nikuman

ガゼット - 7月8日
Song of the day

"Futari de hot yoga fire" 😂
 
 

Mangtanshi is a hell of a song, love the vibe that gives (and the basslines are soooooooo cool!) Btw, i didn't catch their livestream

Did anyone catch the Instagram live yesterday? It was dope as hell 
 
Also pls give the mangtanshi vid more views ❤️
 
 

but its still funny that you cannot paint your face black as a white person, even if you don't mean to be a racist people see it as hell as racism....  while you also can do it because you think black people need more attention because they are also beautiful persons.... 
But nope you are a freaking racist...

v. weird mood to come back to your transparently obvious joke thread only to find people taking it seriously

Dadaroma never fails to make me laugh. Dadarama would've been way better. Maybe that's what they meant? idk I'm probs expecting too much of vkei guys

Arlequin.
 
I knew they existed but I just never took the time to actually sit down and listen until a few months ago. Now they’re one of my faves. 

gackt

this is what the rona does to people 

From under reporting numbers? I think pretty much all countries are under reporting due to the lack of testing, not just Japan. I’m from America and I know for a fact that we have waaaay more cases than we’re seeing reported because we aren’t testing.
 
 In Japan’s case, I wouldn’t be surprised if the olympics (and work culture over there in general) had a hand in the hesitance to test. The less you test, the less confirmed cases you have. With less confirmed cases, people feel less likely to get the virus so they carry on as usual. 
 
 

Been working on this one since the beginning of this year. The scales on the fish took forEVER.
 

 
 
Some close-up details on the plant and koi:
 

As weird as it sounds, I think the events in my life led up to me discovering and falling in love with VK. My mom raised us on 90s rock, I idolized my big sis who was a mall goth circa 2004, my older cousin introduced me to 2007 weeb youtube. It was only a matter of time tbh. So when I found out about VK (probably from stumbling on a pic of Bou lmao) I was like fuck this is everything I like all rolled into one concept. Loud, upbeat/ heavy music combined with OOT looks and makeup. 
 
A good chunk of why I like VK is the nostalgia factor. It got me through some pretty stressful times as a kid who was bullied and felt super isolated. I got an iPod nano for christmas in sixth grade and you bet that shit was FILLED with visual kei music ripped from those youtube to mp3 sites. I also used to print out pics of my fave bandomen and put them on my binder 😅 A lot of my classmates would ask about them so I was able to make friends that way. Just brings back a lot of fond memories.
 
Also I dig the way bassists are a lil more appreciated compared to Western rock. As a failed, shitty bassist, I love actually getting to hear the bass in the song. We stan a good rhythm section. 

From under reporting numbers? I think pretty much all countries are under reporting due to the lack of testing, not just Japan. I’m from America and I know for a fact that we have waaaay more cases than we’re seeing reported because we aren’t testing.
 
 In Japan’s case, I wouldn’t be surprised if the olympics (and work culture over there in general) had a hand in the hesitance to test. The less you test, the less confirmed cases you have. With less confirmed cases, people feel less likely to get the virus so they carry on as usual. 
 
 

As weird as it sounds, I think the events in my life led up to me discovering and falling in love with VK. My mom raised us on 90s rock, I idolized my big sis who was a mall goth circa 2004, my older cousin introduced me to 2007 weeb youtube. It was only a matter of time tbh. So when I found out about VK (probably from stumbling on a pic of Bou lmao) I was like fuck this is everything I like all rolled into one concept. Loud, upbeat/ heavy music combined with OOT looks and makeup. 
 
A good chunk of why I like VK is the nostalgia factor. It got me through some pretty stressful times as a kid who was bullied and felt super isolated. I got an iPod nano for christmas in sixth grade and you bet that shit was FILLED with visual kei music ripped from those youtube to mp3 sites. I also used to print out pics of my fave bandomen and put them on my binder 😅 A lot of my classmates would ask about them so I was able to make friends that way. Just brings back a lot of fond memories.
 
Also I dig the way bassists are a lil more appreciated compared to Western rock. As a failed, shitty bassist, I love actually getting to hear the bass in the song. We stan a good rhythm section. 

hi all :0
i've been aware of vkei/jrock scene since like, 2009, thanks to my older brother listening to bands like alice nine/a9 around that time HAHAH
i had my entire emo + anime vocaloid japan phase until like, most people, i discovered kpop! despite it being my main interest i did still listen to lots of jrock and whatnot though
 
i guess i'm wanting to fall back to my roots (if u can rly call it that) and really get into vk now, kpop is kinda boring after you turn 18 if we r honest LOL
i've been lurking mh for some time and finally decided to make an account and i'm keen to do some deep diving !! 
 
gazette is my favourite band, so they're really the only band i've realy kept up with. mentioned before a9 is ofc on the rotational playlist, but some newer bands i really enjoy so far are diaura and nocturnal bloodlust, and the few songs i've listened to from deviloof are great!!
 
if you have any recommendations, please let me know! otherwise its nice to meet everyone and i hope i can make some good friends within the vk scene (ง •̀ω•́)ง✧

I know visual kei for a long time ago, because  old  French Rock Music describe and show bands. Visual kei are not a edvidence for me.  When I was young I listened many pop music  and when was a teen I listened rocks bands.
 
In 2006 or 2007, I discover An Cafe who allowed to escape from the reality. This band save me and help me  during my harrasement at middle school. Their world seems attract to me and after , I search meaning of their lyrics. This band is really special on for me.
I discover Alice Nine on 2009, after I like the GazettE in 2010 and Golden Bomber in 2011 , this band help me to figth my loneliness when I was in higschool because I am no friends this time and this are really hard. I Listen and discover other bands many laters.
 
 
Visual kei help me during funural and others events during my life .
 
Maybe I actrated because it's a another culture and I love discover other cultures.
 
I assimilate visual kei with my feelings because I am not expert in music skills.
 
 
 
 
 
 

A big part of it is that I'm half Chinese and I grew up in two cities where there weren't really a lot of Asian people around, I suppose. Growing up, there were almost no Asian bands or artists on TV. There was like LOUDNESS on VH1 sometimes and the guy from Linkin Park, and that was it. I mean, I'm exaggerating a bit, but those are literally the only two examples I remember.
 
I was really into hair metal/glam rock, etc. as a teenager, and I was so excited when I saw that there was a whole genre that Asian people made that took influence from that style of music. That's a big part of it.
 
I'm also just kind of an introverted weirdo and an emo kid at heart, so the really over the top emotional side and quirkiness of it is also appealing. 🤣

LOL, HIZAKI sure is bored af during her quarentine. Posting a lot of videos on Youtube and reviving all of her projects. Chill.

Just saw the news update on this guy. He had to leave his house because he got death threats and people started showing up lmao. Too bad so sad. 

Just saw the news update on this guy. He had to leave his house because he got death threats and people started showing up lmao. Too bad so sad. 

Google translate will answer all the questions you have
 
 

After being a longtime lurker, I decided to make an account. 
 
I've been a VK fan since around 2008, when I was 11. I kinda got out of it for a while but recently got back in after rediscovering all the music I listened to when I was a kid. Some of my faves are the Gazette, BUCK-TICK, Lareine, Versailles, Kamijo, Malice Mizer, early 90s LUNA SEA, cali gari, etc etc. I'm also a huge sucker for that old school Key Party aesthetic.
 
Nice to finally be a member here. Thank you all for the laughs you've given me since I discovered this forum one fateful morning whilst looking for bandomen tea 🙏

this song has been stuck in my head for weeks now 
 
 

New single tomorrow