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After two years of single after single, コドモドラゴン (CODOMO DRAGON) will finally release a new album, テグラマグラ (Tegra-Magra) on 12 March, 2019! As with their previous two albums, this one will be released in two types and include 11 tracks. TYPE A (¥3,780) will include a DVD with a music video for the song "DOUBT," and TYPE B (¥3,240) will include one bonus track, as per usual. If you buy both types, you can fill out a form to get a free pamphlet for their upcoming tour "HEADBANGING"
 

 

 
No tracklist revealed yet, but if the recent 己龍 album can indicate anything, we can expect appearances from: この世界は終わりだ。(Kono Sekai wa Owari da), 毒虫 (Dokumushi), DIRTY×DIRTY, 脳壊ス。(Noukowasu.), 棘 (Toge), and 想葬 (Sousou).
 
Various stores in Japan will include store-specific bonus items: http://codomo-dragon.net/news_detail/78958
Check out their in-store even schedule, from 12 March to 26 July: http://codomo-dragon.net/news_detail/78957
Their release date in-store will be at TOWER Records in Shinjuku
 
And of course, their album tour, ヘッドバンギング (HEADBANGING) will last from 16 March to 20 July, with a tour finale on 27 July at マイナビBLITZ赤坂 in Tokyo. See their full tour schedule: http://codomo-dragon.net/news_detail/78955
 
It's about motherfucking time!!

I'll check it out because it's Jin and I admire how committed he is to vk, even if I haven't clicked with anything he's been a part of since early Nega and a couple of rando songs from tbs. 

wait hold up, is this a reference to this?
 
 

All pretty good points above, but I think a key ingredient is missing- the Obscure video and proliferation of the internet. That video was being passed around almost as a shock video for years in the scene/emo/mypsace days. 

I love your style, you've got a lot of talent ❤️

Lots of great albums here, a couple that don't hold up for me anymore(but at the time were great) and a couple I never got around to/have never heard of before.
I wanted to add Irokui's Ginsei Flair no Zaregoto as an overlooked recommendation while going through this thread, I was sure it was released early 2008, but checking the release date it was late 2007(11/28). It made a huge impression on me though and I don't remember anyone talking about it then(certainly not now). Still gets play from me when I'm in the mood for it. Unfortunately, not relevant to the current topic so I'll stop haha.
I had almost completely forgotten about LMC having some bops when they started, hopefully it's not just nostalgia goggles because I'm getting the urge to spend some time with them this weekend.
Shion was the album that got me into MUCC. Interestingly, Libra was one of the few songs that managed to transcend the perception of vk being nothing but obnoxious teen music to my family at the time. I got away with blasting it on long car trips, no complaints, compliments even haha.
The ReS and DEG picks on here still hold up the same as when I first heard them, but that's for totally personal reasons and I can see how they might not bring up the same feefees in someone else.
夢幻教 is still NoGod's best album imo, nothing they did after was anywhere near as interesting or endearing. I stopped paying attention to them quite awhile ago tho, so maybe(hopefully) they've stepped it up since.
Sugar... Loki may not have been a traditional vk hot guy, but damn, that voice was special. 
While devils in bedside isn't my favorite 9gbo release, it is a great introduction to the band.
I feel like MUSIC was the beginning of Gilgamesh's transition to cringecore, they hadn't gone full on sakura-con GIRUGAMESH yet(that was next year) but all of the signs were here. Still some good stuff on this album, but I remember feeling let down at the time and it isn't easy to go back to. Same deal with Noiz Star by SuG, but I'm sure plenty of people feel they started out 100% cringe anyway.
Sadie, Exist Trace and Deathgaze all occupy the same questionable space in my mind. I like some of their stuff, but it's so few and far between and most of their songs sound too similar to my ears.
This is about where Miyavi lost me. I saw him live when he was touring for this album and it was really fun, the material actually worked live. There's something about the recordings offered that strip away the potential energy this album could have had.
Thanks to everyone who put this list together! Lots of fun to go through and reflect on

Finally finished catching up with AOT. I haven't read the manga, but heard that the director cut/changed quite a bit for the anime due to pacing issues from this arc and I gotta say that it was felt at times. There were moments that seemed like they were happening out of order and episodes that were loaded with static talking heads for far too long. Animation seems to have really taken a nosedive in quality most of the time too, the exception being some of the action scenes later on. Somehow, despite all of these issues, I think this was a better season than the last and I had a good time with it. There are some really effective character moments and it feels like we're finally getting to the payoff that's been building up for literally five years. I'm excited about AOT again, hope they can keep it up when the next part drops in April!

Hey I thought i'd make this as my first post! 
I draw, Its nice to meet you all. 
IG @ https://www.instagram.com/befafes_/
DA @ https://www.deviantart.com/27133

I do take commissions, If anyone is interested, just give me a PM here or on either of the above. 

without further ado here's two of my drawings!

 
 

I've been sick since the end of November but the good thing that comes of it is I got to do a lot of personal art. It only took about 5 months for my meditation landscape to become fucked lol


 
handful more of nama + misc since i last posted (large pic dump jsyk)
 
 

I can't believe October is already here, and the event coming this Friday... I feel like just yesterday I was posting about the project lol.
I've got everything done now, I never posted the color of the above, also recently finished Carnage oil painting...felt very rushed because the deadline changed.
Think PS stuffed up the bg color I'll have to fix it.

Venom colored
I'm glad to be done but it's not very exciting since it's not personal work.

This! To me, those years were sort of like a renaissance of VK music - so much amazingly good music was released and I still return to listen to lots of it even now. If I remember correctly, VK was at its height in Japan in the '90s - a time when many VK musical pioneers came out - and had mostly faded away from mainstream popularity in Japan in the 2000s. However, for us Westerners, that was the time it felt as though VK offered a treasure trove of fascinating music to listen to. It exposed most of us to something different and got us researching as to what the heck was this genre called visual kei. I could be wrong, but I also feel that the burgeoning interest in anime and/or Japanese culture around this time contributed in creating the perfect setting. At least, that was the case for me.
 
By the way, another amazing album, which came out in 2008, was Sincrea's Atlus. That had awesome killer songs, Jesus Maria and Silkspider to name a few.

Lots of great albums here, a couple that don't hold up for me anymore(but at the time were great) and a couple I never got around to/have never heard of before.
I wanted to add Irokui's Ginsei Flair no Zaregoto as an overlooked recommendation while going through this thread, I was sure it was released early 2008, but checking the release date it was late 2007(11/28). It made a huge impression on me though and I don't remember anyone talking about it then(certainly not now). Still gets play from me when I'm in the mood for it. Unfortunately, not relevant to the current topic so I'll stop haha.
I had almost completely forgotten about LMC having some bops when they started, hopefully it's not just nostalgia goggles because I'm getting the urge to spend some time with them this weekend.
Shion was the album that got me into MUCC. Interestingly, Libra was one of the few songs that managed to transcend the perception of vk being nothing but obnoxious teen music to my family at the time. I got away with blasting it on long car trips, no complaints, compliments even haha.
The ReS and DEG picks on here still hold up the same as when I first heard them, but that's for totally personal reasons and I can see how they might not bring up the same feefees in someone else.
夢幻教 is still NoGod's best album imo, nothing they did after was anywhere near as interesting or endearing. I stopped paying attention to them quite awhile ago tho, so maybe(hopefully) they've stepped it up since.
Sugar... Loki may not have been a traditional vk hot guy, but damn, that voice was special. 
While devils in bedside isn't my favorite 9gbo release, it is a great introduction to the band.
I feel like MUSIC was the beginning of Gilgamesh's transition to cringecore, they hadn't gone full on sakura-con GIRUGAMESH yet(that was next year) but all of the signs were here. Still some good stuff on this album, but I remember feeling let down at the time and it isn't easy to go back to. Same deal with Noiz Star by SuG, but I'm sure plenty of people feel they started out 100% cringe anyway.
Sadie, Exist Trace and Deathgaze all occupy the same questionable space in my mind. I like some of their stuff, but it's so few and far between and most of their songs sound too similar to my ears.
This is about where Miyavi lost me. I saw him live when he was touring for this album and it was really fun, the material actually worked live. There's something about the recordings offered that strip away the potential energy this album could have had.
Thanks to everyone who put this list together! Lots of fun to go through and reflect on

I really hope so! They get along so good and their last releases were great. 
Also saku said sth like „I want to continue living and continue doing this“. Everything on this concert was really positiv and they never stopped laughing. 
I really hope they will continue...

is the fish a new member

マチルダ (Mathilda) 2nd single "人魚ノ肉 (Ningyo no Niku) " will be released at 2019/02/27.
 

 
TrackList:
1.『人魚ノ肉』
2.『くるみ割り人形』
3.『Y氏』
 

 
Individual look:

 

 

 

New label "Star Mine Music & Funny Galaxy" has formed on 2019/01/01. 
 
"Star Mine Music" artists:
幻奏楽団LucyCrown
叛逆のリアル (Hangyaku no REAL)
 
"Funny Galaxy" artists:
Headphone★Baby
 
Free distribution omnibus CD:

 
Release: 2019.01.15
CD TrackList:
1.侵略★レヴォリューション／Headphone★Baby
2.輝かざる星屑の物語／幻奏楽団LucyCrown
3.機械仕掛けの現実／叛逆のリアル
 
Twitter  ohp

I'm 100% okay with them taking their time making good music instead of pumping out mediocre releases every 3 months tbh.
They're gonna be touring in January and March so I'm sure they're focusing on that at the moment. 
But regardless I'm super pumped. 
 
^ This
If any of you guys are planning on going to the O-West oneman and need tickets feel free to ask me. I won't charge any shopping service fees. The preorder starts in April.

Super early announcement but makes sense since its 2 months prior to their one man at TSUTAYA O-WEST. 2019.08.17 This will generate some hype so hopefully it sells out. 
 
Super Excited for this hope they record it as well. They need a DVD asap.
 
Side note: If anyone has the opportunity to go please see them. Its an amazing experience and this will be the bands biggest show yet so it will mean a lot to them.

DIMLIM will release a new single titled “離人” on 2019.06.05
Further details will be announced later
 
 

Their new single 「好き好き大好き超愛してる」(Suki suki daisuki chou-aishiteru)  is scheduled to be released  on 2019.02.13 via ZEAL LINK.
 
 

why the fuck would you make a parody of what is already p much a parody band, that's like someone trying to go Weird Al on Weird Al himself

isis execution video kei?