Peace Heavy mk II

feminism 2 pls

wow

This must be from the serious era of visual-kei.

I've been interested in this game since the art is really really pretty and I do like MMOs. Could someone give me a break down of what this game has to offer? I've never played 11, so I dont know what their online games are like.

could we discuss the lyric: SHOW ME Your Masturbation. What's up? NOW Playing Masturbation. GORE

Followup single "Indebted to Society (and my record label)"

Wow, Ashley sounds like a complete bitch.

Because Gauzes is super influential and revolutionary right with their 6 copies of their album sold

I think when it comes to throwing in random bits of another language, it goes over best when it isn't really audible to most people, or at least not blatantly saying "this isn't in English." For example, the ending theme of "Wreck-It Ralph" was in Japanese, but because of the vocal mixing and overall business of the song, none of my family members who saw it with me believed that it wasn't in English because of the few lines that actually were in English. The same goes for vkei in a sense. Take "Myaku" by Dir en Grey, for example: parts of that song are in English but because of Kyo's Tourette's it doesn't really sound like it is in any language, so I just -assumed- it was Japanese until I actually saw the lyrics: "SKY. BOX. SAND. GOD. DREAM." etc. Had I been able to actually understand what he was saying, it wouldn't have had the same affect on me. Sticking with small phrases should do the same as that example. Other Western bands do that, but with (cringing as I type this) 'normal' foreign languages. Like U2 using Spanish, and 30 Seconds to Mars using French. Unfortunately, Japanese is like the epitome of 'foreign' to most occidental people, even though you can't really concretely measure the degree in which a language is not English. It either is, or isn't. Just because you are more likely to learn French in high school doesn't mean it is any less not English than Swahili. Personally adding a request for "mawaru mawaru."

I've been in a Sigh mood lately, if you like experimental black metal. I prefer their more symphonic / baroque influenced stuff than their trippier songs, but that's just my personal preference. More symphonic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lT3MVwnnsc More trippy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DhSjx_D0lI In between:

Wait, are we talking about musical genres or different costume styles?

Yar har, fiddle-de-dee

A lot of these are a mix of genres, which is why people tend to say "you can't really call something one genre" or "there's no one specific way to define a genre of a band." What I can say, though, is that visual-kei isn't really a genre even if there are typical things that really say "this sounds like a vkei band." Our very own Zess wrote a very nice post in another thread discussing how vkei isn't really a genre, nor a scene, nor a movement, while still actually being all three at the very same time. What the fuck, Japan. The Piass, for example, had several genre changes. They started out as, and for the most part remained, a punk rock band. They had some thrash metal in there as well, and their 2nd album had some happy / pop punk mixed with melodic rock that was en vouge from 1995~1999 (while still having very aggressive guitar work that Takayuki is associated with). Compare "Never Say Die" with "Over Again," and you'll see what I mean. Their third era changed genres again: here they got a bit more -core , slightly crusty, and even a bit nu metal here and there but still had a "punk" feel to them. Today, who knows what they sound like. They've added a 2nd guitarist, changed vocalists for the 3rd time, and haven't released anything in almost 6 years. For the sake of simplicity, it's just easier to say "The Piass were hardcore punk and have been around for forever" even if that is a broad, sweeping description of their discography which, compared to many other vkei bands, was very volatile. From the bit of Diru I listen to, they were pretty typical to what was going on around 1998--they were just more creative about doing it, and since they're worshipped today they're often credited for inventing a lot of typical visual-kei styles (which, from an objective standpoint, is fairly accurate for their post-Gauze work). From the time period I like most, they were what was more or less pioneered by Kuroyume. Actually, a lot of late 90s bands fall under this genre which doesn't really have a name--it's a mix of post-punk, gothic rock, new wave, with black metal influence sprinkled on top (the manic laughter, "outbursts of emotion" a la Madeth Gray'll, frantic mumbling, bizarre gagging noises, pata-pata-pata drum structures, etc). Kuroyume started this with their first demo, then their first mini-album, but moved on from this with later releases. This style was more solidified with bands like La:Sadie's, Madeth Gray'll (who upped the gothic influence) and Aliene Ma'rriage (who added more an industrial spin to it), with other groups making their own variations like Due'le Quartz (Miyabi was awfully progressive and technical in his compositions) and DAS:VASSER (who seemed to be more into adding punk influences than adding harpsichord and pipe organ). See how this is hard to really pin-point?

Vocalist lost weight, but at least he got a hair cut. Has anyone checked out Everblack? I've only really started listening to this band recently, aside from "What A Horrible Night To Have a Curse" because of rokku bando 3, but that album wasn't as strong as their other stuff to me. For metal-core / death-core, I need some sort of melodic hook somewhere to really get me to like a song and not find it to be bland-- unfortunately, I found most of the early tracks on that album were missing that. From one listen though, I think I liked "Phantom Limb Masturbation" and "Control" the most.

Awesome. Hopefully this one isn't live limited and mostly re-recordings.

Sui's session band sounds perfect.

THEY MIGHT HAVE HEALTH CARE BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE NETFLIX

I guess I'm going to start playing more ranked in League of Legends so I can prove my worth as a terribad player. I'm also trying to max out all of my stats in Metal Gear Rising: Vengence. I beat it on easy, now I'm playing through again on normal.

"People won't go to our shows if you share our live distributed stuff!!!" No, actually, people just dont' go to your shows.

Aren't live distros only availible at one concert anyway? Calling bullshit on that argument.

Hmm...maybe something will become of this. Shame Shall probably won't be in another band though :/

Dear Bitch - "-Keeping SecreT-" <---> Kuroyume - "カマキリ"