PIZAZ

First Alice is Nine and now she's in menswear. Alice make up your mind!

It's on YouTube, dudes
 
 

oh my god this channel 
 
>makes videos about vk
>puts out a video where he listens to buck-tick for the first time
 
a scene authority this guy
 
 

good sis be putting finishing touches on that album like

Vk gets it's "me too" moment spearheaded by a remorseful, reformed Kisaki, breaking everyone's mind
Ariana Grande claims vk as an inspiration, proceeds to do a 90's white-kei/r&b mashup album that brings a bunch of unwanted attention and misused money to the scene. Bad auto tune makes a comeback and ridiculous ponytails/fiveheads become new trends, pissing off most fans in the process
0.1g no gosan and Mathilda are forced to play a year long, nationwide tour together. It starts out rough and only gets worse- tension from the vocalists of both bands leads to canceled shows and releases. Both bands break up before the tour is over. Gosan's vocalist goes missing shortly after and rumors of him being eaten are passed around on tanuki as fact every time either band is brought up.

Deathcore-by-way-of-VK youngsters Deviloof are back after some member changes with the first of three new music video singles to build anticipation for their latest album set to be released in May. How does the first chapter stack up?
 

I don't really like the name "Deviloof". "Oof" is just not a pleasing syllable to my ears. Logo isn't bad though; very directly implies this is a metal band while still being legible. 
 

Yes! The very best place to film an indies VK video is obviously the woods. 
 

*Dark*. (Excellent lighting though, I'm encouraged they dragged some real lights to the woods.)
 


I like the dutch angle sprinkled throughout the video. Helps foster the sense of unease.
 

Oh shit they're still alive! (I know you can't tell from the still screenshot necessarily, but take my word for it they all start thrashing.)
 

I'm happy to see someone responsible for making a Visual Kei music video has some familiarity with the rule of thirds.
 

The kick drums in this song have a bad case of 'typewriter-itis'. A shame really because the toms sound really good.
 
Also, how many VK videos have been shot in 4k so far??
 

The group performance shots in this video are mostly pretty staid, and I will defend to my death my stance that vocalists in music videos need a fucking microphone, but...
 



...basically every shot of a guitarist kneeling in this video is gorgeous. Full of pleasing angles and rockstar poses.
 

Didn't the bad vampire guy in the first Blade look a lot like this when he was transforming into some demon thing??
 
There's a scream at 2:21 right after the short harp(??) section that is absolutely disgusting. It's a literal 'blargh' like the vocalist is dry heaving.
 

Someone will need to fill me in on if or why this book is important.
 

I appreciate the precision of dousing a person you're about to burn alive in gasoline from a turkey baster. You wouldn't want to just splash that gas all over the place straight from the can, that's how forest fires start.
 

I really like the staccato delivery of the "adjective adjective motherfucker" lines, but I hate the repetition of the word motherfucker. I know some people like to know the lyrics in VK... but I am staunchly of the mindset that not being able to understand anything is one of my favorite things about Visual Kei. The less I can understand in heavy music from any country about how crazy you are or how heartbroken you are the better.
 

Thankfully they don't show many details of the body burning portions. I don't actually want to see charred body parts like this is some sort of snuff film.
 

I know I've highlighted some lowlights of the vocals so far, but mostly I enjoy them. The emphasis and delivery on "swallowed" at 4:22 has made me repeat that part like ten times.
 

The dissolve transitions with the fire aren't necessary, but I don't hate 'em. There aren't too many editing tricks in this video and I appreciate that immensely. 
 

How many members quit the band last year??
 

Overall I think this video is a win for Deviloof. The current crop of deathcore-with-makeup bands in VK can sometimes sound like caricatures of the genre but there are more parts of this song that I genuinely enjoy than make me cringe.

Available on Spotify in Japan, and probably soon for the rest of the world:
It's not too Jazzy, but it is rather heavy. Dare I say, heavier than 脈拍? All in all, a solid album! My thoughts so far:
壊れたピアノ: it's that 'creepy' piano melody from the preview vid サイコ: the verse sounds like a heavier パノラマ, punky chorus, great breakdown in the middle, great fast MUCC heaviness アイリス: a bit slower, has a cool surf-y intro, but 'reggae' verses that I FUCKING LOATHE, everything else is good though 😒 ヴァンパイア: It's kind of bland, just a typical piano ballad. One of the more jazzy songs, so i'll give it credit there In the shadows: not sure how I feel about the rapping here, but everything else is great, back to slow MUCC heaviness, ffo EMP 積想: And we've got another ballad. This one is beautiful, just fucking beautiful, this is where they bring out all the strings. 百合と翼: ZERO jazz here, but I love the main riff here, I can't think of much to say other than that it's a cool song カウントダウン: the chorus is utagoe garbage and the verses are generic mid 2000's fast MUCC. Why did this song have to be the longest? Living Dead: great piano melody, great "slow grand finale" feel to it  
If you love MUCC unconditionally, you will  L O V E  this album
If 脈拍 was not heavy enough for you, I think you'll like this
If you expect cali≠gari level avant-garde, wtf-ery experimentation, you will be disappointed

Vk gets it's "me too" moment spearheaded by a remorseful, reformed Kisaki, breaking everyone's mind
Ariana Grande claims vk as an inspiration, proceeds to do a 90's white-kei/r&b mashup album that brings a bunch of unwanted attention and misused money to the scene. Bad auto tune makes a comeback and ridiculous ponytails/fiveheads become new trends, pissing off most fans in the process
0.1g no gosan and Mathilda are forced to play a year long, nationwide tour together. It starts out rough and only gets worse- tension from the vocalists of both bands leads to canceled shows and releases. Both bands break up before the tour is over. Gosan's vocalist goes missing shortly after and rumors of him being eaten are passed around on tanuki as fact every time either band is brought up.

New release, new lyrics.
 
 
Text:
 
Kanji-kana:
 
Romaji:
 
 
Credits: the band, for making the text available on the music video, and me, for transcribing it.

Some lyrics to start the new year.
 
 
Text:
 
Kanji-kana:
 
Romaji:
 
 
Credits: the band, for making the text available on the description of the music video, and me, for romanizing it.

Don't worry, I wouldn't expect Ari to discover VK at any point in this lifetime. However...
 
... sukekiyo will cover "God is a woman"
 
Not a nightmare, I am totally here for VK x Drag Race cross-contamination, HoNEeeY~
 
🤢🤮🤮🤮

Vk gets it's "me too" moment spearheaded by a remorseful, reformed Kisaki, breaking everyone's mind
Ariana Grande claims vk as an inspiration, proceeds to do a 90's white-kei/r&b mashup album that brings a bunch of unwanted attention and misused money to the scene. Bad auto tune makes a comeback and ridiculous ponytails/fiveheads become new trends, pissing off most fans in the process
0.1g no gosan and Mathilda are forced to play a year long, nationwide tour together. It starts out rough and only gets worse- tension from the vocalists of both bands leads to canceled shows and releases. Both bands break up before the tour is over. Gosan's vocalist goes missing shortly after and rumors of him being eaten are passed around on tanuki as fact every time either band is brought up.

Woah, that's a lot of series with a ratio of 1 guy to 4 girls. Hard pass, I won't be watching anything but one punch man and attack on titan. As much as I love giving new things a try, I'm losing more and more of my patience towards most anime, especially anything involving a 14 year who wants her teacher to impregnate her at all costs. Why.

And I made this flyer

I still need to practice more!
 
I stopped to draw realistic by hand for years.
Made a few in the last couple of weeks. 
And this is the last one!
 
Vocalist of the Japanese ROCK band DOPES. 
 
 

Mana-sama comes out as two straight twin sisters impersonating each other for kiis

-Daisuke is discovered to be still alive and is thrown to jail along with his secret husband for life insurance fraud
 
- Cosmo-Shiki covers Galneryus' Angel of Salvation
 

GACKT's facial surgery culminates in a Michael Jackson cover album.
 
It has been foreshadowed.
 
 

4 words: Kamijo shaves his head.

So ur with ur honey and yur D=Out wen the phone rigns. U anser it n the vioce is "visual key new album coming uot now" U tell ur girl n she say "visual is ded". THEN WHO WAS PHONE?