Peace Heavy mk II

hopefully there's less yell singing

This gives off such a petty aura towards Dadarama and I love it

It's not gucci, it's qucci

I hope they make it sound like that Mucc song. The one where they're sad!!

I am fine with this trend / sub-scene. I like that style of music a lot, and it's nice to be to sort of experience it having missed the boat when the scene was actually like that for real. I appreciate the newer trend of doing this with more recent acts as well (Mamireta, Virge, Mediena, kinda-sorta early Pentagon). It seems like Starwave is trying to really cash in on this lately, although their groups seem less like nostalgic throwbacks and more like cheap knockoffs. I was going to write a ~official~ ORZ post about what works for nostalgia bands and what doesn't, but I kind of forgot that I started putting something together. To echo what Dispo said, these throwback bands have a similar feel but never quite hit the same level of "goodness" that the groups they're trying to emulate had (save Metis Gretel, which imo doesn't really seem like they were trying to copy something so much as be inspired by early campy gothic acts). The homage-kei* groups especially, where there could be some added benefit to more "inspiration" rather than "reimagining" (this sounds like Diru vs. this is 4 melodies from Diru deep-cuts strung together). *I differentiate homage-kei by using it to refer to groups that quite literally copy and paste themes / aesthetics from older, more famous groups. Grieva, Gossip, Dezert, Ru:Natic, + Crucifixion were / are. Cell, Diaura, Vallquar, BugScream, UFJ, + Rounoir were / are not.

I'm having a stroke

Hakueiman (Hakuei (Penicillin)'s new solo project) will be releasing his 5th digital single on April 30th. The single is titled "psychogenic erectile gigantic Yoko-teen MAN" and will have a staggered release pattern. 4/30: iTunes, Apple Music, dwango.jp, music.jp 5/16: amazon music、mora、mu-mo、dヒッツ、AWA 他, 5/16 (at noon): LINE MUSIC、Google Play Music、KK BOX、Spotify https://vk.gy/releases/hakueiman/

They changed color who are they???????????

Spooky cooky visual-adjacent band FOXPILL CULT are releasing their 4th album, 死ぬ迄踊れ (Shinu made Odore) on August 8th, 2018. The CD will contain 14 songs and cost 2,500 yen. Their twitter announcement described this album as "psychedelic rock" and that it would be a return to their roots. They will also hold a one-man show "Stations of the Cult 2" on August 24th, at 下北沢SHELTER (Shimo-Kitazawa SHELTER).

Kawaii_minpha joins as roadie

Do you think MYV bleaches? 👀

love this lycaon disrespect

The Brow Beat will be releasing a new single "CLOWN" on May 1st through various digital retailers (iTunes, music.jp, dwango.) They are selling the single on a staggered release schedule, as their OHP says it will be available on May 9th on Amazon + Google Play, and then on recochoku and mora on May 29th. This single is a duet with Hakuei. The Brow Beat is the solo project of Ryuchi (honestly not sure where he's from) that is signed to Tamula (a sub-label of Euclid Agency). It is produced by Hakuei (of Penicillin, Machine, Nano, Litchi Hikari Club, etc)

Ash actually sounds kind of good

They did a "we're waiting for our costumes to be finished" photo shoot

This was a freshmen's graphic design project

I hope they post receipts of it being shared and invalidate someone's order

Kind of sounds like a reductive Gallo.

Welcome~

He stole Gackt's haircut and Kamijo's foundation bath

that live video is a messssssss