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I know that some people already mentioned them, but I have to say it again: Vinett was friggin' amazing. Their album is so very sweet. One of my favorite moments from 2004. And it's interesting to see just how incredibly influential バロック was. There were tons of copycats, but very seldom they were able to recreate the songwriting prowess of 圭 and 晃. That and the insane charisma and character that 怜 has. Damn, they are good...

If you don't love early Kra there's something really wrong with you. The first five minis are still cool! ブリキの旗 just might be on my top 20 V系 songs ever. Unfortunately for them, 舞ちょ was the heart and soul of the band. When he left, the last bit of my attention also went out the window. But I'll be damned if 景夕 and 結良 weren't great.

@saishuu is speaking for me in this thread, please continue. But, let's post a bit more of the mighty しゃるろっと: Their DVDs were FUN AS HELL! Even their member introduction song was awesome.

Aww, good for him! Hope he's doing ok! Always good to see familiar faces who "retired". His partnership with JUN created one of the deadliest guitar duos in recent V系 history.

Absolutely one of my favorite venues ever. I just love that place! It's been a while since MERRY played there, right? Setlist for today: MERRY（メリー） 2016.11.07 品川ステラボール（白い羊） MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits ～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～ SET LIST（セットリスト） 01.六本木ジャジー喫茶 02.黄昏レストラン 03.躊躇いシャッフル 04.薔薇と片隅のブルース 05.アタシは捨て猫 06.林檎と嘘 07.東京テレフォン 08.カナリア 09.千代田線デモクラシー 10.M.E.R.R.Y. MARCH 11.歌声喫茶「モダン」 12.BLUESCAT 13.梟 EN 01.Unreachable Voice 02.平日の女 03.新曲 (New song) 04.Happy life 2016.11.07 品川ステラボール（黒い羊） MERRY 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits or Not Greatest Hits ～Special 2night【白い羊】【黒い羊】～ SET LIST（セットリスト） 01.ジャパニーズモダニスト 02.バイオレットハレンチ 03.絶望 04.オリエンタルBLサーカス 05.Midnight Shangrila 06.[human farm] 07.ビニ本2丁目八千代館 08.Ve-doro 09.【collector】 10.Station07 11.千代田線デモクラシー 12.「東京」 13.Carnival 14.消毒 15.The Cry Against... 16.自意識過剰型木偶人間 EN1 01.平日の女-B面- 02.新曲 (New song) 03.Happy life EN2 01.T.O.P Very solid song selection!

Happy life is a banging single, y'all. One of their best, actually and it totally fits with their current mindset. Plus, the acoustic version MERRY's been playing live recentIy? Pfff... talk about gorgeousness! You can tell MERRY are in a really good place musically and mentally. They seem to be really happy with the band and themselves. You should've seem them live, especially now that テツ is back. They are always smiling, laughing, cracking jokes about each other. The mood seems to be excellent. Confident in their habilities, but still hungry to prove people that they are still relevant. NOnsenSe MARkeT was such a big step to them and quickly became one of my favorites. MERRY is a band that I've loved since the beginning and this one I can say from almost the very beginning. I've been following them for over 14 years (since 個性派ブレンド!). They always had good and bad moments, ups and dows in their career. When MERRY went major in 2005 was a bit wierd, they had some cool songs here and there, but there was something off. Then, joining sun-krad and FIREWALL DIV., and trying to become a DIR EN GREY clone was also a baffling mistake (from an artistic standpoint and maybe even a financial one, it just didn't make sense to alienate your fanbase like that...), Still, I think they created some good albums during the Victor-era, especially revisiting some of them now. For exemple, I love M.E.R.R.Y. and I think it's criminally underrated among the western fanbase. And, Beautiful Freaks, while uneven (and, truthfully, not very good) had some really, really great MERRY moments, so yeah, they recovered. I think they have complete freedom to do whatever the hell they want now, and also a level of maturity that makes sure that, since 2014 with NOnsenSe MARkeT, they are able to combine all the aspects of their catalog and create some cool things. 平日の女 is kinda like that, it has the retro-feel and モダンギャルド-ness that I love, but with their current production values (that I'm not really a fan, to be honest, ネロ sounds like crap and 健一 and 結生 sound too fuzzy. But that might be a stylistic choice, albeit a poor one). All in all, I'm happy that MERRY seems to be in such a good place and I'm really looking forward to their new album next year. (or maybe even THIS year, who knows... there's still time!) It just makes me glad being a fan.

I'm always impressed by their art direction. Very fun to see live, too. Started enjoying them a lot more after seeing them.

Conselho de amigo: juntem dinheiro, vendam suas roupas de baixo, seu corpo, sua alma, mas viajem para o Japão pelo menos uma vez na vida. É maneiríssimo. É mais barato do que se imagina, contato que se planeje direitinho e com antecedência. Fui com o dobro de grana que deveria e voltei com dinheiro suficiente pra passar outro mês lá. Ano que vem! E quando forem, falem que são do Brasil, ainda mais se decidirem ver shows (recomendo!). Ganhei um monte de coisa grátis de empresário de banda só por esse migué; pôster, CD, chance de conhecer os caras das bandas, palheta, etc. Do caralho.

Bought it a couple of days ago. Still haven't heard it. I will probably wait until I return back home. Some new songs sounded cool live. Hopefully they'll keep the momentum. DIAVOLO was great!

just saw them at LIQUIDROOM and SaZ did a Celine dion cover on keyboard. And he forgot the 2nd verse of my heart will go on. Dude that is the best one!

Pretty much. グリーヴァplayed right after ASH DA HERO (2nd band of the day) and FEST VAINQUEUR, who has quite a loyal fan base. Lots of girls were there to see them. now, グリーヴァ didn't play to 100,000 people, but at the very least there were 1500 people in front of the smaller stages when they came on. Plus, everybody who was at the main stage heard them very clearly.

I was really surprised about them. Saw two shows by them and I couldn't believe how cool they were. Musically, they aren't interesting, but both of their concerts were incredible. Killer drummer and tons of energy.

Killer live band. Absolutely killer. One of the best shows at VISUAL SUMMIT. Hopefully they'll be even better on their own turf on the 26th

I was there and had the time of my liiiife (and I owe it all to YOSHIKI apparently). LUNA SEA is the greatest band on earth. GLAY is awesome. X was X, with all its flaws and problems it still is a good live band. 清春 Was probably the worst show in the entire thing. Dude stunk up the place in a "Neil Diamond at the Last Waltz" proportion. Not even忘却の空 could save his ass.

They are major, major PIERROT fans, so of course DIAURA is alright in my book.

Maybe YOSHIKI is behind in the dildo departament, but X already had condoms way back in 1994/1995. And he's been fucking his fans (no lube) for the last 20 years or so. The man surely knows how to fist 'em.

HAHAHAHAHA, no that's the girl that plays violin! She's the "maid teacher" or something... she always played with SCISSOR back in the day. She even featured in both of their DVDs. I think it's the same girl.

Yeah, that's not a good sign. Never a good sign.

依存 jams. What a delicious song. Shades of vintage メリー　and the acoustic intro reminds me a little bit of Not a big fan of カミソリ, though. Not bad, but doesn't impress me, except for that meaty mid-song riff and the solo. Really dig that part. I feel that　ザアザア needs to take a little break before releasing more stuff. Take your time, kids!

Their latest album was their best since 2005, it was really impressive to see that BUCK-TICK still had it. Good to see that they are still hungry. I really, REALLY want see them live.

Always the same with him. Love him as a guitar player (and dude can write!), but he never manages to stay in a band for long. Would love to see 手鞠 colaborating with 匠. Or, or, ナオキ… damn, that would be nice.

http://visual-japan.com/ UPDATE: BY-SEXUAL REUNION IS A GO YET AGAIN! Whaaaat?! I thought the 2011 reunion was supposed to be the last, LAST concert they would ever play. かまいたち reunion, again! NoGoD グリーヴァ ゴシップ and a couple more.

New World is great! Reminds me of GLAMOROUS (I've always LOVED that song), though the chorus is much more rocking.

THANK GOD FOR THAT! That only makes the deal sweeter. Hah, 40,000 JPY is looking like a steal right now (not really, but HOLY CRAP!)

http://visual-japan.com/ MUCC, シド and some other DANGER CRUE bands that no one really cares confirmed. Hopefully, some 絶望 is coming our way. And it wouldn't hurt to see シド whip out 循環 and some oldies from 憐哀.