Niku

it's not about shocking you, if you are open minded .is about shocking and annoy a repressed , delicate society.to provoke those people by showing you do not care about their repressive rules. also it's a trick to attract attention. so the fan should feel some short of amazement or shock, if you feel they are laughable and ridiculous and there is no point .

maistream media have use everything by now.and are more open minded compared to the past. so it's not shocking when people use it everywhere and have accepted it. but you still have to try and show the same.maybe it's like a tradition lol.
if you have maistream accepted pop appearence and attitude. with pretty hair and fashion clothes.what's the point .i think you lost the meaning of vkei .and it's roots.
remember old x japan that had kind of a thrash metal /punk glam ? influenced look with big hair.

They should change their name to Nocturnal Butthurt tbh

I feel like music should first and foremost be about the art. Exploring your own creativity and giving a voice to it and all that. Being able to make a profit off your music should just be some form of happy coincidence, it shouldn't be the main driving point... Of course, the majority of musicians probably does not share these same ideals. It's sad. I know it's probably more difficult for some to combine a daytime job with a musical career than for others, but it's not impossible.
 
Also lel if you wanted to make a profit then maybe you should do something to make yourself stand out instead of being generic deathcore/metalcore band #845038450

I agree with what nekkichi was hinting at...They simply need to update their strategy and adapt to the times. Hell, the entire music industry does. Piracy isn't going anywhere - whenever you find a way to stop it, pirates will find another way around it - that's how it's always been and it's useless to fight against the vicious cycle. So I think artists/bands need to find ways to make piracy work to their advantage. It's a very optimistic approach, but it's also a realistic one because it doesn't allow something as inevitable and immovable as piracy to hinder success.
 
There are Japanese indie bands touring Canada right now. Why? Because of piracy. In fact, had I not bought uchuu combini's mini album and shared it with my friends (aka pirated their album), they would not be touring Canada right now. Why? Because one of my online friends just happens to be a rich dude who's passionate enough about Japanese indie to pay for/host entire tours out of his own pocket.
 
Granted, most instances of piracy are not as serendipitous as this one. But I also think it's completely useless to lament the cons of piracy, as you'll simply limit yourself in the long-run. It's much more effective to focus on solutions rather than problems.

Is he a top name at MRA? Did the MRA support his actions? Why do this individual's action and morals extend to a group he signed to join?
I honestly think when someone that talks the way he talks in his videos and ends up killing people because of his beliefs is not a sane person. Regardless of gender, race, sex, etc. 

SiM DVD "10 YEARS" will be released at 2014/06/18 (6,998yen), which will include 3DVDs
 
[DISC 1 "LiVE" track list]
01.PANDORA
02.WHO'S NEXT
03.Boring People, Fucking Grays
04.Blah Blah Blah
05.BRAiN
06.We're All Alone
07.JACK. B
08.March of the Robots
09.Rosso & Dry
10.in the rain
11.paint sky blue
12.Amy
13.wishing
14.Dreaming Dreams
15.Upside Down
16.KiLLiNG ME
17.Same Sky
18.f.a.i.t.h
 
[DISC 2 "10 YEARS THE HiSTORY of SiM" contents]
メンバーの重病、所属レーベルからの解雇など2004年の結成以来様々な苦難を経験しており、
その道のりは決して平坦ではなかった。
初公開となる結成直後・高校生当時の貴重なライブ映像(!)、メンバーやスタッフ陣に加え、
交友の深いバンドマンや業界関係者達のリアルな言葉で語られるどん底から這い上がり、
再び突き落とされ、それでも諦めなかった彼らの10年間を知ることのできる真実の記録である。
 
[DISC 3 "EXTRA" contents]
EXTRA 1 DOCUMENTARY FiLM of PANDORA TOUR ONE MAN SHOWS
EXTRA 2 MUSIC VIDEOS
[PV track list]
01.PANDORA
02.WHO'S NEXT
03.Blah Blah Blah
04.Same Sky
05.Rosso & Dry
 

I think my main issue with this is the word 'fired'.
 
It just, makes it sound cruel and horrible.
It's not that they just, y'know, got together and mutually decided that their progress was being halted by the man's illness or something, no, from what I can read, they just fired him.
That, in my opinion, is unjust.

KLACK, and yes they were punk as hell :v

Is this their answer to THE UNRAVELING?

the bands i like are breaking up therefore the scene is breaking up

Yeah, I'm not going to lie, choosing to have Rame sing even a single line in this song was a piss-poor decision

Rame singing <3
 
This band would be SO much better if they took it seriously...

With a name like that, I thought this was going to an acapella group. Guess not.

His lips is gonna be like this soon ...

DIGEST PV DVD
 

all them harsh english words, full caps mode.
 
this album couldn't get any more japanese

Satoshi (girugamesh, REDMAN): He's the one vocalist I'll follow anywhere he goes no matter what music genre. Both his singing and growls are grade A class.
Kyo (Dir en grey): Covers all ranges from singing to inhuman screeches.
Hizumi (D'espairsRay): He produces some of the best screams I've heard along with exceptional singing.

I'm enjoying this, more than I probably should, but only because it's the first and probably the only time I'll ever see someone complaining about living far away from Aus. Haha.

11. Yoshiki is black

You mentioned Mr. Manson, so I'm assuming this means that the music can be a language other than JP.

I find a lot of the soundtrack for MGR:Revengeance are pretty good for exercising or working out to.

As for songs that I know of, well..

Let's Go by Blue Stahli.
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk.
Shippin' Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys.
Acceleration, Rave-Up Tonight, Burn the DIsco Floor with Your "2-Step" by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Journey through the Decade, Jounetsu no Inazuma, RIDE OR DIE, REDEMPTION and Until the Last Day by GACKT.
Driving Time, Drain by Girugamesh.
Lightning, UNTIL I DIE, The Morning Glow, THEY'RE ALL AFRAID, I Believe In Me by lynch.
Majority of Man With A Mission's discography I personally find to be good for working out too. (Emotions, Distance, Fly Again, Don't Lose Yourself, Never Mind The Rules, Feel and Think and Smells like Teen Spirit for examples.)
In a similar vein to MWAM, One Ok Rock has a few decently paced songs that get me going when needs be.
Beautiful Golden Taurus and The Group of an Acid Butterfly by Sever Black Paranoia.
Naked Arms, Summer Blizzard by T.M.Revolution.
400 Days(Very sexy guitar riff), The Catalyst, Fireball and Bring it On by Undivide.
 
Of course, mileage may vary, so take with a grain of salt or whatever.
(mostly, this is what I play when I'm doing my nightly push-ups/sit-ups or when I'm gaming, not sure if it's fitting for anything else, so...)

Pretty much all of them. You'd do better to pull out particularly good visual kei PVs.

Yeah I suppose everything's a "marketing method" - from conditional disbandments, to someone stealing band funds, to looking for a member who had lost contact. Maybe even the accident that happened to vistlip a few years back was also for "exposure". Although I guess nothing can be the best advertisement than someone actually dying. Right?
 
I think that's nothing short of offensive to fans who are genuinely concerned about wtf happened.

I'm really glad he's safe and sound but I laughed so hard when I read that translation... Almost the whole world has been reblogging and retweeting his information around the web, and he was just shit-faced and stayed at a friend's place. That's hilarious That's one great story to tell your grand kids.

Wait, what?
I just, like, I seriously just am incapable of even understanding the logic behind this statement...

Wait, what?
I just, like, I seriously just am incapable of even understanding the logic behind this statement...