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MALICE MIZER tribute album

Some of these are pure fantasy since this isn't going to happen anyway, but a few are pretty plausible cover candidates I think!  The order of the tracks is also a bit random, but I think it's practically a requirement that "Bois de merveilles" be the closing track.  Enjoy!

1. au revoir - Moran
Moran really screwed up their chance to cover "Illuminati" unfortunately, but I don't think that song was really right for them in the first place.  Anyway, I'm prepared to give Moran a second chance and because they really shine on their light, dreamy ballad-type songs, I think "au revoir" is a great fit.
2. Le ciel - DIMMDIVISION.
Le ciel is already a pretty dreamy song, so I can imagine DIMMDIVISION. adding their shoegazey flair and producing magic for my ears.  Their song ".ReyarP" comes to mind as proof that they could pull this off.
3. Gardenia - 네미시스 (Nemesis)
I think it's pretty obvious when listening to Nemesis that despite not being visually inspired, the band must be closet fans of light, frilly VK like this.  Their orchestral arrangements are always beautiful and their guitarist is also a lovely piano player, so they could definitely do some justice to this song.
4. N・p・s N・g・s - 己龍 (Kiryu)
I can really imagine Kiryu putting their unique, crazy spin on this track.  The creepy talking parts and the "DIE GAME" parts are begging to be Mahiro-fied.
5. Syunikiss ～二度目の哀悼～ - Vior gloire
I really struggled with finding a good band to cover "Syunikiss" until I remembered Vior gloire.  Their songs occasionally had a grandiose/cinematic quality.  That combined with Shall's special vocals make Vior gloire a strong candidate for this song.
6. 記憶と空 - Megaromania
Neoclassical guitar riffs and questionable vocals? Sounds like a job for Megaromania!
7. エーゲ ～過ぎ去りし風と共に～ - DOPPEL
Thinking back to DOPPEL's songs like "Eggknock" and "Moonlight xxxx," I think they could produce a neat, twinkly update of this classic MM track.
8. 麗しき仮面の招待状 - Kaya
The VK queen of goth/electronic.  While "Illuminati" seems like an obvious choice, I'd rather hear Kaya's take on the Gackt-era's first single.  This song already has a slight dancey beat, so I can easily see Kaya going all out and doing a full-blown gothy/electronic rendition.
9. 白い肌に狂う愛と哀しみの輪舞 - Lacroix Despheres
The self-labeled "Symphonic Gothic Rock Opera" group has some definitely influence from MALICE MIZER's Klaha era (the Bara no Seidou album), so they seem like a great fit for this track.  Not to mention, Sho's vocals actually do resemble Klaha's somewhat.  I can see them adding their signature, whimsical oboe/flute (and maybe even Saya's vocals for a duet?) making it totally their own.  It worked on "Le sortilege" and "天啓の瞳" so they could definitely work their magic again.
10. 幻想楽園 - Nocturnal Bloodlust
Why not have MALICE MIZER's by far heaviest song get covered by the most br00tal VK band around.  It'd be interesting to hear them deathcore-ify this track, haha.
11. ヴェル・エール ～空白の瞬間の中で～ - Jupiter
Songs like "Bel Air" show that even though Malice Mizer was mostly known for their diverse influences and theatrics, they also had quite interesting guitar parts.  I think "VK metal" guitarists like Hizaki/Teru could give this song a nice modern update, while still retaining the unique atmosphere of the original.  Plus, I think ZIN could do a great job on vocals.
12. Beast of Blood - 関西耽美系～Lily Project～
Harpsichord, heavy repetitive riffs, and a dramatic chorus?  Only Lily project!  I'm sure Seira would do his unique German growls at some point in the song too, haha.
13. 死の舞踏 - Sito Magus
With songs like "necromance," I'm sure Sito Magus could produce a beautiful cover of this old MM favorite.  They would probably slow it down and add even more elements of classy gothic atmosphere.
14. Bois de merveilles - KAMIJO
While solo KAMIJO has a small repertoire so far, he's already shown on "Grazioso" that he's capable of waltzy, soundtrack-worthy arrangements like "Bois de merveilles."  Plus, KAMIJO idolizes vocalist Gackt, so...

Meanwhile , I was thinking about DEATHGAZE doing One Direction tribute : What Makes You Beautiful ... only joking ...
  I have been thinking a reason for a band to have a tribute ? So , I come up with 2 respected tribute for ガゼット (the GazettE) , since they rarely re-record their own stuffs , popular , they have changed a lot , and includes a lot of different styles , from their indie with a lot of weird funky screaming tracks , slow emotional style , to their nowadays heavy metal , speedy mad melodic , metalcore , electronic within , maybe not everyone favorite , and I have to say i do like their indie work more than major (mainly after 2011) , and I am sure there is a huge range of fans . new VK bands can play their songs well ! Anyway , here are my 2 respected tribute albums for ガゼット (the GazettE) .
  Tribute Album Title : Psychedelic Gallery ～genesis～ Track list : 01 WING WORKS「The $ocial Riot Machine$」 Can you imagine the RYO:SUKE rework on the middle part from 1:26 with his electronic dub-step dance tune !? YES !!!!!! 02 Lycaon「Last bouquet」 Lycaon used to be great , this style of song suits 悠希's voice , and I can see サトシ playing the guitar + 零's solo !!!!! 03 DIAURA「貴女ノ為ノ此ノ命。」 1 of the BEST ガゼット's song ever , and yo-ka voice is very similar this age of Ruki . 04 BugLug「赤いワンピース」 Nice Encore song at Live , I'm sure BugLug sounds good on this song !! 05 ダウナー「幸せな日々」 DOWNER's japanese style could refashion this song into it . 06 DIV「Cassis」 Not so many band like DIV , because they compose of slow emotional songs are great , I'm sure they can play this track with tears blasting out !! 07 R指定「REGRET」 Since late 2012 , R指定 compose quite a lot of slower , less heavy track , I think they would be great covering this song ! 08 GOTCHAROCKA「「これで良かったんです･･･」」 Dunno why I am feeling 樹威's voice has a high pitch , that's why I give them this song , and JUN's guitar seems to be less heavy as Phantasmagoria , this song suits their style ! 09 Sick²「☆BEST FRIENDS☆」 Not only the stars suits ジェネ★'s voice , and I can imagine hearing them cover ☆BEST FRIENDS☆ , this is gonna be Sick...² ! 10 GIGAMOUS「LINDA～candydive Pinky heaven～」 Because of GIGAMOUS craziness , I can see how they playing it with a bit of giga swagger ! 11 Royz「泣ヶ原」 Well , Royz never have a song over 6 mins !! It is a good chance for them to performing live of this song and 昴 voice can bring the emotion out of the track . 12 BORN「紅蓮」 Well , BORN just taking a piss lately about their metal-crazy-rock-wannabe , maybe calm down a bit , singing this song for the ガゼット sake !! 13 Xepher「未成年」 Xepher is the future Super Stunning band , and I believe in them !!!!! 100+10% sure they can cover this song as the whole band is awesome !! 14 グリーヴァ「関東土下座組合」 I can see グリーヴァ playing this cover without a doubt !! 15 Black Gene For the Next Scene「ワイフ」 Bassist Rame can totally nailed this old school indie gaze-track , and Ice can scream as high as Ruki was , with the weird 2 steps of the songs just like the other BFN's songs !!   Tribute Album Title : Psychedelic Gallery ～death～ Track list : 01 MEJIBRAY「Filth in the beauty」 One of the most successful Heavy Metal track from the GazettE and 綴's voice would be great on this track , again , try to listen to this song , imagine is MEJIBRAY !! 02 SCREW「Ruder」 SCREW has all the energy to play this song , especially 鋲 don't need to sing that much in this song,
mainly focus on scream the song out and just being who he is ! 03 己龍「赫い鼓動」 Just put 己龍 in your mind when you listen to this song ! The other reason is ... 己龍 never have any English spelling song , so ... there you go ! 04 AvelCain「LEECH」 WoW , they would be a great combination !! 05 CELL-セル-「奈落」 This song's guitar sounds very spooky in some ways , which is perfect for CELL-セル- image !!!! 06 lynch.「MOB 136 BARS」 It is so lynch. !!!!! Can't think of anything else except imagining lynch. playing it !!!!! 07 Avidit.「VENOMOUS SPIDER'S WEB」 This is song itself is good to play , and it actually sounds like Avidit.'s floor Reflection (from their 2012.03 single Psalms of Planet) !! 08 ア​ルルカン「No.[666]」 This song is made for them to cover !!!!! 09 BIOSPHIA「DISCHARGE」 BIOSPHIA is so underrated , but his voice got the power to sing and scream ! 10 LIV'ERT「13STAIRS[-]1」 This is like , the style made for LIV'ERT , especially 2:06 guitars !! 11 xTRiPx「Anti Pop」 Seems like their style , I maybe wrong , but their lately RIDE-HAZARD single just similar to this track ! 12 新興宗教楽団NoGoD「IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS」 団長 can nailed this song easily , but I am not sure will they play such 'slow' tempo song , but I really like this song . 13 アヲイ「バレッタ」 The BEST Track from 「NIL」 and suits アヲイ's metal side !! 14 サディ「舐～zetsu～」 Why Sadie ? They are one of those few bands that can play slow heavy metal with a great technique and vocal . 15 DEATHGAZE「Headache Man」 I really want to hear DEATHGAZE cover this song !! No joke !! It would be crazy as F you see K !!  

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I disagree.
I am a business man, and you do what it takes to win, but this is not how you win.
As for morals, everyone has their own, what matters is standing by them no matter what, which is what seperates the men from the b*tches of this world.
I have seen many different businesses from the inside, and the ones without morals are the ones without balls, and they almost always have more debt than profit in their ventures, though they wont tell you that.
The,fact that these bands are announcing a conditional disbandment shows me they actually dont have what it takes.
I can give examples of real bands that did what it took, like Buck-Tick or Dog in the PWO... Haru put his whole life into being in a band, he used to sleep in lobbies, look all day for band members, give up oppurtunities elsewhere to continue music, etc... These other bands come out with unrefined looks and sounds, then disband after not becoming SID or Alice Nine in six months.
Just my two cents.

If there's a band out there that relies on passively prostituting underage / barely legal girls in order to fund their band project, they are terrible people and I wouldn't want to listen to their band anyway.

Pushing all wide generalizations in this topic aside about "the scene", the only bands that have done this so far are small indie bands that I don't care about. Facts are that there is no good reason to do this. Let's run down all the reasons I can think of:
We need money to continue functioning as a band!
If you're that deep in the hole, one live where 100 people come to see you isn't going to save you. What are you going to do, continue to ask those same 100 people to play inflated ticket prices to hear you play the same songs until they're done with you? This stopgap measure just doesn't logically flow, so I have a hard time believing bands announce conditional disbandments for the money. If you're in a band as a full-time job, the most important aspect is money management. Poor money management skills have broken better bands than any we're passively alluding to, and honestly a lot of visual kei indies bands tend to focus on visuals before music. If you have more pictures on the internet than songs in your discography,
 


We want to play in front of a live audience for once!
Too many times I see upstart visual kei bands that I've never heard of before getting upset because they don't have a lot of fans, but every single other visual kei band started in the same hole and worked their way up! The fuck did you think you were getting yourself into when you're in a society based on appearances and you look like you got smacked with a rainbow's make-up kit? It's delusional to think that in eight or nine months you would be selling out a venue because it takes years for bands to do that, and some bands still don't even sell out a hall when they play! What makes your small band worthy to play to a crowded hall other than your temper tantrum on Ameblo? If you want to play to a full music hall, earn it with skill, dedication and patience. And if you don't, you don't.
We don't want to disband! The label is making us do it.
I'll have to let this one slide. Especially since the line where band influence ends and label influence begins is a little blurry. But this doesn't apply in the case where independent bands do this. Then there is no label.
The only reason I can think of is for a band's fifteen minutes of fame. Every band that I've ever seen pull this stunt have disappeared regardless of the outcome. I don't know what they hope to achieve with those fifteen minutes, but I'll let them have it. I'll never hear of them again anyway.

On my phone, so I won't respond to all that. But if one choose music as a job to earn money, but fail to do so, then they obviously suck at their job and disbandment are but positive. Good riddance and so on. One can't just start a band and expect to become rich over the night. Start it as a hobby and see how it goes. If it goes well, quit your job. If not, keep it as a hobby, unless it's something you don't really give a fuck about. Then just forget about it.
My point, which obviously didn't come through, is that if you actually care about what you're creating you won't give up after a year or two just because you didn't make money from it in that short time.

No one's more kawaii than Ito jfc

Rofl Cat! XD
And sai, nah, I am most certainly a blonde, it is just the light (though there is a little bit of red in my beard). See?

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Hi.

Small bands from all over the world are poor and what not, yet most of them are fully capable to continue their band, recording albums and releasing them, and play live now and then despite never having played for a crowd bigger than 30, and despite never having been paid anything for their lives. It's in fact the opposite, they have to spend loads of money to be able to play live.
Money ain't that big of an issue unless you:'er into it because of the money. Lack of money might hold you back a few years. You might not get to record and release it right now, but waiting a year or two should'n make you disappear, unless you're into it for all the wrong reasons.
Even the heroin addicts living on the streets here, with no income whatsoever other than the bottles they find on the street and what random people give them, are capable of recording and releassing here. How? They save small amounts of money whenever they can to be able to fullfill their dreams, even if it takes them a decade. Spirit!

Pathetic, and they are obviusly in it for the wrong reasons.

Eh, it's fair game. If they cannot muster up that little support for their band to begin with, they are clearly going nowhere anyway.
 
 
It wouldn't actually surprise me that some already had decided to disband anyway, but at least once want to play in front of a semi-full house.

Well, on the scale of obnoxious marketing tactics, It's right up there with 4-type singles all with slightly different tracklists. AKA, I think it's silly and unnecessary.

Then again, no band that I've ever paid attention to has resorted to it yet.  We'll see how I feel about it if any of the bands I follow ever do it, haha.

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Haven't visited this thread for a while! It's time to change that;
 

I'm loving how no two lists here are alike. It's interesting how such a small and homogenous scene has garnered such a diverse fanbase. I can dig it! ; )

I'm loving how no two lists here are alike. It's interesting how such a small and homogenous scene has garnered such a diverse fanbase. I can dig it! ; )

I'm loving how no two lists here are alike. It's interesting how such a small and homogenous scene has garnered such a diverse fanbase. I can dig it! ; )

Are DEAD END considered visual kei? Because if so, I'll trade Calmando Qual for them on my list. I've been listening to ZERO a lot recently.

Not sure if I can even get to ten at this point...
 
9GOATS BLACK OUT
シド (SID)
A (エース)
lynch. (do they still count as visual kei?)
DEAD END
Kagrra,
BUCK-TICK
Alice Nine
 
These are the only VK bands I still listen to on a regular basis, so I guess this list is the best to make atm.

Some shitty quality phone pics of myself, my little brother, and my older sister that we took today.

Thanks for mentioning about Ichiko Aoba and the Fairies. I've been a huge fan of YMO for years but haven't listened to them in awhile. I was wondering what happened to Harry Hosono