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I love that the subject is Japanese music in general and not solely VK. So my picks too... Hatis Noit (夢中夢) 櫻井敦?? (BUCK-TICK) ユーキ (カリメロ & 蜂-biene-) 慎一郎 (ホタル & ジュリィー) HIZUMI (D'espairsRay) 想 (emmuree & …。) FULL (a dozen different projects) 紺 (NightingeiL, RedCarpet & La'Mule) 眞呼 (deadman & kein) 手鞠 (amber gris & Ruvie) YUKIYA (JILS, D≒SIRE & Kain) The guy from ROUAGE, name escapes me. Maybe KYO (D'ERLANGER) too. Maybe. That's all I've got so far, they're my personal picks.

I've been a little apprehensive about the freezer trick. I mean, I've heard it works and all but is there any chance of ruining it further by sticking it in there? Making the data irretrievable or something? I'm tempted to give it a go, I just don't want to damage it anymore than it already has been. I googled around and apparently a clicking noise is the "sound of death," which thankfully isn't what I'm hearing, so it could be shock, since the floor was carpeted and the fall not too high.

Well, it's not so much a problem as a FFFFFFFFFUUUU- I'm fucked disaster. Basically my precious 500GB external fell from the desk while I was fiddling with it and the laptop. It was running at the time. I have a lot of files on there, not the least of which is thousands of albums and pictures, as well as personal documents, translations, school work, what have you. As it was running when it fell, I realise that chances of fixing it are slim. I assume I "jarred" and damaged the head, although the drop was only about two-three feet. When I plugged it back in, it made its usual whirring sound to signal start up, as if it was trying to work, then the noise died out. I left it for a minute, the noise started again, died out. I unpluggged it. It didn't show up under my computer when plugged in. I'm posting this here to ask for suggestions on what I should do. All I have is take it to PCWorld and ask them to recover my data, which is a costly £100 or more, but I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do in the mean time.

It should really be combated! XD

^Basically.

From Kagerou, right? Because jfc I thought I was the only one.

AWOLNATION - Sail At the behest of a friend

I would love it if dear TW users could recommend more Japanese folksy-pop, something along the lines of 湯??潮音? Preferably female, but a male I can take or leave. Do your best!

I've never actually listened to SuG, although I've been tempted to, to see what all the fuss is about. Unless I have and obliterated it from memory.

Clearly you made a mistake, idiot is on the playlist! Wow, I didn't expect someone may mention him here... he's one of the best visual kei vocalists in my opinion... And I think he's fairly bad as well, so that makes two. D:

Hah! Maybe that's why there is no good vocalists thread. There should be!

Oh, damn it all.

inb4 every vocalist you like/omg how dare you he's my favourite/your opinion is wrong/all vk vocalists suck now/bicker hate bicker hate Anyway Natsuki (-OZ-), when he's singing can be terribad Miku (An Cafe) Shou (alice nine.) Asagi (D) Mao (Sadie) Genki (Vanessa) Jin (Nega/that twin band he's in) MAKI (ALSDEAD), thought he was bad in DICE AND JOKER and, while he has improved, still dislike him. Guy from DEPAIN. Mashiro, I forget what band he's from. Some random indies guys, see crappy indies bands thread and/or similar artists on last.fm

lol lol lol +1 That's only ever going to happen once Square Enix realise their games suck now and they start to lose even more money than they are already, then they'll release a remake of VII for the insta-cash.

Agreed actually! I like that... raw, rattling sort of guitar at the forefront of the song, it sounds angrier than the BORN version! And thank you for kick-starting the thread again! As for mine... This is a bit tricky, but! 01. PIG 02. 「モノクロ??????????最期??日 (Sixth TERROR ver. for the same reason - it's more "raw." I really have to get around to sharing it.) 03. Marry of the blood 04. in vain 05. ‘‘Forbidden’’ 06. Angeldust 07. quarter void (which I feel is vastly underrated) 08. MAZE 09. 密室ノ中…「イカレタキミ??ノ旋律 10. Closer to ideal 11. DEVILS' PARADE/PARADOX 5/アベル??カイン/DESERT (I guess whichever song comes last is basically interchangable... )

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5416 This thread is hardly ever active, there's almost no point in posting news again here.

I predict LUNA SEA and/or X too. Maybe Versailles again. Probably D=OUT. -OZ-?

sleepy.ab are absolutely wonderful.

Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal Edition!

They were doing so well, though, so I hope they don't announce disbandment. I thought they were going to be on hiatus a bit longer, but it would be cool if they revealed they were going to be working on an album. Something actually worth buying.

That's cool and irrelevant. So am I. And I might be stupid because I don't lump members of bands I like automatically into the SUPER TALENTED YOU CAN'T DISAGREE WITH ME category. Drummers like him are a dime a dozen. In fact, if they secretly changed their drummer, took no new pictures and released no live footage, I guarantee most of you wouldn't even notice Sujk was gone. Nothing about their music would change drastically if he was kicked out, so you'd be missing out if you stopped listening to them. No need to get all defensive or start throwing insults around because someone thinks your precious drummer is less than stellar, which I've noticed people do a lot around here. Generally when someone uses insults to challenge a statement or an opinion, they can't disprove it. It was simple discussion until insults were thrown around! Everyone else has either accepted or politely disagreed with my opinion, but there's always one...

Mostly, and obscure. But bands I know of that are influenced by the post-punk movement... aside from PLASTICZOOMS and Lillies and Remains, there's debatably Psysalia Psysalis Psyche, Pills Empire, Buffalo'3, JACK OR JIVE (often Cocteau Twins vs. Dead Can Dance-esque), 百蚊, GHEEE (I think are especially good), in the clockworks... Hm. Most of them can be found on YouTube. CAT5 could probably give you a better list, I'm assuming.

D'espairsRay 宇多田ヒカル VOLA & THE ORIENTAL MACHINE Strapping Young Lad Electric Light Orchestra Stolen Babies Blind Guardian Adam and the Ants Arcturus THE TELEPHONES Soft Ballet Tin Hat Trio Unexpect DEATHGAZE Aural Vampire Lots more.

He's overrated, in my opinion. He's sub par. No one would remember Sujk and Aggy if they left, they'd vanish into VK obscurity because they're nothing special at all. I love the band well enough, but as musicians only Leda is worthy of as much praise.

Sujk isn't that great of a drummer anyway. I wouldn't be too sad if he left, but where are people getting it from? Did he mention something? Is he not getting along with the other members?