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Metronome - φD-SANSKRIT goatbed - Johnny Ride La'Mule - inspire Cascade - Sexy Sexy deadman - follow the night light? Inugami Circus-Dan - 命みぢかし恋せよ人類！ Kuroyume - For dear Phantasmagoria - Fairy times memory hide - Pink Spider / Misery L'arc en ciel - Ready Steady Go? Sadie - Meisai (mb not anymore by the end of their career but it def was in the earlier days when i still followed them) Dimlim - vanitas -white-

In random order Series: Trigun The Big O Paranoia Agent Space Dandy JJBA Movies: Genius Party Paprika Akira Cat Soup Cyber City Oedo (not sure if it counts as a movie or a series cuz its an OVA) Honorable mention: that one Guyver ova from like the late '80s / early '90s i have a weakness for mechs, mindfuck stuff and pre-2000's cyberpunk

at this point in time it might as well be Melancholic as well tbh

ppl when you dont have prints of your work available yet: omg wow i LOVE this! is this for sale? would loooove to have this on my wall! ppl when you do: absolutely 10/10 shit

Dir en grey - The Final D'erlanger - La Vie En Rose MUCC - Zetsubou X-Japan - X Buck-Tick - ICONOCLASM? not sure about this one Luna Sea - Rosier/Deja vu cali gari - Erotopia

these dudes are always on that ''pv budget of no more than 100 yen TOPS'' shit but the music's still good so w/e

The sample sounds good!

here's some pretty alright stuff that came out this year U-BAHN -U-BAHN Australian band that sounds like what you'd get if 'Q: Are We Not Men?'-era Devo and Ariel Pink had a head-on collision. If that sounds like your thing you'll definitely like this. Jakuzi - Hata Payı More post-punk/synth stuff from Turkey. Recommended if you like Molchat Doma, Drab Majesty, She Past Away and that kind of stuff probably Drahla - Useless Coordinates Definitely some Sonic Youth influence here. Little bit no wave-y at times The Faint - Egowerk The Faint's back at it again. This time around they've set the 'punk' side of 'dance-punk' aside for the most part and decided to double down on the electronic aspect of their sound. Whether it works or not is up to you I guess - personally I found that some of the tracks kinda start to blend together at a certain point, but there's still some bangers on here Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury Another dance punk group. This one strikes a bit more of a balance between the dance and punk influences than The Faint's album does. French Vanilla - How Am I Not Myself? This is that kind of stuff Pitchfork woulda been all over if it would've been released in 2009 Erik Nervous & The Beta Blockers - LP More Devo-worship. I'm REALLY happy this particular variety of post-punk seems to be making a comeback these last couple of years as I just love the nervous and anxious side of post-punk a lot. Girl Band - The Talkies Album's not out yet but I've got high hopes for this one. Also for the noise rock fans out there bonus that isn't from 2019: HMLTD american_cali_gari.wmv

we literally have an entire sub-forum dedicated to western stuff

that reads like one of those ''i saw flying lotus in a grocery store'' copypasta texts so hard i was half expecting the story to conclude with someone seeing loki passing by while trying to hold 50 snickers bars in his hands or some shit like that

i cant get over the fucking ''dude very embarrassingly trying to imitate heath ledger's joker in front of his webcam to show his high school friends how TWISTED he is'' energy those two acapella tracks on that live dist single have

mazohyst could've easily lost the entire spoken word interlude thing but i guess that's a discussion for the artist thread & not the news forum

most of gossip's cover art sucked ass too to be fair

what are the odds of the song ending up being like 10:05 just so they can say ''see? it's over 10 minutes guys!!!"

Charisma - Third film I've seen by Kiyoshi Kurosawa so far, and like the previous two I enjoyed it. One element all three of them have had in common is a sort of weird 'depressed' atmosphere: there's this constant hazy, dreamlike layer of melancholia draped all over everything that gives the whole film a distinct otherworldly feeling. This one's mostly set in and around a huge forest, and there's some absolutely GORGEOUS scenery porn to be found here, so if you're a fan of that sort of thing definitely do yourself a favor and check it out just for that alone. Most of the plot was pretty self-explanatory, revolving around a conflict between various parties about a strange tree that the protagonist inadvertently gets involved in after losing his job, abandoning his family and retreating into the wild. Ending was pretty ??? and out of the left field however and I'm still not entirely sure what it's actually supposed to signify. It's definitely more of a slow burner, so if you're not into that sort of thing I'm not sure whether you'll enjoy this or not, but everybody else should at least give it a try. Also, the soundtrack's rather impressively atmospheric, though it sounds like it was composed for a horror film instead.

does shinya literally have some contractual clause that states he doesn't ever have to bother with changing his looks? it's so goddamn boring

10+ minute A-side? that makes up for the lackluster b-sides at least, though i hella hope they're not just gonna continue with the Vinushka/Diabolos/Zetsuentai stock 'long song' format

City Pop vs Shibuya Kei for next genre battle discussion please

if u want to listen to dir en grey, but actually good? why, just listen to deftones..........

found out one of my old high school classmates is now dating one of my high school teachers, its making me feel kinda uhhhhhhhhhhhh

They dropped the visuals..................................... uh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh