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lucy+peter=esolagoto new EP "virus ep" has been released at their live since Machida THE PLAYHOUSE at 2015/10/16 (1,200yen) and has been available for download through iTunes since 2015/10/16
 
[track list]
01.virus
02.descape
03.catastrophe
04.persona(44remix)
05.時空ノ彼方へ想イ馳セル貴方へ
 

they have opened their OHP
 

 
http://thetwomaymegachi.com/

their live-limited single "in secret" will be available for ordering through their official web-shop later

SCA new album "The Underwater Room" will be released at 2015/12/23 (17 songs, 58 minutes, 2,160yen)
 

 
https://soundcloud.com/pbrsca/the-underwater-room-sample

it is announced at their live at Ikebukuro CHOP at 2015/10/16 that their current line-up will commence recording of their new mini album in 2015/11

their live-distributed items in 2015/11:

Doesn't anybody mentioned that KEEL also released a bootleg live DVD wich was sold at their "Float of R'lyeh" tour (3 dates)
The DVD includes full live recording of 2015/08/07 concert (Singularity tour), Commentary to all songs (both Mini-Albums) and "Fanfale" MV
price: 2700Yen tax incl.

It was reported at their twitter that all copies were sold out but they're thinking about plans to repress it and sell it at http://www.killer-tune.com/webshop (as well as their first mini-album wich is available there yet)
 

NOISY CROWDS 1 DAY ReBoot PARTY "詩那誕パ！" will be held at Otsuka HEARTS+ at 2015/11/17
 
NOISY CROWDS line-up at 2015/11/17:
Vo.詩那(shina)
Gt.シビィ(sivy) (DISH)
Ba.ハルカ(halka) (emmuree, 紅ノ桜(beni no sakura))
Dr.Be...S (ex-L'eprica)
 

I prefer photosets over cheki. Photosets are at least professionally done, probably printed on better quality photo paper and sometimes bigger. I really dislike the cheap look of stupid blurry polaroid photos, where you often can't even see the outfit properly. I also see no point wasting so much money for a crappy photo instead of a well done one. Good, photosets don't have the uniqueness factor, but I am no collector anyway.
Do bands nowadays even sell photosets? VK groups used to sell a lot back in the day. But nowadays it seems all you get are chekis. Or sometimes a single photo as an extra bonus (at CDJapan for example).
 
 
Also agree with the opinion about the -core trend. There are a few I actually like (Nega, Mejibray to some extend), but overall I prefer even the mid 00s Nu Metal groups over that whole -core trend. The Nu Metal groups were already derivative with their chugga chugga beats and trashing the same chords on the guitar. But most Visual kei -core acts aren even worse.
 
First the vocals totally suck. VK vocalists just can't growl. Give me late 90s to early 00s screams and harsh singing, those were fine. But the vocal chord disrupting mess that has been popular since ca 2004? No, thanks.
Guitar work has become even more stale. Now it's just breakdown after breakdown, a few misplaced solos, the rest is chugga chugga crap. Occasionally there is the totaly unfitting dubstep-techno-bloop shit and poppy vocals. I feel most modern VK songs are disjointed and sound like two or more songs mashed together.
 
Ulitmately, and this is my own subjective experience, I feel bands like Deviloof and Nocturnal Buttlust are erasing everything that made VK kind of unique and seperated it from other japanese rock music. Now I know the eternal dispute wether or not VK is really a musical genre (with most people saying it isn't), but to me Visual kei has (or had) it's own sound. Yes, it changed several times throughout it's almost 30 years timespan, but certain elements were always there. And you don't have to look at revival bands like Grieva or Sibilebashir to find them. Even in groups like Keel, emmurée or even (early) Nega and Ayabie you have/had elements that went as far back as into the 90s.
But the more we venture further into the future, the more VK moves away from its roots. Bands like deviloof are just like generic deathcore. There is nothing in those groups' sound that hints at any Visual kei connection at all. Even funnier, some of these bands started out as Metalcore and only got into VK because they probably want to have some extra bangyas. They could do just fine being a regular deathcore band. Same problem with those unbearable host kei groups and same tactic. VK was always a bangya magnet, but it's sad to see how it has become only that.

[track list]
01.Fes/Gate
02.Entwurf
03.n1
04.Nescio
05.MAGIC AND ECSTASY / EXORCIST II THE HERETIC
06.n2
07.something else again
08.C99
09.n3
10.everywhere

The dude from the kill & hide is pretty rad, this could be promising

their live-distributed demo single (title not yet finalized) will be released at their live at Ookubo HOTSHOT at 2015/11/17

They were VK, then the vocalist got all butthurt about the current state of the VK scene and they left for the indie scene.
 
Strangely enough, both of the revival events are VK lives so maybe they've mended their ways a bit?

CREEM new maxi single "ESCAPE TO LULLABY" will be released at their presents live at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE at 2015/11/20
 
CREEM members:
Vo.&Gt.数山俊平(kazuyama shunpei)
Ba.&Cho.生沼博樹(oinuma hiroki) (ex-otoiro-->MM FANTASY-->AibeLL-->ニコラスカ(nicolashka))
Dr.&Cho.平岡良一(hiraoka ryouichi) (ex-otoiro-->BABYLON)
 
 
[track list]
01.脱走ララバイ(dassou lullaby)
02.CANDY NIGHT
03.WHY'S BAR
 

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Interesting look!
I hope you return to the style Rodwell

桜樹和哉(sakuragi kazuya)(ex-2nd awake Vo.aika) has opened his OHP at 2015/10/03
 


 
http://kzy-sakuragi.com/

Antikythera new mini album "EARLY GREY" will be released in 2016 (1,800yen)
 
[track list]
01.手中の檻(shuchuu no ori)
02.Chocolate flood float
03.Early grey rainbow
04.この傾斜の向こう側(kono keisha no mukougawa)
05.灰色の繭(haiiro no mayu)
06.Dream wall
 
 
btw they have opened their new OHP
 
http://antikythera.xyz/

title of their new album is finalized as "I AM MORTAL"
 
 
their new song "MORTAL" will be theme song of movie "Woman In Black 2-Angel of Death-" in Japan
 

HIGH FASHION PARALYZE live-limited single "MA&MA&MA" will be released at their live since Ikebukuro CHOP at 2015/10/16, which will be in tall case
 
[goods]
・CD (3 songs)
・photo and interview book
・original lyrics cards (3 pcs)
・HIGH FASHION FUKUWARAI KIT

their CD-R "mono 1" will be released at their first live at Kyoubashi BERONICA at 2015/10/30 (1,000yen)
 
[track list]
01.Key
02.White Room
03.Fruits
04.Guest Room
05.Androgynous
06.Sallow Skin
07.Door

lol I can't even be excited about this band because no one cares about them and there's like a 99% chance their releases will never pop up online. But nice to see they're active!

support Ba.江口徳(eguchi tadashi) has officially joined portablerain at their live at Shinjuku RUIDO K4 at 2015/09/28, and their new maxi single "Thanatos" will be released at 2016/01/20, which will be sold in advance at their live at Takadanobaba CLUB PHASE at 2015/12/04
 
portablerain current line-up:
Vo.sho-ka(石坂昭二/ishizaka shouji) (ex-Miserable-->Vogus Image-->elm-->O-PARTS)
Gt.村国貴裕(murakuni takahiro) (Lewon)
Ba.江口徳(eguchi tadashi) (Ama-rich)
Dr.西原翼(nishihara tsubasa) (ex-Vogus Image-->elm, now in Ama-rich)
 
 
[track list]
01.Laima(inst.)
02.Thanatos
03.六月雨景(rokugatsu ukei)(inst.)
04.冷たい光(tsumetai hikari)
05.eiak