Peace Heavy mk II

It's not uncommon for bands to form and have their demos accepted by major labels without any other prior releases?

Killer chainsaw has amazing lyrics, but you're right: none of them actually have to do with a chainsaw.

Hey they actually don't sound causticly offensive here. I see their green-screen budget nearly tripled since starting their own label too.

Exist Trace sounds funny here :/

Weren't two members of L,DEAR twins as well?

why is saki still trying tho

Has tumblr flipped their shit about this band yet? J/w

For realz tho: this album was more or less as Zess described it. I liked the songs on it, but nothing really jumped out at me as being remarkably good nor bad. The strongest songs on there were actually from their singles, with "Hakaana" still being one of the top songs of the year for me, but the newer material didn't pack that punch I really wanted to hear from them. I don't really care if they sound "same-y," since I feel like that's an easy-out to say you don't like something, but the formula that's been working for them thus far seemed to fall a bit short here. With that being said, a lot of their new songs are beautifully composed in a much more mature fashion than I would have expected from such a new band. Take the first track, as an example: "暁." Whenever it comes up on iTunes when I'm not paying attention, I'm always surprised to hear that it's Arlequin. This particular song, as well as a few other songs throughout their discog (such as "Blind Bud," for example), show that these guys have the chops, it's just that sometimes they struggle in the execution. Could this be a fault of their producer? Or could it be that their lack of a strong producer prevents them from really honing in on what they could truly excel at. The only song I didn't really care for, that stuck out, was "Missing." It is one of their heavier numbers and it was undoubtably a Lynch. worship entry (considering they took a part of "Adore," I believe) and used -THE SAME- dub-step break down that like everyone else has done already. Call me crazy for reaching this far, but the rhythm of the said breakdown also sounds like a monophonic rendition of the main riff in Sleigh Bell's "Infinity Guitars?" Still patiently awaiting the advent of lo-fi pep rally-kei. All in all, I'm hoping Near Equal will be a grower for me. There's nothing particularly bad here, but I just wish the stand out tracks weren't ones I already heard. This will not be a contender for "album of the year" for me as of right now, but it could win "Most Satisfactory?" for me?

This album was good. I feel the music was good and I liked it. They have funny voices and cool beeps and boops and I liked that. This was good so please download!!

He sounds like a more constipated Toshi

I need one too, please The only gamestop I know of near me that gives out codes or events at all closed...

Ru:Natic's remake of 真夜中ノ日傘少女 has a super cool intro, imo: I've also always had a fondness for -OZ-'s Birthday as well: Lastly, this song's intro has been my obsession for the past week:

Yaaay Crack Brain. Is 山上 just some random person that can play guitar?

Their pictures are all skeletons. 2 spooky

more self-aware vkei bands what a time to be alive

Do they play Nounai Flower live often?

It is, but from the looks of it Yayoi is just recycling old pictures until they take new ones (or because he realized he looks old lololol). This is probably the one you're familiar with.

At least vkei bands are now becoming self-aware.

Welcome! The scene of Japanese music you're looking for is not something I'm super familiar with, but there are others who definitely know where to point you. If I recall, CAT5, Ito, and Zeus are into post-rock, and CAT5 is all about them indie bands.

It is unacceptable that Cat5 does not know every vkei musician to have ever been.

iTunes won't be accurate, as I've switch computers about 3 times. Last.fm has been with me since 2009, so that has most of my plays for the past 5-ish years. SO: 1. Versailles - ASCENDEAD MASTER (348) 2. Malice Mizer - Illuminati [P-Type] (222) 3. E'm~grief~ - Infinity Daze (190) 4. Baiser - Delusion (182) 5. Delain - Go Away (171) 6. Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood (160) 7. Crystal Castles - Pap Smear (141) 8. DIR EN GREY - 脈 (138) 9. RENTRER EN SOI - 浮遊追想～Metal Float MIX～ (138) 10. PENICILLIN - Hyper Chord (138)

I'm surprised Kamijo is even on the list, although he's been around since 93 or so, and more surprised about Tetsu as he hasn't done anything of note since he left Malice Mizer. Hakuei or maybe Akira from Mirage (since he's looked old since 1996) may have been better choices Yay Takayuki. He's the most adorable 45~50(?) year old ever