The Reverend

Welcome to the 3rd annual most notable VK looks presented by yours truly, The Reverend.
 
As usual, we're here to celebrate the 'Visual' in Visual Kei. Suggest your favorite or least favorite or weirdest looks from the past year in the comments below!
 
Thanks to the ORZ team for helping out and contributing, and especially @platy for making like five banners for me and letting me choose which one I liked best.
 
マーブルヘッド (Marblehead)
 
 
ユメリープ (Yumeleep)
 
 
キズ (Kizu)
 
 
lynch.
 
 
BRATBAX
 
 
the Raid. vocalist 星七 (Sena)
 
 
SHiSHi guitarist お花 (Ohana)
 
 
MEIDARA
 
 
Virge
 
 
Dillinger
 
 

Jin has never met a song he couldn't ask "but can we make it 7 minutes long though?" about.
 
(And I loved that about Nega, so this gives me more hope than the first track they dropped did.)

Jin has never met a song he couldn't ask "but can we make it 7 minutes long though?" about.
 
(And I loved that about Nega, so this gives me more hope than the first track they dropped did.)

Jin has never met a song he couldn't ask "but can we make it 7 minutes long though?" about.
 
(And I loved that about Nega, so this gives me more hope than the first track they dropped did.)

That new toe sounds sweet!
 
Y'all both got the wrong song from Chedoara though... the last minute/outro riff of "愛憎につき..." might be my favorite part of a song from this year so far.
 
 
 

魅裟 (MISSA) (Makoto (Insanity Injection) solo project) has joined Starwave Records and they will hold their first live under the label on March 18 at 恵比寿club aim.
 
They will also (re)release their mini-album "七つの大罪" on April 3 and a digital self-cover mini-album "a rotten apple spoils the barrel" on May 3.
 
The full MV for "Beelzebub" will be released on March 3
 
 

 

 

the girl with the ponytail blocking the camera at Grieva’s last show... that was me

Another chapter has been written and filed away into the ever growing library of visual kei history, so we resume our customary annual review of all of the great albums that saw the light of day in 2018. Unlike previous years, we elected to wait until the middle of January so the stragglers of the year had their fair chance to weigh in. This list is also not in any specific order, although DIMLIM's CHEDOARA deserves a mention for getting the most votes internally and therefore kicks the list off with a bang. Even in our most challenging years, there's always something fresh and new around the corner waiting to be discovered. Like always, this isn't an exhaustive list and plenty of the hidden gems slip through the cracks, so if you have anything to add to the list tack it on at the end so the entire community can find something new to enjoy. 

Without further ado, here are some great J-Rock albums of 2018.

DIMLIM -- CHEDOARA

@The Reverend
@emmny
 
@helcchi

 
 
 
Sigh - Heir to Despair

@The Reverend
 
@helcchi


Dir en grey - The Insulated World

@emmny
 
 
emmurée - lightless

@The Reverend
 
 
キズ - 「傷痕」

 
@platy
 
 
 

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - No New World

@The Reverend
 
@Zeus
 
 

陰陽座 (Onmyo-Za) - 覇道明王 (Hadou Myouou)

@Zeus
 
 

The GazettE - NINTH

 
@Zeus
 
 
 
 
 
グリモア - プシュコマキア

@platy
 
 

DADAROMA - dadaism#4


@helcchi
 
 
@platy
 
 


lynch. - XIII
 

 
@YuyoDrift


Thanks for reading!

RESULTS!
Thanks to everyone who participated this year!
Judging from many of your recommendations, there definitely still exists some talent in the scene!
 
Without further delay, here are the RESULTS!
 
By recent request, I have added the runner-ups for each category!
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Best Overall Artist/Band
 
Best Album
 
Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP
 
Best Cover Art
 
Best Look
 
Best Newcomer
 
Best Veteran
 
Best PV
 
Saddest Disbandment
 
Most Overhyped Band
 
Most Overhyped Release
 
Most Underhyped Band
 
Most Anticipated Release 
 
Band that Changed their Sound for the Best
 
Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse
 
Band that you spent most of your money on in 2018
 
What the hell were they thinking!? Award
 
Best Revival/Returns 
 
An amazing display of results if I may say 😎. Definitely some close calls there, I'll tell ya.
Thanks again to the participants of the MH JRock Awards 2018 for your contributions. The staff and I here at MH hope to see you and more future voters here again at the end of the year!
Until then, enjoy 2019 😁!
 
 

I like to pretend he isn't out there playing in random Ayabie/Aoi gigs, don't remind me

At first I thought 'wow, the song isn't halfway over and I've heard the chorus 3 times'
 
Then I realized these MFers made a music video that is 40.2% credits. 

At first I thought 'wow, the song isn't halfway over and I've heard the chorus 3 times'
 
Then I realized these MFers made a music video that is 40.2% credits. 

At first I thought 'wow, the song isn't halfway over and I've heard the chorus 3 times'
 
Then I realized these MFers made a music video that is 40.2% credits. 

"ロマン急行 (Roman Kyuko)" members:
Vo. 和泉隆宏(Izumi Takahiro) (ex.シビレバシル(sibilebashir))
Gt. TøRU (ex.SEX-ANDROID)
Ba. 華凛(Karin) (ex.NoGoD)
Dr. 豪(Tsuyoshi) (ex.VERY BERRY)
 
 
ohp

That bag is amazing @evenor!!!
 
Let me know if you think the gx3 live is good after you watch it. (I don't think they put a preview online...)

zoisite shop haul

カラビンカ (kalavinka) new single, "潮騒と春雪" (Shiosai to Shunsetsu) will be released at their live on December 5
 
[tracklist]
1. 潮騒と春雪 (shiosai to shunsetsu)
2. 寄生虫 (Kiseichū) 
3. 青年の蹉跌 (Seinen no satetsu)
4. 路傍の花 (Robō no hana)
 
 

A lot of old stuff ❤️ Michiru Project DT sealed and come with autograph, GOKIBURI 1st full album sealed, and more amazing stuff ❤️

They will disband on 2019.03.17. Their last live will be at Ikebukuro EDGE and the live's name is  「We are IGGY」. They all want to experiment something else.
 
http://www.iggy-official.com/news_all/
 

DEZERT added their whole discography at some point this week.
 
**Edit: almost-whole. It's missing a couple live distros 

Nice! Bringing it back to the good ol' days with an 'in-the-woods' PV.
 
(Song is alright I guess.)

TYPE A : 2376 yen
CD :
I. 百舌鳥-MOZU-
II.Silence WORLD
DVD :
I. 百舌鳥-MOZU- (PV + off-shot)
 
TYPE B : 1620 yen
CD :
I. 百舌鳥-MOZU-
II.Silence WORLD
III.DutchWife Syndrom