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The "style" itself has existed long before baroque though, but I don't think it was ever called anything but just "visual kei". Take a look at 


 
or


 
Both of those bands(and many more like them) were active in the mid-to-late 90's and were they to have popped up later, there's no doubt in my mind that they would have been considered oshare.

As long as Trombe doesn't disband, everything's fine

I will be temporarily on hiatus for around one week since 2013/08/14 due to my work, and hopefully I will resume activities around my forthcoming birthday

ARTEMA new maxi single "REALIVE" will be released through Tower Records at 2013/09/04 (1,000yen)
 
[track list]
01.REALIVE
02.Liberation
03.I VS I(New Edit)
04.My Way, My Life-Rebirth-

And we have a winner

Hey everyone,
I always wondered about the "road to budokan". Lemme explain:  what's the "order" of japanese livehouses that bands tend to follow on their road to sucess? Like, if the band X is doing a oneman on livehouse Y, which holds up to 6000 people, si it means that band X is looking good, and has a fairly good fanbase, and so on...
 
So, I thought it would be nice to have the most famous livehouses listed by size/importance. The thing is I don't know anything about them, so I'm here asking for a comprehensive guide on the topic, if possible! Thanks a lot!

Hmm... I don't think there's any particular "road", but I suppose there are a few different tiers. These only apply to VK bands in Tokyo, so I don't know how it'd be for others.
 
Tier 1:
This one is the lowest of the low and are where bands you've never heard of play at. This includes venues such as Urawa Narciss, Ikebukuro Cyber and Birth Shinjuku(formerly Holiday Shinjuku).
 
Tier 2:
Bands who play these venues generally(but not always) have a slightly bigger audience. Venues in this tier would be ones like the Ruido venues(K2, K3, K4), SHIBUYA-REX, Takadanobaba Area and Ikebukuro EDGE.
 
Tier 3:
Once bands have made it here, they are usually pulling in much larger audiences(these venues hold 500+ capacity). The big venues here would be Shibuya O-West, Shinjuku LOFT and Shinjuku BLAZE.
 
Tier 4:
There's probably a lot of mixing inbetween tier 3 and 4, but I'll consider tier 4 to be venues with 1000+ capacity. The livehouses here would be ones like Shibuya O-East(~1300), Akasaka Blitz(~1300), SHIBUYA-AX(~1500) and Zepp Tokyo(~2700).
 
Tier 5:
God-tier. If you've made it here, then you've pretty much made it as a band. This includes the biggest venues like Budokan(~14,000), Saitama Super Arena(~37,000) and Tokyo Dome(~56,000).
 
This is by no means a definitive guide, but should at least give you an idea on "how far" a band is along that road

In my opinion, this song is the natural follow-up to Ahead of the Light. The song structure, the chorus, everything points to a more mainstream, dancey sound. This is the closest to something the average western dude would listen to. If he made a collaboration with a more famous vocalist and stuck to the guitarwork, I would most certainly bet on average sucess/radio play in the west. He had his early vk phase, his distorted guitar phase, his mad skillzzz phase, his experimental phase, his raw guitar phase, and now this mainstream electronic influenced one. Each miyavi album tells us a part of his story. I guess it's pretty safe to say that this album will not please everyone. He does the music he wants to, and that's GREAT.

Damn, Zess always strikes gold
 
 
Would you mind elaborating as to what you mean by "badly performed" and "questionably produced?" Sounds like every other person in the review section before the rules changed when most would just write "album sucks, disband please; shit 0/10"

In my opinion, this song is the natural follow-up to Ahead of the Light. The song structure, the chorus, everything points to a more mainstream, dancey sound. This is the closest to something the average western dude would listen to. If he made a collaboration with a more famous vocalist and stuck to the guitarwork, I would most certainly bet on average sucess/radio play in the west. He had his early vk phase, his distorted guitar phase, his mad skillzzz phase, his experimental phase, his raw guitar phase, and now this mainstream electronic influenced one. Each miyavi album tells us a part of his story. I guess it's pretty safe to say that this album will not please everyone. He does the music he wants to, and that's GREAT.

In my opinion, this song is the natural follow-up to Ahead of the Light. The song structure, the chorus, everything points to a more mainstream, dancey sound. This is the closest to something the average western dude would listen to. If he made a collaboration with a more famous vocalist and stuck to the guitarwork, I would most certainly bet on average sucess/radio play in the west. He had his early vk phase, his distorted guitar phase, his mad skillzzz phase, his experimental phase, his raw guitar phase, and now this mainstream electronic influenced one. Each miyavi album tells us a part of his story. I guess it's pretty safe to say that this album will not please everyone. He does the music he wants to, and that's GREAT.

samples of all songs from their new album "Any Verse" could be listened to
 
https://soundcloud.com/visunavi_sound

I just came. Needed to change my pants like three times.

not reeeeally bad, but it's their worst single so far...

メガマソ(megamasso) new album "動かなくなるまで、好きでいて。(ugokanaku naru made suki deite)" will be released at 2013/04/10 (2 TYPE)

limited edition TYPE A (3,990yen) will include CD1 (7 songs)+CD2 (4 songs)+DVD (including "望ミガ窪(nozomi ga kubo)" PV & PV off-shot), and regular edition TYPE B (2,625yen) will include CD (12 songs) only
 
[limited edition TYPE A CD1 track list]
01.動かなくなるまで、好きでいて。(ugokanaku naru made suki deite)
02.望ミガ窪(nozomi ga kubo)
03.SurrenderPowerPlantの看守(SurrenderPowerPlant no kanshu)
04.fish tank
05.ザガールダイドホエンバウンド(カレノオモイデ)(the girl died when bound(kare no omoide))
06.水没寺院(suibotsujiin)
07.うみべのまち-SE-(かのじょのおもいで)(umibe no machi-SE-(kanojo no omoide))
 
[limited edition TYPE A CD2 track list]
01.雪はまだ降り注いでいるか?(yuki wa mada furisosoi de iruka?)(still snowing)
02.SWANSONG
03.ベゾアルステーン(bezoarstein)
04.WINTER HOLLOW
 
[regular edition TYPE B track list]
01.動かなくなるまで、好きでいて。(ugokanaku naru made suki deite)
02.望ミガ窪(nozomi ga kubo)
03.SurrenderPowerPlantの看守(SurrenderPowerPlant no kanshu)
04.fish tank
05.ザガールダイドホエンバウンド(カレノオモイデ)(the girl died when bound(kare no omoide))
06.水没寺院(suibotsujiin)
07.雪はまだ降り注いでいるか?(yuki wa mada furisosoi de iruka?)(still snowing)
08.SWANSONG
09.ベゾアルステーン(bezoarstein)
10.WINTER HOLLOW
11.最後の夜にKissをして(saigo no yoru ni Kiss wo shite)
12.万国砂糖品評会(最優秀甘味賞受賞)(bankoku satou hinpyoukai(saiyuushuu amamishou jushou))

search here....
http://dawnth.blogspot.com/

ie FULL PV

"Depression" could be listened to through YouTube since 2013/01/21