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遠藤ミチロウ (Endo Michirou), of the legendary Japanese punk band The Stalin (and a productive solo career) has passed away in a Tokyo hospital on 2019/04/25, after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. The funeral where only his close relatives were present was held shortly afterwards.
 
Rest in peace, the OG Japanese punk rocker!
 
 
 

The first singer Ricky left the band because his schedule became too busy to juggling both the band and his solo activities and that singing for both projects  had a negative effect on his throat.
For the second singer Nimo is stated that he came to this conclusion ot left the band  because he wishes to search for another side of himself by walking a different path.

smol child leaned on my leg while I was reading at the bookstore and called me dad... kids are cute/funny as hell, but do I really look that old Q_Q. Also you know my asian-ass is not your father. 

Hey lads and ladies,
 
Just thought I'd post a quick hello here and see what's going on. I actually have been popping in here for a while to see peoples views on various bands and such, but thought it was time to join up and get involved in the discussions! Glad to see a place with a good handful of dedicated non-Japanese vkei fans anyhow.
 
Little bit of background then, do play in my own band as a guitarist and main composer so feel free to ask about that if interested. Is more on the "extreme" side of metal so if you're not interested that's cool! haha. Live in the UK, been to Japan a few times, been to a few vkei shows on my travels and of course do support the vkei bands I most enjoy as much as possible living overseas. I'm not new to vkei but am also not a long time veteran of the genre, got into it properly 4/5 years back, actually through a Japanese friend who I was doing language exchange sessions with who recommended me a handful of bands and immediately got taken in by it and have been dedicated ever since! To name a few of my top vkei/japanese rock/metal bands: Dir en Grey, The Gazette, DIMLIM, Kizu, RAZOR, JILUKA, DADAROMA, mamireta and many more... I do also have a reasonable comprehension of the Japanese language but am far from fluent so am sure some of you guys here are much better with it than I am. haha.
 
So anyway, yeah, look forward to chatting with you all!

so film noire style. Love it. New guy looks like Hikaru from Kameleo.....

i can't wait till they enter the 4th form and rename themselves D'espairsRay if u know what i mean ;))))))))))))))))))))))))

Take me to ma fud, hooman.

Monochrome Heaven's 2019 Banner Contest
 
Hey everyone! This is a shout out to all digital artists on the website interested in content creation. It's about time to add some new bands into the rotating banner at the top of the forum, and for that we can use your skills! What better way to show off some skills than in a friendly competition? Here's the basic idea:
 
Create a banner according to the rules which I will define in a moment. Respond to this topic by submitting your banner in a post. Since you cannot edit your post after you submit it, make sure your post is the way you want it before posting. You can submit as many banners as you have time / energy to create. The second phase of the banner contest will be anonymous voting from the community. The top three voted banners will be added to the top and the members who created those banners will be announced then. Winners of the contest will get their screen name in a special color in addition to having their work featured at the top of the forum! Rules:
 
Banner should have dimensions of 800x120. Banner should have a thin, rounded white outline. Banner should preferably be a PNG, but a GIF is acceptable if you are interested in making an animated banner. Banner should in some way relate to Japanese music. Normally, we feature a band at the top, but there is room for creativity. Banner should have the text "Monochrome Heaven" on it. Banner should contain material that is Safe For Work. NSFW banners will be automatically disqualified. Banner submission should remain anonymous until the end for fairness. All banners will be shown at the end. Banners can contain anything else you think will give you an edge in the competition.  
The submission deadline will be open for four weeks, or until May 18th, 2019.
 
 Have fun! I'm excited to see what our members can come up with.  
 
 
 
 

Take me to ma fud, hooman.

Arch Linux×DEZERT

Take me to ma fud, hooman.

Arch Linux×DEZERT

HYDE new album, "ANTI" (3000 yen) will be released on June 19, and it will also be released digitally on May 3! He will also tour the United States from May 5-26.
 
[CD tracklist]
01. WHO’S GONNA SAVE US
02. MAD QUALIA (Japanese Version)
03. SICK (feat. Matt of From Ashes to New)
04. ANOTHER MOMENT
05. FAKE DIVINE
06. AFTER LIGHT
07. OUT
08. ZIPANG (feat. YOSHIKI)(Japanese Version)
09. SET IN STONE
10. LION
11. TWO FACE
12. MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION II anti mix
13. ORDINARY WORLD
 
[Blu-ray] (limited edition type A only; 5800 yen)
HYDE LIVE filmed on
・2018/9/8 ＜BEAUTY AND THE BEAST＞ live in Zepp Tokyo
・2019/3/24 ＜Zepp Tokyo 20th Anniversary HYDE LIVE 2019＞
 
[2 DVDs] (limited edition type B only; 5500 yen)
[Disc 1: Music Video]
WHO’S GONNA SAVE US MV
AFTER LIGHT MV
FAKE DIVINE MV(Halloween Version)
ZIPANG MV(English Version)
MAD QUALIA MV(English Version)
[Disc 2: Lyric Video]
WHO’S GONNA SAVE US
AFTER LIGHT
FAKE DIVINE
ZIPANG
MAD QUALIA
ANOTHER MOMENT
TWO FACE
OUT
LION
SET IN STONE
ORDINARY WORLD
MIDNIGHT CELEBRATION II
 
[Concept Book] (limited edition type C only; 4200 yen)
24 pages
 
[Fully limited edition BOX (CD + Blu-ray + 2 DVD + concept book + goods)] (13000 yen)
(Details tba)
 
[US Tour schedule]
 

 

Hey guys,
My name is Teresa, I've been here since the Tainted World forum but at that time I wasn't fluent in english
 
I used to come to the forum for the downloads forum and for the market, but never had the guts to buy anything lol
 
Thank you for having me, and I am glad the forum is still here after all this time
❤️
 
 

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Ariabl'eyeS new mini-album, "響奏輪廻ローゼンレネット" will be released on April 28 for 1500 yen!
 
Sui (David) will also do guest vocals on track 4! He will also make a guest appearance at their oneman live, "Rosen Symphonie" at Shinjuku Club Science on June 29.
 
[tracklist]
01. Prelude－Reinette－
02. 響奏輪廻ローゼンレネット
03. 邂逅三重奏
04. 偽譚交響曲
05. 花束を剣に
06. Reincarnation
07. 追想
 

HOLY SHIT THAT SOUNDS LIKE OLD NOGOD I'M SO EXCITED

Anyone into Wattpad writings here?
I just started writing on it last month.
It has lots of pop literature inside so I started a story about poppish themes like vampires....Didn't get many readers though lol.
 
Here's a synopsis of my story:
"Liam Delacruz is a fictional vampire who exists in a book called The Book of Light and Shadow. His ex-lover was a human slave called Acadia, the heroine of the book. When Cassie Valencia read this book on the airplane, she never would have thought that during the plane crash, she would travel into the book revived as one of the book's redshirt character who was killed by Liam. Would Cassie's existence in the book change the fate of how its whole story goes?"
 
Read it here
 
I'm curious if there are other writers here. If you are, please feel free to share your works!

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