Tokage

The ending of Klonoa for the PS1 was hella sad to me when I was younger

Here's a PV promo for the new single. They've actually stooped to the 'band playing in empty void' level now. Whelp. Guess they blew all their budget on making their previous one look good

Song once again sounds like it's a stolen demo of a 9mm Parabellum Bullet track to me...what the fuck happened to the actual MERRY?

will probably be boring

They're still alive! Wow. Now release a CD damn it

oh man even the work you've done so far is amazing, i can't help w/ translating but thanks a bunch for your translation efforts!

^ especially when it comes to -core bands because to be honest 90% of their names are godawful

why do you think anyone here needs to see this giant dumb list of bands w/o any further information whatsoever

new ling > new 9mm, from what I've heard of both recently. To be honest, I haven't really given 9mm's newer stuff extensive listens but I doubt they've improved enough to be back on their old level, though I still do believe they're listenable albeit a tad more boring than they used to be.

old ling = old 9mm in my eyes, both are equally cool. (though i swear to god ilng need to lay off using the words 'plastic' and 'sadistic' in their songs because it's almost bad enough to turn it into a drinking game)

its over, MH is dead

rip

it doesnt even sound that bad, huh.

Welp if the first self-cover album was any indicator this is gonna be worthless

It's over, the tour is ruined

Merry - Japanese Modernist

Dir en grey - Obscure

Plastic Tree - Melancholic (entry level weeaboo answer: Ghost)

I think these 3 tracks are probably worth considering as signature songs, as they've been staples in the bands' setlists ever since their release, I think.

cali=gari's trademark song is probably Erotopia, they usually bring out the theatrics (read: dancing trannies) when they perform it live and it's been a staple in all their setlists ever since its release, I think. (Though they stopped playing it in their recent shows apparently?) The song itself also sort of represents their 'eroguro' nature lyrics-wise, I guess.

Personally, I think its album-mate Blue Film would be a better representative of their music, if only because it has this semi-melancholy aspect that shines through in many of their songs in some way. (And I just think Erotopia is boring)

I beat Ape Escape 1 for the PS1 quite recently. It's still a hella fun game, despite the dated graphics. Also been playing Donkey Kong Country on a snes emulator, though I've always liked DKC2 and DKC3 better.

Last movies I've watched were Suicide Bus and Akira. The production of the former one was somehow connected to Takeshi Kitano. It's a cool dark comedy about people trying to commit insurance fraud by killing themselves on a bus trip. The latter... Yeah, it's Akira. I can't believe I hadn't seen it before tbh

yyyyeaa boiiiii

expecting them to go 12012 on us

Erotopia isn't even that good you guys come on

They're not, they just had this faux 'we're so angura, look, we even got suehiro maruo to do our cover art'-phase for a while but they always sort of sounded like the gazette tbh

I like the trolling but come on, let's not pretend that making this GRAWRWRRGRR bloopcore music IS going to save VK lmao

This is a good thing imo

Some other cool non-vk bands you might like are Number Girl, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, WHITE ASH, The Band Apart, Lillies and Remains, kamomekamome, Asakusa Jinta, Fox Loco Phantom, Shinsei Kamattechan, Tokusatsu, Eastern Youth, Bloodthirsty Butchers, Kimonos and Supercar.

I could go on for much longer but i won't heh. None of these bands are very similar to one another to be honest, but they're all great IMO

That was actually... really good? Wow, I'm surprised. Good job, 12012. Now I might actually have to take them seriously again...

Title chosen to reflect predicted album sales