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MUCC will be releasing a new full album on January 25th 2017. The album is set to have 14 tracks including, "Yue ni, Matenro", "Heide" and "CLASSIC."
Full track list and cover art TBA. Will come in 3 types, 2 limited editions and 1 common type (Type A: CD + DVD + Art Book, Type B: CD + DVD, and Type C: CD only).  

MUCC will be releasing a new full album on January 25th 2017. The album is set to have 14 tracks including, "Yue ni, Matenro", "Heide" and "CLASSIC."
Full track list and cover art TBA. Will come in 3 types, 2 limited editions and 1 common type (Type A: CD + DVD + Art Book, Type B: CD + DVD, and Type C: CD only).  

From what Shuu's said that's exactly the kind of project he's looking for... 
 
I wonder if it'll come to firing him though, or they'll just take a small break and try to come back like nothing happened.

From what Shuu's said that's exactly the kind of project he's looking for... 
 
I wonder if it'll come to firing him though, or they'll just take a small break and try to come back like nothing happened.

From what Shuu's said that's exactly the kind of project he's looking for... 
 
I wonder if it'll come to firing him though, or they'll just take a small break and try to come back like nothing happened.

xTRiPx all the way. I actually wanna tattoo that logo sometime next year
 

@Carmelzors @CAT5 I will conceed I don't listen to near as much J-indie as either of you so what people consider VK-ish in the indie scene is completely alien to me. But as a long time VK listener, I simply don't hear this connection and nothing either of you have said really changes that, though I respect your opinions.

@Carmelzors- already touched on a few things that I was going to, but to elaborate on my anecdote in the OP - well, you're correct. The people that said Mizuki sounds VK don't actually listen to VK, in fact a few of them downright despise the scene. However that doesn't mean their assessment is exactly invalid either. In general, J-indie fans are attuned to a different kind of singing than visual kei fans are (note that when i say J-indie fans, i'm not referring to people who listen to those "indie-pop-rock" bands or pop-rock that tries to come off as indie).
 
The fans i'm referring to are used to listening to bands that don't put a huge emphasis on the vocals - where the vocals are kind of secondary to the music, the lyrics, and the overall feeling/aesthetic. Whereas with VK - even tho you have a broad range of vocalists in the scene - more often than not, you can still generally tell when a vocalist is VK, as most of them have this kind of melodramatic/theatric flare to their voices, and as my Japanese friend says - a lot of them sound as if they have accents while they're singing as opposed to just singing "naturally". While that's debatable, you should at least be able to understand that when these hardcore J-indie fans hear a guy like Mizuki sing in the style that he does, it's very easy to lump him the same category or class of vocalists as VK - even if it's not completely accurate, it's still somewhere in the ballpark.
 
I can certainly relate because most of the J-rock I listened to before I got into J-indie was Visual Kei. In fact, I had a really tough time getting into J-indie because it seemed like a lot of the vocalists sounded really apathetic or just had really uncharacteristic voices - whereas with VK, the vocalists usually have a ton of quirks and nuances to their singing. They were just completely different styles. This is all very general of course, but I hope it helps illustrate the overall dichotomy of vocal styles between both scenes and how someone might possibly consider Mizuki as VK-sounding. 
 
@Carmelzors - it's funny because when I made this thread, I was much more focused on the bands' parallels and completely neglected the size of their respective discographies, so that's definitely a good point you made.
 
Personally, I have to go with cinema staff. When it comes to pop-rock bands with indie sensibilities, or just really poppy-sounding indie-rock - whatever you want to call it, I feel like cinema staff have this arena completely locked down, and I've personally not heard a band do it better. For me, they pretty much set the blueprint.. Even after going major, they've never released anything less than solid. They're STILL cranking out great tunes and haven't gone completely pop, despite a few scares here and there. Objectively speaking, they're definitely the more technical band here as well.
 
Chanty are really freaking good, though. In fact, I'm pretty sure they're one of my favorite active VK bands (even though I haven't thought too much about this). I do feel like they attempt to do more with their sound than cinema staff does as @doomboxnoted, but because of that, I also feel like it makes them less unique in a sense. Like, I could hear a cinema staff and instantly know it's a cinema staff song - they stand out amongst both their peers and the younger bands they've influenced (which kinda confers with @Carmelzors' point about their legacy). Whereas chanty just isn't as immediately recognizable and don't necessarily stand out from their peers in any spectacular fashion.
 
But anyways, it's cool to get everyone's different opinions on this. It's also interesting to see how this battle is playing out and what it says about mh's taste in general. I definitely didn't realize there were so many Chanty fans around.  

Currently kpop trash
 

Tfw you came looking to see if you agreed with a top 10 list but there wasn't actually a top 10 list. 

Why did i start listening to pentagon ironically and now i am here.... OFFICIAL YUTORI TRASH...bring it on

Headlining Tour:
 
Tickets go on sale 2016.11.22
Pre-Sale Begins on 2016.11.21
*Pre-sale codes are given to anyone that pre-orders the album here*
 
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Can't remember if I posted some of these already. I don't think I have though.
 

American pressing of MONO - Requiem For Hell. The etching on the silver LP was really cool. Hard to see here but it's a fetus with MONO next to it.
 

Caught up on the last SiM album I needed, and 2 of the 3 XAA-XAA singles (and a photoset). 3rd is on the way. 
 

3 GOT7 albums in their giant Kpop packaging.  

Nice! I hate the album art though lol

Can't remember if I posted some of these already. I don't think I have though.
 

American pressing of MONO - Requiem For Hell. The etching on the silver LP was really cool. Hard to see here but it's a fetus with MONO next to it.
 

Caught up on the last SiM album I needed, and 2 of the 3 XAA-XAA singles (and a photoset). 3rd is on the way. 
 

3 GOT7 albums in their giant Kpop packaging.  

I'm always here for more OOR. I may just have to skip that Avril song because just reading her name makes me cringe.

Tfw you came looking to see if you agreed with a top 10 list but there wasn't actually a top 10 list. 

I clicked it and it names like 3 bands then just list of different styles of vk. So I was just expressing that it's not actually a top 10 list. 

I'm always here for more OOR. I may just have to skip that Avril song because just reading her name makes me cringe.

The band has announced a new album for 2017! Ambitions will be released on January 11, 2017 and will include their previously-released single "Taking Off". A limited edition will include a DVD containing a bonus track and an acoustic session by the band. What's especially exciting is that this album will feature guest appearances by the hit band 5 Seconds of Summer and  Avril Lavigne.
 

 
Tracklist
1. Ambitions - Introduction -
2. Bombs away
3. Taking Off
4. We are
5. 20/20
6. Always coming back
7. Bedroom Warfare
8. Lost in Tonight
9. I was King
10. Listen (featuring Avril Lavigne)
11. One Way Ticket
12. Bon Voyage
13. Start Again
14. Take what you want (featuring 5 Seconds of Summer)
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Tfw you came looking to see if you agreed with a top 10 list but there wasn't actually a top 10 list.