lichtlune

Well i know kaoru is a very capable guitar player and i'd like to hear more guitar solo's in their music simply too much chug stuff for my taste but it can still be nice sometimes but i think this thread has gotten off topic a little haha.

I don't have a problem with bands changing but more so what Ikna said about the "Stripping all traces of their past". Like i feel they're trying too hard to fit in to the metal scene but i guess they did that with vk too so whatevs. It would be cool if they played more of their older stuff though and didn't feel they needed to "metalfy" their older gems or "covering their tracks" so to speak musically. I think i'd respect them more if they embraced their past more I mean it got them to where they are now. But well, its fine i'm not even trying to single out dir en grey either but i am kind of stuck in the past i guess and i admit to this. I'm so biased when it comes to old school visual kei music. I do however believe there's a key ingredient missing with all these neo-bands but i don't feel i could explain it that well.

I never quite understood the notion that having fun, wearing makeup, dressing up, etc is considered immature. Sure we all grow up on the inside and we mature. Maybe i won't be the same when I'm 30 but i think its more stupid and boring to think you're more mature or grown up just for not being visual kei, goth, or whatever the fuck and looking like every other grumpy old middle aged man/woman. I always considered visual kei aesthetics an art form in itself. It's a art form that can go hand in hand with music. It gives it more personality. I am one of those 19 year old fans who think's he'll never change though but why should i change? simply to conform or what? I still like cartoons and things i liked as a kid like pokemon or yugioh. what's wrong with it? if i have a job and house and pay my bills like everyone else what makes that immature or less adult? Visual kei is the same to me. I understand people change but not completely, our past is what molds us as a person today and some things stick with you for life. what, kids can only play pokemon? only teenagers can wear costumes and makeup for fun? Its this mindset that you have to let go of things you love to appear grown up that i don't understand. It seems like the less grown up thing to do in my eyes. To just let others push you into that herd mentality. Just make sure if you do change as a person its for the right reasons.

I feel this way too, It just breaks my heart... like just now i looked at yukina's later band after madeth gray'll and i wanted to cry! haha this is why i fully respect someone like mana or kyouka for example. They never seem to forget their roots and their stage persona has become apart of who they are over time. I think dir en grey are the worst offenders of this and it feels like they're running from their past in a way. Or i guess some just simply out grow out of it. I understand bands evolve and change but to just completely forget your past and leave the scene forever can be kind of depressing.

I am so late on this lol Ah but nobro why? :/ too much durr en gray I'm starting to think dir en grey is the only artist he listens to, this kind of worship is creepy. Its a shame so much potential wasted.

Didn't know we had so many pretty people here haha Here are some new ones of me trying to look 90s vk I don't have any nice clothes so they're shirtless

dayymm i thought it was really them haha

Good bass playing

I actually like the vocals especially in that first song but that mejibray shiet needs to go. Edit: It does sound a little like eric cartman though good call haha

interesting

eww mejibray and gazette stans

another?

And that's exactly what we're going for

i wish i didn't hate the voice... but kaz and setsuna! sweet!

cool sound

So far we've got a name "Licht:noir'e" and we're still looking for capable composers or talented guitarist's/bassists who are interested in this sort of sound and aesthetic so be sure to message one of us if you're interested. (Demo recordings or other details about your talents or influences would be appreciated) Its starting to shape nicely i think, at the moment we're working on our first single and its sounding great! I'll be updating this thread with more information once we're closer to debut.

My Japanese pronunciation is bad and my voice was a little sore but what do you think? https://soundcloud.com/user9042561/syndrome-nostalgia-vocal-cover

I always wanted to add vasalla to my library and give them a better try but all their music is taken down everywhere even here they just have some songs on youtube...

awesome i wish it was recorded or something.

such a good year for kote-kei type of music

wat?

outlaw star

Syndrome - Realize

dam that +La'death;flower+ stuff is pretty good

Suzaku is pretty... okay that was mean you're ugly