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I also really love Matenrou Opera, and I've heard so many people hate on them for no reason at all other then to say that they aren't very good. But Sono's vibrato is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
 
Idk, maybe I'm just a sucker for Sherow Artist Society artists lmao 

The Gazette a rip-off? Well, I get that some people won't like them and that's ok, but saying that they are a mere 'rip-off' speaks of literally not having anything in your ears out of a massive necessity of identification with A so you need to hate B in order to love A.
 
That said, whether liked or not, and although nobody can't deny that they still have their flops -in terms of uninspired works-, the Gazette actually DID their job and seated a precedent in a majority of the 'formula' that defines modern and also classic  'visual-kei' sound, visuals, lyrics, etc., like a few artists did. Same goes for X, Luna, Kuroyume, L'arc, Rouage, Laputa, Malice Mizer, Pierrot, Shazna, Dir, Nightmare, Mucc, Sid, baroque, Kagerou, Antic Cafe, Kagrra, Deluhi, Kiryu, Nocturnal Bloodlust, and a long -LONG- etc. including and every band that has some status of cult-following.
 
Just stop hating freely and try to listen carefully to the artists that made the bands you like to happen. And if you don't want to, that's ok, but try not to sound pretentious.
 
Hm.
 
 
 
 

i've been a vk fan since 05. my first fave is still alice nine, gin no tsuki kuroi hoshi and akatsuki was the shit. after sleepwalker i just kinda dabble now. and the gazette is my eternal fave ever since i heard filth in the beauty. ruki still gets my fangirl heart all tingly.
 
right now though im still stalking d and unite. asagi is my eternal bias ever since sleeper. and i loved the shit out of shiina mio in canzel so unite was a given.

Hahaha my favorite was Alice Nine (A9) as well.
 
Akatsuki was my shit, that I had recorded it on a blank Cassette so I could play it in my shitty car stereo.
Good times.

Easily one of their best songs to date.

my obsession is kamijo and asagi. but i have a thing for ruki and uruha. but as for my eternal bias it's tm revolution, gackt , and hyde. my whole obsession with japanese music started with watching rurouni kenshin on toonami when i was nine. and tm revolution sang the 3rd ending. after that the rest is history.

kisaki just needs to do us all a favor and retire. after phantasmagoria disbanded it all went down hill.

kisaki just needs to do us all a favor and retire. after phantasmagoria disbanded it all went down hill.

kisaki just needs to do us all a favor and retire. after phantasmagoria disbanded it all went down hill.

What do you think is the most/least important instrument in a band? Poll idea suggested by kamisama-senpai himself, @Zeus!
 


To submit a poll for the MH POLL OF THE WEEK, P.M. @beni with your poll question, choices, and state whether it's multiple choice or not.

my obsession is kamijo and asagi. but i have a thing for ruki and uruha. but as for my eternal bias it's tm revolution, gackt , and hyde. my whole obsession with japanese music started with watching rurouni kenshin on toonami when i was nine. and tm revolution sang the 3rd ending. after that the rest is history.

phantasmagoria
clearveil
canzel
dolly
d'espairsray
dio

phantasmagoria
clearveil
canzel
dolly
d'espairsray
dio

i love kagrra's album art.
 
from their shiki album.

 
 
hyakkikenran album

 
Yotogi Banashi release

right now my current obsession is wing works. ryosuke really draws me in. plus i loved lolita23q. im also really into b.a.p right now, warrior is stuck in my head ^^

Im kind of Obsess with Royz right now xD because their TEARS album was F*** amazing!! and after
 
i listen to it i  love them even more now! lol

A very good release, best album they have put out so far (This is their second album LOL)
 
This album was coming in with expectations I had from their past 3 singles. The title tracks didn't attract me as much like Starry Heaven and NOAH, but INNOCENCE was really badass. The only thing exciting me was the thought of getting more songs like the final track on the Starry Heaven single or SHADOWS from INNOCENCE. The preview for Tears got me a little down cause it sounded like they were doing some poppy ballad type song, but, it wasn't entirely that and I ended up loving it.
 
The one thing I have always loved about Royz, besides the crazy melodies that are almost unexpected in most songs, is Subaru's voice. It has a sort of soothing lullaby to it and the fact that he can growl makes him and the band a lot more interesting. Kind of like with SuG and Howling Magic, once you heard Takeru growl, you kind of felt like: "Holy shit, maybe this might start getting good" Royz was already good but they just got better.
 
This album brought forth some really amazing songs, and unlike their first album, I don't find myself skipping songs to find the good ones and listen to the rest later. アルカロイド was the first step towards more INNOCENCE type songs,　糜楼 was their next heavy sided song, claiming the spot as my Favorite song of this album, followed up by FlashBack which to me resembled SHADOWS a lot. We got some great ballads such as アテナ with such a calming slow acoustic melody in the melody, and then you get an uplifting, cheesy if I might add, song right after which gains the spot as my least favorite song. Don't be mislead though, it's still good, it's just not my cup of tea. Why the hell didn't I have 恋花火 on my iPod beforehand? I thought I had their whole disco, amazing song. Very nice fast tempo that gets me energized. The final song Aerial Cord gave me some hope with a name that awesome. I was hoping for a fast song but it was more in the mid-tempo style of songs. That's not a problem here.
 
Sorry if my reviews aren't as astounding as Zess but my hope is that some people read my reviews on these amazing bands and decide to give them a try.

what band are you guys currently obsessed with?
 
for some reason right now im really into royz. their newest album has me obsessed. that and kuina is looking really amazing ^^
 

WTF??!!!!! HOW?! I mean WHY?! O_O