TheBistroButcher666

Diary definitely sounds like JEALOUS. Hard to figure out what the others are yet with the short preview.

So I'm really into self publishing comics and recently snagged a bunch of really cool Dir en grey doujinshis. No they're not full of smut (surprisingly) and are actually really well done and made.

I want more! I've been collecting self published comics but I want more from the glorious nippon. How and where do you go about buying doujinshis? I'm not really interested in pornographic ones and those seem to be the most common sold and traded among western fans (at least animus ones).

Oh the disappearing and reappearing scar on Gackts face!

I also like their Bara no Seidou live, it's what really got me into VK because the entire presentation and performance was totally mind blowing for me.

LOL

Wow, what a shitty way to start.

Oh oh oh oh oh oh am I too late? If not have you listened to Sabbat yet? I can send you their tunes when I get home.

The vocals sound like it was done by Eric Cartman :U

The D cover for example actually does something different, they basically just do a metal-fied version of the song while this just sounds like cheap midi version with weak drums and bad vocals.

Okay okay okay! I'm finally in my own home with a real computer to take part in my own damn thread.

 

As of right now, my current music obsession is Primordial. I started listening to them because I was looking for something to hold me over while I waited for the new In Solitude album and shit son! After the new album was released I DON'T EVEN CARE! Because Primordial has blown me the fuck away and is taking up all my music time.

 

So these guys fall into a mix bag and you can either identify them as either black metal or folk metal. I'd even go so far as to say, atmospheric but the whole definition of atmospheric is up in the air anyway depending on who you talk too. Yet the black metal sound is the most dominate in their music while the folk is at a minimum. There is acoustic songs and their music is more melodic than your standard black metal but don't expect songs full of flutes and bag pipes and other dumb things like that to make them folky. I think they fall into the folk genre more through their lyrics which focus on Celtic and Pagan themes. The vocals changed through each release, with the earlier material jumping back and forth between harsh vocals more akin to black metal and clean vocals for the more melodic portions of songs. Later releases though, specifically the last two the vocalist either fucked up his voice or found a style that allows for a mixed harsh yet cleaner melodic singing style.

 

Overall the music is dark and brooding. Songs are long, usually building up to a climatic moment or creating a dark atmosphere and world that sucks you in.

 

Anyway, here is the song I've had on repeat for days. It's everything I love in a song and oh so magical :U

 

Sounds cheap and rushed but not surprising since they changed songs after the announcement. It's a cute little cover and seems like they had fun but was it really worth making this an official release? Maybe just do it as a live limited release or a bonus track

Oh my gosh! Have fun! Send us a post card!!

If you use PayPal from my understanding you won't be able to cancel your order. However if you use your credit card or anything else like that you should be fine.

I'd like to know this myself, actually...I usually order from CDJapan but I can't even get this guy to come up on the searches.

It's not on CDjapan, I ordered the Last three copies from Jishuban Club which will require a shopping service. Plus side I got a shit ton of swag, photos, chekis and all that. Didn't expect that so it was a nice surprise.

@DogManX

Damn I like them! That's the type of 'folk' metal I like. Basically black metal with some folky elements to it. Folk metal seems to have turned into a real gimmick these last couple of years and the only worth while bands to look into are ones that fall more into the black metal spectrum. I know I'm generalizing but seriously Eluveitie sucks.

Anyway, if you haven't tried these artists yet. Negura Bunget, Primordial, Drudkh and Windir might be to your liking.

I haven't had a chance to listen to the rest in this thread but I'll try to tonight

Oh jeez I almost spat out my drink when I saw the first horse horse picture. That is magical LOL

Not interested until they produce a mediocre video >:C

I'm a Lio and born during the year of the Tiger. So basically I'm a Liger.

I also don't believe in this stuff :U

My Dad listened to Deep Purple because he was a Highway Staaaaarrrrrrrr!

No serious, imagine all the fake ghetto Asians with hard working fob parents driving in their beat up ricers that you us see now. Just replace ricer with a 1964 American muscle car blasting Sabbath, Dio and Deep Purple and that was my Dad.

He and my Mom still listens to all that stuff along with other hippy rock like Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly.

So I grew up in a house full of that stuff and I think that kinda solidified my taste in rock music. I mean there's lots of other factors too, Seattle grunge explosion made it obligatory to like grunge rock etc but I really think my parents had a lot of influence.

That said, I like the stuff my parents like. Some tunes makes me remember my Mom driving us kids in our old GMC Hornet to the park and hearing Simon and Garfunckle and long drives into the mountains to camp and listening to that same Deep Purple album the whole trip. So basically gross old people music Ahhh!!

I hope it's a super serious gritty war movie and the theaters end up full of squealing fangirls.

I took this picture in the walk in closet and the light in there made the image come out super yellow. Boyfriend was poopin in the bathroom and couldn't take a selfie in there.

 

http://m.deadline.com/2013/10/angelina-jolie-sets-japanese-singer-miyavi-as-brutal-wwii-pow-camp-guard-the-bird-in-unbroken/

Whoa, like an actual good movie. Not the B movie nonsense that was Gackt's film.

Oh I like this version even though the quality was butts streaming over a crappy 3G connection.

Does anyone know where to order this? I bought my previous copies from Jishuban Club but I don't see this available for pre order. Maybe just not up yet I guess?

Going back to the tagging system.

Is there a way to ban tags? Specifically the Visual Kei tag, I ain't anti VK but using it as a tag is not helpful since VK bands can sound drastically different from one another.

I think Kei tags like Nagoya or Kote are fine since it narrows down a more specific tag.

Thoughts? Should this be broken off into it's own discussion?

A lot of members here listen to black metal, should we make an entire section of the forum dedicated to black metal? I know it's not Japanese but neither is Korean, it's also metal which is more related to rock than pop music.

Basically that's the argument I'm seeing for Kpop.

What kind of database are you using? Relational database?? CAN I QUERY THE SHIT OUT OF IT?!?!!?!?

It would be cool to do end of year statistics on how many new bands formed and how many broke up.

WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL?!? Then make pie charts and graphs and all that pretty shit.

Hahahaha this is so bad but I like it because it reminds me of Kuroageha.