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forever crying. 

アルケミ (ARCHEMI) new live-limited single "南無阿弥陀仏" will be released at 2021/01/12. (1,500yen)
 

 
TrackList:
 
01.南無阿弥陀仏
02.夢幻泡影
 
 

This thread needs more ESSENCE

translation: sorry i can't fucking read, guess i'll go back to trolling and not taking responsibility for my shitty behavior

retsu's lil peep influence is the vkei trap crossover nobody asked for 

Gdi Retsu, when I suggested a livestream on YouTube, I didn't mean YouTube Premium lol.

what a joke

GazettE called ... they want their album cover back.
 

9GOATS BLACK OUT - TANATOS (2010)
凛として時雨 - still a Sigure virgin? (2010)
ヴァルナ - COMPLETE (2011)
メメント・モリ - 自虐的洗脳国歌悪趣味表現集ー演目記録ー (2011)
DIR EN GREY - DUM SPIRO SPERO (2011)
Diaura - GENESIS (2012)
愛狂います。- 愛狂います。2006-2012 (2012)
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST - GRIMOIRE (2013)
DIV - ZERO ONE (2013)
DEZERT - 「タイトルなし」 (2014)
黒百合と影 - 皮肉な種の卑屈な芽。 (2015)
黒百合と影 - 臓器のノゾキ穴。 (2016)
sick2 - ENIACMANIAC (2017)
まみれた - 逝 (2018)
DIMLIM - CHEDOARA (2018)
NAZARE - 荊海 (2018)
−真天地開闢集団−ジグザグ - はじめてのじぐざぐ (2018)
甘い暴力 - 体験盤 (2019)
DIMLIM - MISC. (2020)

The staff of Ikebukuro CYBER communicates via twitter that the facility will be permanently closed.
 
PS : I'm Shocked... first Takadanobaba AREA, now this... 2020 move to finish!!! T_T
 

Well if it all comes down to lack of money, maybe they can do a EP release with an instrumental version of the latest single in 40-50 parts and release it digitally.
 

ヒメユリ(Himeyuri), Called≠Plan and お遊戯ゎが魔々団×【PaRADEiS】 will revive for one-day at 2021/01/24.
A special project called "ヒメ・パレ・プラン" (members of Paradeis) will also perform.
 
 

In shocking and disheartening  news, the infamous Takadanobaba SUPER LIVE THEATER AREA is closing down in a little more than a year. On December 31, 2021, the venue that's housed countess VK lives from bands like Nightmare, The GazettE and DEZERT is closing its doors due to the demolition of the building its located inside. Quite a few live DVDs have been shot in AREA over the years, so it'll love on in the footage and in attendees' memories, but it is a loss for fans of VK from the 2000s.
 
 

You know what makes me feel old? In my head Diaura are still 'kinda a newer band' and I just realized some of those CDs came out almost a decade ago.
 
I'll have to spin Genesis today I remember liking it.

A decade ended, and a new one began this year. I don't think we've had this convo yet, so what are yall favorite J-rock albums from the decade of 2010 to 2020?
 
You can list your favorites, and you can also list albums that you simply think stand out or are at least worth a listen for J-rock fans in general.
 
I need to think on this, so i'll come back and share my favs/best later.
 
 

D.I.D - Paranoid Personality
Dimlim - Chedoara
D.I.D - Providentia
Nazare - Jingai
Nocturnal Bloodlust - Best of
Biosphia - Best Selection
ClearVeil - Anthology
The Black Swan - Ousia
CodeRebirth - Catharsis
Delacroix - Re:Do
Dezert - Kanbai Ongen-shuu - Zantei-teki Okaruto Shuukanshi ② -
The Gallo - Diavolo
The Gallo - Lucifero
The Gallo - Nero
Kuroyuri to Kage - Hinikuna Tane no Hikutsuna Me
Lynch - Best of
Rands - Kyuu Aizu

Angelo - Psyche + their upcoming one is one of my most anticipated 2020 albums
Duel Jewel - Story
Mylene Farmer - Désobéissance
Labaiser - Folklore
Femme Fatale - Arcana
Lycaon - Camera Obscura
Under Fall Justice - 恨みに怨み
Unsraw - Guilty
Penicillin - Lunatic Lover
Matenrou Opera - Helios
Dexcore - METEMPSYCHOSIS
D.I.D. - Providentia (2)
Missa - 七つの大罪
Diaura - VERSUS
Articlear - 黎明期の夢
Soan project feat. Akuta - all 3 minis for good skin idk

well, after doing some digging here's the list i came up with, there were quite a few i had forgotten about. as always, i'm separating vk and j-indie. i surprisingly had a lot of s/t favorites on the j-indie end.
 
9GOATS BLACK OUT - TANATOS
baroque - peur et puella
baroque - sin division
cocklobin - iris
cocklobin - chronus
Dezert - Title Nashi
gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy - In incontinence
the god and death stars - Dawn of the God (all of their albums were great but i prob listened to this one the most)
Kannivalism - helios
kebyou - dokushin
my bacteria heat island - mimic
Plastic Tree - Ammonite
Plastic Tree - Ink
...silence - dreamer dreamer
...silence - psycho lens
 
Asunojokei - A bird in the fault
Asunojokei - Awakening
Behind the Shadow Drops - Harmonic
the dresscodes - s/t
dummy-xD - s/t
for example you sell the sea - s/t
FOX LOCO PHANTOM - garden
FOX LOCO PHANTOM - dare ga tame ni oto wa naru
Ling tosite sigure - still a sigure virgin?
Ling tosite sigure - I'mperfect
THE NOVEMBERS - to (melt into)
THE NOVEMBERS - Rhapsody in Beauty
qujaku - pretty much everything by them
PELICAN FANCLUB - s/t
SHISHAMO - s/t
THE TEENAGE KISSERS - Virgin Field
World's End Girlfriend - Last Waltz
 
edit: whoops, apparently got the year wrong on one of them....

After pausing activities, Sick² will resume activities.
3rd full album "Esquivalience" will be released at 2021/02/17.
 

 
 

aliexpress D.I.D. x

People in the thread don't hate dimlim, we want them to succeed because they showed some of the strongest potential we'd seen around in a stale scene. 
 
People are salty because dimlim are shooting themselves in the foot and fucking up what could've been fantastic for fans, the band and vk. 

Amai Bouryoku released their 14th EP "死に方を教えて" (Shinikata wo oshiete) on October 14th.
 
Tracklist
1. 挑戦者 (Shousensha)
2. いざ、尋常に！(Iza, jinjou!)
3. ゲロ (Gero)
4. 使い捨て (Tsukaisute)
5. 死に方を教えて (Shinikata wo oshiete)
 

 
 
 
And the members posted a new look today: