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I typed them up quickly for you. There might be some errors but I can fix them later. 
Enjoy Sena's English
 
 
 
You live with sadistic grace
Give it back
Silent people
This grace  This wall  This violation
You get fear of destruction  Wake up people
Start in the relying for me
 
OTHERSIDE: Break it now for the outside
OTHERSIDE: This wall you must keep
OTHERSIDE: This violation
OTHERSIDE: Save it right along
OTHERSIDE: You let me be all alone
OTHERSIDE: Stay in the denying for it
 
Now slave
This goes in FATE
"Wake up"
Rusty fate
 
Take on me
Final sick nightmare what is the stay in me
So I'm feeling a fading day anymore
Cry and scream my name
You blame on faith and me
So I'm feeling.... I want to say I can breathe
Final sick nightmare
it's Omelas
 
Sick
If I could rise
Drain the sadness
Devil's sin
Fade into... Know what I say
Fxxk  Fate's gone
 
All is wrong
Blame yourself
What you've done make the madness
Fear yourself
You've done it like that
You'd better just do what I say
Cause I know all is wrong
 
OTHERSIDE: Break it now for the outside
OTHERSIDE: This wall you must keep
OTHERSIDE: This violation
OTHERSIDE: Save it right along
OTHERSIDE: You let me be all alone
OTHERSIDE: Stay in the denying for it
 
It's time to fright
Know what I keep is lost
 
Why... Now call... 
Stay alive or break now
This dawn
For God's sake, tell me why, call my name
Know what you've done
That what you leave
 
It's the final stage
But you are still wrong
What is the luck
What is the ideal
What I seek is sacrifice
 
This goes in FATE
"Wake up"
Rusty fate
 
Final sick nightmare what is the stay in me now
You'll keep on faith
Let me know where to go
 
It's....
Final sick nightmare what is the stay in me
So I'm feeling a fading day anymore
Cry and scream my name
You blame on faith and me
So I'm feeling.... I want to say I can breathe
Final sick nightmare
it's Omelas

Other songs under spoiler
 
 

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

https://thesmartset.com/why-music-ownership-matters/

A band I follow recently shared the article "Why Music Ownership Matters" and I thought it was an interesting read. Here are a few exemplary quotes, in case you can't read the entire thing:

So, what do you think, does this article have a point?

I must admit, the power streaming companies have over individual pieces of media can be scary and it's something I've thought about before. There was this one older German movie I really liked on Netflix streaming a while back. In physical form, the movie only exists on VHS in the US and region 2 DVDs in crappy quality. Netflix, for whatever reason, had some remastered version in pristine HD quality. But now that the film is no longer available in their online library (to quote the article: this particular movie likely didn't 'justify upkeep anymore'), it's like this HD version never existed. I would gladly pay for a Blu-ray version, but it's simply not offered. Maybe I'll never get to watch it again and that sucks. Sure, that's just one movie, but think about the bigger implications of streaming's role in archiving.

I will say, one aspect that seemed downplayed in the article is the material difference between downloading and streaming. Both are digital, rather than physical, but remember, this article is making the argument that the shift from 'ownership' to 'streaming' is the more significant one. So, I would think downloading technically falls under the category of 'ownership' (you have file ON your computer hard drive), rather than 'streaming.' These days, I would say about 80-90% of my non-Japanese music listening is done via streaming, like Spotify. Is there some difference in that culture of listening via streaming versus listening by downloading?

And since this is a Japanese music forum, what can we make of this article? Do you think the general 'Japanese music industry' or particular Japanese music scenes are still promoting music ownership over streaming?

Discuss!

Makes sense. Schoolboy's Q second album, I think, was removed from spotify with no explanation. At the time I didn't give much thought to it, but looking from the consumer viewpoint, that's pretty fucked up. I am not entitled to anything when I subscribe to their service, I'll have to listen to what they want to make available... I admit I'm becoming lazier and lazier, basically all my non japanese music is listened through spotify too, and yeah, we should be aware of that, indeed. Lucky for us, torrents are always there to save the day, I guess. I still buy physical copies of releases I like, but I also think that's a fading trend, pretty soon releasing physical copies of albums will be limited to collection editions and etc. abide to the technology revolution, I guess.
 
About the japanese industry, I think it's a matter of time. Japanese consumer base is the weirdest in the world. They are absolutely open to some technologic innovations, but extremely conservative to some others. They will resist while they can, but will succumb eventually, I think. And that is kind of positive for us in the west, more music will be available to us, when they finally decide to change.
 
 

Heya everybody! So a week or so ago, I promised I was in the works of something special for the site, and here it is! Okay, so I associate with a good amount of guys who were active in the visual kei scene. Most of them retired, some of them are still active. So, I decided to reach out to figure out what their top 5 visual kei bands were! I've gotten several responses, so I thought I'd share them with you all, since maybe some of you would be interested, especially those who are super hardcore into old school kei like I am. Enjoy!


Mar (also known as Michael)
::(PROFILE)::
~CHILD HOOD'S END/CHILD (1996~2003)~
~Indigo7 (2003~2005)~
~NICK (2006~2007)~
~High Speed Boyz (2008~2010)~
~FREEDOM BEATS ORCHESTRA (fbo) (2011~Present)~


 
 
Mar's/Michael's top 5
1. X JAPAN
2. AION
3. LADIES ROOM
4. hide with Spread Beaver
5. BUCK-TICK
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Yohey
::(PROFILE)::
~DUKE VAJRA (1994~1995)~
~E-QAL/Hyuge (1995~2001)~
~RED JAPES (2002~2004)~
~BananaBazooka (2008)~
~Burnny Crisis (2008~2009)~
~arms never rust (2011~2012)~
~noodloop (2013~2019)~
~Kizuzura Dandy (キズヅラダンディ) (2015~Present)~
~Zettai Reido (絶対零度) (2019~Present)



Yohey's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. X JAPAN
3. MIYAVI
4. Plastic Tree
5. SEX MACHINEGUNS
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Kazz
::(PROFILE)::
~STRAIGHT (1999~2002)~
~ROXXANE (2008~Present)~
 

 
Kazz's top 5:
1. Sid (シド)
2. MIYAVI
3. Gackt
4. L'arc-en-Ciel
5. Janne Da Arc
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Toshiya
::(PROFILE)::
~Sleep My Dear (1991~1992)~
~L'amour Fou (1993~1999)~
~The Raindrops (2003~2006)~
~Kyo-zon (共存) (2006~Present)~
 

 
Toshiya's top 5:
1. BUCK-TICK
2. Up-Beat
3. KATZE
4. LUNA SEA
5. L'arc-en-Ciel
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Tamaki (環)
::(PROFILE)::
~Six O'clock (1989~1996)~
~ORANGE JAM (1998~2001)~
~Rakudazubon (ラクダズボン) (2001~2003)~
~Jack Dinosaur (ジャックダイナソー) (2001~2004)~
~Liberty (2005~2009)~
 

 
Tamaki's top 5:
1. DEAD END
2. Oblivion Dust
3. Valentine D.C.
4. LADIES ROOM
5. THREE EYES JACK
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Atsushi
::(PROFILE)::
~Rummy (1994~1995)~
~ZELIACORT (1995~1996)~
~CLeiR (1996~1998)~
~THE CLOCK WORK ORANGE (1999~2010)~
 

 
Atsushi's top 5:
1. DEAD END
2. Gargoyle
3. 44MAGNUM
4. KATZE
5. JOLLY PICKLES (ジョリーピックルス)
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Asaki
::(PROFILE)::
~GUNIW TOOLS (1994~2000, 2014~Present)~
~AGE of PUNK (2001~Present)~
~BUG (2002~2012)~
~vez (2012~Present)~
~ROLL-B DINOSAUR (2015~Present)
 

 
Asaki's top 5:
1. BUCK-TICK
2. SOFT BALLET
3. THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS
4. SCHAFT
5. hide
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Kazunori (和教)
::(PROFILE)::
~SEPHIROT (1998~2000)~
~TRIC STER ROJIC (2000~2001)~
~SHÖBIT (2001~2003)~
~Shonen Kamikaze (少年カミカゼ) (2004~2008, 2011~2016)~
~ANIME GIRL (2015~Present)~
 

 
Kazunori's top 5:
1. CASCADE
2. LUNA SEA
3. Laputa
4. ROUAGE
5. PIERROT
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Donni
::(PROFILE)::
~REPTERIA (1990~1993)~
~sonic pop goes nowhere (1993~1995)~
~Acid Bell (1995~1997)~
~superbrunch (1997~2001)~
~HELP (2001~2002)~
~DOVERMAN (ドーベルマン) (2002~2004)~
~Matsudo Rocks (松戸ロックス) (2004~2007)~
~Brother42 (2007~2013)~
~loco hermanos (2013~Present)~


 
Donni's top 5:
1. X JAPAN
2. YOUTHQUAKE
3. ZI:KILL
4. SEX MACHINEGUNS
5. ROSEN KREUZ
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Yasunori (泰典)
::(PROFILE)::
~Black Berry (1998~2003)~
~Jitterbug (ジルバ) (2004~Present)~
 

 
Yasunori's top 5:
1. SHULA
2. Uchuu Sentai NOIZ (宇宙戦隊NOIZ)
3. UILUS
4. PLUSxCANNER
5. MAGGIE MAE
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Hava
::(PROFILE)::
~JACK UP (1990~1999, 2014~Present)~
 

 
Hava's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. L'arc-en-Ciel
3. Kuroyume (黒夢)
4. La'cryma Christi
5. Sleep My Dear
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Shizuru (静流)
::(PROFILE)::
~VEIRL (1995~1997)~
~PLEIADES (1997~1999)~
~INTELLIGENT SEE THROUGH (2000~2001)~
~GRAND ZERO (2002~2004)~
~閃-hirameki- (2008~2012)~
~御剣 -Mitsurugi- (2015~Present)~
 

 
Shizuru's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. X JAPAN
3. Silver~Rose
4. Gargoyle
5. MERRY (メリー)
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Takashi (岳)
::(PROFILE)::
~Puzzle (1995~1999, 2017~Present)~
~Gringo (グリンゴ) (2000~2011)
 

 
Takashi's top 5:
1. DEAD END
2. GASTUNK
3. D'ERLANGER
4. ZIGGY
5. REACTION
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Hikaru (光)
::(PROFILE)::
~BIIR (1994~2002)~
 

 
Hikaru's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. THE YELLOW MONKEY
3. L'arc-en-Ciel
4. MALICE MIZER
5. SIAM SHADE
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Ken (健)
::(PROFILE)::
~Ba-Ira (1992~1997)~
~couch>>case (1998~2003, 2009~2012)~
~add9s (2014~Present)~
 

 
Ken's top 5:
1. BUCK-TICK
2. LUNA SEA
3. MALICE MIZER
4. Kuroyume (黒夢)
5. ZIGZO
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Sammy
::(PROFILE)::
~DANGER (1986~1988)~
~BILLY & THE SLUTS (1988~1997, 2009~Present)~
 

 
Sammy's top 5:
1. X JAPAN
2. COLOR
3. Dir en Grey
4. ZI:KILL
5. LADIES ROOM
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Yosuke (陽輔)
::(PROFILE)::
~ATOMIC TORNADO (1992~1996, 2001~2008)~
~LEMON-GLASS (1996~2000)~
 

 
Yosuke's top 5:
1. X JAPAN
2. LUNA SEA
3. Dir en Grey
4. Golden Bomber (ゴールデンボンバー)
5. DELUHI
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RSK
(::PROFILE::)
~Bang-Doll (1998~2016)~
 

 
RSK's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. Sleep My Dear
3. PIERROT
4. L'arc-en-Ciel
5. Dir en Grey
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Kenji
(::PROFILE::)
~STYLE (1995~1998)~
~Nuts Gang. (ナッツGang.) (2001~2010)~


 
Kenji's top 5:
1. L'arc-en-Ciel
2. La'cryma Christi
3. LUNA SEA
4. Merry Go Round
5. FANATIC◇CRISIS
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For an (apparently) untrained singer, I think Tsuzuku can hold his own most of the times. Meji songs do plow through Fry/Growl/Pig Squeal in a not so usual manner, and that is definitely not an easy thing to do people may take for granted.
 
On the list of people that suck, the dude of Lycaon, the one from Azero (who is the worst in the whole world), that one from LIEVRE CLAY, u from KLACK, the one from the:0 and NEOPHILIA's are some of the ones on my mind.
 
And anyone who says Sakurai is bad should get their hearing checked. That guy is a monster, and not liking one's tone does not equal to one having bad skills

Other songs under spoiler
 
 

My god, Nintendo presentation just killed it. Prime 4, Mario, Pokemon Switch, 3ds Metroid... I'll have to fix myself a Switch by the end of the year...

New band L.O.V.E. (stands for Lotus On the Venom of Ebony) has formed and first single released on 2017.03.29 in 3 types.
 

 
members:
 
vo. ロア健治
gt. 叶真
ba. 達也
 
Limited Edition:
 
1.Philosophia
2.神様が吐いた最初の嘘
DVD
1.Philosophia MV
 
Type A:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Revenant song
3.死の海(Lotus Mix)
 
Type B:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Ugly rumor
3.2 for LOVELESS
 
 
 
official website: http://love-love-love.jp
 
Sounds REALLY good! So glad to see Kenji back in action, that guy is a beast!

New band L.O.V.E. (stands for Lotus On the Venom of Ebony) has formed and first single released on 2017.03.29 in 3 types.
 

 
members:
 
vo. ロア健治
gt. 叶真
ba. 達也
 
Limited Edition:
 
1.Philosophia
2.神様が吐いた最初の嘘
DVD
1.Philosophia MV
 
Type A:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Revenant song
3.死の海(Lotus Mix)
 
Type B:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Ugly rumor
3.2 for LOVELESS
 
 
 
official website: http://love-love-love.jp
 
Sounds REALLY good! So glad to see Kenji back in action, that guy is a beast!

New band L.O.V.E. (stands for Lotus On the Venom of Ebony) has formed and first single released on 2017.03.29 in 3 types.
 

 
members:
 
vo. ロア健治
gt. 叶真
ba. 達也
 
Limited Edition:
 
1.Philosophia
2.神様が吐いた最初の嘘
DVD
1.Philosophia MV
 
Type A:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Revenant song
3.死の海(Lotus Mix)
 
Type B:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Ugly rumor
3.2 for LOVELESS
 
 
 
official website: http://love-love-love.jp
 
Sounds REALLY good! So glad to see Kenji back in action, that guy is a beast!

New band L.O.V.E. (stands for Lotus On the Venom of Ebony) has formed and first single released on 2017.03.29 in 3 types.
 

 
members:
 
vo. ロア健治
gt. 叶真
ba. 達也
 
Limited Edition:
 
1.Philosophia
2.神様が吐いた最初の嘘
DVD
1.Philosophia MV
 
Type A:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Revenant song
3.死の海(Lotus Mix)
 
Type B:
 
1.Philosophia
2.Ugly rumor
3.2 for LOVELESS
 
 
 
official website: http://love-love-love.jp
 
Sounds REALLY good! So glad to see Kenji back in action, that guy is a beast!

últimamente to mais vidrado nisto daqui.
 

Cês curtem/conhecem Gloria? tava ouvindo umas velharias aqui, e o som deles me lembra muito o metalcore com vocal melódico cheio de breakdown que muita banda de vk tem feito:
 
 
O Mi grita bem pra caralho, btw

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK
 
they were on a release roll, had one of the best songs of 2016... you can't predict shit these days

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK
 
they were on a release roll, had one of the best songs of 2016... you can't predict shit these days

we are all living for nothing