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@Cat5: For X Japan, I recommend blue blood. It probably is one of their best albums to start from - its mostly 80's hair/speed metal and a couple of power ballads in between. At least it was the album that got me hooked on them. As for BJC, I recommend trying to see if you can find their two best of CD's "1991-1995" and "1997-2000." Pretty much that should be most of the BJC you'll ever need.

For everyone who asked about Luna Sea, I highly recommend the Mother album as it seems to be very popular among new listeners from my experience. This album was somewhat their transition between being an exclusive visual kei band to completely losing the visual image. This was also the period when their music kinda changed from having the standard 80's/90's visual sound to a more mainstream/progressive sound.
It also has some of their best, well-known songs such as "Genesis of Mind."

@Gazerocksnob: As for Kuroyume, I recommend the Feminism album. It is more accessible than anything they did earlier in their indie days or their later punk-ish sounding music. I also personally think it's better than their new stuff which I think is boring and awful.

Ronluna hates old school Japanese music, he only likes really obscure oshare kei bands. 

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(I’ll probably have a serious one on my “serious blog” in the next week or so tho).
 
 

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(I’ll probably have a serious one on my “serious blog” in the next week or so tho).
 
 

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(I’ll probably have a serious one on my “serious blog” in the next week or so tho).
 
 

To be fair they've been “working on an English album” “to be released this year” for like the past 6 years, right? X JAPAN sucks.*
 
*at being a real band―I guess it's not as bad if you just think of them as another group of old guys getting together for “one last tour”, but I really believed their lies about new album(s), and I imagine it's terribly disappointing for fans

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Yoshiki is his own wax figure to begin with.

Kafka on the Shore 

Alright, I guess this has derailed for long enough. Let's get back to the topic at hand and leave the 90s VK vs. current VK for elsewhere (or just make a new thread for it).

Maybe It'll be a special announcement announcing the next announcement of the album which will be announced in another announcement within the next decade or two.

It's going to be a project that's not about making music at all but just something inflating Yoshiki's ego.

My bets are on: "the new album will be revealed in 2047 because at that point we've probably found a way to bring hide back from the dead. If not YOHIO will be our new guitarist."

'T.D.B.B. PIRATES LANGUAGE'
 
what

[track list]
01.kamakura
02.adbird
03.No road, No surf.
04.tokimekinishisu
05.Sweet Destruction
06.HELL
07.mizuiro
08.Baseball Song
09.T.D.B.B. PIRATES LANGUAGE
10.I.O.U.
11.elephant you
12.rock'n roll
13.ubik

Oh this, so much.
I don't get how it can be so difficult to save up for a single CD, it's just a matter of priorities.

#YOLO #SWAG #420 
 

While I agree multi-type releases is freaking crap but keep in mind that the Japanese market is slightly different. Japanese fans tend to devote themselves to one band only, so while Western fans might be fans of several bands making multi-release campaigns impossible for them to keep up with. A Japanese fan may only listen to Kiryu so buying their 20 type single release isn't too hard on them because they only care about Kiryu. Also from what I understand, the multi-type release is a way to inflate sale numbers because Oricon charts don't differentiate between what types people buy. So now that fan that bought all 20 types of Kiryu's new CD pads onto that number that determines the single's ranking on the Oricon charts. No wonder Kiryu is so popular!
Don't get me wrong though, I hate this multi-type release gimmick that labels do but realizing the two items above. It makes sense how it works in that scene.
I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to live only stuff. It sucks but it's the best way for them to make the most money back to support themselves instead of losing bits and pieces to it from the distribution costs. I don't like it but I can see why bands do live onlys, get their devotees to come to the live but also not have to worry about losing anything from costs associated from nationwide distribution. 
Bringing up good old Wataru, what I found sickening were the fangirls blaming the victim. Their beautiful kawaii idol could never do something so horrible and obviously she deserved it. Who knows, maybe she was being an insufferable fangirl (just like them) that caused Wataru to snap and choke her but no one deserves to be attacked like that. It's okay though, 12012 is terrible anyway.
The entitlement issues Western fans have. I think what frustrates me the most is the jerk offs that will whine about how they NEED the latest Kiryu release. You don't NEED it to live, you don't NEED it to eat or breath. If you need it that badly then do something about it, mow lawns, sort recycle from the trash, clean your neighbor's gutters or something. Screaming and crying how it's not fair someone else bought the CD and you can't listen to it is the most obnoxious crap. I'd go Wataru on a bitch the next time someone cries at me because I won't share with them something I bought.
Juka's falsetto and being drama queen. Quit music forever but un-quite music and then quit again and quite some more but come back a month later.

Oshare kei

For VK, I hate when a certain band release a live distribution only, especially when the release is very worth to buy (Example GALEYD, they released a Live DVD that distributed only in their live). And I don't like release with many types (more than 2 types). And yeah, VK stuffs are very expensive even they are in indie label.
 
for non VK, I hate when a band release an exclusive release! For example, TOWER RECORDS Exclusive. I can't buy from there, since tower records cannot delivery overseas AFAIK (or I am wrong?)

I like how only half read the OP's post. XD

Can you guys not do this here and take it to PM? Thank you very much.

"独葬(DOKUSOU)" could be watched through YouTube since 2013/04/14
 

B'z.
 
All day every day lately. 

BRING OUT YOUR AKANE MEMES.