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THAT is how you write a solo!
 
also:
 

Hello everyone,
 
I'd like to start this post with a trigger warning, there will be mentions of rape in this post so if you do not want to read that then click away.
 
 
 
So back in the days it was rumored that Totto of Devil Kitty was kicked out of the band because he raped a girl. As far as I remember this was never confirmed by anyone, but the rape allegations was always nearby whenever Devil Kitty was discussed.
 
Recently I found Yuuga's original post on the matter, which was posted on Devil Kitty's official bbs, and I decided to translate the message. There's probably not a lot to discuss here (but if you'd like to; feel free to do so), I post this only because I've never seen an actual translation of the original post by Yuuga, and eventually the japanese post may disappear. 
 
So here's the original post in Japanese:
 
And here is my translation:
 
If this is in the wrong section then feel free to move it. 
 
Special thanks to @cvltic for proofreading my translation.
 
Prior to Devil Kitty, Totto was also in: MATCHLESS, DAHLIA, L,DEAR , and had a solo project.

Just got my bday present 3 months early, anyone else going? Might spring for VIP next month.

I may be alone here, but EMBYO. It's just such a Sakurai song, it's truly cool how we can see the continuity of his lyrical themes from back then, and EMBYO is in some ways more powerful for being so direct too. Then ICONOCLASM is the classic, though I prefer the rerecording.

never found a name with a wetter mouth-feel than 
 
 

Great writeup everyone. Of the stuff I didn't give a try out to last year, the emmurée track convinced me I've been sleeping way too hard on them. Beautiful vocals and seductive guitars I'm in love.
I enjoyed a lot of the stuff listed here. I may have a bit of a skewed perspective because I was out of the loop for years, but looking back on the last year of vk/j-w/e has made it clear that there's still plenty of talented artists making interesting music in the scene. 2019 looks like it'll be just as fun to watch!

Amazing album! I wouldn't have realized today marked it's 30th if you hadn't posted, about to go listen to it in a bit. 
I may be an outlier, but I can't stand JUST ONE MORE KISS, something about it always made me uncomfortable lol. The rest of this album is great tho, with my favorites being ICONOCLASM, TOKYO and TABOO. 

I like what you got out of it with GIMP...it made it  look like an encaustic.

^ I feel ya, sometimes I feel like JUST ONE MORE KISS is too syrupy and upbeat for my liking, haha. The music video is perfectly cheesy tho.  

Kind of got back into art, still lacking talent, but I'll show off the last thing I finished working on

 
and then I got really bored at work and tried to add to it with gimp, results are mixed at best

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!

Amazing album! I wouldn't have realized today marked it's 30th if you hadn't posted, about to go listen to it in a bit. 
I may be an outlier, but I can't stand JUST ONE MORE KISS, something about it always made me uncomfortable lol. The rest of this album is great tho, with my favorites being ICONOCLASM, TOKYO and TABOO. 

It's pretty clear they've been struggling for quite a long time. Production on most of their recorded music has been spotty at best. Waka sounds great at least, she has real talent. 

The album "TABOO" was released in 1989, exactly 30 years ago today (18th January)!  
 
One of the most excellent old-school J-rock albums imo with many great highlights such as ICONOCLASM, ANGELIC CONVERSATION or JUST ONE MORE KISS. My favorites are TOKYO and FEAST OF DEMORALIZATION tho (the latter being one of only two songs whose lyrics Toll wrote in B-T history!).
 
 
What are your faves from the album?

i like your mom xx

sukekiyo will release a new Blu-ray + CD, entitled "PASSIO" on February 18, during the sponsored live "二〇一九年公演「異形の間 弐」".
 
Contents:
DISC 1 [Blu-ray]
sukekiyo 二〇一八年公演「嬲り地獄」
2018年1月14日(日) 横浜BAY HALL
kisses 純朴、無垢であろうが マニエリスムな冷たい葬列者 艶 首吊り遊具 されど道連れ 12時20分金輪際 耳ゾゾ 黝いヒステリア 死霊のアリアナ vandal anima sukekiyo 二〇一八年公演「逆襲の嬲り地獄」-漆黒の儀-
2018年5月15日(火) CLUB CITTA’
黝いヒステリア グニャ結論。そして血眼。 襞謳 死霊のアリアナ 艶 首吊り遊具 leather field vandal anima 嬲り ◆documentary footage
 
DISC 2 [CD]
論外な生き物として (Demo Ver.)

From 2019.01.25, during their tour 「14-需要-の【大罪】と【美徳】ツアー」, they want to make a documentary. It will include live images, backstage videos when they go to the different cities and where they stay. To pay for this project, they will use cloud funding. 
 
You can help them by crowdunfing via the link below. You can chip in from 2019.01.23 and it will end on 2019.03.17. 
 
If I made some mistakes, please tell me.
 
https://www.muevo.jp/campaigns/1760
 
0 yen : 
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
 
5000 yen : 
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour (DVD-R)
Listed at the end of the documentary
 
8000 yen : 
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour
Listed at the end of the documentary
Original T-shirt
 
12.000 yen
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour
Listed at the end of the documentary
Original T-shirt
Live CD (CD-R)
off-shot + documentary
 
20.000 yen
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour
Listed at the end of the documentary
Original T-shirt
Live CD (CD-R)
off-shot + documentary
Letter from one member of your choice  (you can specify a topic)
Video message from  a member of your choice (you can specify a topic)
OR 
 
 
25.000 yen
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour
Listed at the end of the documentary
Original T-shirt
Live CD (CD-R)
off-shot + documentary
Event in Tokyo from April to May 2019
 
30.000 yen
You will be invited to one of their rehearsal during their tour (you can choose one song, if they have too many people, they will choose the most selected songs)
 
 
50.000 yen
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour
Listed at the end of the documentary
Original T-shirt
Live CD (CD-R)
off-shot + documentary
Secret invitation to one live (April-May) (You can select the songs which will be played...)
 
100.000 yen
Everything above
+
Special gift from the band
 
200.000 yen
Video message from the band
ツアー記念オリジナルスマホ待受画像 
ツアーの様子を活動報告よりお届け
Complete video footage from the tour
Listed at the end of the documentary
Original T-shirt
Live CD (CD-R)
off-shot + documentary
The band will come to the city of your choice to perform

This is giving me discount E'm~grief~ vibes, hah!
 
At this point tho I'd rather take this than "new br00tal kei band #2423".
 
edit: lmao, check their snazzy OHP intro guys, 10/10  

New band "L'eveil en Roseraie" have formed on 2018/11/11. Next live will be at Nishikujou BRAND NEW on 2019/01/27.
The first single "静寂の闇に舞う愛と悪戯の遁走曲" went on sale on 2018/12/31 in his live at Kyoto MUSE.
 

"L'eveil en Roseraie" members:
vo. Neue -ノイエ-
gt.&pi. Renée - ルネ -
ba. 忍(ren)(support)
dr. 拓郎(takurou)(support) (ex.Larme d'ange)
 
"静寂の闇に舞う愛と悪戯の遁走曲"

CD TrackList:
1. 静寂の闇に舞う愛と悪戯の遁走曲
2. フーガ ト短調 -Organ Choral-
 
 
ohp

For anyone interested, the album is available on spotify: