chemicalpictures

For me this is currently BLESSCODE, there isn't much else I can think of. I absolutely love their own re-recordings of white and Regret love, but unfortunately the rest of their discography sounds like nothing worthwhile to me. I had hoped for a nice, gentle sounding band in them without growls or screams and leaning more towards ballads and softer music (a little heavier occasionally is fine, but when it happens at all times I tire of it), but after downloading their entire discography I quickly realized that this wasn't the case and removed everything — regretfully, because I had hoped to enjoy them further.
 

Shit is playing NONSTOP. This is Shounenki at their best
 
 

it was sold only at their 2nd anniversary one-man last year!
 

 
 

i have no words for how much i'm gonna miss masashi so this video is for all fans of follow and masashi!
 
 

aas part of my attempts at teaching myself japanese, i thought i'd take an album i liked, and translate the whole thing to see how my translations compared against others'.
So with the exception of two tracks, these have all been translated before, but in the chance that i may have gone with a different meaning/inflection of a phrase or such, i'll post my results here....
but please don't assume any degree of 'accuracy' to these, as 1) i don't know what the hell i'm doing and 2) i tried to prioritize readability over accuracy anyway.
To keep this post from becoming enormous i'll put just the english here under spoiler tags, but if anyone wants to compare my translations against the kanji in a more readable format, i've put it all in a google doc at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xXwShjwBLSL-PE3EaFZHnl1F_O7ePT4xTaXsCefdsrg/edit?usp=sharing
 
01- IDEA
 
02- シアトリカル・ブルーブラック
 
03- DiefiL
 
04- Hungry Psychopath
 
05- Mr. レインは死んだふり

06- RAVEN

07- 埋葬虫

08- Contagion

09- Echo

10- hatred × tangle red × hunger red

11- 瞬間のアイディアル

12- BOWWOW

13- SUICIDAL WORD GAME

14- SERVANT

15- Cristate

16- 鳥は泳ぎ方を知らず溺れ亡骸

17- COPERNICUS

Anyway there's my take on the album, hope someone thinks it's cool or something.
No need to credit me or w/e since only suicidal word game & servant were 'new' translations.
Definitely feel free to ask/correct anything on these though, i'm still learning ofc so any comments would be helpful, thanks~!

xTRiPx all the way. I actually wanna tattoo that logo sometime next year
 

The dudes were like drawing unexpected huge crowds, selling nicely until GEMINI. then they go all dark and edgy all of a sudden, and start to slowly fade away into the same oblivion of 32453987 other spooky-scary bands. the most "i told you so" disbandment of recent years

ehh... I for one really enjoyed the more "serious" ballad-y tracks on their mini, guess I'll pass this on

Argh this new song... if the singles so far are any indication of the direction of this album, you can already call this one their worst album so far

Sounding great!

Argh this new song... if the singles so far are any indication of the direction of this album, you can already call this one their worst album so far

you mean " ネガイラル"? it was shared here on MH

I know that some people already mentioned them, but I have to say it again: Vinett was friggin' amazing. Their album is so very sweet. One of my favorite moments from 2004.
 
And it's interesting to see just how incredibly influential バロック was. There were tons of copycats, but very seldom they were able to recreate the songwriting prowess of 圭 and 晃. That and the insane charisma and character that 怜 has. Damn, they are good...

As much as I consider kannivalism/baroque the founding fathers of oshare, I have to concede that Kra, An Cafe and Panic Ch have their fair share of guilt in spreading the word around. I remember when the western fanbase was all about Panic Ch, lol. good ol' days
 
 
 
 
 

As much as I consider kannivalism/baroque the founding fathers of oshare, I have to concede that Kra, An Cafe and Panic Ch have their fair share of guilt in spreading the word around. I remember when the western fanbase was all about Panic Ch, lol. good ol' days
 
 
 
 
 

From most avid music theorists and listeners I mostly heard peeves about unorthodox structures (verse - bridge - verse - bridge - chorus, even though this is not unique in J-music), not-so-palatable vocal approaches (either baritone vocals set in unusual contexts or *warbling*) and completely different approaches toward melodic accompaniments (see: Marty Friedman's talk about differences between American and japanese music). Otherwise it has been mostly all about the language, heh.
 
edit:
 
Check the ending part he is playing and try to justify that as "pop music" to your music hobbyist friends. They won't dig it.

yo yo yo
 

This is actually much more common than the opposite, can't say I'm surprised... Shame Betrayal:Cocytus is not on the list, would make a perfect Best Album, lol

sweet list, guys!
 
@benigod damn THANK YOU for bringing new Nakata music to my attention! I'm spinning this track like crazy, it is SO GOOD! Nice to see Nakata collaborating with male voices for a change! freaking great!
 
@doombox first time listening to abstracts, now I gotta dig through their stuff! great harsh vocals, on point guitar lines, scratching my djenty itch on the right spot! that oral cigarettes is SWEET too!
 
@hirokithat's some catchy tune by Blu-BiLLioN! I too feel Mike's vocals have evolved from his riotts days, he is much more "inside the range" he should be, if you get what I mean. He used to be a bit off when going high pitch, and now it just feels right!
 
TBS tracks makes me wanna catch back with their catalog, havent listened to them since the first few singles, and seems I'm missing some good stuff.... Mejibray, Sioux, siraph tracks are real solid aswell!

MASKED RIDER SYSTEM new DVD will be released through mail order on 2016.11.20
 
apparently, it's the full scene of their last live on 2016.02.21
 
 

If I can be frank for a second, I'm disappointed how easily distracted people are.
 
It's only been two days and there are already countless arguments about the merits and harms of file sharing. That doesn't address the real point of why we are currently in the situation we are in right now. Our hand was played and the staff was not happy. One member who goes by the name of @Kawaii_Minpha decided it would be cute to troll the staff and the website by threatening to report us to the RIAJ unless we gave in to her demands, which among other things called for banning members she does not like. If you read the messages sent to us, it turns from funny to sad in an instant. What pisses me off personally is how someone would try to ruin what we have going here for kicks. Even threatening to do so is worthy of an instant ban and I should not have to explain why.
 
As an aside, I don't really care how you feel about file sharing - facts are that if you are here, you are guilty by association - but these last few days have proven that without Monochrome Heaven there's nowhere for anyone to go. Downloads can always find a new home but to find another place where you can have mature, constructive discussions about Japanese music in an open environment will be much harder. And that place could never exist without free music so people can talk about it, because the barrier for entry is too high. We have to recognize the role that piracy plays in all our lives. That's why saying "buy music to support your favorite artists" is not the be all, end all answer. It's a good answer, but it's more complicated than that. No one here woke up one day and decided to buy Dir en grey albums on a whim. Japanese bands became our favorite bands because we pirated music long enough to become devoted enough to pay for it. Some people are at different stages of their fandom. This website has found the perfect balance of both piracy and discussion while also managing to be inclusive of all styles of Japanese music and there's nowhere else on the internet that even comes close to this. That's awesome.
 
That's why this situation has the staff thinking about what we exist for. This website may not mean much to many members here beyond downloads but the staff has poured countless hours of time and energy into investing in the website and the community. Are we harming the scene? Yeah, no doubt. But we probably do a lot of good as well. With the countless messages I've gotten over the last few days about "where all the free music went" I'm not convinced we can do good without doing some harm as well. The tools are not in place to promote visual kei globally without piracy, and I doubt there ever will be. The scene wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for all of us here. We either take the good with the bad or abstain entirely.
 
There is more to this website than just downloads and the constant activity over the last few days proves that this community is strong. Stronger than even we may have realized ourselves. This is awesome, keep up the good work! Having said that, I've thought a lot about Kevin from Batsu and how he freaked out and deleted the download section when he thought the feds were coming for him. His approach was blunt, but I understand how he felt. He figured Batsu could weather the storm and would be better for it...and that unfortunately did not work out. If push came to shove we would make a similar decision, and that's why for the last two years we have been working hard to provide other reasons for people to come back here. While the download section is offline I implore you all to go check out the News, Rumors, Review, and General sections to start. There's enough tea there to keep you sipping until things are finalized.
 
The staff is still ironing out the details so expect more information soon. I can confidently say that the news will come as a shock to everyone but some people will not notice and others will.
 
Consider this an early morning rant.

Fuyuu preview. 
 
Also the song manegoto was played in radio NACK5 today.

Maaaan I just got into motherfuckin The Wire this week and watched the motherfucking season 1 in a flash and now I can't stop fucking cursing at every fuckin sentence. That shit is so fuckin good, now I understand why people call it the best fucking tv series of all time. Fuckin McNulty is a genious busting Rawls balls just for the laugh... started season two and turning the 13 bodies into homicides was fucking hilarious...