics but they're in portuguese. This week we have released an album playing covers from bands that we consider to be important to us and between them there are songs by The Stalin and G.I.S.M. 
 
The Stalin - https://clandosmortoscicatriz.bandcamp.com/track/the-stalin
G.I.S.M. - https://clandosmortoscicatriz.bandcamp.com/track/death-agonies-screams-g-i-s-m
 
Hope you guys like it! See ya!
 
 

Yeah, that random single they dropped out of nowhere a decade ago was actually pretty solid, so I somewhat have faith in them being able to churn out some rockin' tunes (even if none of the members' solo or side-endeavours are my thing at all). Keeping fingers firmly crossed.  

I agree...it can be very hit or miss but Deadman's Face was surprisingly good for a comeback single. Even Baby's contribution which was heavily influenced by his reggae sound is pretty good to my ears.
 

However, it has been 10 years since that single came out and who knows what the band will come up with now and there could be a dropoff.. Since then, each member has released solo work which is largely different from the others, Baki went acoustic, Tatsu does his usual rock thing and Baby releases his dub reggae jams as Rasbabyhiro. Hopefully they can gel together again.
 
 

Gastunk announced yesterday at the end of their very first online streaming concert 'Dead Fever' that they will be releasing a new album in 2021. This will be the first proper album since 1988's Mother. After disbanding in 1988 until their 2006 reunion concert gigs, they only performed twice, once in 1992 in memory of Ghoul's Masami and once in memory of X's hide in 1999. Since 2010 they have been regularly performing one off gigs and at events.

This exciting new announcement comes after a lineup change earlier this year with drummer Kei (who is the drummer of Tatsu's Deadrocks project) taking over for Pazz who left last year after being with Gastunk since 1987.

Gastunk's very first online streaming concert 'Dead Fever' will be available for purchased viewing until Wednesday September 30th.
https://fever.zaiko.io/_item/329597

Setlist:
1. Mokushiroku
2. Night Sight Light
3. The Eyes
4. Mr. Gazime
5. Fighting Mad
6. Deadman's Face
7. No More Trouble
8. Moon Child
9. Blue Peter
10. Red Indian's Rock
11. Geronimo
12. Dead Song
13. Devil
14. Sex
15. Warbird
 

Just the Japanese bands
 
Versailles (For the aesthetic rich themes)
Calmando Qual (For the random experimental stuff)
Anthem (For the English and Japanese songwriting and fun tunes)
Destrose (For the Female-led metal bands)
LuLu (For the inconsistent song quality of VK bands)
 
 

narrowing it down to vk, just picking my recent favs :
 
F@NNY
Mercuro
コドモドラゴン
蜉蝣
SISTER'S NO FUTURE SUPER DELUXE
 
xoxo
 
 

GLAY
Dragon Ash
The Birthday
SALU
Suck a Stew Dry

Hmm... probably
- MEJIBRAY
- DIV
- Lustknot.
- LOST ASH
- Diaura

Tbh it's impossible to choose just 5 but... in no particular order:
 
Crucifixion (and in general melodic, oldschool sounding vk)
Amethystium
Within Temptation (their pre-Hydra stuff)
ColdWorld
Secret Garden
 
 

MALICE MIZER
Plastic Tree
cali≠gari
Guniw Tools
 
The last spot is tricky but I'm gonna give it to an old favourite...
 
LAREINE

愛狂います。
−真天地開闢集団−ジグザグ
DIMLIM
平沢進/P-MODEL/MANDRAKE
SUMMONING

√eight
∀NTI FEMINISM
MERRY
KYOKUTOU GIRL FRIEND
Kagerou

1: Yukiko Okada
2: KAMIJO
3: Malice Mizer
4: Hiromi Iwasaki
5: UnsraW

it varies, but that would be my palate of the right now:
 
5 luna sea Verxina
4 femme fatale
3 ラヴェーゼ
2 𝕯𝖚𝖊𝖑𝕵𝖊𝖜𝖊𝖑
1 adderall j... underfall justice

vidoll
lareine
sugar
metis gretel
nazare

If it can only be bands:

1. Polyphia
2. Half Moon Run
3. the Novembers
4. Chon
5. Her Name in Blood

But if it can be any kind of artist

1. A.C.E
2. Ph-1
3. Polyphia
4. the Novembers
5. Chon

As long as M-H is still alive I'll post a thread! My friend postd this on Facebook but I didn't comment because they wouldn't know any of the bands I like lol. (trust me I've tried to show them. ) So I thought this would be a fun little topic here.
 
This is gonna be kinda hard definitely need 5.
 
1.) SWARRRM 
2.) DIR EN GREY
3.) An Autumn For Crippled Children 
4.) Maximum the Hormone 
5.) ギルガメッシュ

AFI
LAREINE
Versailles
HIZAKI grace project
SHAZNA
 
I'm sorta drifting away from vk and checking out more non-Japanese metal and indie music lately. The above bands (excluding AFI) have had the most traction in my vk playlist, though.
 

do you even bleep bro
 
 

In my case, it’s actually a huge excitement factor. Some faces in the VK scene are so prolific with their involvement that they basically become a seal of quality when their name is attached to a project (like say, Sharaku Kobayashi, Kozi, Shuuji Ishii, etc). When I see that a bandoman who has continuously delivered is going to be part of a new band/side-project, I just know that I’m gonna love it. There's also the "brand new dream team" factor of new bands with old names. I remember when Roman Kyuko formed and I as a fan of both Siblebashir and Sex-Android, was wondering what power-house vocalist Izumi and obscure-style-lover Toru would sound like together (they sound amazing, Toru's love of Rockabilly 'n punk + Izumi voice = perfection).
 
Of course, I get attached to some band members and follow every single one of their side projects/new bands and even their off-stage activities. Some of these guys make the kind of art I want to see in the world and I wanna do everything I can to support that (and them). Plus most of these guys are just interesting people who passionately share their love for art and their personal artistic processes, so it's fun to get to know the people behind the instrument and root for their success because you like them as a person in addition to their musical outputs!
 
It can also be inversely, where I go backwards and check out some old and/or obscure band one of my favs was in it. From humble high school garage bands to subterranean hidden gems to one-time team-ups, going down the band name rabbit hole is something that I think is, as it is, special to the VK scene.

ジグソウ (Jigsaw) new look has been revealed
 

 

 

 

 

Read fully on JROCKNROLL
https://jrocknroll.com/an-interview-with-einsvier/3/



 
Which Kanji character would you choose to describe Eins:Vier and what’s your own favorite Kanji? 
HIROFUMI ・ Eins:Vier: 想 (sou) | Thought
Myself: 空 (Sky)(sora) | Sometimes vast, sometimes empty.

In all those years how did all the experience affect the band?
HIROFUMI ・Enhancing our living Genes.
LUNA・Nourishment.
YOSHITSUGU・ To stand where we stand now. 
 
What makes you smile?
HIROFUMI ・People smile and laughter.
LUNA・Alcohol!!
YOSHITSUGU・Of course the smiles and laughs of our fans.
 
How would you describe your musical style?
LUNA・Obsession.
 
Has the influences of Eins:Vier changed since you first formed?
HIROFUMI ・ We have changed. Instead of being stuck by rock, I(we) also learned to play/create music acoustic. 
LUNA・It’s always changing. I’m still unbounded by anything!
YOSHITSUGU・It’s not that we changed, but that we have expanded ourselves.
 
What has changed the most since you started your career?
HIROFUMI ・Own pace.
LUNA・My skills grew. 
YOSHITSUGU・I think to be a little bit more expressive.
 
The word visual became a common word for makeup bands. Did you adopt that word? Or do you feel uncomfortable with the words?
HIROFUMI ・I never really was aware of it, and now I don’t mind it anymore.
LUNA・I’ve never used it myself. I don’t care about genre division. 
YOSHITSUGU・I never called myself visual kei. But in the past it was common. 

You have been wearing make-up since the days when the word visual kei didn’t exist yet. What made you choose to be a visual kei band?
HIROFUMI ・Because it was something everybody around me was doing.
LUNA・Back then, I thought it was cool.
YOSHITSUGU・I was influenced by my friends at that time, and I really liked the idea

Has the process for making music changed since you started making music again?
HIROFUMI ・Roughly speaking, it doesn’t change. 
LUNA・Everyone continues to make music!
YOSHITSUGU・Not really. 
 
Has touring as a band changed from when you first formed?
HIROFUMI ・Emotionally it doesn’t change
LUNA・We’d be screwed if we didn’t!
YOSHITSUGU・It’s not just the momentum.
 
What’s your favorite place to write new songs?
HIROFUMI ・Home
LUNA・Home.
YOSHITSUGU・ I only write at home.
 
Where do you draw your inspiration for your own work, both musically and lyrically? 
HIROFUMI ・ Stuff what happens in our daily life. 
LUNA・Accidental impulse!
YOSHITSUGU・daily life happenings
 
Which Eins:Vier song is your favorite?
HIROFUMI ・I can’t choose.
LUNA・Impossible to choose.
YOSHITSUGU・ I guess these are the two new songs that have been released now.
 
Which song to you is most loved by fans of Eins:Vier?
HIROFUMI ・Please ask our fans.
LUNA・I don’t know, please ask our fans.
YOSHITSUGU・I don’t know which song our fans rank as the number one.
 
Do you plan to continue online streaming?
HIROFUMI ・ I don’t know what the future will bring. But it won’t be our priority. 
LUNA・I don’t know our future plans.
YOSHITSUGU・I don’t know, but if we have the chance, we could do it. 
 
Since the mini-album has been postponed, is there a chance we’ll see this music in digital distribution?
HIROFUMI ・We will not release the songs as digital before releasing the actual CD.
LUNA・Advance sales have already begun!
YOSHITSUGU・Only two songs are distributed in advance.
 
The first press of your upcoming release will include a bonus disc containing MV’s of [To the FLAT].
LUNA・There is no plan to include [To the FLAT], but the recorded songs of this mini-album will be recorded as an MV.
 
Corona is currently a global issue. How do you face as an artist?
HIROFUMI ・We are trying to find a way to be secure and do our best to stay in between the realities.
LUNA・We fear no more than necessary! We are careful and following the rules!
YOSHITSUGU・We do what we can do.
 
What is the most difficult thing for being an artist?
HIROFUMI ・For me being an artist isn’t difficult at all. 
LUNA・To keep up your motivation.
YOSHITSUGU・Various stuff.
 
What is the most precious event in your music activities?
HIROFUMI ・All!
LUNA・That we formed Eins:Vier.
YOSHITSUGU・There are many events which are unique.
 
What is your ultimate goal for the future?
HIROFUMI ・To be able to die happily. 
LUNA・To live a happy life.
YOSHITSUGU・A peaceful life.
 
Please tell us about your beliefs as an artist and inspiration for your fans.
LUNA・Let’s live as freely as possible. 
 
And please write a message to your fans and readers!
LUNA・Thank you very much for your support.
YOSHITSUGU・Please listen to our upcoming mini album! And please come to our live shows which will be held next year. 

w-what??? but wasnt he on the series already?!

EASTBAY was also kind enough to answer a bunch of interview questions, so please also check their interview out!
 

 
https://jrocknroll.com/interview-with-eastbay/