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The music box intro

One thing that I admire about k-pop, they are open about the members' age. I was pleasantly surprised by how many K-pop dudes are nearly 30. Actually, I can't remember if this is the same with girl groups? Anyway, in Japan it's a crime to be over 18 years old in media/music/etc., which I find creepy and annoying tbh. As if people over 18 can't be charming or cute, can we stop pretending human beings don't age 
 

I would ban the trope of completely toning down your sound and visuals once you go major. Like... you actually got money now, why not go all out with the visuals and the music? Why the hell do you just start wearing less makeup and host-boy hair and playing generic pop rock the second you make more than 10 dollars?
So many great bands have been lost to this trope

https://miyavi.com/blogs/news/miyavi-announce-new-album-holy-nights-released-on-april-22-2020
 

Hopefully he mixes his style up a bit.
 
The CDJapan product page says that it will include collaborations too: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/TYCT-60158?s_ssid=e3405b5e4f5337cc8f

This was actually one of the more pleasant/bearable Kiryu tunes I've heard so far, haha. Not bad!
 
But that's probably because I usually find them to be too all-over-the-place messy.

I have never liked this band, the singer's voice seems horrible to me, and this song is very bad. But I respect whoever he likes

Buck-Tick new album will be released at 2020 summer, details TBA.
Imai described it as "a clean break with the image and sound that the band has accustomed fans to until now",  the keywords of this new style of music will be "minimalism and electronic"

S will revive for one day on 3/22 - Vo.Sai (Shuuen NO Rasetsu) Birthday event at 名古屋Electric Lady Land 
 
Lineup:
 
Vo. DAI  (D'reysir → S)
Gt. ITSUKI  (R,via → S →NO.13 → ソロ、De:Bug)
Gt. YUNA  (R,via → S)
Dr. REINA  (CROSS → S → SIX-R (support) → S、SL-R)
 
(Ba.Zekki will not participate)
 

 
 
 
 

 

Band released a new video today:
 
 
Video they released last month:
 
 

Kaiki has tweeted more about the event, "Always with you 〜toおはる♡〜" and its upcoming guests. He has also tweeted about NéiL, which is why I decided to merge these threads together!
 
[lineup]
WITH-SEXY
Vasalla
Vasallaソレイユ (Vasalla Soleil) (I'm guessing this is a different lineup?)
Mirage
NéiL 2020
Romance for〜
キョウジ (kyouji) BEATLOOSE
デッドポップスターズ (DEAD POP STARS)
アンチフェミニズム (ANTI FEMINISM)
UNCLOCKLOVER
Noi'X
CLeiR (Vo.NAKATA (カウス (Kausu)) /Gt.ATSUSHI/Ba.SPYKE (城戸葉月 (Kido Hadzuki))/Dr.HIMAWARI (JUN))
GLARD (with Kisaki?)
Lucifer's underground
UNDER FALL JUSTICE
爆弾ボンバーズ (Bakudan Bombers) (Vo.KoHey (Sleep My Dear)/Gt.Yuki/Ba.YOHMA/Dr.SHIRO)
Katsura (Baiser) session
Dai/Reina (S) session
龍夜 (tatsuya) session
Silver Rose session
Tomozo (ex-SHAPE SHIFTER)/Kaede session
unnamed session band (Vo.DEAD (Merry go round,ANTIC DOLL)/Gt.由希 (DIE-ZW3E, ROUAGE)/Ba.Kusuba (Laputa, Lucide, Kraidhearz)/Dr.???)
ドカチン (dokachin) (Vo:K助 (K-suke) (覇叉羅 (Vasalla) (Dr.))/Gt.YAYOI (Mirage)/Ba.KAIKI (ex-SILVER ROSE, ROUAGE, WITH SEXY)/Dr.ヒトデ (hitode) (ex-HEARTS)
 
 

I do wish Malice Mizer would come back fully it would be great, I do wonder who they could get to be their vocalist tho?

And, it’s been announced. I really don’t know what to think... on one hand any kind of activity from them is welcome. On the other, to see such a great band stuck in limbo like this is heartbreaking. I’m torn. But anyhow, here I have reported the announcement.

Meties will revive for one day on 1/3 ”RECUR to MIND” at club GRINDHOUSE
 
Members:
Vo. Kaya (ZEPHYR ZONE  → Meties → ISOLA → Rudolf Steiner → Schwarz Stein → another cell →  Femme Fatale )
Gt. Yu  (Meties)
Dr. Hisashi  (Meties)
 
support members
Gt. TeTsU (HALO)
Ba. Ryota (HALO / ex.VERTEX)


 
 

ゴールデンボンバー(GOLDEN BOMBER) new album "もう紅白に出してくれない" will be released at 2019/12/28.  
 

 

[CD＋DVD] ¥3,300＋税 EAZZ-5017
[CDのみ] ¥2,700＋税 EAZZ-5018
 
TrackList:
01. 令和
02. 首が痛い
03. ガガガガガガガ
04. LINEのBGMにしてるとモテる曲
05. かまってちょうだい///
06. ぼくの世界を守って
07. 振動
08. タツオ…嫁を俺にくれ
09. 私すっぴんブスだから
10. 君のスカートが短くて
11. つよいぞ！ロボヒップ
12. 暴れ曲
13. 犬じゃあるまいし
14. ぺしみずむ
15. さらば
 
[おまけトラック] タツオ⋯嫁を俺にくれ(鬼龍院翔 Vocal ver.)
 
DVD
01. 祝！紅白落選 イイ波乗りてぇ！人工波でサーフィンに挑戦！
02. やったことないことやってみようシリーズ 催眠術ってホントにかかんのか！？「ザ・催眠」
 
 

BUCK-TICK new maxi-single "堕天使" (Datenshi) will be released at 2020/01/29 (3 types)
 
Limited SHM-CD+Blu-Ray edition (2380yen)
Limited SHM-CD+DVD edition (1880yen)
Regular SHM-CD edition (1000yen)
 
[CD tracklist]
01. 堕天使 (Datenshi)
02. Luna Park
03. 「THE DAY IN QUESTION 2019」 LIVE TRACK (Limited edition only)
 
[Blu-Ray/DVD tracklist] (limited edition only)
・「THE DAY IN QUESTION 2019」 LIVE TRACK収録
・Blu-ray：「堕天使」MUSIC VIDEO収録
・スペシャルデジパック仕様

The members of this band look emotionless. When you see older Visual Kei bands all members had a presence.
Musically this bands has potential but I feel their musical composition lacks some depth or versatility. And the vocal needs to widen his range, I mean he always sings in the same tone (screamy); he never seems to sing lower, whisper, etc.
 

犬神サアカス團 (Inugami Circus Dan) Gu.犬神情次2号 (Inugami George Nikou) and Ba.犬神ジン (Inugami Zin) will depart at the end of the year.
 
According to members' comments, drummer 犬神明 (Inugami Akira) wanted to slow down activities due to the changing industry, with which 犬神情次2号 (Inugami George Nikou) disagreed, eventually leading to his decision to leave.
 
A few days after, 犬神ジン (Inugami Zin) expressed his wish to leave as he didn't want to be in the band without 犬神情次2号 (Inugami George Nikou).
 
(If I'm wrong, please correct me)
 
Relevant member comments:
 

new Buck-Tick tribute album, "PARADE III ～RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK～" will be released on 2020/01/29 for 3000 yen!
 
Featured artists:
Der Zibet
Dir en grey
SID
BRAHMEN
Shiina Ringo
八十八ヶ所巡礼 (88 kasyo)
GARI
minus(-) featuring 藤川千愛 (Chiai Fujikawa)
Cube Juice
黒色すみれ (Kokusyoku Sumire)
GRANRODEO
藤巻亮太 (Ryota Fujimaki)
坂本美雨 (Miu Sakamoto)

that daisuke worship is pretty cool to hear in 2019

天照(Amaterase) new live-limited single "聖剣叙情伝(Seiken-jojouden)" will be released at 2019/09/29.
 
TrackList:
1.聖剣叙情伝
2.聖剣叙情伝黎明Ver.
〜Bonus track〜
3.鳳凰
 
 

TSo crowdfunding looks like really going to be the new trend for vk, after that Alice9 & Kaya ones. 
 
I will crowdfund Klaha to reunite with Malice again.

Schwarz Stein will perform in Chile in November. Details to be announced...
 
 

I think part of the issue here is that they are pricing for the Japanese market. Namely, for the fans that are nostalgic and will drop that kind of money on MM merch, because they don’t really follow any bands besides M10M, or maybe one or two of Kozi’s projects.
 
They aren’t really pricing it for our market, which are the people that might be nostalgic, but if they’re still paying attention to VK at all, then they’ve moved on to other bands (usually multiple ones). Most of us simply don’t have the dedication to pine over a band that disbanded almost 20 years ago, and be willing to shell out $150 US+ Shipping for a blu-ray.
 
It’s a complicated situation, because this entire international fandom exists because of piracy, rather than in spite of it. Sure, we could choose to be uptight about copyright infringement, but we wouldn’t be here without it in the first place.